The Bible now in all 11 official languages - Die Erdekruik / The Vessel

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CAPE TOWN
The Bible now in all 11 official languages
Mims Turley
The first-ever complete Bible in isiNdebele has recently been published.
With the launch of this Bible, there will be a complete Bible available in
all of South Africa’s eleven official languages for the first time.
The launch recently took place at the Solomon Mahlangu Stadium
in Kwa-Mhlanga. The event started with a Bible walk to the stadium
where various choirs and music groups performed. Pastor Mary Mathibela
preached and the well-known gospel singer Solly Mahlangu and his
band, Obrigado, appeared as guest artists. Some church and community
leaders, as well as government officials, also attended.
The gospel of Mark, the first book of the Bible ever published in
isiNdebele, appeared in 1977. In 1986 the New Testament and a selection
of the Psalms were published. After this, work came to a standstill
and it was only in 2000 that the translation of the Old Testament and a
comprehensive review of the New Testament began.
Three translators, pastor David Mahlangu, pastor Peter Mabena and
professor Andries Breytenbach, also the source-text expert and project
leader, worked fulltime on this task. They were supported by a review
committee which met regularly to work through the text prepared by the
translators and to make recommendations.
The consignment of Bibles arrived in the country aboard the ship Vecchio
Bridge in October. “This is a historic event for the Bible Society. One million
isiNdebele speakers will now have access to a Bible in their own language for
the very first time. Setswana was the first indigenous language to receive a Bible
155 years ago. Now, the last language group is receiving their own Bible and the
complete Bible is available in all 11 official languages of our country,” says reverend
Gerrit Kritzinger, chief executive officer of the Bible Society.
To celebrate this event, the Bible Society has announced that these Bibles
will be sold at just R25 a copy until the end of December. This will put
many speakers of this language in a position to obtain a Bible of their own.
For the first time ever in the history of the Bible Society of South
Africa, the digital Bible in various formats will be launched alongside
the printed version.
It is now possible to download a free isiNdebele cellphone Bible from m.bibles.co.za.
Read the Bible online at www.bibles.co.za or buy an e-Bible for your e-reader through
the Bible Society’s online store at www.biblesociety.co.za.
R6.00
Photo: Matt Reiners

2 THE VESSEL Timeless News
December/January 2013
Dis heerlik om te weet dat teen die tyd wat u hierdie uitgawe lees, u
in alle waarskynlikheid met vakansie is. Ons vertrou dat die ander wat
nie so gelukkig is, ook ’n mate van positiewe seisoensverandering sal
beleef om saam die nuwe jaar met hoop en geloof in te gaan.
Hierdie is ons laaste uitgawe vir 2012, nr 171. Ons eer die Here vir Sy ge-
nade dat ons vir 171 maande Die Erdekruik kon uitgee oor die lengte en
breedte van SA met meer as 3,5 miljoen kopieë. Glo my: dis genade.
Ek is dankbaar teenoor elke hart en hand wat hiertoe bygedra het.
Hoe kan ’n mens jou dankbaarheid teenoor elkeen uitspreek? Ek glo
die naaste wat ek hieraan sal kan kom is om in liefde te leef, die
groot gebod, en só naby aan my Skepper en Sy kudde te leef.
For this reason I have chosen ‘love’ as our new year’s resolution. Once
we realise that we were created by God for His purpose, we will move
into a whole new dimension of living. This has to change the way we
think, act and live (2 Tim 1:9 KJV). “Who hath saved us, and called us
with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His
own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the
world began.” With the new year, most people simply desire change,
but the truth is that we really need change.
We cannot escape our natural and imperfect thoughts with each and
every new year. So with 2013, almost every person will rethink their lives
and proclaim a change in lifestyle, or whatever change is needed for a
better new year. But let us live, love!
We serve an awesome and powerful loving God. Therefore, we must
allow Him to reveal to us what areas in our lives need to change for His
purposes. Change is a must if we want to experience 2013 as the year
wherein we want to become the overcomer, to enter the year of abun-
dance with miracles and overflowing blessings, but also to make it the
year to love. Love God and your neighbour – what a change this could
bring if we could truly take this to heart. But who is our neighbour? Go
meditate on this question for your holiday homework.
May you enter 2013 through love, live it in love and end it with love.
Geniet ons artikels, raak betrokke by ons, bid vir ons, en mag die liefde
ons dring en dryf tot elkeen van ons ’n 2013-getuienis van liefde sal
hê tot eer van Jesus Christus ons Verlosser.
Trots op reis met die evangelie van Jesus Christus sedert 1998
Die Erdekruik behou die reg voor om berigte na aanleiding van beskikbare spasie te verkort en
taalversorging te doen om sodoende te verseker dat artikels koerant-vriendelik voorkom. The Vessel
reserves the right to shorten and alter articles according to linguistic standards in order to render
them newspaper-friendly. While every care has been taken to ensure the validity of the content of
the articles and advertisements contained in this publication, the views expressed in The Vessel are
not necessarily reflected by the management of The Vessel Newspaper (Pty) Ltd.
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JOHANNESBURG
Best Afrikaans Gospel Album
Ilse de Beer
In Verwondering, the gospel
album by Retief Burger, Louis
Brittz, Helmut Meijer and Neil
Buchner, recently received the
award for Best Afrikaans Gospel
Album at the 2012 SABC Crown
Gospel Music Awards that took
place in Durban.
This yearly gala event took
place for the fifth time in the Durban
ICC, honouring gospel music
in 31 categories. It was for Merchant
Music and their artists an
exceptional privilege to be part
of this event. Merchant Music
proudly boasts with four nominations,
including In Verwondering,
Louis Brittz (Psalms 2), DuisLig
and Cjay (Jesus Freak Yes I Am).
XrossBeat Media dra getuienisse uit
Eon de Bruin
XrossBeat Media is ’n groot
ondersteuner van Christelike mu-
siek, aangesien musiek so ’n sterk
middel is om met mense te kan
kommunikeer. As hulle die boodskap
van Jesus Christus deur die
universiële taal van musiek versprei,
kan hul net soveel meer effektief
werk vir ons Koning.
XrossBeat Media vind dat dit
belangrik is om opkomende sangers
te help en soveel moontlik
blootstelling te gee. Sodoende help
Cjay also performed live at the
awards evening and he clearly had
the crowd on their feet.
In Verwondering is the incredible
story of the journey that four
musicians and a camera crew took
to the beautiful town of Sutherland
in the Karoo earlier this year. They
were looking for answers about
the intimate presence of God and
discovered more than they could
ever imagine. They wrote twelve
God-inspired songs in three days.
There is also an accompanying
documentary DVD available that
captured this amazing journey.
For more information or interview
queries, contact Ilse de Beer
at ilse@merchantmusic.co.za or
phone 011 316 8002.
hulle die sangers met
hul sang bedieninge,
en die groei van God
se Koningkryk.
Die Getuienis
projek is geloods
om talent wat
die publiek nog
nooit van gehoor
het nie bekend
te stel. Getuienis Vol.1
het sangers opgelewer soos Luandri,
wat na Getuienis Vol.1 ‘n
plate kontrak gekry het. Sy was vir
Cross Roads launched
Leani Jansen van Vuuren
After a long wait of five years, fans of the
top-selling book, The Shack, should be delighted.
Wm Paul Young has just released his second
fiction title called Cross Roads. His debut book,
The Shack, is an international phenomenon
with more than eighteen million copies in
print. It spent 50 weeks at number one on the
New York Times bestseller list and has been
translated into 41 languages.
Now, his new book is released and promises to once again take readers
on a wonderful creative journey that will stir imaginations and hearts.
“Because each human being is a story, we resonate with story,” said
Young. “I am thrilled that Cross Roads has coalesced as another unique
and deeply moving human story, complete with humor and suffering,
beauty and brokenness, and grace filling up the spaces in-between.”
In Cross Roads, Young tells the story of a driven man who falls into
a coma and experiences relational entanglements that allow him to
revisit choices he made during his life. In ICU after a cerebral hemorrhage,
powerful businessman Anthony Spencer awakens to find him-
self in a surreal world. Literally able to see through the eyes and experiences
of others, he is faced with the consequences of his own choices.
Will he have the courage to make a choice that can undo a major
injustice he set in motion before falling into a coma?
Cross Roads is also available in Afrikaans as Kruispad. Both books
are available at www.struikchristianmedia.co.za and at leading retailers
nationwide.
The Vessel, together with Struik Christian Media is giving away three Afrikaans,
and three English copies of Cross Roads. Simply e-mail your name and
postal address to editor@thevessel.co.za with ‘Cross Roads Competition’ in
the subject field. Alternatively, SMS your name and address to 082 785 7527.
13 weke op die Kruiskyk Top10
ranglys, en het ook in dié tydperk
nommer een gehaal.
Sy het op televisie
programme verskyn
soos DKNT Gospel,
Infrarooi en IMPAK.
Nog ’n sukses verhaal
van Getuienis
Vol.1 is RisenEvermore.
Hulle het in November
hul debuut album
Beauty for Ashes
vrygestel. Maar meer
as dit, gaan een van hul liedjies
ook nou gebruik word in die Afri-
kaanse Christelike film ‘Hartsbegeertes’
wat volgende jaar na die
land se filmteaters gaan.
XrossBeat Media het onlangs
Getuienis Vol.2 vrygestel en bevat
tien Afrikaanse Gospelsangers
wat nog nie ’n plate kontrak het
nie, maar wat wel die talent het
om ’n groot impak te maak en hul
getuienis met die land te deel.
Stuur gerus ’n epos aan xrossbeat@gmail.com
met ‘Die Erdekruik
CD kompetisie’ as boodskap onderwerp,
saam met jou naam en posadres,
om ’n kans te staan om een
van vyf CDs te wen.

Desember/Januarie 2013 DIE ERDEKRUIK Tydlose Nuus
PRETORIA PRETORIA
Kerkleiers bid saam
Dirkie van der Spuy
Love Pretoria East (LPE) is ’n
forum wat oor die afgelope aantal
jare die geestelike leiers in die
ooste van Pretoria byeenbring.
’n Gemiddeld van ongeveer 120
leiers woon die sewe byeenkomste
elke jaar by en verteenwoordig
’n wye spektrum van verskillende
kerke en denominasies. Die gereelde
samekoms van kerkleiers
bly iets baie merkwaardig en talle
van die sprekers het bevestig dat
dit ’n wonderwerk van die Gees
is dat soveel leiers en verskillende
kerke saamkom en saamwerk.
Die vyand probeer meestal dat
Fulfilling vows
Os Hillman
When you make a vow to God,
do not delay in fulfilling it. He has
no pleasure in fools; fulfil your
vow. (Ecclesiastes 5:4). Have
you ever had a business relationship
with someone who made a
commitment but later said, “Well,
things have changed, so I cannot
honour our original agreement.”
Sometimes this may be the case,
but often it is simply an opportunity
to avoid fulfilling an agreement.
God is big on fulfilling
vows. God’s nature is righteousness
and truth. You will always see
God honour His Word. He expects
the same of His people.
God says there are consequences
when we do not fulfil
our vows. Subsequent Scripture
verses reveal the following: It is
better not to vow than to make a
vow and not fulfil it. Do not let
your mouth lead you into sin. And
kerkleiers mekaar wantrou en
selfs vyandig teenoor mekaar
staan.
LPE glo dat die Here ’n spesiale
plan vir ons stad het en dat
Hy wonderlike beloftes gegee het
vir leiers wat in eenheid saambid.
Leraars word geestelik opgebou
en versterk terwyl wonderlike
verhoudinge gebou en netwerke
informeel gevestig word. God se
begeerte vir Pretoria is dat hier
vrede, geregtigheid en liefde sal
wees en dat hier gelukkige naasbestaan
sal heers.
Van die onderwerpe wat hierdie
jaar hanteer is was: Die persoonlike
welstand van die leier.
do not protest to the temple messenger,
“My vow was a mistake.”
Why should God be angry with
what you say and destroy the work
of your hands? Much dreaming
and many words are meaningless.
Therefore stand in awe of God?
(Ecclesiastes 5:5-7).
God tells us that He will destroy
the work of our hands for
failure to fulfil vows. That’s pretty
strong language. It gives us an indication
of how important fulfilling
vows are to God. He will not
prosper our work if there are unfulfilled
vows in our lives.
Are there any unfulfilled vows
in your life that may be hindering
your projects? Vows show up in
many areas of our lives: marriages,
businesses and personal friendships.
Unfulfilled vows in these
could be the reason your work may
be hindered. Ask God if there are
any unfulfilled vows in your life.
If so, begin today to make them
right so that you may be successful
in whatever God calls you to do.
Hoe groei ’n gemeente se finansies?
Die hantering van konflik
in die kerk en kerkpolitiek. Eenheid
in die kerk, asook die inbring
van die oes. Rick Joyner van Morning
Star USA, Dr Corne Bekker
van Regent Universiteit, Tony
Palmer van The Ark Community
in Italië, en pastoor Andre Olivier
van Rivers Church in Sandton
was van die sprekers wat opgetree
het. Elke byeenkoms was vooraf
gegaan met lofprysing en aanbidding,
’n ware ontmoeting met die
lewende God. Mag die invloed
van Love Pretoria East steeds
wyer uitkring en ons stad al meer
’n stad van God word.
Om in aanraking te kom met
Love Pretoria East, stuur ’n epos
aan info@lpe.org.za.
PRETORIA
Jaco Mostert
Wie is die Heilige Gees?
Jani Cloete
“God is Gees en die wat Hom
aanbid, moet Hom in gees en in
waarheid aanbid.” (Joh 4:24) Ons
hoor so dikwels tydens aanbiddingsfokus
geleenthede van die
Heilige Gees, maar wie is Hy
werklik en waar pas Hy in ons
moderne gejaagde lewens in? Pastoor
Thinus en Retha Pretorius se
Godgegewe opdrag handel spesifiek
oor dié onderwerp.
Thinus het vir ’n groot gedeelte
van sy lewe meegemaak sonder
kennis en die teenwoordigheid
The sun sets on the last Rendezvous event of 2012
The Vessel / Die Erdekruik officially
drew the curtain on 2012
when the last Rendezvous event
of the year took place at the end
of November at Mielé Gallery in
Brooklyn. With guest speakers
Lynette Beer and Myan Subrayan
entertaining the audience with
their humorous approach, the sun
set on an eventful year for The
Vessel / Die Erdekruik.
A thick slice of fun was served
when Lynette Beer shared an insightful
look at how to identify
and react to four of society’s main
personalities. Her clever and highly
energetic performance left the
audience rolling on the ground
with laughter.
Similarly, Myan Subrayan left
the audience with a chuckle when
he shared the title of his latest
book: ’n Boer maak ’n plan,
van die Heilige Gees, totdat die
Here ’n sterk profetiese woord vir
hulle gestuur het in 2009. Die dag
toe hulle georden is in die bediening,
was die woord wat oor hulle
uitgespreek is dat hulle deur die
land en wêreld sal gaan en die
Here se hart vir Sy volk sal leer.
In Mei dié jaar het hulle weer
in Mauritius bedien oor genesing
en die werkinge van die Heilige
Gees, en daar ervaar hulle dat
hulle kampe moet begin waar daar
oor die funksie en krag van die
Heilige Gees bedien word.
“Ons doel met die kampe is
maar jy het ‘n Indiër nodig om
dit te verkoop. During the event
Subrayan talked about his experiences
as sports writer and his
unconventional love for the Afrikaans
language.
While members of the audi-
ence sipped on a selection of
quality coffees, The Vessel editor
Ciska de Beer praised the Lord for
her readers, her staff and the opportunity
that the newspaper has
to serve in the Kingdom of God.
om die waarheid oor die werking
van die Heilige Gees te verkondig
en mense te help om in ’n hegte
verhouding met die Heilige Gees
te leef.” vertel Thinus. Hulle beplan
om die kampe landswyd
op ’n kwartaallikse basis aan te
bied, waarvan die eerste kamp by
Bergsig Tabernakel buite Pretoria
einde Februarie 2013 sal wees.
“Ons glo dat die waarheid oor
die Heilige Gees mense gaan vrymaak
en hulle op ’n oorwinningspad
gaan neem tot eer van ons
Koning. Almal is welkom en daar
is geen beperkte ouderdomsgroep
nie.” verduidelik Retha.
Vir meer besonderhede oor
Hananel Ministries of die Heilige
Gees Bedieningskamp, sien die
advertensie hieronder.
“This year was an incredible
year for the newspaper and we
have made so many new friends.
At the end of the year I can truly
say that The Vessel is stronger
due to the fact that people, young
and old have made the newspaper
their own. There are a lot of new
faces who form part of the family
now,” says De Beer.
Contact Ciska to arrange a
speaking opportunity for Lynette
and Myan in the new year.
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December/January 2013
RUSTENBURG JOHANNESBURG
How adoption has changed us
Marc Dewrance
We are still fairly new adoptive
parents. Our eldest is almost three
years old and has been living with
us from five months old, although
we first met him at three weeks old.
Our process of going through
the Department of Social Development
was arduous, which probably
started the process of change
in me. Experiencing the gross incompetence
of social workers and
the absolute lack of support from
superiors and the department in
general, has made me incredibly
sad for the hope of the millions
of orphans in SA. The sheer lack
of attention to detail in individual
cases is extraordinary when one
considers that it’s a human being’s
life at stake.
We chose to go through the
Department, and not an adoption
agency or private social worker.
So much of one’s frustration can
be avoided if one rather uses
either of these channels.
In terms of our son and how he
has changed us, it’s hard to quantify
it in words. Having spoken
about adoption as a couple from
the beginning of our marriage I felt
that we would be the ones helping
a young life and doing society a
service. I have realised that we are
the ones who have been blessed
and helped by this young life.
Some feel that we are saintly for
doing what we have done. Yet the
idea that an adopted child is harder
to love and requires more effort
from adoptive parents is ridiculous.
The opposite is in fact true.
He has blessed us with his life, his
smile and his joy. When my wife
was pregnant with our second son
our concern was: would we love
him as much as our eldest? Needless
to say that God, as a loving
Father, supplies us the grace and
love we need to love both our
boys with all our hearts. The gift
of pa-renthood in any way shape or
form is an amazing privilege.
The challenges of inter-racial
adoption have shown me aspects
of my character which I had
thought were dead and buried. As a
recovering racist I have felt twinges
of prejudice rising up in me
when people pass comments about
our son. To deal with this is sometimes
painful and frustrating. Experiencing
racist remarks and tendencies
from many black people
have come as quite a shock to us as
it was rather unexpected. Perhaps
this stems out of my wrong and
selfish feelings of doing ‘them’ a
favour? Adoption has challenged,
stretched and grown me. Above all
that we have learnt, is our minute
by minute reminder of what God
has done through His Son. He has
adopted us as His children.
We want a Bible with an Old and New Testament
Hadassah Dannhauser
“God has been so faithful in our
lives. He has saved and restored
us. Today, we are also very blessed
to have a ministry for reconciliation
between Jew and Gentile,”
says Manfred Nochomowitz, a
Messianic Jew.
“The vision of our ministry,
Emet Ministries, is to minister the
Werp jou brood op die water
Michellé Burger
Prediker 11:1 sê: “Werp jou
brood op die water, want na verloop
van dae sal jy dit vind.” Soms
is dit moeilik vir ’n mens om afskeid
te neem van jou geld en besittings
en om dan die geloof te hê
en te vertrou dat dit wel veelvou-
dig na jou toe sal terugkom.
Omaru, ’n matriekseun uit een
van Abraham Kriel Kindersorg se
satelliethuise, kan hiervan getuig.
“Omaru is ’n ster” spog sy huisma.
Omaru het einde November
klaargemaak met matriek. Behal-
Woord van hoop vir geestelike werkers
Eckard Briedenhann
In 2003 het die Here my geroep
as ’n herder-leraar na Israel.
Toe niks dadelik realiseer nie het
ek daarvan vergeet, en vir die volgende
sewe jaar ’n Dissipelskapskursus
in die Hebreeuse taal- en
leefwêreld ontwikkel en aangebied.
In daardie tyd het ek begin
om as voltydse geestelike werker
finansieël van mense afhanklik te
raak. In die wintervakansie van
2010 het die Here my gewaarsku
om dit nie te doen nie en na Hom
truth of the Gospel to the Jewish
people, and the truth of the Jewish
people and Israel to the church,”
he says.
Manfred, who was a practising
Orthodox Jew, and his wife,
Isit, a gentile, both became born
again. He gave his heart to Jesus at
a Bible study held by a Messianic
Jew, where his sole purpose for
attending was to refute the claims
we vir die feit dat hy so geseënd
was om werk vir volgende jaar te
kry, was die res van sy sake, soos
verblyf en etes nog onseker.
Die huis waar hy gewoon het, se
gemeente het ’n kers-emmer projek
waar ’n omgee-groep by die
kerk geld insamel om mense wat
swaarkry se Kersfeestyd ’n bietjie
op te kikker. Volgens die organiseerder
van die projek was Omaru
die eerste een wat geld vir die projek
bygedra het en ’n R100-noot
in die emmer gesit – sy hele maand
se sakgeld. “Vir die arm mense,”
het hy gesê. So werp Omaru toe
sy brood op die water.
alleen te kyk vir voorsiening. Aan
die begin van 2011 toe die kursus
ten einde geloop het, het die
Here weer my roeping na Israel
bevestig. Ons was egter nog in ’n
voorbereidingstyd.
Die voorbereiding het verskillende
vorme aangeneem, maar
deel daarvan was dat ons, ons
water en ligte rekeninge nie
meer kon betaal nie. Teen die
agtergrond van die munisipaliteit
se dreigemente dat hulle ons
krag sou afsny het ek die Here
se aangesig gesoek en ervaar dat
that Jesus is our Saviour and the
Messiah of the Jews. However,
when he opened his mouth to argue
with Lawrence, he heard him-
self say that he wanted to give his
life to Jesus. Soon afterwards, Isit
also gave her heart to the Lord.
With his characteristic twinkle
in the eye, he remembers how
naive they were. “We wanted to
buy a Bible. When the lady in the
Omaru het vroeër die jaar al
werk vir volgende jaar gekry. Die
maatskappy het gereël dat Omaru
op kursusse sal gaan om meer te
leer oor dié spesifieke bedryf.
Omaru se huisma het by die
huiskomitee-vergadering gevra
vir ’n ou fiets vir Omaru om mee
werk toe te ry. “Want ’n fiets kos
min, en ’n taxi kos geld,” meen
sy. Kort daarna bel iemand om
te sê Omaru moet sy fiets kom
haal, ’n splinternuwe een, sowat
R8 000 werd, en so begin die seëninge.
Pastoor Clay van die Baptiste
kerk het vir hom ’n tweedehandse
skootrekenaar, asook ’n klawer-
Hy sê ek moes dit los, Hy wou
verhouding bou met ons. So was
ons krag dan vroeg in Desember
2011 afgesny terwyl ons op ’n vier
weke lange ‘opleidingsvakansie’
was in Mosselbaai, waar ons letterlik
die laaste oggend van ons
verblyf nie geld gehad het om
elders te gaan bly of terug te ry
Pretoria toe nie.
Ons het Januarie teruggekeer
na ’n huis sonder krag en al die
ongerief wat dit meebring, maar
het werklik ook die Vader se bonatuurlike
werking gesien: Daar
was bonatuurlike vrede en vreugde
in ons harte, en skielik was daar
bookshop asked us which Bible
we wanted, we were totally taken
aback. To us, a Bible was a Bible.
After a bit of thought, however, I
told her quite confidently that we
wanted a Bible with an Old and a
New Testament.”
“We both love the Lord with all
our heart and our greatest passion
is to see Jews and gentiles accept
Jesus as their Lord and Saviour,”
says Manfred.
To contact Manfred at Emet
Ministries, call 082 571 6653.
bord gegee waarop hy in die kerk
speel. Toe hy hoor dat Omaru
blyplek benodig vir volgende jaar,
stel hy die nuutgeboude woonstel
langs sy kerk vir hom beskikbaar.
Die gemeente gaan ook sorg vir
alles wat Omaru sal benodig.
“God’s people look after God’s
people,” sê pastoor Clay.
“Gee my 100 Omaru’s en ek sal
vir hulle sorg. Net ’n groot bus ook
asseblief,” grap sy huisma. Abraham
Kriel Kindersorg weet dat
Omaru ’n sukses sal maak van
sy lewe vorentoe. Al sy gebede is
verhoor.
Werp jou brood op die water
en jy sal dit veelvoudig terugkry.
R3 000 na R4 000 per maand om
die agterstallige rekening te betaal,
die kragopwekker twee ure lank
in die aand aan die gang te hou,
gas te koop, en die normale water
en sanitasie te betaal. Toe ons nie
geld gehad het nie, het God vir ons
’n boom in die straat laat omwaai
om op te saag vir brandhout vir
kosmaak, en die kragopwekker
bonatuurlik drie ure lank laat hardloop
sodat ons die gras kon sny op
net tien minute se petrol.
Vir meer inligting, besoek
www.bgesin.com, epos bgesin@
telkomsa.net of skakel 072 496
4589.

Desember/Januarie 2013 DIE ERDEKRUIK Tydlose Nuus
CENTURION
Top vrywillige werkers word vereer
The great granddaughter of
Smith Wigglesworth recently
blessed audiences in Gauteng
when she spoke at a women’s ministry
event. Lillian de Fin, pastor
at ACTS Christian Church in Midrand
spoke at a King’s Daughters
of Excellence event at Lewende
Woord’s Brummeria campus
about ‘God, our Helper’.
About her great grandfather,
Smith Wigglesworth, who was
often referred to as ‘the Apostle
of Faith’ and one of the pioneers of
the Pentecostal revival a century
ago, De Fin speaks with great admiration
for the rich heritage he
has left her and her family. Like
him, she has answered the call of
the Lord on her life. “We are living
in days where Father God is
revealing Himself to His church
like never before,” says De Fin.
During her message she point-
ed out that God is our Helper. She
referred to 1 Samuel 7:12 where
Samuel set a stone between Mizpah
and Shen and called it Eben
Ezer, saying “Thus far the Lord has
helped us.” To illustrate the message
she handed out white stones
to the audience. “Just like these
rocks, we are all different shapes
and sizes, but we are unified under
the name of Jesus,” De Fin said.
She pointed out that if it has
not worked out for you, it means
that it is not the end. De Fin further
encouraged the audience and
prayed for breakthrough for them.
“The Lord is our helper. I believe
that 2013 will be a year where
God will come through in miraculous
ways, in signs and wonders,”
said De Fin. She reminds
us that we serve a God who does
extra-ordinary things for ordinary
people like me and you. “It is time
for change,” she said.
BOKSBURG
Korrespondent
aangekondig. Hulle versorg, huisves
en gee berading aan meer as
Correspondent
Die Centurion Vrywillige vyftig mense in nood. Hulle werk
Werkers van die Jaar is onlangs nou saam met die SAPD, Netcare
tydens ’n toppresteerderfunksie 911 en die Christelike Maatskap-
van ATKV Centurion, bekendlike Raad. Hulle word as vrywilgemaak.lige
traumaberaders uitgeroep na
Die kriteria is dat nominante in ongelukke en misdaadtonele.
Centurion woonagtig moet wees, In die kultuurwerk afdeling is
vrywillige werk binne die grense Johanna van Biljon, voorsitter van
van Centurion verrig moet word en die VLU-tak Eldoraigne, die wen-
die vrywillige werker geen betalner. Sy gee leiding en ondersteuing
ontvang vir hierdie werk nie. ning aan lede ter voorbereiding
Sakkie Kotze, voorsitter van van hul deelname aan uitstallings,
ATKV Centurion het vrywillige kompetisies en so meer. Johanna
werkers vir hul onbaatsugtige is vanjaar ook genomineer as die
diens aan die gemeenskap bedank VLU Vonkelvrou van die Jaar.
en die wenners aangekondig. Philip de Kock is kommando-
In die gemeenskapsbeveiliging
afdeling was Krisjan Korf
die wenner. Hy is sedert 2008 lid
en tans voorsitter van Lyttelton
Misdaadaksie en hy ry ook self
patrollie. Hy is voorsitter van ’n
leier van Sesmylspruitkommando
en is in die jeugwerk afdeling
die wenner. Hy beplan, organiseer
en bied verskeie kommandoaktiwiteite
in samewerking met
die kommandobestuur aan. Phil-
Lillian de Fin ministering to members of King’s Daughters of Excellence
PRETORIA
Now is time for change
Jaco Mostert
dinamiese span wat omgee en ip is al 42 jaar by die Voortrek-
in samewerking met die SAPD, kers betrokke en gee indiensopwaak
oor die dag-en-nag veilig- leiding in Centurion en wyer
heid van inwoners.
provinsiale vlak aan volwassenes
Walter en Theresa Stander wat wil help met Voortrekkerak-
is as wenners van welsynswerk tiwiteite.
Sakkie Kotze saam met die Centurion Vrywillige Werkers van die Jaar
Money Buddies a band of brothers
As a leader in the marketplace,
Steve Petzer, founder of Money
Buddies, has long been an advocate
of the ‘band of brothers’ or
buddy system. Buddies can help
one get through the often difficult
challenges that life throws at us
and are only good buddies when
they truly help carry one ano-
ther’s burdens.
This form of caring relationships
is what Steve calls covenant
relationships. Although one will
personally benefit from such a relationship,
it is never really about
what you can get out of it. It is,
however all about what you put
into it. To Money Buddies, giving
is a precondition to receiving
and if one learns to be a true giver
then one will without doubt also
become a receiver.
Money Buddies is a forum of
likeminded people who wish to
work together making life good
for all. They do this by promoting
covenant relationships. At
Money Buddies they are committed
to cultivating a generation
of givers, starting by giving from
themselves, then from what they
do and lastly also from what they
have, they endeavour to make life
good for all.
The Money Buddies namesake
Extract from: Destined to reign (Joseph Prince)
simply refers to their focus on
one’s individual pursuit of financial
freedom. They empower one
another through close collaboration
with knowledge, understanding
and wisdom specifically aimed
at creating, protecting and growing
wealth.
The Money Buddies motto,
‘Making life work,’ is deeply root-
ed in an attitude encouraging all
of us to put people first. They promote
servant leadership, mentorship,
purpose driven lives, family
wellbeing, emotional wellness,
education, business development,
and personal character development
as a prerequisite for financial
wellbeing. Their reasoning is that
because they can only give from
what they are or what they have,
and these are the things that makes
them to strive for abundance.
There are physical, financial
and psychological reasons to join
Money Buddies, but shouldn’t be
the deciding factor. They’re not offering
get rich quick solutions, but
instead ask for a commitment to
making a difference. Don’t focus
on what’s lacking, but rather look
at what you are and what you do
have, and to make that work.
For more information on Money
Buddies, contact Steve Petzer
at 071 394 1889 or mail steve@
ezihold.co.za.
Look at Jesus and you will live
Don’t look at yourself, your afflictions or your disease. Stop being
preoccupied with yourself and your self-efforts and disqualifying yourself.
Start being occupied with Jesus and His finished work. Begin to
search the Scriptures for all the things concerning Himself and feel your
heart burning within you as the Holy Spirit unveils to you just how
beautiful He is. You have a wonderful Saviour. Look away from your
own wounds and hurts, and look to Jesus, who will save you.
5

6 THE VESSEL Timeless News
December/January 2013
Koop die tyd uit
Pieter Labuschagne
Net waar ’n mens kom hoor
jy “Hierdie jaar het darem vinnig
gevlieg!” Dit is egter ’n uitdrukking
wat ek van my kindsdae af
aan die einde van elke jaar gehoor
het. Die gevoel dat die tyd vinniger
verbygaan hang af van hoe besig
of hoe ledig elke persoon is; “Ek
wens dit is al die einde van die jaar
dat ek net kan rus”; “Ek wens ek
is al mondig dat ek my eie baas
kan wees”, en so wens baie mense
hulle hele lewe om sonder om veel
te bereik.
Niemand kan tyd aanjaag nie.
Daar is vandag steeds dertig sekondes
in elke minuut en sestig
minute in elke uur. Die horlosies
loop nie vinniger nie. Die son neem
nog net soveel tyd om op te kom
en te sak.
Een ding is wel seker: Tyd gaan
verby. Vandag se tyd behoort more
aan gister en is vir ewig verby.
Móre se tyd lê nog voor en mag
nooit vir jou aanbreek nie. Dus,
wat bly oor? Vandag. Nou. Hierdie
oomblik. Die Bybel sê “koop die
tyd uit”. Daar kom ’n dag dat ons
gaan ontvang volgens wat ons met
die tyd tot ons beskikking op die
aarde gedoen het.
2 Kor. 5:10 is ’n teks wat my
vir baie jare onrustig en selfs bang
gemaak het. Ek kon nie verstaan
hoe hierdie teks pas by die genadeboodskap
wat ons verkondig nie.
Toe het ek ’n wedergebore Griek
ontmoet. Hy ken die ou klassieke
Grieks, die huistaal-Grieks en die
Grieks waarin die Nuwe Testament
geskryf is. Na sy verduideliking
het dié teks vir my een van
die mooiste tekste in die Bybel geword.
Volgens verskillende Afrikaanse
vertalings het die betekenis
van dié twee woorde ‘regterstoel’
en ‘oordeel’ vir ons onder die verkeerde
indruk gebring. Paulus het
dikwels wanneer hy vir die Grieke
geskryf het, die atleet en die soldaat
as voorbeelde gebruik. Hy
het voorbeelde gebruik waarvan
hulle die betekenis goed verstaan
het. Die woord ‘regterstoel’ verwys
nie na ’n regbank waarop ’n
regter sit om te oordeel nie. Hierdie
woord beteken ‘podium, rostrum’
en verwys na die ‘platform’ of die
verhoog waarop die wenners verskyn
nadat hulle deelgeneem het
aan hulle verskillende nommers.
Ons het dit weer tydens die pas afgelope
Olimpiese en Paralimpiese
spele gesien. Ons het gesien hoedat
die verskillende medaljes aan
die atlete, naamlik goud, silwer en
brons oorhandig was afhangende
van hulle prestasie. Dit is na hierdie
gebeurtenis wat Paulus verwys
wanneer hy sê dat ons almal voor
die regterstoel van Christus sal
verskyn om te ontvang volgens
wat ons op die aarde gedoen het.
“Want die dag wanneer Christus
al die mense sal oordeel, moet
elkeen van ons voor Hom verskyn.
Hy sal kyk wat elkeen gedoen het
terwyl hy op die aarde geleef het -
of dit goed was of sleg, en dan
besluit watter beloning Hy hom
sal gee” (Die Lewende Bybel).
Kingdom marriage: Calling and purpose vs. your wife
Regular contributor
Herman Bouwer
Barefoot Trebuchet
082 739 6537
Adam did not recognize that he
needed something - God did. This
void in Adam could not be filled
with any other creation. When God
presented Eve to Adam we see that
Adam’s joy was fulfilled. Adam’s
house was now surrounded by
grace, beauty, love, health and
prosperity.
Eve was created to help Adam
in the garden. One must identify
one’s calling before marriage.
This is finding your garden. God
gave Adam a job, a mandate and
a purpose before he gave him his
wife. Your reason for marriage
must be to advance God’s kingdom
and in that purpose you are safe.
He who works his land will have
an abundance of food. One’s wife
is the best qualified person to help
her husband in his call.
Your wife’s purpose is to help
and support you in your Kingdom
purpose. If you do not know your
purpose and are not working towards
fulfilling your calling and
purpose, you are wasting the gift
of what God has given to you in
the form of your wife.
We see this clearly in 1 Peter
3:7. The wife is the weaker vessel.
She is not lesser than you as the
man. She’s not your maid, your
servant or sex object. Honour her
as you would someone who is
stronger than you. Your wife is
your helpmeet.
We often need a stronger person
to help us. The word weak-
In 1Korinteers 3 skryf Paulus
weer van goud, silwer en kosbare
stene wat as loon ontvang gaan
word, volgens wat ons op die fondament
Jesus Christus gebou het.
Om net te dink dat daar ’n dag
gaan kom dat ons op die podium
gaan staan, en Christus Jesus vir
ons gaan dankie sê volgens wat
ons vir Hom gedoen het. As iemand
geen loon ontvang nie, sal
hy skade ly, alhoewel hy gered sal
word, maar soos deur vuur heen -
dít is genade. Wat die loon ookal
gaan wees maak nie saak nie, net
die wete dat Jesus Christus my
eendags gaan dankie sê is vir my
voldoende.
Is dit nie genoeg aansporing
om die tyd uit te koop nie? Volgens
die Bybel is ons besig met
goud, silver en kosbare stene, of
hout, hooi en stoppels.
Moenie jou tyd verkwis deur
met hout, hooi en stoppels besig te
bly nie. Koop die tyd uit en gaan
vir goud.
Pastoor Pieter Labuschagne
kan by pastorpieter@lofpark.
co.za gekontak word.
er refers to one having lesser
strength. Therefore it’s natural to
see the Olympics for women and
men as separate events. Do not
think of her as weaker but give
honour to her as you would treat
someone you think is weaker.
Show her respect and honour
by opening the door for her, carry
the heavy bags, and lift heavy
objects for her. Don’t boast of
your physical strength to her,
like punching the wall or punching
her. She deserves your respect
and honour. Remember that she
contains the completion of your
destiny and purpose.
’n Kanaal gefokus om die Evangelie
van Christus te verkondig deur boodskappe,
sang en musiek, aanbidding
en leringe. Met ’n verskeidenheid van
dienste, jeug- en kinderprogramme
bied Kruiskyk ook paneelbesprekings,
aktuele en kosprogramme asook vars
nuwe Afrikaanse musiek. Kruiskyk
saai uit 7 dae ’n week, 24 uur per dag
op die ‘Free-to-Air’ netwerk, deur ’n
dekodeerder aan te skaf of selfs deur
verstellings op u DSTV
CWSA wil continue to
look after all children
Jessica Choga
Child Welfare South Africa
(CWSA)’s message during the
16 Days of Activism of Non-Violence
against women and children
was that safe families protect children.
Following the theme ‘no excuse
for abuse’, this campaign’s
goal is to create a greater aware-
ness of the negative impact of
violence on children and also to
equip individuals to assist in the
fight against domestic violence.
Children are often the silent
witnesses and victims of domestic
violence and it impacts on
how they develop emotionally,
socially, behaviourally as well as
cognitively.
To raise awareness on the effects
of domestic violence on children,
CWSA will be conducting
presentations to companies and
organisations who would like to
educate their staff on the Domestic
Violence Act and the Child
Protection Act.
CWSA’s general assembly,
their highest decision making
body, has raised serious concerns
to the Broad Based Black Economic
Empowerment (BBBEE)
proposed amendments which were
gazetted by the DTI on 5 October
2012. The major objections to
some of the proposed amendments
refer to the legislation that states
that the full value of socio economic
development contributions
made to beneficiaries is recognisable
if at least 100% of the value
directly benefits black people.
The inference is that donors
would only be able to get BBBEE
points if they make donations to
organisations that only benefit
black people.
Based on this, the CWSA General
Assembly have taken the following
stand: They wish to reinforce
their commitment to respond
to the needs of children irrespective
of race, colour or creed and
rejects to any proposed changes to
the BBBEE codes, regarding funding
and donations made in terms
of these proposals.
The DTI is making an assumption
that only black and coloured
children are in need of the services
and protection offered and supplied
by CWSA and its affiliates
and this is a totally uninformed assumption
as nationally, in excess
of 95% of the children serviced and
supported by the association and
its affiliates are African, Indian and
coloured.
CWSA and its affiliates are
proud of this record and believe
that it should not be scored with
the proposed BBBEE Codes proposals.
The primary focus for the
scoring of BEE points for business
in socio-economic development
on income generating charities,
whilst laudable, does not help
many child welfare organisations
whose core function is child protection.
CWSA is hopeful that the
DTI takes note of these concerns in
ensuring that all children, regardless
of colour are protected and
cared for.
For more information on Child
Welfare South Africa, visit www.
cwsa.org.za.

Desember/Januarie 2013 DIE ERDEKRUIK Tydlose Nuus
Terugvoer van Eksderde
kamp met Gretha Wiid
Danielle Louw
Ek is een van die 225 tieners
wat onlangs geraak is deur een
van Gretha Wiid se geestelike
Hoërskoolkampe wat tussen 28
en 30 November plaasgevind het,
te Eksderde kampterrein net buite
Pretoria.
Ek glo ek praat namens baie
as ek sê dat dit nie net ’n gewone
kamp was nie, maar ’n lewensveranderende
ervaring: iets wat
niemand ooit by jou kan weg-
Skoliere help by Kotishing skool
Danielle Louw
Twaalf vrywillige skoliere het
onlangs ’n welsynsprojek aangepak
by Kotisihing Primary School,
net buite Polokwane.
Dié flink span het die dag
deurgebring om vir die kinders
van hierdie skool nuwe speletjies
te leer, hulle sportbykomstighede
aan te skaf, bome aan te plant,
buitebande te verf, asook hulle
neem nie.
Gretha het die tieners op haar
humoristiese manier toegespreek
oor verhoudings, wat baie van
ons se oë laat oopgaan het oor die
feit dat die keuses wat ons nou
maak, ons gaan beinvloed die
dag wanneer ons besluit om die
knoop deur te haak. Ek het op hier-
die kamp baie goeie vriende in Jesus
gemaak met wie ek vir altyd
kontak sal behou. Die dinge wat ek
by Gretha geleer het sal ek beslis
koester vir die res van my lewe.
speelgrond met nuwe speletjies
aan te vul. Hierdie was nie net ’n
saad wat hul in die lewe van die
leerders en onderwysers se lewens
geplant het nie, maar in elkeen van
hul eie lewens ook.
Mens besef nie altyd hoe bevoorreg
mens eintlik is nie, dis
’n gawe om te kan gee. Realiteit
skop in wanneer daar wel gekyk
word na mense wat werklik niks
het nie.
POLOKWANE
Wat ’n fenominale jaar
Jan Curtin
Living in holiness
Regular contributor
Shirley Woolley
Ignite the Fire Ministries
082 895 9885
Holiness is not a set of rules and
regulations. It is simply following
Christ. Jesus is our example and His
holiness was inward. It does not help
to clean the outside of the cup and
dish, while the inside is dirty, full of
2012. Ek dink ons almal het
hierdie jaar ingeloop met ’n magdom
vrae. Gaan dit so goed wees
soos wat ons hoop? Is dit die jaar
wat my skip gaan inkom? Mag
dit die jaar wees wat drome met
realiteit vervang word?
My persoonlike begeerte en
dié van ons gemeente in Polokwane
was eenvoudig: Ons wil
die Woord in werking sien. Ons
inspirasie uit Mattheus 22 is om
die Here lief te hê met ons hele
hart, om ons naastes so lief te hê
soos onsself, om dissipels van
alle nasies te maak en om hulle te
doop, sowel as om mense te leer
en om die koninkryk van God
te preek. Hierdie skrifte het deel
van ons droom, passie en manier
van leef begin word.
Dit was asemrowend om ons
gemeente te sien lief hê en omgee
- nie net vir mekaar nie, maar vir
ons stad. Mense wat kospakkies
aflaai by behoeftiges; ander wat
begin het om skoolgeld vir kin-
evil and wickedness (Luke 11:39).
Jesus is the forerunner (Heb.
6:20), who ran the same race that
we have to run. But holiness for a
human being, can come through
temptation. The Bible says “Consider
it all joy when you encounter
various temptations” (James 1:2).
You see that God wants you to become
holy, and isn’t it so amazing
that the scriptures say we must go
through a testing to become holy?
ders te betaal wie se ouers dit nie
meer kan bekostig nie. My vrou
het my eendag aan die huil gehad
toe ons by ’n verkeerslig stop en
sy dadelik als moontlik eetbaar
gryp om die kinders wat by die
hoek staan te kon voed. Sonder
dat ek hiervan geweet het, was
dit volgens my sewe-jarige dogter,
’n standaard gebruik wanneer
sy en mamma daar verby ry.
So kan ek een storie op die
ander vertel van mense wat die
liefde van God deelagtig geword
het, wat die stappe van geloof
en liefde begin neem het om
hul naaste en God hierdeur te
begin lief kry. As deel van Jesus
se opdrag, was ons so bevoor-
reg om mense na Jesus te kon lei.
Daar is niks op hierdie aarde so
mooi soos ’n lewe wat draai na
Jesus se genade deur die Woord
van God nie net te hoor nie, maar
ook ten volle te begin leef.
Saam met al die wonderlike
dinge wat die jaar gebeur het,
was die fisiese genesings vir my
Obedience is the key. Praise God
for the power of the Holy Spirit. The
disciples were filled with the Holy
Spirit on the day of Pentecost. They
received the power to do the works
of obedience that Jesus did. We cannot
overcome sin without the po-
wer of the Holy Spirit. There is a
way that Jesus opened for us and it
is called “the new and living way.”
(Hebrews 10:19-20). We have confidence
to enter in now because
Jesus rent the veil. We do not have
to rent the veil, but we have to follow
Him in the way of the rent veil.
hoogtepunte.
Ek was besig om in ’n gemeente
in Oudtshoorn te bedien
waar ons ’n jeugfees gehad het.
Tydens die tweede aand van die
vyf dag fees, het ek beleef hoe
die Heilige Gees ons daag om
Hom te vertrou vir die bo-
natuurlike. Om dit alles te
kroon, het Hy ons gevra om die
tieners toe te laat om mekaar te
bedien vir genesing (meeste van
die tieners was nie gelowiges nie).
Ons het die stap van geloof ge-
neem en hulle gevra om mekaar
te bedien, en hoe wonderlik toe
ons die getuienisse sien en hoor
van hoe God deur tienerhande genesing
van liggame bewerkstellig
het. Getuienisse het ingesluit krom
rue wat reguit trek, sowel as pyn
wat dadelik verdwyn het.
Hierdie jaar het vir my een baie
spesiale les geleer: God is groter as
wat ek dink, en tot meer in staat as
wat ek ooit kon glo. Ek wil u graag
uitdaag met hoop op die res van
die jaar en veral 2013. Verwag
groot, waag groot, beleef groot.
Kontak Jan Curtin by Agape
Gemeente by 082 821 1401.
The flesh has to be put to death by
the way of the cross. Dying to the
flesh and its lusts is the only way
for the pure and the holy life of
Jesus to be manifested in our body
(2 Cor. 4:10).
Let us purify our hearts from all
sin and deceit as it is only those pure
of heart who will see the Lord.
“Who may climb the mountain
of the Lord? Who may stand in
His holy place? Only those whose
hands and hearts are pure, who
do not worship idols and never tell
lies.” Psalm 24:3-4.
Living holy before
our Father
Extract from: Spirit Filled Bible
Therefore gird up the loins of
your mind, be sober, and rest your
hope fully upon the grace that is to
be brought to you at the revelation
of Jesus Christ, as obedient children,
not conforming yourselves to
the former lusts, as in your ignorance;
but as He who called you is
holy, you also be holy in all your
conduct, because it is written “Be
holy, for I am holy.” 1 Pet 1:13-16
Understand that the Holy Spirit
makes you holy, set apart by the
blood of Jesus.
Understand that God has made
you holy, even as He is holy so
that you can live a holy life by His
grace and the power of His Spirit,
who lives in you.
Live in Holiness, honoring the
Lord. Remember that your life was
bought with Jesus blood. Seek to
be honest, sincere and pure in
all relationships, thirst for God’s
Word. Apply it to your life so you
will grow.
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8 THE VESSEL Timeless News
December/January 2013
GEORGE
Vuurvliegieprojek verjaar
Juanita van Wyk
Die Vuurvliegieprojek het
onlangs hulle sesde verjaarsdag
gevier en ook die jaar op ’n baie
hoë noot afgesluit. Die projek het in
November 2006 ontstaan toe daar
geskenkies uitgedeel is (deur ma
en dogter span Marietjie en Lizette
Loots) aan kanker pasiënte
en kanker vrywilligers in Groot
Brakrivier.
Die byeenkoms by Peperboom
in Groot Brakrivier was
die hoogtepunt van die ses jaar
se byeenkomste en is Anina Wasserman
(bekende Operasangeres)
en Pierre van der Westhuizen
staande toegejuig. Anina en Pierre
het liedere soos When a Child is
Born, Stille Nag, Joy to the World,
We wish you a Merry Christmas
Kanker pasiënte kry hulp
Juanita van Wyk
Mount Hope Hospice is in
2006 gestig met die doel om tuissorg
en raadgewing te verskaf
aan pasiente met eindstadium
kanker. Sedert die stigting lewer
Sr Tweezie Meiring diens as verpleegkundige
met ‘n spesifieke
belangstelling in die versorging
van pasiente met gevorderde kanker.
Pasiënte in George en Oudtshoorn
word deur haar bedien.
Vanaf einde November 2012
word die diens uitgebrei na pasiente
in die area vanaf George
tot en met Mosselbaai. Sr Bessie
Barnard is as verpleegkundige
aangestel, ook sy het ’n spesiale
passie vir persone wat met kanker
saamleef.
Mount Hope Hospice is ’n
nie-regeringsorganisasie sonder
winsbejag wat uitsluitlik afhanklik
is van die ondersteuning van die
Stay safe this summer
Frikkie Gous
It is no secret that together
with the general festivities and
annual leave of millions in our
workforce that road fatalities and
various types of accidents and injuries
skyrocket. This is the time
not only to get prepared, but also
to be educated for summer’s blissful
heat. To help you keep your
family’s summer safe and fun,
take a look at these hot safety tips.
Protect your skin: Two of the
most well-known ways of keeping
your skin safe from head to
toe are sun block and sun screen.
Sun block is used to deflect the
sun’s harmful rays, and sun screen
www.infrarooi.co.za
Ice
Dis weer Kersfees, en daar is
steeds mense wat in redenasies betrokke
raak en wonder of die viering
van Kersfees reg of verkeerd
is. Heidense tradisie of geldmaakstories?
X-mas of Christmas? Ek
wil regtig nie meer die debatte volg
nie. Kersfees is ’n feestyd waarin
ons die geboorte van Jesus vier. Dit
maak nie saak of dit die presiese
dag is of nie.
Ek wil die tyd met my familie
deurbring. Ek wil hulle uit dankbaarheid
geniet terwyl ek hulle
nog by my het en ’n glasie klink
op ons gesondheid. Ek wil kyk
hoe die kinders in die opblaasswembandjie
mekaar natspat en
so die klein eenvoudige mooi
dinge van die lewe onthou en weer
vir myself lag. Ek wil met my
kamera spesiale oomblikke soek.
Ek wil weer Ouma se malvapoeding
proe, en almal se nuutste staaltjies
hoor. Ek wil die aand afsluit
met geskenke wat uitgedeel word.
en ’n Kers-keurspel gesing. Ander
sangers betrokke by die oggend
was Danie du Plessis wat die klank
hanteer het en Estelle Scott.
Die musiek en sang was van
uitstaande gehalte, die geregte
voorgesit deur Peperboom uit
die boonste rakke en met die restaurant
vol gepak met mense (van
oor die hele Suid Kaap) was dit ’n
oggend wat lank onthou sal word.
Verskillende houers was beskikbaar
vir donasies aan projekte
en Options Sorgsentrum se kaartjies
is ook verkoop.
Uit die donasieshouers by die
vier byeenkomste het Solidariteit
Helpende Hand, Meals on Wheels
en CANSA gebaat. Die volgende
Vuurvliegie byeenkoms word beplan
vir Februarie 2013.
publiek vir sy voortbestaan. Enige
pasient met ongeneesbare kanker
kwalifiseer vir die diens, ongeag
van kankertipe, finansiële status
of ras. Tuissorg word verleen met
die pasient se familie of vriende
as hoofversorgers; hulle word bygestaan
deur opgeleide verpleegsusters
wat deeglik bekend is met
die behandeling van simptome
van gevorderde siekte en die beste
raad en praktiese hulp kan verleen.
Sorgwerkers word uitgeplaas
waar versorging benodig word
meer as dit wat deur die pasient se
geliefdes behartig kan word. Mediese
toerusting word ook verskaf
waar nodig.
Mount Hope Hospice se doel is
om persone te ondersteun op hul
reis met gevorderde kanker. Om
meer oor die organisasie uit te
vind, skakel 044 874 6490 of
ondersteun hulle op Facebook.
is used to absorb them. Both work
as effectively as the other. It helps
to prevent your child’s skin from
burning. They also help to screen
and block out the damaging and
potentially dangerous UVA and
UVB rays that can later cause
problems such as premature
aging and various types of skin
cancers. Always make sure that the
SPF is not less than 30 and keep in
mind that it will only offer maximum
protection if applied properly
and consistently. Also, try to limit
outside playtime when the sun’s at
its brightest and hottest between
11:00 and 15:00.
Dehydration: Dehydration
comes on slowly, and the signs
Maak nie saak of dit tradisie is nie,
ek hou van geskenke, en om dit
te gee en ontvang. Al is dit ietsie
kleins en al het ek dit nie regtig
nodig nie, die opwinding daarvan
sorg vir genoeg kielie. Ek wil vir
my ma ietsie moois koop, en ek
wil vir my pa iets gee wat hy sal
kan gebruik. Ek is lief vir hulle.
Ons moenie skroom om mekaar te
bederf nie, en ook nie verskonings
soek om die kans te ontglip nie.
God het vir die mens wat Hy lief
het, ’n geskenk gegee – Jesus – ’n
geskenk wat ons nooit kan ver-
dien nie. Ek skuld Hom my lewe.
Ek het meer as ’n dag of maand
nodig om vir die kielie van hierdie
geskenk dankie te sê. Ek gaan
vir geen rede die Kerstyd oorslaan
nie. Mag ons weer in hierdie
Kerstyd ons gedagtes fokus op dit
wat regtig saakmaak.
Kyk elke Woensdagaand om
20:00 Infrarooi op die Kruiskykkanaal.
Besoek www.infrarooi.
co.za.
PRETORIA
A special appeal by the SPCA
Korky Levanon
On many occasions the Tshwane
SPCA gets calls to collect stray
animals roaming the streets and
highways of the Tshwane metro.
They greatly appreciate the publics’
concern for these animals,
but asks them please to also help
and try to confine the animal and
NOENIEPUT
Barrie Burger
dis vyfuur al verby toe die laaste
sonstrale ook ’n einde aan die dag
probeer maak. ekself sou egter
kan doen met ’n ekstra uur of twee
want die drievertrekhuisie met sy
buitekombuis onder sink en paal
is dalk nie so kort agter die vierde
duin as wat gisteraand vir my beduie
is nie. te veel keer al moes
ek meer raai as iets anders in my
probeer verstaan van wat bedoel
word met ‘dissie so ver nie’... of
met ‘dis net agter die hoë duin
daar by die vaalkameelbome.’ afstandaanduiers
wat vir ’n perde-
ruiter vaag en ongevoelig voorkom.
al word dit opreg bedoel.
maar hierdie keer is gisteraand
se verduideliking van presies waar
die twee alleen mense agter die
ver duine woon reg. eenhonderd
persent reg. want ek is die vierde
duin skaars oor toe dwarrellende
rook uit ’n skoorsteen duidelik sigbaar
word in die koue lug van nog
aren’t always obvious. It’s important
to watch your children
for signs such as dry cracked lips,
sunken eyes, fast heartbeat, dark
urine, or no daytime urination
for four hours or more, extreme
fussiness or sleepiness, difficulty
breathing or catching breath or
tearless crying. On hot days when
people are active, fluid intake
must be increased to eight to ten
or more servings per day. Drinks
that contain high amounts of sugar
or caffeine shouldn’t be given to a
child, especially on very hot days,
where it can do more harm than
good. The most effective treatment
for dehydration is Oral Rehydrate
Solution. Severe cases of dehydration
require urgent medical
attention.
Jaco Mostert
soos ’n droom
Dedication of a nation is a serious matter
A nationwide prayer initiative
recently culminated in Pretoria
when intercessors, churches and
ministries from across the nation
came together in Pretoria to
dedicate South Africa and Gau-
teng to the Lord. Prior to the day
of dedication, a period of 40 days
of prayer was held. The strategic
prayer initiative was facilitated by
the Institute for Christian Leadership
Development (ICLD), the
South African Prayer Movement
for Change (SAPMC), Jericho
Walls International Prayer
Network (JWIPN) and Pretoria
bring it to them. About 90% of the
time they are called to collect a
stray animal and by the time they
get there, the animal is nowhere
to be found. Otherwise on arrival,
it takes them a long time to catch
the animal, to the detriment of responding
to reports of cruelty.
Without any government funding
and no municipal remunera-
’n wintersnamiddag. in die kalahari.
die skoongevede werf kom
verlate voor al hang daar wasgoed
oor die lae kampdraad. die water in
die vol krip glimlag blink in die leë
bokkraal agter die skewe buitetoilet.
die groot haan wat ’n diep pot
vol kos sal maak steur hom nie
aan perd en ruiter nie. en die tuie
van tou en ketting oor die donkiekar
langs die geroesde draadhek
is ook nêrens heen oppad nie.
in elk geval nie vandag nie.
dan kom twee honde uit die
buitekombuis aangedraf en begin
waarskuwend blaf. ’n man met
karaktervolle plooie op sy donkerbruin
gesig loer versigtig oor
die lae steenmuur en bly dan roerloos
staan. gebukkend. en verbaas
oor die ruiter te perd.
sy oë deursoek die pakgoed
ongelowig asof hy dit nie kan glo
nie. die waterbottel. die sweep.
die netjies opgerolde kombers
agter die saal. die donkerbruin jas
Insect bites: Insect bites are
highly bothersome, but fortunately
ants, bees and mosquitoes
are an annoyance that can easily
be avoided. One of the best and
safest ways of protection is clothing.
Try to cover as much of your
child, while keeping them comfortable.
Bugs are most active
around sunset, so try to avoid outside
play during this time. Always
read the labels or instructions on
insect repellents carefully, and
check for possible allergic reactions.
Calamine lotion helps to
calm itchy bites. If your child is
covered with itchy bites, a colloidal
oatmeal bath can help bring
relief. For minor stings or bites,
apply ice wrapped in a clean towel.
A hydrocortisone cream will
Prayer Force (PPF).
The annual conference of
SAPMC was strategically placed
to flow into the final dedication
of the nation together with that of
the Gauteng Province. With the
theme of ‘Building a Righteous
Nation’, the SAPMC conference
was recently held at Grace Bible
Church in Ga-Rankuwa. This
interdenominational prayer initiative
culminated with the final
dedication of the nation.
“The dedication of this nation
to God is a prophetic matter, a serious
and destiny deciding tran-
saction. It involves everyone within
the body of Christ, representa-
tion, the local SPCA’s five inspectors
cover the whole of the 6 000
km 2 Tshwane metro, with their
main objective being the prevention
of cruelty to animals. Because
they care for animals, and there
is no municipal animal pound in
Tshwane at the moment, where
possible, they try and help with
stray animals.
The public has been superb in
helping the SPCA with bringing
in stray animals to their kennels.
Coming up to the rainy season
with many storms, they urge all
animal owners to get their animals
microchipped, as well as getting
a tag with one’s contact details
on. Should your animal get lost,
please report this to all local ani-
oor die kam van die groot swart
merrie met die lang stert en maanhare.
die opgerolde haltertou wat
aan die militêresaal langs die nerfaf
koffiebeker hang. die twee bultende
saalsakke. die ruiter met die
kamaste van beesvel en die leerhandskoene.
die wyerandhoed. die
donkerbril. en die houtkruisie aan
die springbokvelriempie om my
nek.
sonder om eers te groet en
voordat hy iets kon sê probeer ek
die ys breek. ‘ek is verdwaal...
maar sê my meneer... hoe ver is
johannesburg nog.’ die verdroogde
graspol met lang skaduwee is
alleengetuie van iemand soekend
na’n antwoord terwyl hy sy linkerhand
stadig oor sy gesig vryf.
en dan die onverwagse vraag onseker
antwoord terwyl hy soekend
om hom rondkyk. ‘nee manee...
jannesberg issie hie rontie.’
heelwat later toe die lag verby
is en die kouefront ons teen me-
stop itching and reduce pain. If
severe swelling occurs, or your
child complains of difficulty
breathing, seek medical attention.
Never take chances when you are
in an area where poisonous spiders
or snakes lurk.
Swimming: The most dangerous
of summer risks are also
the most anticipated activity of
the season. Swimming and water
play must always be under
responsible adult supervision. A
child can drown in as little as an
inch of water. Supervisors and
parents must be familiar with CPR.
Devices such as inflatable tubes,
rafts and arm floaters should not
be used for small children. It only
takes a second for a small child to
lose balance or slip off and into
tives of each and every sector of
society and all people groups of
South Africa. The future of the
nation and the resources of the
land must be dedicated to Christ
in order that His Kingdom may
come and His will be done in South
Africa as it is in heaven,” says
Reverend Olusegun Olanipekun,
CEO of the ICLD.
He calls each Christian in SA
to sanctify their hearts and hands
to present the nation and the land
as an offering unto the Lord Jesus
Christ. He further points out
that the dedication of a nation to
God is more than a prayer session
or a prophetic prayer action. “It
mal welfare organisations, giving
as much detail as possible. It
would also help to put up flyers,
preferably with a photograph at
local vets and shops.
The SPCA is further extending
a special appeal for any donations.
They have a shortage of twelve
tons of dry dog food needed for
December and January. Between
the three branches in Tshwane
(Waltloo, Centurion and Kungwini)
R60 000 worth of dog food
is consumed per month. They are
entirely reliant on public support
and receive no governmental support.
For further information, contact
the SPCA on 012 8035219 or
send an email to admin@spcapta.
org.za. Visit www.spcapta.org.za.
Geniet Barrie se unieke skryfstyl
kaar vasdruk om die vuur op ’n
stuk sinkplaat praat ons steeds oor
die kruisiging. en die god wat ons
gered het. jare terug al.
toe staan hy stil op terwyl hy
steeds snik oor sy lank terug verlossing.
gooi die warm water in
die driepootpot in ’n ou skottel
uit. trek my skoene en kouse uit
en was my voete wat steeds moeg
is van die lang tog in die stiebeuels.
was dan my bene ook. tot by
die knieë. steeds snikkend. maar
nou oor die man van god se koms
soos ’n droom.
toe die suiderkruis ook lankal
skuins lê en die werf in die donker
weer verlate voorkom draai ek om
op die bed en matras wat hy vir my
vroegaand al langs die vuur kom
neersit het. maak my dan toe met
die groot kombers wat sy vrou vir
my oor die lae steenmuur gehang
het en slaap verder in die koue
langs die uitgebrande vuur.
soos ’n droom.
the water and drown. An appro-
ved life vest can and should be
worn for added protection and
safety. Nothing should ever be
used as a replacement for adult
supervision. Diving brings further
potential for injuries. People often
misjudge the depth of a pool or
dive in without testing the depth
first. Remember: Feet first, first
time. Don’t run and dive, and
don’t do back dives.
Make sure you save the local
emergency numbers on your
phone, or save 0861 086 911 under
‘Ambulance’ for LifeMed assistance.
Summer should be a joyous
season filled with fun and laughter,
not tragedy. With a few preventative
measures many unnecessary
accidents can be avoided.
should be seen as an official spiritual
business transaction. It is
official because it has to be recorded
in heaven, on earth and in
hell. God has to receive the nation
as an offering for His Kingdom
and Kingdom purposes. The assembly
of people has to be properly
constituted in terms of repre-
sentation and participation, various
aspects and elements in the
nation must also be adequately
represented,” says Olanipekun.
According to him the transaction
must have a trans-generational
impact and must be a refe-
rence for posterity. “To offer an
entity as a nation to God is a serious
and scriptural undertaking,”
says Olanipekun.