FELSISA Witness VELSISA Boodskapper

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Sangfees 2012 reddende boodskap van Jesus Christus ook deur die sing van liedere uit die verskillende dele van die Kerkjaar ons harte bereik. Die preek oor Jakobus 5,13 het i n b e s o n d e r d i e g e m e e n s k a p beklemtoon, wat ons in vreugde en leed ervaar. Hierdie gemeenskap ontstaan uit gebed en lei ons terug na gebed. Wat `n voorreg het ons as christene, dat God ons deur die doop in sy gemeenskap opgeneem het. Met ons gesange mag ons daarop antwoord gee — tesame in `n groot groep, maar ook waar ons alleen is in die alledaagse lewe. Die evangelie van die dag — die genesing van die verlamde man in Kapernaum — wys, hoe dankbare gelowiges hul verlamde vriend na Jesus bring, sodat Hy hom genees. Het 12 hierdie vrolike boodskap ook ons harte aangeraak? Ondersteun ons ons medechristene in vreugde en leed met ons voorbidding? Is ons besorg oor diegene, wat nog niks van Christus weet nie of wat moeg geword het in die geloof of vir wie dit nie meer saak maak nie? Mag God ons ore en harte oopmaak, sodat ons kan besef, wie ons hulp benodig. Mag Hy ons dan ook die blykdskap en die krag gee om dienoorkeenkomstig te handel. Ons dank gaan aan die Kirchdorf gemeente, wat hierdie mooi fees moontlik gemaak het en aan al die sangers en koorleiers, asook Manfred Johannes, ons hoofdirigent, vir hulle insette. Ons dank gaan aan ons Skepper vir sy gawes, wat Hy aan almal verleen het, sodat sy lof kon weerklink. ■
Firstly, I’d like to say that I admire Reinhild, Leonie, Ursula and Hugo for their willingness and courage to share some of their experiences. My husband, Hugo, was held at gunpoint in our home in Pretoria in 1994, and from personal experience, I know how hard it can be to share with others the fear and effects of going through trauma. For us, it was only in 2006, that we could put a finger on what happened on a personal level in our lives as a result of the trauma, and I hope that in shedding some light on it, it might make it easier for others. Psychologists call it post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) — a set of mental health reactions which develop in people who have experienced or witnessed an event which threatens their life and safety (or others around them) and in which event they experienced feelings of fear, helplessness and horror. Examples of such events are physical or sexual assault, 13 The effects of trauma and violence The effects of trauma and violence—a counsellor’s reflections — Annemarie Klingenberg, Adelaide, South Australia Annemarie Klingenberg and her husband Hugo, previously from the St Paul’s Congregation Pretoria, emigrated to Australia with their two children in 2004. There, Annemarie decided to leave her law career and retrain as a counsellor. She now works as a professional counsellor both in private practise and for Lutheran Community Care, the social justice arm of the Lutheran Church in Australia. Responding to the article by Reinhild Niebuhr in the last edition of the <strong>FELSISA</strong> <strong>Witness</strong>, she shares her reflections on the issue of trauma in the hope that it might be of some help in helping self and others. sexual abuse, rape, domestic abuse, living in a war zone, torture, car or other accidents or natural disasters such as floods. Some writers explain PTSD as a delayed response to emotional pain. We have a natural response to scream when we feel pain, but when we are faced with a traumatic event we are often for a number of reasons unable to scream, which leaves the pain free-floating in our system where it affects us psychologically, physically, socially and spiritually. The sufferer of PTSD often reexperiences the event in the form of flashbacks or nightmares. Unwanted memories keep returning and a small trigger can put the person back in the event with the associated emotional and physical reactions. Such physical reactions can include heart palpitations, sweating, panic or anxiety. Often the sufferer is overly alert and wound up, has trouble sleeping, has trouble
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