Treeferns Trout Lodge is totally committed to the Christian way of doing business.
The good Lord has been blessing us abundantly over the years we have been operating at Treeferns. He provides in our needs, and protects us from evil in ways that takes one’s breath away. Praise the Lord ! We do have our problems, but He is always with us, and carries us through.
We have a step brother, and brother-in-law, Frederik Maré, living on the farm, which would have been his inheritance. But he could not have it because of a handicap. He suffered brain damage at birth with the sad consequence that he never learned to speak, read, and write. However, he can hear and understand, and he is as strong as an ox. Of course his mother, long deceased now, was extremely worried about what would one day after her death, become of him.
In 1994 my wife and I got involved on the farm, and when mother-in-law died in 1998 we took over and since then cared for Frederik. I strongly believe the Lord rewards us beyond our wildest dreams true to His promise: “ And He will answer, ‘ I tell you the truth, when you refuse to help the least of my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me’ “ (Matthews 25 ; 45) (New Living Translation, 1996). ” En Hy sal antwoord, ‘Vir sover julle dit aan een van hierdie geringstes nie gedoen het nie, het julle dit aan my ook nie gedoen nie’ ” ( 1983 vertaling).
Our plans for the farm came off and business grew steadily motivating us to gradually expand. Throughout we prayed the Lord to use us and the farm alike for His Kingdom. Initially He did not seem to have heard us, but slowly followers of Jesus, individuals and small groups started visiting. Right now we are frequented by many small and bigger church groups, schools, welfare organisations, and of course individuals and families committed to the Lord.
Also on one of my regular visits to the farm ( we live in Centurion) I met Frans Opperman, a follower of Jesus if ever there was one. After the usual trivialities, I learned that Frans worked for a company Big C Rock Engineering, operating in rock mechanics for the mining industry. One of the Company’s objectives is to spend 10% of nett income for Bible distribution through an affiliate company, Mission Rock.( http://www.missionrock.co.za ) How meritorious ! Asked for a few Bibles for the chalets, Frans brought us 200 Bibles of different languages, and since then many more. We place them with our visitors, schools, churches, anyone in need of a Bible.
We can carry on like this for much longer, but suffice to say the Lord is ruling Treeferns Trout Lodge; He is our CEO par excellence.
The testimonies and feedback we receive from our guests surpass our expectations by far, and we give the Lord all the credit. Most of our visitors reported having experienced the Lord’s presence in a very personal way. There is no end to the Lord’s love and grace ! Halleluja ! May the Lord pours His Holy Spirit upon all our visitors .
“Then John testified, ‘ I saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove from heaven and resting upon Him’ ” ( John 1 : 32 )
