Ben Saulas

Portrait of Ben Saulas

600mm x 700mm x 50mm (Acrylic on canvas)
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Meet Ben Saulas, he is married to Chrissy Saulas. He also lives in "Blikkiesdorp" (translated: shiny-tin town) which is a small suburb in the township called Newtown which is in Postmasburg, the Northern Cape. Ben works at the local Toyota dealer. It's really good that he has a job in a small town where jobs are hard to come by. Even though he is working, he is absent as a father and husband at home. We saw him many times, but only engaged with him in  real conversation a handful of times. The reason for this was because most of the times we saw him, he was drunk. I wonder what caused him to drink so much? Why did he feel the need to escape the reality of life. His family needs him to be present, yet he is absent. His family needs him to be provider and yet, I think he fails to do that even though he earns a salary.

As with Chrissy, we shared the Gospel of Christ with him many times. It is only by Jesus' work on the cross that we can be set free from sin – free from guilt, anger and addictions. We pray that Ben would see Christ for Who He is, what He did and why He died. I believe there is no other answer to Ben's enslaved life than Christ.

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