Life choices are decisions that significantly impact our personal and professional lives. These decisions involve taking actions, including taking calculated risks, managing finances, pursuing an education and
career, and choosing life partners. These are just a few examples of the significant decisions we face in life.
LANCE DE VOS came from Mitchells Plain but had a great upbringing. His parents gave him everything he needed, and his father was present and supported him all his life. Lance clarified that he believes people have choices to make: “The people of Mitchells Plain like to complain but do not like to work. They get SASSA (South African Social Security Agency) money, which is supposed to be used for the children. But they use it for bad things.”
He was using a wide variety of drugs, but it was the heroine that he got addicted to. Because of his upbringing, he always knew in the back of his mind that what he was doing was wrong. But he did not care and was looking forward to the next fix. He said, “That is what drugs are doing to you, all you want is the pipe or the next fix. Even when my second brother died violently, also from a gunshot, I did not change my ways. But then my father got fed up with me because by then, I had sold all our belongings to sustain my drug habits. After that, I moved from shelter to shelter but kept on doing crime and using drugs.”
This all changed for Lance when representatives of the CYPSA restoration program came to their shelter. Lance said, “I was touched by the testimonies former drug addicts shared with us. But a preacher at Malmesbury named George has led me to the Lord. He could not walk, and he could not talk because of his illness (he had a stroke), but his life was a testimony of his love for the Lord. From 2017 until 2019, I was at the KwaSizabantu branch in Malmesbury, and from there, I came to Kranskop to follow the CYPSA program. It is eight years since I arrived at KwaSizabantu (in Kranskop), and I have not yet returned to my previous life. I now make good life choices”.
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