Stories of real faith. Helana Olivier
career as it was just the Lord showing me how He was always going to provide for me.
Knowing I had work for over a year, soon after Shanghai, I went to London, seeing that part of the prize for winning was a holiday trip for two to London for five nights with a West End Show of our choice included. I had decided that instead of only going for five nights, I would wait till I had the time and extend the return flight, so that I could see all my family and friends that I had wanted to see since I was young.
So, three and a half weeks in London it was, seeing as many West End Shows as I could, finally meeting my lovely family and having the time of my life. I also had my 21st birthday over there, which I found so special, as I was in a country I had been wanting to go to since I was very little, surrounded by family, close childhood friends from back home who had moved there, as well as friends that I had made since I entered the industry.
It felt like my past, present and future had all come together on that day, and it showed how quickly things had changed in such a short amount of time.
I remember arriving back on a Friday morning and starting Cats rehearsals that next Monday. The next six weeks would prove to be very tough, rehearsing from 09:30 to 18:00 for six days a week. I had gone from never having been to a dance lesson in my life, to being a part of one the most sought after musicals for dancers, as well as having to now understudying three different tracks in the show. I grew so much and loved being challenged every single day. Whether it was fighting through injuries or standing at the end of each show knowing how much work went into getting to the end.
It was an amazing six months that I will cherish forever. My musical family was also growing, and now, with two shows under my belt. I was starting to feel at home in an industry I had known very little about growing up.
Once Cats had ended, I got the chance to go home for three weeks.
After having time to reconnect with everyone and spend some quality time with my close friends and family, I was off to Cape Town to start with the Grease rehearsal process. With a young and energetic cast, we all knew this was going to be something special, and working once again with a West End creative team, I was excited to see what this show would bring.
We rehearsed for five weeks and performed from February to June 2010 in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
During this season of my life I was going through a transformation from just serving the Lord, to actually knowing Him. I grew so much in my relationship with Him, spending time just allowing him to pour knowledge and revelation into my heart. I can honestly say that has been one of the best few months of my life.
The end of our South African run of Grease came quickly and that meant that touring would begin. We started off in New Zealand, where we performed for a month, after which I stayed to explore the rest of New Zealand for two weeks. Once that was done, I went home for two weeks and then was off to Hong Kong and, being a city that never sleeps, five weeks seemed to fly by and I found myself on a plane to Korea where I was going to see my brother, Paul, sister-in-law, Gerri, and new little niece, Olivia.
They have been teaching in Korea for the past six years and visited South Africa at least once a year. However, I had always wanted to visit them and, being so close, I thought it was a perfect opportunity. So there I was. After having been to New Zealand and Hong Kong, I was spending quality time with my precious family in Korea. Something that had seemed impossible had become a reality. On top of that, while in Hong Kong, I had also been offered the role of Troy again for an up and coming run in Taiwan. What this meant was that they needed me to go there for a five day media call, which just happened to fall right in the middle of my holiday in Korea. The timing couldn’t have been better, and all I did was go to Korea for a week, then Taiwan for five days, then back to Korea before I had to leave to go home.
And so my journey continues, and as I wake up every morning, I am faced with more challenges and filled with new desires.
People often ask me if I worry about my future, or what my “plan B” is. I can honestly say that I am not ignorant to the fact that my future is important, but I just know that the Lord tells me not to worry about tomorrow, as is I can really know what tomorrow will bring.
I am a firm believer now in that if we spend all our time thinking of tomorrow, we miss out on our time that was meant for today. I understand that we are all at different stages of our lives, and that all of us wake up to different situations and circumstances, but one thing still remains the same: the Lord is alive and with us every day.
My desire is that I wake up every day with that fire and passion that the Holy Spirit fuels me with, being afraid of nothing and not just because I know He is alive and loves me, but because I know of the person I am, now that He is in me. He is that unseen advantage and whether it is in the stillness of worship or in making my wildest dreams come true, it is His promise that I hold onto, that He will eternally be with me.
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