Happy days

This weekend, which marks a year since Pieter and I met, we had the pleasure of spending some great quality time together. We are both doing extremely well and are so very grateful for it.

We both love fast cars, and we were in heaven when we had the opportunity to attend a super car event at the Top Gear test track in Dunfold, England. The event was held and organised by The Children's Trust to raise awareness and funds. All the drivers donated their time and cars free of charge, and the money we paid to be driven around the track in style and at great speed went to The Chidren's Trust. Everyone was a winner! I was driven around the track in an Ariel Atom and an Aston Martin DB9, and Pieter in the Audi R8 V10!

I made the following video as a bit of fun, with the events highly exaggerated, but not impossible!

Every time I see Pieter he looks healthier and happy. And it reminds me why I donated a kidney to him; not for money or fame, just one man seeing the need in another, wanting to help him, without expecting anything in return.

In this world, the sad reality is that everything revolves around money and power. Many people will do anything to obtain it, thinking that's what will bring them happiness. "If I have more money, a bigger house, a better job, I will be happy" we all think at some point. And without these motivations and rewards, many people wouldn't even consider helping a loved one, let alone a stranger. And that's what's wrong with this world. Most of the wrong in this world is not something someones God is doing to us, we are doing it to each other.

I often get asked what I received in return for helping Pieter. I received a truly grateful, happy, healthy and amazing life-long friend. And that is more valuable than any possesion this world has to offer.