“When we found Xolisa he was mostly dragging himself around on his hands and knees,” said Tony Lubner, 53, whose charity, Sabrina Love, raised the money for Xolisa’s’ ‘legs’ by entering a team of sponsored riders in last year’s Argus. A South African businessman, Lubner and his interior decorator wife Suzy, founded the charity in 2003, in memory of their disabled daughter. “Sabrina was an angel. In her seven short years she left an indelible impression on everyone she met. We feel she was sent for a purpose. Suzy and I, being well-off enough to have medical insurance, were able to give Sabrina the best care. We started the charity to help the many familes in our town, Plettenberg Bay, who simply cannot pay the added cost entailed in having a special child,” said Lubner, himself a keen cyclist who along with Xolisa and 185 other members of the team, rode the Argus on March 13 dressed in the distinctive pink Sabrina Love shirt. I observed this race from my B&B and watched in amazement as the first wave of professional men riders zipped by followed about 10 minutes later by a wave of women professonal riders. In another ten minutes, a four hour procession of non-professionals followed; some at a rapid pace and others at moderate speed. The skies were overcast but the sun shone through the clouds and glistened on the Atlantic Ocean. Not one comment was made about Xolisa in the television coverage of the race and the excitement at the finish line but the greatest winner in this race was Xolisa Dinga and the pink shirted Sabrina Love charity team members. It is not unusual for real news to be overlooked in our money motivated world. However if we watch closely and listen for the things of God we will find that just as He was watching after this 16 year old cyclist, God is always in the shadows, keeping watch over his own.

God watches over us and we need His love and care, Kochany