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PADLANGS deur YOLANDI CLAASSENS
Om te getuig van wat die Here in my lewe doen,
hoe Hy my lei… Dit is wie ek is. Vandaar Padlangs
Om my getuienisse en skryfwerk met die werelds te
deel. Om mense te bemoedig met geestelike
boodskappe en – kos. Juis omdat ek mense
makliker bereik, deur stories uit my eie lewe te
gebruik. Interpersoonlik… beslis, want ek floreer
op verhoudings bou en om n pad met mense te
Ek wil julle nooi om saam met ons te stap, want hoe
meer vriende saam met my stap, hoe makliker is dit om
nie af te dwaal van die roete af nie.
Want deur Padlangs te hou, (onderleiding van die Heilige Gees),
sal ons ons eindbestemming bereik…
AMBAR by Coert Steenberg Engelbrecht
He stands in a dark corner pensively, staring as if he was looking at the night sky trying to count all the stars. His body absolutely motionless, his face stark, almost like a predator fixated on it’s pray. But there is softness in his blooding eyes, something in direct contrast with the rest of his tough, rugged body. He absorbs the bacteria into his system and it frantically attacks his body. For the bacteria its only defense is attack, but it’s no match for Ambar, he has fought and won a lot of battles much worse than this. For a moment he becomes nauseous and unsteady as his body reacts to the attack, and then it’s over. Ambar wishes he could just reveal himself to the man and scare the living daylight out of him, but instead he crouches down on one knee and folds his wings around Caythlen. She tries to stay as quiet as possible as she hears the footsteps getting closer. It feels as if her heart is going to burst right out of her chest.
Ambar jumps into the car and grabs hold of Caythlen she is sitting directly behind the driver, on the side where the oncoming car is about to hit them. There is nothing Ambar can do to avoid the colision; he can just try to protect Caythlen from the impact. He pulls her close against his chest and wraps his wings tightly around her, forming a protective cocoon. He looks over his left shoulder, staring at the oncoming vehicle, as if he is thinking; try yout best!
Coert Steenberg Engelbrecht
Place: Standerton – Mpumalamga – South Africa
ONOMASTICS deur Bertie Neethling
Onomastics entails the study of names and naming systems. The discipline is derived from the Greek word onoma meaning ‘name’. In most languages of the world names are written with a capital letter. All of these form part of onomastics. The categories are manifold and some of the most important ones are following: anthroponymy, i.e the names of people. This may include first names, surnames, nick- or bynames, as well as ethnic names. They are all strongly linked to identity. The next prominent one is toponymy, i.e place names. All places whether streets, towns and landmarks carry names. Names in the economy, i.e brand names that include sponsors, as well as business names, also form a strong category. Then there are names inliterature, i.e. literary onomastics, as well as shipping names and wild animal names. Onomastics is an impressive multidisciplinary field of study as this book outlines.
UITERS GEHEIM & ANDER ANEKDOTE deur Kobus de Villiers
Uiters Geheim en ander Anekdote:
Elke seun wil op een of ander stadium ŉ brandweerman, vlieënier, Rugby Springbok of renjaer word. Baie selde word die drome bewaarheid.
In die laat sestigs is Rusland en Amerika in die ruimtewedloop en daar stap ŉ man op die maan. Dit is die Koue Oorlog en nuwe vliegtuie en ruimtetuie word ontwikkel. ŉ Kaalvoet seun in die Vrystaatse myndorp, Welkom volg elke stap in die nuus en wil vir NASA en Boeing werk maar ook ŉ renjaer word. Met ŉ draagbare radio wat hy self ombou kan hy luister na die gesprekke tussen Houston en die ruimtemanne. Sy kamermure is beplak met prente van renmotors, vliegtuie en ŉ kaart van die maan gemerk met moontlike landingsplekke. Hy leef in sy komplekse verbeeldingswêreld, maak sketse en teken planne van vuurpylenjins en vliegtuigvlerke. Hy bou ŉ vuurpylenjin wat hy aan die loop kry op die trekker se kragparafien. Hy leer ook gou dat Suid Afrika se onaanvaarbare politiek dit nog meer onmoontlik maak vir ŉ Vrystaatse plaasseun om dié drome te kan beleef.
Hy gaan skool by Welkom Volkskool en Goudveld Hoërskool. Doen sy diensplig in 6 SAI en 2 SAI en studeer Ingenieurswese by Tukkies. Hy begin werk in Suid Afrika se jong lugvaart industrie en sy eindelose verbeelding lei daartoe dat hy die geleentheid kry om in die buiteland te gaan studeer en werk.
Dié storie is ŉ versameling anekdote van hierdie epiese reis vanaf die stowwerige gruispaaie van die Vrystaat tot die Autobahn na Stuttgart, die Golden State Freeway verby Caltech se Jet Propulsion Lab kampus en nuwe ontdekkings van vreemde plekke en nuwe tegnologieë. Hy woon en/of werk in Italië, Duitsland, Frankryk, Peru, Israel, Pakistan, Maleisieë, Singapore, Japan en die Emirate. In Rusland woon en werk sy span in Leonid Brezhnev se Dacha op een van die mees ongelooflike lugvaart samewerkingsprojekte. Daarna is hy in Kanada en die VSA en neem deel aan nuwe baanbrekers besoedelingsvrye tegnologie en ander lugvaartprojekte. Iewers langs die pad ontmoet hy ook ŉ ongelooflike mooi en slim Franse meisie. Projeksekerheid se mense is oortuig sy werk vir die Franse geheime diens. Weens die geheimhouding van dié soort werk het familie en vriende geen werklike idee van wat hy gedoen het nie. Nou dat alles lank gelede gebeur het en voor die herinneringe verlore gaan moet hy sy stories vertel. Sy versameling anekdote van vreemde lande en gebeure, ervarings en selfontdekking.
Dit is ŉ lang en ongelooflike pad van Welkom in die Vrystaat tot by Einstein se kantoor…