mp24957 Chaplain Mag Summer 2005 new.p65 - Chaplains service

amehlo ngokwenzeka embusweni
wokuvikeleka. Kungabakuhle khulu
bona ibhalwe nangezinye ilimi khona
sizakgona ukuyifundra soke
ingafundrwa ngilabo abazi ilimi
lakakhwini kwaphela.
Ngibona bona lelibhugu litholakale
njengokuthi lithengiswe. Lokho kuza
kusiza thina bathandri balo begodu
nemali yakhona ingasiza abandrwana
abizindrandrane.
Phambilili ma Chaplain amahle
imiberego yenu mihle begodu iyakarisa.
Nisibane esihle sika Zimu u Zimu
anitshudubaze kanye nennini zenu.
Emma Skhosana-Molo
DELMAS MPUMALANGA
ENGLISH VERSION
(ISINDEBELE LETTER)
This chaplains’ magazine brought to our
attention that the soldiers play a very
important role in our lives. As long as
we are safe we don’t even care or
remember their existence but this
magazine leads us to recognize them as
part of our society.
Chaplains are spreading the Word of God
to the soldiers. They want those soldiers
to have the Spirit of God. God must
always help, guide and be by their side
whenever they fight because they are
always facing death. As people far from
these soldiers, we thought that they do
not even know God, but to our surprise,
they know God and these chaplains are
always preparing them to have God
inside them.
They are so kind that they do not take
care of theirs soldiers only, but they
extend their care to their families.
Chaplains’ magazine has the photos of
the deceased members. This shows that
they keep their colleagues in their
memories. This really shows love to
every body.
Chaplains make sure that soldiers are
aware of this deadly disease (HIV and
AIDS) by work-shopping them. They
also bring people who are having this
disease to talk about it, so that they can
know about its reality. This shows love
and protection by our soldiers.
In conclusion, the following
recommendations are made:
• More females must be added to
chaplains’ corps and military
community in general. That will
bring more improvements in the
service of this department.
• It can be greatly appreciated if this
magazine can be written in
isiNdebele, isiSwati, XiTsonga and
other minority languages.
• As staunch readers of this magazine,
we can be pleased if it can be sold in
the markets so that it can be easily
accessible. The revenue generated
from this can be donated to the
orphanages.
• Chaplains are the light of God in the
military. They are doing a very good
job. May God bless them and their
families.
Ms Emma Skhosana-Molo
DELMAS
THE GREAT LAKES
REGION (CRAGLR)
I write to you on behalf of the members of
CRAGLR, meaning “Conflict Resolution
in the African Great Lakes Region”.
CRAGLR is made of natives of the
countries of the Great Lakes Region
(Burundi, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda)
who live and work in South Africa. We
consider ourselves privileged to witness the
“South African Miracle”, which is the
successful and peaceful transition from
apartheid to non racial democracy. It is
because we appreciate what we see that we
want to learn as much as we can from your
experience so that we can help our own
people to cohabitate peacefully, resolve
their conflicts and embrace democracy.
We are grateful to the South African nation
as a whole for being willing to share “The
Miracle” with other African nations. As a
result, in the Great Lakes Region,
Burundians recently (August 2005) had a
peace settlement that led to democratic
elections. South Africa is also involved in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo as
part of MONUC. Hope is slowly but surely
being restored and Congolese are preparing
to cast votes democratically in June 2006
for the first time in more than 40 years.
In all this work by the SANDF, the
Chaplains Service is deployed primarily
to render moral and spiritual support to
the South African troops. What is most
interesting is that the chaplains go out of
their way to liaise and interact with local
communities through various activities,
such as provision of aid relief, food
parcels, hospital visitations and fellowship
with local church leaders. This kind of
interaction has much value to the assisted
communities and to God Himself as it is a
practical way of sharing in the love of
Christ.
We thank God for using the South African
nation to come to the rescue of our people.
We also thank you for accepting the
invitation to reach out to other nations and
for stressing the spiritual aspects of the
needs of our people.
May God bless you.
Gabriel Kanyangoga
CRAGLR: THE GREAT LAKES
REGION
Letters
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