Monday, April 30, 2012
Our British Heritage Daskoppies Outpost Eastern Cape
Quote: "Rosmead Junction during the Anglo Boer War, View from outpost (now known as “Daskoppies”) February 1902"
Photo source: http://gadi.agric.za/gadi-news.php
Photo source: http://gadi.agric.za/gadi-news.php
Our British Heritage 4th Dragoon Gaurds Eastern Cape
The 4th Dragoon Guards, Grootfontein Middelburg Cape Colony – 1903 to 1910
Picture source: http://gadi.agric.za/gadi-news.php
Photo has been workshopped
Picture source: http://gadi.agric.za/gadi-news.php
Photo has been workshopped
Middleburg Cemetery Eastern Cape War Heroes
C. Squadron 16th. Musselburgh, Scotland.
Pte. B. Stevenson.
Pte. WCB Pank.
Cpl. Robert Cence.
William Storey.
Pte. F Geary.
Pte. John William Roberts.
Pte. Charles Turner.
Henry James Peard.
Pte. Sydney Brockwell.
Cornwall.
Pte. C Fowell.
Pte. W Steers.
Cpl. J Clegg.
Harry Thomas Charters.
Orchard.
Pte. William Reader.
CH Umfreville.
Pte. Charles Turner.
Sapper J Maguire.
Masterson.
Pte. Michael Cummins.
Pte. Mark Leonard
http://gadi.agric.za/gadi-news.php
JESUS Heals Algoa Bay Port Elizabeth
Miraculously healed after 15 years
By Andre Viljoen on March 5, 2011 7:58 pm
Three years ago a medical specialist told a young Port Elizabeth woman she risked collapsing and slipping into a coma if she stopped taking her epilepsy medication. At the same time a gynaecologist told her she would never have children.
Danielle Horne (right) with her husband Nick, and sons Christian (2) and Caleb (12 weeks)
Danielle Horne chose to stop her medication. And today she is well and is the mother of two healthy little boys. She gives God the credit for her remarkable healing. This is her story.
“As a young girl of five or six I used to wake up screaming at night and often wet my bed. Doctors could not tell what was wrong with me. In later tests they found a cyst on my brain”
She said she suffered periodic epileptic seizures as a child. The problem intensified as she grew older and faced more pressures in life. It got so bad that she had a blackout while driving in peak traffic and narrowly averted an accident by pulling off the road as she felt the attack coming on. Her doctor said she should surrender her driver’s licence and stop working, as it was too stressful for her.
Surgical removal of the cyst was not an option as it would be too risky. A Port Elizabeth neurologist recommended that she should go to the Constantiaberg Medi Clinic in Cape Town to see a specialist epileptologist. She accepted the doctor’s advice but there was a six months waiting list for admission to the clinic.
Around this time Danielle fell in love with Nick Horne and they were engaged. Although she had been a Christian for years, Danielle had never had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. “Once Nick said to me that he loved Jeus and this was one of the things that attracted me to him. I had been to many Christian camps as a child and people had prayed for me to be healed but nothing had happened. So my faith was low. But Nick said he felt that the Lord would heal me.”
_______________________________________
After they prayed I felt fire in my brain and the fire flooded my veins and I fell to the floor.
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The couple joined Oxygen Life church in PE. Danielle said she began to experience a personal relationship with Jesus at this time but her health deteriorated. She had constant migraines, and epileptic auras and seizures on a daily basis. Two months after joining the church she had a particularly bad seizure and had not wanted to attend an evening prayer meeting. But Nick persuaded her to attend and after the meeting one of the church leaders said he believed God wanted to do some work with her that night.
“My faith level was low but I agreed to allow a group of leaders to pray with me. When they started to pray I felt fire in my brain and the fire flooded my veins and I fell to the floor. I could just remember one of the elders saying ‘miraculous healing’ before I lost awareness. When I woke up I felt that God was telling me to read Luke Chapter 8, verse 48. I did not know what was in that verse but I called for a Bible so that I could look it up. The verse said: ‘Daughter, your faith has healed you.’
“I knew I was healed. I have also realised that if I had been healed as a child I would never have been able to give the glory to Jesus as I do now,” said Danielle.
She said she told her Port Elizabeth neurologist that she was healed but he did not believe her and said she would be playing with fire if she went off her medication and did not keep her appointment to attend the clinic in Cape Town.
Three months later she went to the clinic. She had suffered no ill health in that period. She was discouraged by initial tests at the clinic which showed that the right side of her brain was under-developed but she realised that this was because it had never developed during her childhood years as a result of her illness.
She told doctors at the clinic that she believed she was healed but they said she should undergo their procedures. She was taken off the heavy medication and subjected to round-the-clock monitoring by video, electroencephalograph (EEG) and various sensors. She had terrible headaches during this time but to the surprise of her doctor she had no seizures.
The epileptologist told her, however, that by not later than three days of stopping her medication she would experience seizures.
“I said I am not going to have any seizures. And when the third day came and I had not had any seizures I said he should read my EEG chart. He said: ‘Let’s wait until day five’.”
On the evening of the fifth day when the doctor checked her EEG chart he said it was normal and that it was as if her chart and the chart that had been sent to her by her PE neurologist were from two different people. However, he said it would not be advisable for her to stop taking her medication because if she did, she would have a series of seizures culiminating in an epileptic coma.
“I knew I had been healed by God but this was a curved ball as it shook my faith. But then I received an sms from a church friend who said she had heard a message preached about living by faith and not by sight and that she was sure that message was for me. I knew that was the answer to my prayer and I knew what I had to do.”
Danielle said when she told her doctor she would stop taking her medication he wrote a prescription for some pills that he said she should keep close at hand wherever she went for the rest of her life in case she had a seizure and went into a coma. She said she never got the pills and she has not had any seizures or any of the other symptoms that plagued her before she was miraculously healed.
She returned to PE and saw a gynaecologist because she had been diagnosed with stage four endometriosis. She told the doctor she was about to get married and she and her husband hoped to have a “honeymoon baby”. The gynaecologist said she would never have children.
“But we had a honeymoon baby. And we now have two healthy sons.”
Danielle runs a thriving beautician business and Nick runs a business agency. She rejoices in the healing that she has received from God and loves to share her testimony. “One time when I shared my testimony in a church in Oudtshoorn a woman was instantly healed and had no further need for her crutches.”
http://gatewaynews.co.za/2011/03/05/miraculously-healed-after-15-years/
By Andre Viljoen on March 5, 2011 7:58 pm
Three years ago a medical specialist told a young Port Elizabeth woman she risked collapsing and slipping into a coma if she stopped taking her epilepsy medication. At the same time a gynaecologist told her she would never have children.
Danielle Horne (right) with her husband Nick, and sons Christian (2) and Caleb (12 weeks)
Danielle Horne chose to stop her medication. And today she is well and is the mother of two healthy little boys. She gives God the credit for her remarkable healing. This is her story.
“As a young girl of five or six I used to wake up screaming at night and often wet my bed. Doctors could not tell what was wrong with me. In later tests they found a cyst on my brain”
She said she suffered periodic epileptic seizures as a child. The problem intensified as she grew older and faced more pressures in life. It got so bad that she had a blackout while driving in peak traffic and narrowly averted an accident by pulling off the road as she felt the attack coming on. Her doctor said she should surrender her driver’s licence and stop working, as it was too stressful for her.
Surgical removal of the cyst was not an option as it would be too risky. A Port Elizabeth neurologist recommended that she should go to the Constantiaberg Medi Clinic in Cape Town to see a specialist epileptologist. She accepted the doctor’s advice but there was a six months waiting list for admission to the clinic.
Around this time Danielle fell in love with Nick Horne and they were engaged. Although she had been a Christian for years, Danielle had never had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. “Once Nick said to me that he loved Jeus and this was one of the things that attracted me to him. I had been to many Christian camps as a child and people had prayed for me to be healed but nothing had happened. So my faith was low. But Nick said he felt that the Lord would heal me.”
_______________________________________
After they prayed I felt fire in my brain and the fire flooded my veins and I fell to the floor.
_______________________________________
The couple joined Oxygen Life church in PE. Danielle said she began to experience a personal relationship with Jesus at this time but her health deteriorated. She had constant migraines, and epileptic auras and seizures on a daily basis. Two months after joining the church she had a particularly bad seizure and had not wanted to attend an evening prayer meeting. But Nick persuaded her to attend and after the meeting one of the church leaders said he believed God wanted to do some work with her that night.
“My faith level was low but I agreed to allow a group of leaders to pray with me. When they started to pray I felt fire in my brain and the fire flooded my veins and I fell to the floor. I could just remember one of the elders saying ‘miraculous healing’ before I lost awareness. When I woke up I felt that God was telling me to read Luke Chapter 8, verse 48. I did not know what was in that verse but I called for a Bible so that I could look it up. The verse said: ‘Daughter, your faith has healed you.’
“I knew I was healed. I have also realised that if I had been healed as a child I would never have been able to give the glory to Jesus as I do now,” said Danielle.
She said she told her Port Elizabeth neurologist that she was healed but he did not believe her and said she would be playing with fire if she went off her medication and did not keep her appointment to attend the clinic in Cape Town.
Three months later she went to the clinic. She had suffered no ill health in that period. She was discouraged by initial tests at the clinic which showed that the right side of her brain was under-developed but she realised that this was because it had never developed during her childhood years as a result of her illness.
She told doctors at the clinic that she believed she was healed but they said she should undergo their procedures. She was taken off the heavy medication and subjected to round-the-clock monitoring by video, electroencephalograph (EEG) and various sensors. She had terrible headaches during this time but to the surprise of her doctor she had no seizures.
The epileptologist told her, however, that by not later than three days of stopping her medication she would experience seizures.
“I said I am not going to have any seizures. And when the third day came and I had not had any seizures I said he should read my EEG chart. He said: ‘Let’s wait until day five’.”
On the evening of the fifth day when the doctor checked her EEG chart he said it was normal and that it was as if her chart and the chart that had been sent to her by her PE neurologist were from two different people. However, he said it would not be advisable for her to stop taking her medication because if she did, she would have a series of seizures culiminating in an epileptic coma.
“I knew I had been healed by God but this was a curved ball as it shook my faith. But then I received an sms from a church friend who said she had heard a message preached about living by faith and not by sight and that she was sure that message was for me. I knew that was the answer to my prayer and I knew what I had to do.”
Danielle said when she told her doctor she would stop taking her medication he wrote a prescription for some pills that he said she should keep close at hand wherever she went for the rest of her life in case she had a seizure and went into a coma. She said she never got the pills and she has not had any seizures or any of the other symptoms that plagued her before she was miraculously healed.
She returned to PE and saw a gynaecologist because she had been diagnosed with stage four endometriosis. She told the doctor she was about to get married and she and her husband hoped to have a “honeymoon baby”. The gynaecologist said she would never have children.
“But we had a honeymoon baby. And we now have two healthy sons.”
Danielle runs a thriving beautician business and Nick runs a business agency. She rejoices in the healing that she has received from God and loves to share her testimony. “One time when I shared my testimony in a church in Oudtshoorn a woman was instantly healed and had no further need for her crutches.”
http://gatewaynews.co.za/2011/03/05/miraculously-healed-after-15-years/
Sunday, April 29, 2012
From: Dave Wesley
Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Missionaries of the United Free [Presbyterian] Churchof Scotland who served in South Africa between 1900-1929
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 06:40:54 +0200
References:
In-Reply-To:
On 5/14/09, Ian van Zylwrote:
> For anyone looking for missionaries here is a list I have transcribed
> Veronica
> Canada
> Missionaries of the United Free [Presbyterian] Church of Scotland who served
in South Africa between 1900-1929
> Auld, James Mcdonald b.1848 Glasgow -
> Auld, William b.1877 Emgwali mission, Kaffraria South Africa
> Beal, Edward [n.d.]
> Bruce, John b.1855-Kilrenny Mill, Anstruther, Scotland
> Coventry, Harry Booth b.1877 Birkenhead Scotland.
> Cowan, Archibald Fergus
> Dalzell, James b.1841 Lesmahagow d. 1901
> Davidson, James 1827, Dundee, d. 1907 Cofimvaba
> Davidson, James Allan b.1877 Dundee
> Dewar, James b.1863 Aberdeen
> Dewar, John [n.d] Airth
> Erskine, Dundas Logan b.1855 Shotts, d. 1922 Pirie, South Africa
> Ewen, William [n.d.]
> Gavin, William b.1871 Stirling, Angus
> Girdwood, William, b.1838 Penicuick, Scotland
> Godfrey, Robert b.1872 Edinburgh, scot
> Henderson, James b.1867 Dunn Watten Caithness d. 1920 Lovedale
> Hunter, Peter Langwill b.1862 Campbeltown
> Keith-Murray, Henry Edmund Colquhoun [N.d.] d. 1922
> Kingon, John Robert Lewis b.1887 Three Anchor Bay, Cape Town, SA
> Lennox, John b.1868 Edinburgh
> Luke, James [n.d.]
> Lundie, John b.1849 Coupar Angus, Scotland d. 1935 Ngqeleni
> Macdonald, Donald b.1882 Cross Ness Lewis d 1914 Impolweni
> McDonald, David Alexander b.1866 Alyth, Scotland.
> Matheson , Dugald Welsh McLeod b.1899 Umtata
> Matheson, Murdo John Clow b.1868 Partick d. 1930 Gordon Memorial Mission
> Moir, Eilliam John Bonar 1 b.846 Aberdeen d. 1904 [Blythswood?]
> Moodie, William Ritchie b.1860 Monikie, Scotland d. 1926 Gordon Memorial
> Mission
> Mure, Robert b.1872 Glasgow,
> Ross, Brownlee John b.1865 Alice, Cape Colony
> Scott, James 1843-1930 Peterhead d. 1930 [Pieter]Maritzburg
> Semple, Duncan Wilkieson b.1885 Rhonadale, Carradale
> Shearer, Thomas b.1845 Edinburgh, d. 1909 [Edinburgh]
> Shepherd, Robert Henry Wishart, b.1888 Invergowrie,
> Soga, John Henderson b.1860 Emgwali mission
> Soga, William Anderson, b.1858 Peelton, Kaffraria, d. 1916 [Miller
> Mission?]
> Stewart. George Shaw [n.d.]
> Stewart, James b.1831 Edinburgh d. 1905 Lovedale
> Stirling, John Wightman b.1855 Balagan, Bonhill d. 1925
> Stormont, Davis Duncan b.1862 Arbroath, Angus, d. 1931
> Stuart, William b.1854 [n place] d. 1930
> Thomson, John b.1856 Dunbartonshire d. 1932 East London, South Africa.
> Welsh, Alexander b.1851 New Cumnock, d. 1925 Johannesburg
> Young, David Doig b.1848, Liverpool, England. d. 1916 Calla, Cape.
> Source: Fasti of the United Free Church of Scotland 1900-1929. Editor Rev
> John Alexander Laws. Oliver & Boyd; Edinburgh. 1956
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE/2009-05/1242276054
Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Missionaries of the United Free [Presbyterian] Churchof Scotland who served in South Africa between 1900-1929
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 06:40:54 +0200
References:
In-Reply-To:
On 5/14/09, Ian van Zyl
> For anyone looking for missionaries here is a list I have transcribed
> Veronica
> Canada
> Missionaries of the United Free [Presbyterian] Church of Scotland who served
in South Africa between 1900-1929
> Auld, James Mcdonald b.1848 Glasgow -
> Auld, William b.1877 Emgwali mission, Kaffraria South Africa
> Beal, Edward [n.d.]
> Bruce, John b.1855-Kilrenny Mill, Anstruther, Scotland
> Coventry, Harry Booth b.1877 Birkenhead Scotland.
> Cowan, Archibald Fergus
> Dalzell, James b.1841 Lesmahagow d. 1901
> Davidson, James 1827, Dundee, d. 1907 Cofimvaba
> Davidson, James Allan b.1877 Dundee
> Dewar, James b.1863 Aberdeen
> Dewar, John [n.d] Airth
> Erskine, Dundas Logan b.1855 Shotts, d. 1922 Pirie, South Africa
> Ewen, William [n.d.]
> Gavin, William b.1871 Stirling, Angus
> Girdwood, William, b.1838 Penicuick, Scotland
> Godfrey, Robert b.1872 Edinburgh, scot
> Henderson, James b.1867 Dunn Watten Caithness d. 1920 Lovedale
> Hunter, Peter Langwill b.1862 Campbeltown
> Keith-Murray, Henry Edmund Colquhoun [N.d.] d. 1922
> Kingon, John Robert Lewis b.1887 Three Anchor Bay, Cape Town, SA
> Lennox, John b.1868 Edinburgh
> Luke, James [n.d.]
> Lundie, John b.1849 Coupar Angus, Scotland d. 1935 Ngqeleni
> Macdonald, Donald b.1882 Cross Ness Lewis d 1914 Impolweni
> McDonald, David Alexander b.1866 Alyth, Scotland.
> Matheson , Dugald Welsh McLeod b.1899 Umtata
> Matheson, Murdo John Clow b.1868 Partick d. 1930 Gordon Memorial Mission
> Moir, Eilliam John Bonar 1 b.846 Aberdeen d. 1904 [Blythswood?]
> Moodie, William Ritchie b.1860 Monikie, Scotland d. 1926 Gordon Memorial
> Mission
> Mure, Robert b.1872 Glasgow,
> Ross, Brownlee John b.1865 Alice, Cape Colony
> Scott, James 1843-1930 Peterhead d. 1930 [Pieter]Maritzburg
> Semple, Duncan Wilkieson b.1885 Rhonadale, Carradale
> Shearer, Thomas b.1845 Edinburgh, d. 1909 [Edinburgh]
> Shepherd, Robert Henry Wishart, b.1888 Invergowrie,
> Soga, John Henderson b.1860 Emgwali mission
> Soga, William Anderson, b.1858 Peelton, Kaffraria, d. 1916 [Miller
> Mission?]
> Stewart. George Shaw [n.d.]
> Stewart, James b.1831 Edinburgh d. 1905 Lovedale
> Stirling, John Wightman b.1855 Balagan, Bonhill d. 1925
> Stormont, Davis Duncan b.1862 Arbroath, Angus, d. 1931
> Stuart, William b.1854 [n place] d. 1930
> Thomson, John b.1856 Dunbartonshire d. 1932 East London, South Africa.
> Welsh, Alexander b.1851 New Cumnock, d. 1925 Johannesburg
> Young, David Doig b.1848, Liverpool, England. d. 1916 Calla, Cape.
> Source: Fasti of the United Free Church of Scotland 1900-1929. Editor Rev
> John Alexander Laws. Oliver & Boyd; Edinburgh. 1956
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE/2009-05/1242276054
Friday, April 27, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012
More than a Feeling - Irish Child - Algoa Bay Port Elizabeth
The Harbinger - Rabbi Cahn, Full Version
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Horses being offloaded during the Anglo Boer War in Algoa Bay Port Elizabeth
Picture source: http://rainbowrobstravels.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html
HM Queen Victoria’s Troops Chocolates Algoa Bay Port Elizabeth
Picture source: http://rainbowrobstravels.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html
These chocolates were sent to the War Front for our troops during the Anglo Boer War. They were meant to bring comfort and to let our troops know that HM Queen Victoria was thinking of their welfare and that they were being prayed for at home. About 40 000 chocolate packages were produced by Cadbury, fry and Rowntree for the War Front.
Monday, April 16, 2012
The Rose of Sharon Algoa Bay Port Elizabeth
In this Rose the Face of GOD
Picture source www.simplydivinelove.blogspot.com
Friday, April 13, 2012
For The Fallen - Hayley Westenra - Festival of Remembrance 2010
In the presence of Her Majesty The Queen, Hayley Westenra ヘイリー 海莉 sings the World Premiere of the hymn "For The Fallen" composed by Karl Jenkins, at The Festival of Remembrance. The reading is by Bernard Cribbins. The performance took place on November 13th 2010 at the Royal Albert Hall in London and was broadcast on BBC 1 TV and BBC1 HD the same day.
Here is a transcript of the introduction to the performance by BBC announcer Huw Edwards:
"In the final year of the Second World War, a young airman lost his life on a mission over Berlin. It was Pilot Officer Alfryn Jenkins, whose nephew is the eminent composer Karl Jenkins.
For this year's Festival Karl Jenkins has composed a new musical setting for Binyon's timeless words, For The Fallen; it is dedicated to his uncle's memory.
As we prepare to lay the Altar of Drums, can we please give a warm welcome to Hayley Westenra and to Bernard Cribbins, thank you."
Here are the words, by the English poet Laurence Binyon (1869-1943), as performed on this occasion:
With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.
Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres,
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.
They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them...
This song by Hayley Westenra appears on the CD "The Armed Man - A Mass For Peace - Anniversary Edition" (2010) by Karl Jenkins. It can be purchased from Amazon.co.uk HMV.com iTunes and all good music sellers.
Coldstream Gaurds 1901-1902 Eastern Cape
Camp of the Coldstream Guards, 1901-1902.
(Photo: William Roe Collection)
Military History Journal
Vol 7 No 3 - June 1987
GRAAFF-REINET AND
THE SECOND ANGLO-BOER WAR (1899-1902)
samilitaryhistory.org/vol073vm.html
Mayor of PE 1960 Algoa Bay Port Elizabeth
From left to right: Col Carl Leisegang officer commanding Eastern Province Command, Governor General C R Swart and Port Elizabeth Mayor Alfred Markman in 1960.
williemeyer.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/
Our Aviation History Algoa Bay Port Elizabeth
QUOTE : « Another Sunderland being 'demonstrated' at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, may not be as low, but the pilot gets full degree of difficulty points for having two props feathered! »
www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid...
Steam Trains PE Era Algoa Bay Port Elizabeth
Description English: SAR Class 15AR 1566 (4-8-2) NBL
Location: Port Elizabeth
Date 3 April 1978
Source Own work
Author User:Malcolm Best
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Testimony of abortion survivor Gianna Jessen
Gianna Jessen
Testimony of abortion survivor Gianna Jessen before the Constitution Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee on April 22, 1996.
My name is Gianna Jessen. I am originally from California, but now reside in Franklin, Tennessee. I am adopted. I have cerebral palsy. My biological mother was 17 years old and seven and one-half months pregnant when she made the decision to have a saline abortion. I am the person she aborted. I lived instead of died.
Fortunately for me the abortionist was not in the clinic when I arrived alive, instead of dead, at 6:00 a.m. on the morning of April 6, 1977. I was early, my death was not expected to be seen until about 9 a.m., when he would probably be arriving for his office hours. I am sure I would not be here today if the abortionist would have been in the clinic as his job is to take life, not sustain it. Some have said I am a "botched abortion", a result of a job not well done.
There were many witnesses to my entry into this world. My biological mother and other young girls in the clinic, who also awaited the death of their babies, were the first to greet me. I am told this was a hysterical moment. Next was a staff nurse who apparently called emergency medical services and had me transferred to a hospital.
I remained in the hospital for almost three months. There was not much hope for me in the beginning. I weighed only two pounds. Today, babies smaller than I was have survived.
A doctor once said I had a great will to live and that I fought for my life. I eventually was able to leave the hospital and be placed in foster care. I was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a result of the abortion.
My foster mother was told that it was doubtful that I would ever crawl or walk. I could not sit up independently. Through the prayers and dedication of my foster mother, and later many other people, I eventually learned to sit up, crawl, then stand. I walked with leg braces and a walker shortly before I turned age four. I was legally adopted by my foster mother's daughter, Diana De Paul, a few months after I began to walk. The Department of Social Services would not release me any earlier for adoption.
I have continued in physical therapy for my disability, and after a total of four surgeries, I can now walk without assistance. It is not always easy. Sometimes I fall, but I have learned how to fall gracefully after falling 19 years.
I am happy to be alive. I almost died. Every day I thank God for life. I do not consider myself a by-product of conception, a clump of tissue, or any other of the titles given to a child in the womb. I do not consider any person conceived to be any of those things.
I have met other survivors of abortion. They are all thankful for life. Only a few months ago I met another saline abortion survivor. Her name is Sarah. She is two years old. Sarah also has cerebral palsy, but her diagnosis is not good. She is blind and has severe seizures. The abortionist, besides injecting the mother with saline, also injects the baby victims. Sarah was injected in the head. I saw the place on her head where this was done. When I speak, I speak not only for myself, but for the other survivors, like Sarah, and also for those who cannot yet speak ...
Today, a baby is a baby when convenient. It is tissue or otherwise when the time is not right. A baby is a baby when miscarriage takes place at two, three, four months. A baby is called a tissue or clumps of cells when an abortion takes place at two, three, four months. Why is that? I see no difference. What are you seeing? Many close there eyes...
The best thing I can show you to defend life is my life. It has been a great gift. Killing is not the answer to any question or situation. Show me how it is the answer.
There is a quote which is etched into the high ceilings of one of our state's capitol buildings. The quote says, "Whatever is morally wrong, is not politically correct." Abortion is morally wrong. Our country is shedding the blood of the innocent. America is killing its future.
All life is valuable. All life is a gift from our Creator. We must receive and cherish the gifts we are given. We must honor the right to life.
See http://youtu.be/YtooNi3IyO0
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
ANC Gutter Health Care System Algoa Bay Port Elizabeth
Bloggers Note: This may not disgust you if you were never been born before 1994 or lived in South Africa before the ANC ran the country into the ground. Livingstone Hospital was one of the most prestigeous health care facilities in the Eastern Cape, at least before the ANC got its hands on the hospital. Since then it has degenerated into a gutter health care system imposed on us by the indigenisation process. So much for NHI.!..
Livingstone Hospital ‘ticking time bomb’
Posted on June 7, 2011
By Yolandé Stander
PORT Elizabeth’s busiest state hospital is a ticking time bomb with health and fire hazards threatening the hundreds of patients and visitors passing through its halls each day.
And in spite of a warning to management from the Eastern Cape Health Department to clean up its act, Livingstone’s corridors continue to be littered with dirty linen, cigarette butts, rubble and even bird droppings.
The results of a Weekend Post investigation into conditions in the hospital have been slammed by the department, which is cracking down on hospitals across the province that have exhibited similar appalling conditions.
Department spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo said he was in Port Elizabeth last week and had already reported his concerns to hospital management. “We can’t have the safety and health of our patients at risk. I have warned management to clean up their act,” Kupelo said.
He added that the unhygienic conditions at Livingstone were not limited to Port Elizabeth. “We’ve seen similar cases across the province, including Mthatha.”
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipal senior fire safety officer Johan Potgieter hasvowed to launch an investigation after being shown photographs of conditions at the hospital.
When Weekend Post visited the hospital last week, the P-block – which includes a children’s ward – was strewn with rubbish from dirty hospital linen, old equipment, bird droppings and cigarette butts.
On arrival a sick toddler was being transported along the filthy corridors to the ward. The filth became progressively worse with each floor. It also appeared as if the corridors had not been swept for some time.
Some of the linen included surgical clothing, dirty sheets, blankets and hair nets. The rubble ranged from old incubators to plastic containers, boxes, old office furniture, broken tiles and electrical wire.
In some rooms pigeons had begun nesting as a result of broken windows, leaving a trail of bird droppings on the walls and floors.
One of the filthy rooms appeared to be used as a “tea room” where staff eat and drink. A fridge had been turned on its side to be used as a table. There were empty cooldrink cans all over the room and hundreds of cigarette butts and boxes on the floor.
Signs had been ripped off and replaced with handwritten notes with permanent markers on the walls. Emergency exits were either padlocked or obstructed by boxes and other storage containers. Most of the light switches had no covers and had exposed electrical wires. Numerous lifts were also out of order.
The P-block is connected to the main building by hallways and is just a few metres away from the hospital’s isolation unit and a large liquid oxygen tank.
Safety experts who spoke on condition of anonymity said if a fire had to break out – which they believed was a distinct possibility with all the cigarette butts, indicating smoking in the building – it could swiftly spread through the whole hospital. The experts said in most cases it was not the flames that were lethal, but the inhalation of smoke. They added this was especially risky in a hospital with sick patients who could find it difficult to evacuate the building in an emergency.
The blocked fire exits could also lead to death or serious injury.
A further concern was the lack of security at the hospital. Not once during Weekend Post’s visit did any security officer inquire about the purpose of the visit or prevent entry.
In his response to the investigation, Port Elizabeth Hospital Complex chief executive Mzoli Njalo claimed there were sections of the hospital that were “targeted for future renovations”.
“These are the wards that are not utilised for patient care and as such, the area is prevented from being accessed by hospital staff, patients and the public in general. Hence it is not frequently cleaned,” said Njalo. However, he could not explain why there was a children’s ward, patients and staff in the wing.
Municipal spokesperson Kupido Baron said the municipality’s fire safety sub-directorate would “embark on a visit to Livingstone Hospital next week to ascertain compliance with bylaws and legislation”.
Kupelo said he would be following up on the latest complaints immediately. He also encouraged members of the public to raise their concerns with the department. “We will act on these reports.”
(This article was originally published in the print edition of Weekend Post on June 4, 2011.)
Livingstone Hospital ‘ticking time bomb’
Posted on June 7, 2011
By Yolandé Stander
PORT Elizabeth’s busiest state hospital is a ticking time bomb with health and fire hazards threatening the hundreds of patients and visitors passing through its halls each day.
And in spite of a warning to management from the Eastern Cape Health Department to clean up its act, Livingstone’s corridors continue to be littered with dirty linen, cigarette butts, rubble and even bird droppings.
The results of a Weekend Post investigation into conditions in the hospital have been slammed by the department, which is cracking down on hospitals across the province that have exhibited similar appalling conditions.
Department spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo said he was in Port Elizabeth last week and had already reported his concerns to hospital management. “We can’t have the safety and health of our patients at risk. I have warned management to clean up their act,” Kupelo said.
He added that the unhygienic conditions at Livingstone were not limited to Port Elizabeth. “We’ve seen similar cases across the province, including Mthatha.”
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipal senior fire safety officer Johan Potgieter hasvowed to launch an investigation after being shown photographs of conditions at the hospital.
When Weekend Post visited the hospital last week, the P-block – which includes a children’s ward – was strewn with rubbish from dirty hospital linen, old equipment, bird droppings and cigarette butts.
On arrival a sick toddler was being transported along the filthy corridors to the ward. The filth became progressively worse with each floor. It also appeared as if the corridors had not been swept for some time.
Some of the linen included surgical clothing, dirty sheets, blankets and hair nets. The rubble ranged from old incubators to plastic containers, boxes, old office furniture, broken tiles and electrical wire.
In some rooms pigeons had begun nesting as a result of broken windows, leaving a trail of bird droppings on the walls and floors.
One of the filthy rooms appeared to be used as a “tea room” where staff eat and drink. A fridge had been turned on its side to be used as a table. There were empty cooldrink cans all over the room and hundreds of cigarette butts and boxes on the floor.
Signs had been ripped off and replaced with handwritten notes with permanent markers on the walls. Emergency exits were either padlocked or obstructed by boxes and other storage containers. Most of the light switches had no covers and had exposed electrical wires. Numerous lifts were also out of order.
The P-block is connected to the main building by hallways and is just a few metres away from the hospital’s isolation unit and a large liquid oxygen tank.
Safety experts who spoke on condition of anonymity said if a fire had to break out – which they believed was a distinct possibility with all the cigarette butts, indicating smoking in the building – it could swiftly spread through the whole hospital. The experts said in most cases it was not the flames that were lethal, but the inhalation of smoke. They added this was especially risky in a hospital with sick patients who could find it difficult to evacuate the building in an emergency.
The blocked fire exits could also lead to death or serious injury.
A further concern was the lack of security at the hospital. Not once during Weekend Post’s visit did any security officer inquire about the purpose of the visit or prevent entry.
In his response to the investigation, Port Elizabeth Hospital Complex chief executive Mzoli Njalo claimed there were sections of the hospital that were “targeted for future renovations”.
“These are the wards that are not utilised for patient care and as such, the area is prevented from being accessed by hospital staff, patients and the public in general. Hence it is not frequently cleaned,” said Njalo. However, he could not explain why there was a children’s ward, patients and staff in the wing.
Municipal spokesperson Kupido Baron said the municipality’s fire safety sub-directorate would “embark on a visit to Livingstone Hospital next week to ascertain compliance with bylaws and legislation”.
Kupelo said he would be following up on the latest complaints immediately. He also encouraged members of the public to raise their concerns with the department. “We will act on these reports.”
(This article was originally published in the print edition of Weekend Post on June 4, 2011.)
Our Cape Heroes - Wolraad Woltemade
WOLRAAD WOLTEMADE
Cape of Storms
Quote: "In South Africa Wolraad Woltemade is a name synonymous with self-sacrificing courage. It was a stormy night in June 1773. All night the storm raged. The five ships in Table Bay were buffeted all night and pounded by the turbulent waves. Bright streaks of lightening lit up the imposing Table Mountain and the little settlement of Cape Town. Few of the sailors got much sleep that stormy night as the wooden ships creaked and groaned and strained at their anchors. Captain Barend Lameren was concerned as his ship, De Jonge Thomas, began to drag its anchor. There were 270 men, women and children on board the ship, along with a valuable cargo from the East.
As the storm intensified, the Captain ordered the ship’s cannon fired to warn the people on shore that they may need help. Shortly after 5 AM De Jonge Thomas broke loose from its anchor and began to be forced onto the jagged rocks of Salt River. With a loud crash the ship broke in half and passengers and sailors began falling into the raging sea. Many drowned attempting to swim to shore.
Soon a platoon of 30 soldiers came marching up. The officer in charge warned people who had gathered on shore not to go near the turbulent waters.
Just then an old man on a large black horse rode up. He was Wolraad Woltemade, the zookeeper. Throwing off his coat and shirt, Woltemade took a rope and galloped into the turbulent sea. As he and his horse reached the ship he threw out the rope and made for shore towing two men behind. As they reached the shore, bystanders hurried to help them.
Immediately, Woltemade turned his horse around and plunged back into the icy sea. Seven times, he rode and swam out to the ship rescuing 14 people."
www.frontline.org.za
Quote: "The bystanders and soldiers on the shore insisted that he could not carry on. His horse was too tired and the storm was too intense. But the cries from the ship spurred Wolraad Woltemade on. Though exhausted he plunged back into the sea an eighth time, swimming through the wild waves to the stricken De Jonge Thomas. This time 6 men leapt from the ship, and grabbed hold of the horse’s mane, bridle and tail. It was too much, Wolraad Woltemade and his horse plunged beneath the waves under the weight of so many panicking people. They all sank beneath the waves and were drowned.
In honour of Wolraad Woltemade’s unselfish sacrifice and bravery, the Dutch East India Company named a ship after him: De Held Woltemade. Later, the Republic of South Africa made the Wolraad Woltemade the highest award for bravery in the country."
www.frontline.org.za
The home of Wolraad Woltemade
www.josbaker.co.za
Quote: “It’s not just any cottage, mind. Carl is copying the home of Wolraad Woltemade, that iconic 18th century South African hero. He is following every detail down to the manure floors and chicken house. The project is already some years in the making and difficulty in obtaining authentic materials frustrates progress. The original home still stands as a national monument as Little Zoar in Milnerton, and is the subject of a book written by its current owner. I’m not surprised that someone like Carl could take the Woltemade legend to some excess. It is probably the most inspiring tale of selfless courage that this country has. But it would also not be surprising if it has been expunged from South African school history as part of our exaggerated need for historic cleansing. Yet it lives on in the minds of many and reminders exist everywhere: in school, suburb and street names, and legendary tug boats. Until 2002, South Africa’s highest award for civilian bravery still bore his name.”
schuitema.blogspot.com/2011/07/real-heroes.html
Newspaper article: www.josbaker.co.za
Quote: "To Christians Wolraad Woltemade stands out as an example of dedication to saving the lost.
“Rescue the perishing, care for the dying, snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;
Weep over the erring one, lift up the fallen, tell them of Jesus, the Mighty to save.
Rescue the perishing, care for the dying; Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save…
Rescue the perishing, duty demands it; strength for thy labour the Lord will provide;
Back to the narrow way, patiently win them; tell the poor wanderer a Saviour has died.”
www.frontline.org.za
Peter Hammond
Frontline Fellowship
PO Box 74
Newlands
7725
Cape Town
South Africa
www.frontline.org.za
Note:Pictures added to Frontline Fellowship article and quotation and pictures of home and newspaper article added from Jos Baker and the schuitema.blogspot.com/2011/07/real-heroes.html website.. You can purchase the book on the life and home of Wolraad Woltemade from Jos Baker.
www.josbaker.co.za
The writers of these articles may not necessarily agree with the views of this blog.
Cape of Storms
Quote: "In South Africa Wolraad Woltemade is a name synonymous with self-sacrificing courage. It was a stormy night in June 1773. All night the storm raged. The five ships in Table Bay were buffeted all night and pounded by the turbulent waves. Bright streaks of lightening lit up the imposing Table Mountain and the little settlement of Cape Town. Few of the sailors got much sleep that stormy night as the wooden ships creaked and groaned and strained at their anchors. Captain Barend Lameren was concerned as his ship, De Jonge Thomas, began to drag its anchor. There were 270 men, women and children on board the ship, along with a valuable cargo from the East.
As the storm intensified, the Captain ordered the ship’s cannon fired to warn the people on shore that they may need help. Shortly after 5 AM De Jonge Thomas broke loose from its anchor and began to be forced onto the jagged rocks of Salt River. With a loud crash the ship broke in half and passengers and sailors began falling into the raging sea. Many drowned attempting to swim to shore.
Soon a platoon of 30 soldiers came marching up. The officer in charge warned people who had gathered on shore not to go near the turbulent waters.
Just then an old man on a large black horse rode up. He was Wolraad Woltemade, the zookeeper. Throwing off his coat and shirt, Woltemade took a rope and galloped into the turbulent sea. As he and his horse reached the ship he threw out the rope and made for shore towing two men behind. As they reached the shore, bystanders hurried to help them.
Immediately, Woltemade turned his horse around and plunged back into the icy sea. Seven times, he rode and swam out to the ship rescuing 14 people."
www.frontline.org.za
Quote: "The bystanders and soldiers on the shore insisted that he could not carry on. His horse was too tired and the storm was too intense. But the cries from the ship spurred Wolraad Woltemade on. Though exhausted he plunged back into the sea an eighth time, swimming through the wild waves to the stricken De Jonge Thomas. This time 6 men leapt from the ship, and grabbed hold of the horse’s mane, bridle and tail. It was too much, Wolraad Woltemade and his horse plunged beneath the waves under the weight of so many panicking people. They all sank beneath the waves and were drowned.
In honour of Wolraad Woltemade’s unselfish sacrifice and bravery, the Dutch East India Company named a ship after him: De Held Woltemade. Later, the Republic of South Africa made the Wolraad Woltemade the highest award for bravery in the country."
www.frontline.org.za
The home of Wolraad Woltemade
www.josbaker.co.za
Quote: “It’s not just any cottage, mind. Carl is copying the home of Wolraad Woltemade, that iconic 18th century South African hero. He is following every detail down to the manure floors and chicken house. The project is already some years in the making and difficulty in obtaining authentic materials frustrates progress. The original home still stands as a national monument as Little Zoar in Milnerton, and is the subject of a book written by its current owner. I’m not surprised that someone like Carl could take the Woltemade legend to some excess. It is probably the most inspiring tale of selfless courage that this country has. But it would also not be surprising if it has been expunged from South African school history as part of our exaggerated need for historic cleansing. Yet it lives on in the minds of many and reminders exist everywhere: in school, suburb and street names, and legendary tug boats. Until 2002, South Africa’s highest award for civilian bravery still bore his name.”
schuitema.blogspot.com/2011/07/real-heroes.html
Newspaper article: www.josbaker.co.za
Quote: "To Christians Wolraad Woltemade stands out as an example of dedication to saving the lost.
“Rescue the perishing, care for the dying, snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;
Weep over the erring one, lift up the fallen, tell them of Jesus, the Mighty to save.
Rescue the perishing, care for the dying; Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save…
Rescue the perishing, duty demands it; strength for thy labour the Lord will provide;
Back to the narrow way, patiently win them; tell the poor wanderer a Saviour has died.”
www.frontline.org.za
Peter Hammond
Frontline Fellowship
PO Box 74
Newlands
7725
Cape Town
South Africa
www.frontline.org.za
Note:Pictures added to Frontline Fellowship article and quotation and pictures of home and newspaper article added from Jos Baker and the schuitema.blogspot.com/2011/07/real-heroes.html website.. You can purchase the book on the life and home of Wolraad Woltemade from Jos Baker.
www.josbaker.co.za
The writers of these articles may not necessarily agree with the views of this blog.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Prince Alfred's Gaurd Algoa Bay Port Elizabeth
Defenders of the Christian FAITH - Our Hero's - Proud of Our British Heritage
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Our British Isles Heritage Algoa Bay Port Elizabeth
Quote: “Handfasting, when the bride and groom's wrists are tied together with a ceremonial ribbon, is a tradition that goes back hundreds of years. Up until 1940, couples who handfasted were considered legally married. These days some Irish couples still choose to incorporate handfasting into their wedding ceremony. “
celticatlanta.com/.../irish/irishtraditions.htm
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