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\u201cI want to encourage everyone who is here today as we start the year 2025, especially at the time that we are living in, which is so difficult. In these times you need God. You cannot do it on your own, and if you think you can do it on your own in the police without God, you are not going to make it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI want to encourage you to speak to God in the morning before you go on the parade and ask him for more strength because with your own strength you can collapse especially with the challenges we are facing. No one has the answer, but with God it is possible,\u201d Daniels said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Testimony<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Apart from the words of encouragement shared on the day, several testimonies were also heard. One of those testimonies was that of Sgt Grandhal Esau from the Paarl East Police Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He recounted how on 13 September 2020 his life changed when he was involved in a severe car crash, a day that he will never forget, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Esau was on his way home to Paarl when a drunken driver, driving in the wrong direction on the N1 near the R300, drove into their vehicle head-on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was told that I was in an accident when I woke up two weeks afterwards. I spent a week in Vincent Pallotti Hospital and was transferred to Paarl. I was in a coma. As I am standing here, I still have blood on the brain. I am not supposed to be the normal sergeant Esau, but I am and there is only one reason, because of God. God\u2019s grace and mercy is upon my life, to this day his mercy is sufficient for me,\u201d said Esau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said he was supposed to be disabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEach year I go for an MRI scan to see how far the blood on the brain is, as the blood can cause damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWho would have thought that today I would be standing here in Parow and trying to be motivational,\u201d said Esau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added: \u201cEach night I ask God what he wants me to do. I think I am already busy with what He wants me to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Esau then encouraged people to pray. \u201cBecause prayer changes things. It might not happen when you want it but somewhere along the way God will answer your prayer. Never stop praying. Believe there is a living God and that He can perform miracles,\u201d said Esau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Church\u2019s doors are open<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Senior Pastor Derrick Schroeder of the Lighthouse Christian Centre lead the opening prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He welcomed the policemen and -women, chaplains, the Community Policing Forum, neighbourhood watch members and members of the public to their church, adding that the doors of the church are always open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is a house of the Lord, a house of healing and restoration. It is not just a church across the road. Here you can come for refuge to the church for prayer. You can even come during your lunch time,\u201d he told the police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Parow Police Station is situated directly opposite the church in Arnold Wilhelm Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHere is a place to come and pray. I say this because I know that the staff in the police also belong to a family. Sometimes we forget that the police are also part of a community. Often it is the same communities that are subjected to violence and attacks. Today I want to say to the police, we love you and appreciate you. We understand the difficulties that you are going through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe want to be here for you because we know at the end you are part of a family and community. We pray for you, and we salute you. Thank you for serving our community,\u201d said Schroeder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Col Deirdr\u00e9 Engelbrecht, Parow police station commander, said the day belonged to the police and no one else, after which she thanked everyone who it had made it possible. The prayer service was organised by WO Yolanda Pietersen of the Parow police\u2019s crime prevention unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Franchesca Walker, ward councillor, was one of the last speakers on the day. \u201cMy prayer is that God will always keep you safe from the moment you step out of your house, to when you return home,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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