3 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Hoërskool Oosterland spog met verskeie onderskeidings in die afgelope matriek eksamen
Janco Viljoen, 2020 matrikulant by Hoërskool Oosterland het 7 onderskeidings en ń gemiddeld wat hom die nr 8 plek in Mpumalanga besorg. Baie geluk, Janco! Oosies wens hom sterkte toe vir sy Mediese Studies!
Geluk aan ons Oosie- toppresteerders! These are our top achievers – Congratulations!
Sunelle de BruynJanco Viljoen
Hierdie top Oosies spog met 4 en 3 onderskeidings! Spoggerig!! These top Oosies have 4 and 3 distinctions. Well done!
Anel PretoriusBianca BoshoffKyla van der MerweSimone BassonEduan Naude
Top Oosies: hierdie leerders spog met 2 onderskeidings elk! BAIE GELUK! These Oosies have 2 distinctions each! CONGRATULATIONS!
Hs Oosterland kondig met trots die leerders aan wat elk een onderskeiding verwerf het. Baie geluk.We are proud to congratulate our Oosies with one distinction!
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HOëRSKOOL SECUNDA SE MATRIKULANTE VAN 2020 PRESTEER PUIK
Danksy toegewyde werk deur onderwysers en die matrieks van 2020, kon Hoërskool Secunda se matriekgroep van 2020, hul uitstekend van hul taak kwyt.
Hul spog met puik prestasies in die afgelope matriekeksamen. Hul het ‘n slaagsyfer van 98,9% behaal en spog ook met univeriteitsvrystelling van 69,61%. Die groep het ‘n totaal van 153 onderskeidings ingepalm.
Vier matrikulante het sewe onderskeidings elk behaal:
Wian du Toit
Afrikaans HT 89, English FAL 85, Wiskunde 88,LO 81, Rekeningkunde 87, IT 93, Fisiese Wetenskappe 93
Caylib van der Walt het ses onderskeidings behaal. Hy spog met 96% in Alpha Wiskunde, English FAL 84%, Wiskunde 96%, Rekeningkunde 87%, Ekonomie 80% en Fisiese Wetenskappe 89%.
Caylib van der Walt
Ses matrikulante van 2020 het vyf onderskeidings elk behaal:
FG Visser, matrikulant van Hoërskool Secunda 2020, het besonder goed presteer in die Wiskunde Olimpiade van 2020. Hy het derde in Mpumalanga in die Senior afdeling geëindig.
Baie geluk aan FG en die organiseerder van Hoërskool Secunda se Wiskunde Olimpiade, Me. Christa van Tonder.
Geniet nog ‘n aflewering van “So is die Lewe” uit die pen van Marius Britz.
Ek was so bevoorreg om hierdie naweek hartsvriende saam met my te hê hier by my huisie in die karoo om my in my sestigerjare in te begelei. Vriende van Swellendam tot Emalahleni, van Hartebeespoort en Randburg, my seuns van Langebaan en De Doorns. Dat ek nie geweet het hulle kom nie, en die gemaskerde manne met pette en donkerbrille die een na die ander hier voor die huis stop en my soos ‘n baba laat huil het, is ‘n storie vir ‘n ander dag. Die hele naweek het ons ou paaie oopgetrap met ons stories, sover as 41 jaar terug. Om natuurlik nie te praat van die proteienvergiftiging van al die braaivleise wat ons deurgewerk het in minder as drie dae nie.
Marius en sy pêlle
Stories is ‘n manier van leef. Stories is ‘n reis wat jou laat ontdek wie jy is, waar jy vandaan kom. Wanneer alles voor jou donker lyk, is stories die manier wat, soos in Jesaja geskryf is, vir jou sê: “hier is die pad, loop hierlangs.” Tot laataand het die dorpie gedreun met stories, uitbundige gelag, terwyl Coenie de Villiers, Pink Floyd en musiek uit die sestiger- en sewentigerjare op die agtergrond speel. Elke lied het nog ‘n deur in ons koppe oopgemaak. Ons stories oor gister het ons verloopte lewens aan ons teruggegee, ons opnuut gegiet in ‘n esprit-de-corpse.
Daar is vele storievertellers in al die streke van ons land, mense wat nie noodwendig op televisie kom nie, maar aan wie se lippe gehang word as hulle iets vertel. By kerkbasaars, by vergaderings, by braaivleise, in die teekamer, waar ook al. Manne wat ‘n verhaal kan inkleur met smaak. Die waarheid is soms ‘n byproduk in hulle stories.
Daar was die een ou in Springs saam met wie ek as student nagskof gewerk het in die glasfabriek. Sy gunstelingstories was altyd oor die plaas. So vertel hy dat daar ‘n boom op sy oom se plaas was met so dik stam, dat tien manne hande vasgehou het as hulle hom omsingel, dan was daar nog nie genoeg mans nie. ‘n Reuse boom. Die boom het langs ‘n koringland gestaan, vertel hy.
Die probleem was dat elke keer as die koring ryp word, daar swerms voëls was wat die koringare kom vreet. As hulle die voëls verjaag, gaan sit hulle eenvoudig in die boom. Sy oom vererg hom toe bloedig en besluit om elke tak, takkie en blaar in daardie boom met gom te smeer, en as die voëls weer daar gaan sit as hulle verjaag word, het hulle, wat die voëls is, uiteraard ‘n probleem.
Sy oom maak ook toe so. Toe daar “derduisende” voëls vassit op die boom se takke, stap sy oom bakkie toe om die haelgeweer te gaan haal. Die voëls, synde nie onder ‘n kalkoen uitgebroei nie, sien toe deur die oom se bose plan met die geweer. Hulle begin toe gelyktydig hulle vlerkies klap, en toe gebeur ‘n onvergeetlike ding. Hulle trek daardie groot boom wortel en tak uit die grond uit, en vlieg weg met hom.
Daardie aand was daar ‘n hoofberig op die Tanzaniese televisie, vertel hy, oor die VVV wat daardie dag gesien is. Maar al die tyd was dit die vraatsige voëls met sy oom se groot boom wat Europa toe gevlieg het.
‘n Ander keer praat ons in die diep donker nagskofure oor duiweboerdery. ‘n Man praat diep dinge drieuur in die more, ook hier in die karoo langs ‘n vuur. Hy vertel van ‘n ou wat sy duiwe van Devon af gestuur het Kaapstad toe vir ‘n wedvlug. Die eerste prys was ‘n Peugeot 404. ‘n Ander jaloerse ou het egter die ou van Devon se duiwe se vlerkpenne geknip, sodat hulle glad nie kon terugvlieg nie.
En die Devonman sit op sy stoep en wag. Geen duif iewers nie. Al die ander duiweboere het al ingeklok, maar hierdie ou se duiwe is net weg. Pryswenner kampioenduiwe. Slím duiwe. So drie of vier maande na die wedvlug, sit die ou bedremmeld op sy stoep en treur oor sy duiwe. En wragtig, doer langs die teerpad, sien hy stoffies trek. Dit was toe sy duiwe wat al die pad teruggeloop het van Kaapstad af. Die enigste probleem was, vertel my nagskofkollega, dat daardie duiwe net súlke swere onder hulle pootjies gehad het. Hy beduie met sy hande iets so groot soos tennisballe.
Hier in die Noord-Kaap het ek wonderlike, wáár stories gehoor. Soos oom Willie, my buurman, wat op 95 nog alleen gewoon het, en vroegoggend al sy tuintjie geskoffel het, kierie in die een hand. Een van sy stories was oor die eerste keer wat hy as jong seun ‘n motorkar gesien het, vroeg in die vorige eeu. Hy en sy boetie was op ‘n afgeleë deel van die karoo besig om skaap bymekaar toe maak, toe hulle hierdie vreemde geluid hoor wat die stilte breek: doef-doef-doef.
“Wat is dit?”, het sy broer grootoog gevra. “Nee, ek weet glad nie”, het oom Willie geantwoord. “En toe”, vertel hy, “sien ons hierdie perdekar-ding sonder perde in die pad afkom. Die ding raas. Voorop het hy twee nèt sulke groot oë”, beduie hy waar die ligte gesit het. “Boetie, nou moet ons hol,” skreeu hy vir sy broer. “Dis die Antichris!” Hulle los die skaap net daar vir die Dier uit die aarde om te verslind.
Dan die ander twee vriende wat in die veld ry en stry kry oor wie die beste na sy diere kyk. Naderhand smoorkwaad vir mekaar. Die een besluit toe om dadelik sy jarelange boesemvriend by die opstal te gaan aflaai. Toe hulle die plaaswerf binnery, sê die een wat afgelaai word vir sy gewese vriend: “Kyk hoe lief is my hond vir my!” Hy skreeu toe vir die basterbrak: “Boelie!”, terwyl hy sê: “Kyk hoe bly is hy om my te sien!” Maar Boelie skreeu tjou-tjou-tjou, en hardloop om die hoek weg, stert tussen die bene.
Mag jy stories hoor wat jou laat besef hoe uniek jy is, hoe jy jou voetspore in mense se lewens gelos het, en wat die ongetrapte paaie van more vir jou duidelik wys.
Premature babies will leave parents shocked but stronger
Parents that have premature babies often are not prepared for the traumatic experience that they are facing. More often than not they are also not prepared for the financial impact that a baby in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) has.
My own grandchild was born at 31 weeks. It was a very scary time for all of us. We could not visit him at all. His father was restricted from visiting him as a result of the COVID pandemic. Our grandson was in the hospital for a total of 39 days.
But this story is not of him but rather of another little boy that needs help.
The Secunda community have rallied behind the Bulletin on several projects in the past and once again we are asking for your contribution.
But first, let us bring you the story of Ruhandre. It is a remarkable story of a will to live and a story of love and determination by his parents.
Ruhandre Opperman
I need to point out a few things first, you will read it in the story again though. Ruhandre weighed less than a loaf of bread at birth. He was also about as long as a school ruler.
Here is his story now as taken from the Arms of Mercy website.
The Secunda community have rallied behind the Bulletin on several projects in the past and once again we are asking for your contribution.
Ruhandre Opperman was born prematurely at 24 weeks on 4 November 2020 as a micro prem baby who weighed 684g and was 31.5cm tall. He was immediately taken to NICU where he was put on the ventilator for oxygen. The next day they tried to insert a feeding tube for his milk but it was not successful. Doctors then diagnosed him with Oesophageal Atresia – a defect where the oesophagus (swallowing tube) does not connect to the stomach. Because of this, Ruhandre received nutrition through a drip for the entire month and did not gain any weight.
They said he was going to have to be transferred to Alberton, where he would then undergo surgery to repair it. He was transferred to Clinton Netcare Hospital on the 3rd of December. When he got there his oxygen dropped drastically and they had to support him with artificial respiration. The Dr then determined that he was misdiagnosed and the same evening they managed to get the feeding tube into his stomach. The doctor took x-rays of his lungs and saw that it was very badly damaged and that Ruhandre also had an infection in the lungs.
Ruhandre was on the ventilator for the rest of December because he was diagnosed with chronic lungs and still weighed only 700g. They had to systematically stimulate his stomach so that it could get used to the milk. There were times they had to stop for up to 5 days because his stomach was aspirating and the milk was not being digested. Due to the fact that he did not get milk for the first 4 weeks, he did not grow anything and neither did his lungs.
With a lot of medication, blood transfusions and prayer he is weighing 1,176kg already after 9 weeks, and he receives 18ml of milk every 3 hours. His oxygen level is also much better and he is currently on the nasal cannula for oxygen, and completely off the ventilator.
Baby Ruhandre is truly an angel. He fights all the way and is getting better every day. His stay in the hospital is, unfortunately, going to be for a very long period because he is still so small and very ill.
With all the blood tests etc. his parents have received a few heavy bills that no one can pay at once. They are trying to negotiate at the moment but it is going to be difficult and they will accept any and all donations to help them financially.