• ⁠  ⁠What was a highlight?

A highlight for me on the farm was the sunrise. It might sound very basic, but to me it really meant a lot. The reason it was so special to me is because I really wanted to go for a run and see the sunrise, but the whole week we only had cloudy mornings. On Wednesday, I asked the Lord and told Him that I really wanted to see a sunrise during my run. Then Thursday came, and still no sunrise, but then on Friday morning we went for our run, and I saw it wasn’t as cloudy as the previous mornings, and just as my run ended, the sun started to rise, it was so amazing!

Even though it may not seem like such a big deal, it really meant a lot to me because the Lord answered a desire of my heart. It just reminded me that God really is in the details, and things that are special to me are special to Him.

• ⁠ ⁠⁠What was a confrontation?

A confrontation for me was when people didn’t do a task given to them wholeheartedly, or when they moaned and complained about the task at hand. It also bothered me when people were given a task, but unnecessarily took a long time to do it. I really had to practise my patience and not say things where it wasn’t my place to speak. I also realised that everyone wasn’t raised the same way and that instead of judging them, I can rather pray for them and cover them with my prayers.

• ⁠  ⁠⁠What did you learn (relationally, from a work perspective, cool facts, etc.)

Something I learnt relationally is that Bernice and I are actually very similar in our personalities, and I really enjoyed getting to know her more. I also really connected with Leigh-Ann, which I really enjoyed. The relational aspect on the farm was really amazing, and it was so amazing for me that we can all work together, relax together and have holy conversations.

Something I learnt from a work perspective is that there’s a lot of hard work that goes into one bottle of jam or a pack of apples. I also had a great appreciation in my heart for the people who work on the farm because, even though people don’t always recognise or acknowledge them, they actually make our lives so much easier, for us to just go to the shop and buy a bag of apples or a jar of jam, we don’t always think about everyone that it took to get to us.

A cool fact that I never knew is that you can use Milton to wash dying plants and also spray it in the water. I have no idea why or how it works, but Oom Loutjie told me to do it, so I obeyed. 

• ⁠  ⁠⁠What was something that happened that you didn’t expect?

I didn’t expect the farm to be so relational. I honestly didn’t even think about the relational aspect; the things I mainly thought about was the work that we were going to do, and that I had to share a room with three other guys. I expected us to work all day, eat, and go to bed, but the relational aspect really surprised me. I’m really grateful for the people I went with and the people with whom I had great conversations. I really enjoyed the people, the farm, and the cinnabons, which Bernice made for us.

I am so grateful for the opportunity that I could go to the farm. I’m grateful for the facilitators, Oom Loutjie and Tannie Zelda, who allowed me to help on the farm, and for all the people who were there with me. I also really enjoyed running in the mornings. I praise the Lord for this wonderful time that I had.