My Family Blog & Life Story

  I lived my life for approx. 20 years as a 'votarist' You can find the description / definition of a 'votarist' on the link below but will place the info in this blog as well should you not opt to look it up. Link:  https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Votarist Definition / Description: In   the   Christian   tradition,   such   public   vows   are   made   by   the   religious –   cenobitic   and   eremitic  –   of   the   Catholic   Church,   Anglican   Communion,   and   Eastern   Orthodox   Churches,   whereby   they   confirm   their   public   profession   of   the   evangelical   counsels   of   poverty,   chastity,   and   obedience   or   Benedictine   equivalent.   The   vows   are   regarded   as   the   individual's   free   response   to   a   call   by   God   to   follow   Jesus   Christ   more   closely   under   the   action   of   the   Holy Spirit   in   a   particular   form   of   religious living .   A   person   who   lives   a   religi

Born with a purpose Since I can remember I was convinced that I had been born with a specific purpose in mind which God had planned for me to follow through and that was to help people in general, namely my parents,  friends and even  strangers to make a difference in peoples lives as I could not stand by and see people suffer. To have made a difference in peoples lives had always been very rewarding for me as it gave me a sense of living for being needed and wanted in terms of reality and what goes on in this crazy world we live in and the amount of people whom don't have it "easy" in life due to financial difficulties, health, disabilities, etc.  For example the pandemic (COVID-19) has made everything worse since January 2020 when this virus started spreading all over the world, it has affected so many peoples lives, many loosing their businesses, jobs, their homes and some even their loved ones to this pandemic.  The main thing is that we should not ask "Why God W

I have many memories throughout my life, some happy and some sad. During the 1970's growing up I remember we used to look after a beautiful female foxterrier whom belonged to our next door neighbour, her name was Suzi. This was my first best friend and it felt like she was my own dog as we used to take her in quite often when our neighbours went on holiday.  One sunny day it was late in the afternoon and the neighbours facing our front door had a red brick wall next to their house and I was over by the neighbour playing with their kids outside in the garden. I decided I was gonna climb this wall cos being a young small boy I was always very curious and up for a challenge as to find out what certain things would be like after exploring them. So I climbed the wall and found out in no time that this wall was not sturdy (cement plastered) and gave way as soon as I climbed it. It collapsed in an instant and I had got such a fright but after sustaining some minor bruises on m

My Life Story I was born Christo De Flamingh on 29 April 1971 on the early hours of that Thursday morning.  When I was about 4 years old when we lived in a military base as my dad was an artillery instructor in the SADF. This was our first family home after I was born.  One night we had visitors over and my mom sent me to run a bath for myself.  I placed the plug into the bath trap and opened the hot water tap. After a couple of minutes as alot of kids do, I got bored waiting for the bath to fill up with water.  I decided to lie on top of the edge of the bath and after a couple of seconds I lost my balance and fell into the bath half filled with hot water and almost immediately I let out a blood curling scream. My mom appeared in an instant as she ran to the bathroom after my screams for help. She picked me up out of the bath and covered me with a blanket and my dad rushed me to the military hospital in Wynberg military base. I had suffered severe burns over the upper part of my body a