Category: Life Story
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Saved from our Burning House
On the 1st of June 2019, early in the morning when Chris, my now husband, already left to get started on his work on the farm, my son, Duandre, and I were still at home, getting ready for the day. Because it was a cold day the heater in the TV room was on and…
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Bad Things Happen to Good People!
My parents were pensioners residing in Villiers, a small town in the Free State Province of South Africa. My dad, Jannie, was 76 years old and my mother, Mollie, was 72 years old. On the 25th of January 2001 at 5 in the afternoon my phone rang, it was my brother in law from Springs,…
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Lessons Learnt, a Work in Progress…
When I was a child, I thought the key to survival in a not always pleasant world would be to shut off my emotions. It made me feel more powerful to be able to mask my emotions, especially as I am a naturally introverted person and I struggled to be assertive or stand up for…
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A Lifetime in His Service…
Kobie and Regina Klerck have a long history of serving God in many ways, especially distributing Bibles in the neighbouring countries of South Africa. Some years ago Kobie had a serious health scare when he was told that he had cancer as well as that his heart had serious problems. The Oncologist advised that he…
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Coffee with a Gangster
On Sunday, 26 May 2019, the Minister in Church spoke about having a heart for the less privileged. He prayed that our hearts will be open towards the poor. As I sat in church, the first thought that came to mind was, “but how do we trust beggars these days?” On Monday morning at 9:00…
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a Legacy of Service
Joan van Wyk, when we hear her name many different images come to mind, most of them involving her helping or serving others in some or other way. Joan turned 90 in 2019 and her life serves as an example to anyone who aspires to live a life that matters. In summary she estimated that…
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God Warns Me in Time & Saves My Life
When asked why I wanted to share my story, I can think of two reasons. I firmly believe that God warned me in a dream, woke me, and when I still did not pay attention, gave me the dream a second time. Early detection of cancer, because of God’s warning, saved my life! Breast cancer…
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God calls a Sick Man to Heal Others… Jacques Nelson
Jacques Nelson shares his own trails and challenges but, more importantly, how God called him to the healing ministry, in spite of his own health challenges.
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I Blamed God…but He Forgave me
On Monday morning, 11 February 1980, my son, Gerrie, 7 years old and a Grade 2 learner in Dagbreek Primary School, Carltonville, was hit by a car and fell off his bike. The school bus, driven by the Principal, Mr Oberholzer, could not stop in time and the back wheel of the bus went over…
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God is my Rock
I was 23 years old, my husband 26 years old and we had three small children. On the 1st of March of that year we moved to Tzaneen, in Limpopo Province of South Africa. Jan, my husband was a telephone technician in the postal services. On the 9th of March he was working to repair…