Of this and that

Will you believe it, I am still around.

Thank you to the faithfull few who still popped around to see if i have posted any thing new.

I am having a difficult month. With the fact that we are going on a hike in the tsitsikamma mountains my month is about 10 days shorter. That gives me ten days less in which to earn my income.

Make no mistake, I can not wait to go on the hike, but it does make my life a little difficult.

And then , my little dog is sick. Had her to the VET this morning, but he wasn't sure what the problem was. It seems I will have to take her back there tomorrow. I really hope that he will be able to sort her out.

I am shooting a matric farewell on wednesday , a job for Nedbank on Friday, A wedding on Saturday , and then I leave for the hike on monday morning. Gonna be a wild week.

God bless

;o)

Hospitals

I have never been very fond of hospitals.

And right now I find myself sitting in one, waiting for my wife to return from an op that they need to do on her.

I brought my laptop along as I knew that I will have to sit here and wait for her to come back from the op and I knew that it will give me something to do.

I must be honest. I do not like it one bit. Having to sit here and wait. Waiting....
Having to trust that the doctors will not screw up. Waiting ....

Hoping that the doctors will be able to sort out what is wrong with her.

Have I said that I do not like doctors ? I think most of them are only in it for the money.

And so I sit here and I wait.

And while I wait I realize how much I love my wife. And I realise how lonely and pathetic my life would have been without her. And I pray that she will be safe. I can not begin to think of my life without her.

I thank God for being blessed with the most incredible girl in my life.



Lief jou meisiekind.

;o)

This weekend

Ok, I know that the order for these two posts are the wrong way around.

I have been to Dewetsdorp over the weekend to take some photos of th 2007 Osram Rally.

you can view some of the photos on my website here.

;o)

Elandi

My best friend and his wife went in to hospital today. And so at 14:35 little Elandi was born by C-section.

And so I want to thank God for the new little life that He has blessed us with.

And I pray for her parents that they will continue to be the wonderful people that they are. I pray that they will have the knowledge, grace, love and patience to raise this little girl in the image of themselves but ultimately the image of God.

I pray for her safety. I pray that she will be a blessing to her parents and all that meet her. I pray that our heavenly Father will bless her.

And I pray for all the little children who do not have such loving parents.

Elandi , little girl, ,may you grow to be strong. May you grow to be proud. May you grow to be a shining light in the image of your Heavenly Father. May God bless you and keep you. May He makes his face to shine upon you and give you peace.

Amen.

Just curious

Is anybody actually reading this blog ???

Feels like I am farting in the wind.

Which begs a question : If a fart rings out in the forrest and there is no one to hear it , Is it still fart ?

Does it still smell ?

;o)

At least one has spoken up

Protest March to Deliver Zimbabwe Human Rights Petition to President Mbeki

SA church shelters Zimbabweans

For the past few days I have heard a familiar name pop up in the local media. Bishop Paul Verryn has been making waves with his sheltering of Zimbabwean refugees.

Now I am personally not a great fan of Bishop Verryn, although I have not had the honor of meeting him personally and my opinion is based on hearsay.

But what gladdens my heart about this man is the fact that he is willing to speak up against the silence of the SA government when it comes to. Mugabe and Zimbabwe.

Now I do not want to discuss bishop Verryn. Or what he is doing.

What I do want to discuss is the silence of our Methodist Presiding Bishop and the other high profile Methodist leaders. As chair of the church leaders forum and as far as I know chair of the SACC (SA Council of Churches) Bishop Ivan Abrahams is in a very good position to speak up against the atrocities in Zimbabwe.

Why is our Methodist leadership so quiet? And if we query them about it we are told that the media is not interested in what the church says. I Think Paul Verryn proved that to be wrong.

Maybe the Presiding Bishops office are not screaming loud enough.
Maybe they are scared of rocking the boat.

Thank you Bishop Verryn for going over the Presiding Bishop's head and making your voice heard. May God bless you in the work that you do.

Sydwell

I have just met the most amazing young man. His name is Sydwell and he is in a wheel chair.
But wait , let me backtrack slightly and start the story from the beginning.

My mother is the deputy principal at a school called Martie du Plessis in Bloemfontein. Now Martie du Plessis is a school for children with cerebral palsy and other physical handicaps.

A while back my mother told me of this young man in her school. As I said , he is in a wheel chair and only has very limited use of his left hand and his right foot.

He types all his homework on a computer loaned to him by the school, using his right foot and a trackball mouse. Sydwell is in Matric this year and will finish his highschool with an above average mark. But sadly this is where the problems will start.

When Sydwell finishes his Matric this year he will no longer be able to stay in the hostel. He will lose the use of the PC at the school. As bright as he is, it will be financially and physically impossible for him to further his studies.

And this is a very worrying thing to Sydwell. He does not want to go and sit in a shack and be a burden on society. He wants to be able to share his life story. To encourage and motivate other people with disabilities.

And to this end we need to work. With the internet being what it is I believe that there is scope for Sydwell to share his story on the net. I will help him to set up a blog. I am sure that we will be able to find him a PC and a cellphone with internet capability.

Our biggest challenge will be to find some form of accomodation that is wheelchair friendly.
And then if we can find an organization that will support Sydwell and help to give him the opportunity to reach out to other people with disabilities.

Pray for Sydwell. Pray that him and us will find him something to do that will be able to support him and give him a sense of accomplishment.

Pray that God will open doors and use Sydwell in his service.

Some holiday pics

So here we go. Just three pics to show I am on holiday.


The view from the beach house this morning





The waves breaking over the rocks late yesterday afternoon.






Obviously that lifeguard is off duty.

We are on holiday!!

And so eventually we are on holiday.
My wife is still not feeling well after the spider bite , but at least by the grace (and help) of God we are her.

Someone gave us the use of his holiday house in Hibberdene on the South Coast and another friend of mine kindly gave us money for petrol and food.

and so we are here. Thank you Heavenly Father. And thanks to the people who helped us get here.

The weather is nice. The house is lovely.

My son was even in the water today ( in the middle of winter, can you believe it).

Life is Good. And God is great!!

I am still here

Yep, Monday night. 22:48. And I am still here . In Bloem. I just do not have , and didn't manage to earn any money to take my wife on holiday.

So we are still here. At least I did a small studio job over the weekend that should pay tomorrow. That will at least give me money to travel to Sasolburg to fetch my son from his grandparents. And then we will spend a day or to there and come back.

But as things stand now I will have to phone the gentleman who gave us the beach house and tell him that we will not be coming. As it stands we already phoned him yesterday to postpone our arrival till Wednesday.

I feel bad about it as he could have rented it out to someone else over this time.

I so believed that we will be able to go on holiday........

Ah well , I guess money is like sex. it ain't important until you are not getting any.



maybe I should rename this blog to: the always cynical opinions of .......

i should probably just stop typing now , as I am just hurting myself more and more. So cheers for now.

Tomorrow I will probably feel better again.

;-( :.