Hugged by Gcina Mhlophe
Thembi - breakfast in bed in Cape Town
with John van der Ruit
Here is the feedback of Thembi's magical dream
"Thembi must be the most beautiful, enchanting young girl I have ever come across, she is 13 years old and has Muscular Dystrophy. When she was given a dream form to complete she listed eight dreams! Her reasoning being that she had never been asked such a question before and once she started she couldn't stop! We were amazed at her list, and formulated a plan to put her dream together. Among her dream list was a request for her very own box of chocolates that she didn't have to share with anyone - her joy when we handed over a large box of chocs was very infectious - at that stage she believed that we had just fulfilled her dream! Once we explained that there was more and handed over the air tickets - she was quite beside herself. The tickets covered the flights from East London to Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and back to East London! Thembi loves reading and wishes to be a journalist and author.
Thembi and Ilze set off early on Monday morning, meeting with Janine Daniels of the Penguin Publishing group in Johannesburg - they met the staff and then had a wonderful time at the Cleo Magazine offices. They were hosted by the Penguin group for lunch and armed with a huge pile of magazines and books they returned to the airport for the flight to Cape Town. Having spent the night in Cape Town they then were taken to Table Mountain and Blouberg Strand where, with a view of Robben Island, Thembi received her precious copy of A Long walk to Freedom - another of her cherished dreams. Everyone was absolutely in awe of Thembi, with several people asking to have photos taken with her! She really just touches people wherever she goes! They then went to meet with Marguerite Black, a journalist living with a similar condition to Thembi, they spent some time together - it seems a magical time for both where they both seemed to really connect and give each other inspiration and energy.
Having gathered in some ardent fans in Cape Town they then traveled to Durban where they spent the night. Wednesday dawned to a full programme, meeting with Gcina Mhlope who gave Thembi her undivided attention - whom Thembi thought was "VERY cool" A short trip through Ushaka Marine World and then lunch with author, Marguerite Poland. It is the first time I have organized a dream where the hosts have phoned to thank me for the honour of meeting a dream child! Marguerite was totally enchanted with Thembi and found her a complete inspiration! The last author she met with was John van der Ruit, again a very successful, fun meeting.
Thembi has no idea what an inspiring person she is - one seldom finds a young person with such grace and maturity and yet a sense of fun and energy fitting a 13 year old. She astounded all the people she met by preparing a set of questions and gathering information about each person they visited via the internet! It has been an absolute pleasure being involved with this dream - it is difficult to merely say thank you to the sponsor of this dream as everyone involved has gained from it, especially Thembi who will has been able to take a step into her future and no matter what it holds for her, she will have memories of a wonderful trip that will keep reminding her of how special she is."
"Thembi must be the most beautiful, enchanting young girl I have ever come across, she is 13 years old and has Muscular Dystrophy. When she was given a dream form to complete she listed eight dreams! Her reasoning being that she had never been asked such a question before and once she started she couldn't stop! We were amazed at her list, and formulated a plan to put her dream together. Among her dream list was a request for her very own box of chocolates that she didn't have to share with anyone - her joy when we handed over a large box of chocs was very infectious - at that stage she believed that we had just fulfilled her dream! Once we explained that there was more and handed over the air tickets - she was quite beside herself. The tickets covered the flights from East London to Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and back to East London! Thembi loves reading and wishes to be a journalist and author.
Thembi and Ilze set off early on Monday morning, meeting with Janine Daniels of the Penguin Publishing group in Johannesburg - they met the staff and then had a wonderful time at the Cleo Magazine offices. They were hosted by the Penguin group for lunch and armed with a huge pile of magazines and books they returned to the airport for the flight to Cape Town. Having spent the night in Cape Town they then were taken to Table Mountain and Blouberg Strand where, with a view of Robben Island, Thembi received her precious copy of A Long walk to Freedom - another of her cherished dreams. Everyone was absolutely in awe of Thembi, with several people asking to have photos taken with her! She really just touches people wherever she goes! They then went to meet with Marguerite Black, a journalist living with a similar condition to Thembi, they spent some time together - it seems a magical time for both where they both seemed to really connect and give each other inspiration and energy.
Having gathered in some ardent fans in Cape Town they then traveled to Durban where they spent the night. Wednesday dawned to a full programme, meeting with Gcina Mhlope who gave Thembi her undivided attention - whom Thembi thought was "VERY cool" A short trip through Ushaka Marine World and then lunch with author, Marguerite Poland. It is the first time I have organized a dream where the hosts have phoned to thank me for the honour of meeting a dream child! Marguerite was totally enchanted with Thembi and found her a complete inspiration! The last author she met with was John van der Ruit, again a very successful, fun meeting.
Thembi has no idea what an inspiring person she is - one seldom finds a young person with such grace and maturity and yet a sense of fun and energy fitting a 13 year old. She astounded all the people she met by preparing a set of questions and gathering information about each person they visited via the internet! It has been an absolute pleasure being involved with this dream - it is difficult to merely say thank you to the sponsor of this dream as everyone involved has gained from it, especially Thembi who will has been able to take a step into her future and no matter what it holds for her, she will have memories of a wonderful trip that will keep reminding her of how special she is."
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This is the same team that is praying for you -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtWBRnzvEHE
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