Chris and Earl from Inspired2Become will be competing in the Kia World Extreme Games in Shanghai, China, on the 9th and 10th of June 2013. Please pray for safe traveling and awesome skating. They are also in the process of raising sponsorships for their trip. If you are interested in supporting them please click here.
For more info on the event visit: http://kiaworldextremegames.com/en/
The street course:
The event poster:
Fanie’s 2nd Games Testimony:
Hi guys!
So I had another chance after my 200m, what a privilege! I believe the 2 races was a week apart so that the Lord could prepare my heart for the 100m- because I could either fear it or embrace it! This w
11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.1John5:11-12
12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.14 Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles. Phil4:12-14
16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.1John3:16
16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. 17 This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.116 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.John4:16-18.
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!…The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devils work.1John3:1a,8b
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John3:16-17
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer (author) and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.Heb.12:1-3
12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Like Arnu would quote from Cool Runnings : “A gold medal is a wonderful thing but if you are not good enough without it, you will never be good enough with it “.
Yes it is great but Jesus is enough and only in Jesus would you find true life… the world will never be good enough, it cannot be good enough, and it should not be – meaning that you should not settle for 2nd best. We are nothing without Jesus and the only thing we can boast in is in the cross of Christ!
Geseend is die wat weet hoe afhanklik hulle van God is Mat5:3
Al my liefde
Fanie
Fanie’s 200m results and testimony at London:
Hi guys! So I came sixth in my 200m final! My motto for this year was to run, live for Jesus and worship Him in everything I do! Living up to that when the race did not go as planned at all is hard. It is really tough but may He be glorified in my life whether I win or lose because life is all about Him, His glory not ours (easier said than done).
Before the race I was expectant and confident. I came into the race as the world record holder and I am in the best shape I can be. It was a great reality shock realizing I just came sixth. I looked at the SA boytjies sitting in the athletes stand situated at the finish line and it was just silence, looking more shocked than I was (haha). I lifted my hands and walked off. Being the first track athlete I really wanted to encouraged the guys through my performance. I was concerned how this would influence them but God do not need “my great performance” to encourage them, He is their courage and strength! Lying in my bed that night, not being able to sleep, my head was so full of negativity and accusations. It felt as if I am going crazy. I stood up knelt at my bed and said, yes Lord I need Your help, I need You to save me from this and carry me trough this! (Rom14:11 “For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God” that Jesus Christ is Lord) I went out of my room and sat down in the bathroom. It felt if I had nothing… but I had Jesus and that was enough, and the enemy was trying to steal even Jesus from me. I believe God said to me that He is proud of me because I am His son, not because of my performance and no medal can ever cause Him to be more proud of me (not even a gold medal… haha).
Seeing Charl, Dyan and Anrune perform last night with the Spirit leading them gave me the greatest joy and I worshiped God for that! They make me so proud and I haven’t slept as peaceful and easy as I slept last night as ever on this trip.
My coach wrote me a letter before we came saying may you experience God’s pride over you in this games and it has been so real!
In my dvd I said that I would follow the plan that He has for my life and that His will may take place in my life… I choose to believe that this is in God’s perfect plan for my life right here, right now. I look forward to what lies ahead.
All my love
Fanie
Fanie from I2B is included in the Paralympics team who will be leaving Cape Town this Sunday. The Paralympics is from 31 Aug to 8 Sept in London. We pray God’s blessing on the whole journey for all the athletes!
At Inspired2Become we believe that, in the same way that each neighborhood has their own sport field or play park, each neighborhood should also have their own public skate park. As I2B does youth development this is an awesome way to do it I believe…….to build or fight for proper public skate parks as a way to do community development and by having clubs at these skate parks you also do youth development. Please get in contact with us if you would like to support the cause!!
Below are some examples of what we hopefully can establish in areas such as:
Somerset West at Radloff park mini ramp
Cloetesville tennis courts in Stellenbosch
Somerset West or Strand (The old Shed skate park – put metal over wooden ramps and a roof over the bowl):
The dream I2B Center:
Please let me know if you would like to get involved.
Well, you are probably wondering if it rained today…….it didn’t, so it was go-time for the finals! I was glad to skate again but didn’t want to lose my 6th place. Jami and I just prayed for God’s will to happen.
Below: Chris van der Merwe in the warm ups before the finals
Last night we ate some chicken and my stomach started feeling bad about 20mins after that. This morning I went to the stadium where the X-Games is being held with a body that is not feeling ready to skate a competition. Jami and I prayed and just believed that I would be ready when the warm ups start. They delayed the competition with an hour because of last night’s rain that they needed to dry on the the course. By the time the warm ups started I was feeling way better and ready to roll.
Below: Finals warm up time
In the finals was two heats of 5 skaters, I was in the second heat. I didn’t really watch the first heat intensely and I didn’t know what the competitors’ scores was. You get 4 runs of 45 seconds. I messed up my first run, then landed a safe run in my second go. In my third and fourth run I tried to step up the level a bit but messed up in both runs. The top 5 went through to the last final which I knew I didn’t make. So Jami and I was just hoping and praying from that point on that I would remain in my previous placing, 6th place.
After the contest I really wanted to be a bit angry for not landing the more difficult run I wanted to do, then Jami just said, “Chris, remember that we said we are going to praise God no matter what happens.” Then we prayed and just thanked God for an awesome time and that we would be happy with whatever the outcome might be but also that it would be really nice to remain in 6th place but still let His will be done coz His will is perfect. Well, God is always good and we can just be stoked with what He gives us because He knows best. Thank you Lord!!!!
Below is the final results:
10. Kirill Galushko (RUS)
9. Diego Guilloud (SUI)
8. Pascal Morasse (CAN)
7. Chien Kai aka Killa K (TPE)
6. Chris van der Merwe (RSA)
5. Chris Haffey (USA)
4. Yuto Goto (JPN)
3. Worapoj Boonnim aka Note (THA)
2. Soichiro Kanashima (JPN)
1. Jeff Stockwell (USA)
Below: Jeff Stockwell and Chris van der Merwe on the Asian X-Games Street Course 2012
My wife and I came to Shanghai feeling awful. Weirdly enough we both got a cold/flu the night before our flight and suffered a bit on the plain to China. To top that we also had a big fight the night before the flight. Jami and I just realised that this is just the devil wanting to steal our joy and make this whole trip miserable. Well we just decided to pray and also asked others to pray and the trip this far (3rd day in Shanghai) has been really blessed. So thanks to all the great people who supports us and prayed for us.
Below: The Asian X-Games Street Course 2012
Today was the prelims with 22 athletes from around the world. The street course was really hard for me to skate coz the ramps are really big (which I’m not used to) so I didn’t have the best confidence. It also felt like I didn’t sleep at all last night. This morning my wife and I just consecrated the day to the Lord and prayed for His will to be done. I felt good during warm ups and was still working on some tricks when Azikwe Anderson (a well respected person in the rollerblading industry) called me aside. He gave me some good pointers and advice that really built up my confidence. I’m sure he was sent by God even though he maybe didn’t realise it himself. I ended up doing one clean, kinda simple run and messed the others up a bit. Afterwards Jami and I was not sure if I would make the finals but we just knew God’s will would happen……..and here are the prelim top 10 results:
10. Kirill Galushko (RUS) 69.33
9. Diego Guilloud (SUI) 69.33
8. Pascal Morasse (CAN) 75.00
7. Chien Kai aka Killa K (TPE) 76.00
6. Chris van der Merwe (RSA) 76.33
5. Yuto Goto (JPN) 80.00
4. Worapoj Boonnim aka Note (THA) 80.33
3. Chris Haffey (USA) 81.00
2. Soichiro Kanashima (JPN) 83.33
1. Jeff Stockwell (USA) 85.33
The finals will be tomorrow although there is a good chance for rain. If it rains out the prelim results will count for the finals. Whatever happens we are just truly grateful!
Chris and his wife have the privilege to be in China from 26April-1May 2012. Chris will be competing in the Asian X-Games Aggressive Inline Skating devision and his wife, Jami, will be by his side supporting him. This is likely to be Chris’s last Asian X-Games. Please pray for their travels and that they may shine God’s love where they go. Below is Chris and Jami on the train in Hong Kong before they take their flight to Shanghai where the X-Games is being held.
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We are busy building the new I2B Events Park. It will only get used for big comps and events and also for weekly club meetings. If you would like to join a club, check out clubs under current projects, or give me a shout. This is the only way that people can skate this park. There will be no open sessions. So join a club 
We still need lots of wood and lots of help with the building. Please check the group on facebook, Son Skate Stellenbosch, for updates when we are building and skating. Thanks for your support!
