This is a story with a South African heart and soul - waiting for you to unwrap the gift it holds.

Readers comments:

"This book gave me new hope in solving my current financial dilemma. It is inspiring to read how the author had to overcome similar problems I am currently faced with by trusting God completely and relying on God's mercy and love to make it all possible."

Claude McKirby

Sotheby's International Realty - Principal

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This short book is filled with the richness that honesty and courage bring to the truthful account of the journey of a family, from failure and ruin to triumph!

Dr M Kieser

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If one considers the magnificence of God's creation and believe God's word, that says that not even a hair will fall from our heads without Him knowing about it, we can not ignore the fact that God loves us, just like we are. This fact, being the central theme of "More than a million Canaries" is the greatest Miracle of all time.

Andre Wolhuter

Regional Director - Middle East - DBL Emirates

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In South Africa, and thru-out the world, financial pressure and need is causing fear and stress. Thru greed our world is collapsing as we know it, and the only way to make sense of this is to go back to the Word, to bend our knees for our Living God, and to pray for His merciful guidance. Martin's book tells the story of this gripping fear, and how a man overcame it through his Christian faith. A book to share and recommend to all you know!

Lise Lourens

More than a Million Canaries - Triumph over Financial ruin

Chapter 1: Sinking, we saw a light

Realising the magnitude of the financial disaster I was facing, instinct kicked in and I unavailingly tried to control my environment. I worked through endless options - all delivering the same outcome - the only differentiating factor being the time it would take for us to lose all our earthly possessions. Sequestration seemed the best option. I was without my profitable business, flat broke and bereft of all hope. My wife was still working, but was not earning nearly enough to cover our monthly liabilities. Each month we were dipping into the difference between the balance on our home mortgage and our maximum limit. At this rate, we had only 12 months left before we would run out of road, before losing all that we had worked and saved for our entire lives.

Our lives were about to change irrevocably. I found myself fumbling in unfamiliar territory. Not only did I need to cope with the constant "darkness" I found myself in, but I also felt removed from the body I was living in. The positive person I knew, the guy who knew joy and whose inner child was always bubbling just below the surface, had become a vague acquaintance from a previous life. My wife and children had become strangers with familiar faces. As much as I instinctively knew that I needed to take care of them, protect and provide for them, I found myself unable to make positive decisions and remained almost in a state of mental paralysis.

Financial stress attacks not only your pocket, but your entire being. Mind, body - and most importantly - soul. My body started to wither. I was not eating or sleeping and suffered from uncontrollable sweating, 24 hours a day. Within two months I had lost 12kg's. In my younger days, just after university, my first business focused on developing a cost effective, sustainable food source to feed famine stricken Africa. Back then, by the grace of God, we managed to supply more than a million meals and now, the emaciated frame that stared back at me from the mirror reminded me of those desperate faces looking to us for relief.

Mundane tasks became a struggle and I found basic problem solving very difficult. I had never experienced depression, anxiety or any other related psychological disorder, but when self-worth and the will to live started fading I realised that this battle had more to it than the mere state of our finances. A war was raging inside of me; a battle between light and darkness - between life and death.

I am reminded of one dark-dark week when I had to weigh up the option of sequestration. For days on end I could not sleep nor eat. I would sit with my wife, weeping and praying to the Father till late at night. When we got into bed we would hold hands in silence, running a marathon of thoughts till the morning hours.

Sometimes I would get out of bed when everyone was asleep and walk through our house in the dark, talking to God. I was contemplating how difficult it would be to see strangers take our house, our comfortable king-size bed and every earthly possession we were clinging to as a measure of our success. How difficult would it be to rebuild our lives? How do you restore your identity? What is your identity when you have to confront failure hanging onto you like a rabid baboon? How can you look your wife and children in the face and expect of them to be proud of you ever again?

I felt that I had failed them, myself and God. How would it be to move out of our comfortable home to a humble suburb? I was shocked at how thin the line was between me and the beggar living under the bridge.

My spirit was broken and I was standing on an island of no hope.

Proverbs 11 verse 28: (The Message) A life devoted to things is a dead life, a stump; a God-shaped life is a flourishing tree.

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Comments from a Church Leader in South Africa

Dutch Reform Church Moreletapark Pretoria

"The timing of this book could not be better. Many are struggling with financial problems and difficult decisions. Some are on the brink of sequestration. Some will seek advice from other people and rely on their wisdom. Others feel they have prayed in vain and that God has forgotten them.

This is the testimony of a man who walked that road and now has a message of victory and hope. In the face of seemingly hopeless situations and unmanageable events, he discovered God's majesty, loving fatherhood and almighty power to overcome any obstacles. You will share his trails and tribulations and discover how God strengthened his faith and trust, enhancing their personal relationship. God is still doing miracles.

May God lift you up and change your life through this book. May you experience His eternal blessing in your life."

Rev Dirkie van der Spuy - Moreletapark

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