Opening met 'n verskil

Me Alexander het 'n spesiale opening vir die Tekkie-personeel in gebaretaal gehou. Dankie, me Alexander dat jy ook vir ons 'n kykie in die wêreld van die gehoorgestremde gegee het. Klik HIER om na die video te kyk. Besoek gerus ook HTS se FB om op hoogte te kom van al die gebeure. 

Flashback Friday: 2020 skool heropen na Covid-19-grendeltyd

This is Shrek ...

This is Shrek the sheep. He became famous several years ago when he was found after hiding out in caves for six years. Of course, during this time his fleece grew without anyone there to shorn (shave) it. When he was finally found and shaved, his fleece weighed an amazing sixty pounds. Most sheep have a fleece weighing just under ten pounds, with the exception usually reaching fifteen pounds, maximum. For six years, Shrek carried six times the regular weight of his fleece. Simply because he was away from his shepherd.

    This reminds me of John 10 when Jesus compares Himself to a shepherd, and His followers are His sheep. Maybe it’s a stretch, but I think Shrek is much like a person who knows Jesus Christ but has wandered. If we avoid Christ’s constant refining of our character, we’re going to accumulate extra weight in this world—a weight we don’t have to bear.

    When Shrek was found, a professional sheep shearer took care of Shrek’s fleece in twenty-eight minutes. Shrek’s sixty pound fleece was finally removed - enough wool to make suits for 20 men!  All it took was coming home to his shepherd.

    I believe Christ can lift the burdens we carry, if only we stop hiding. He can shave off our ‘fleece’—that is, our self-imposed burdens brought about by wandering from our Good Shepherd.

    “Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30

[Thank you, JD van den Berg for sharing this with us.]

Lord, I pray ...

Thank you, Rika!

'n Verandering is so goed soos 'n vakansie ...

Mnr. Pieter Swanepoel, besig om "high
fives" uit te deel vir hardwerkende
personeel wat die ekstra-ekstra myl
geloop het.

'n Vroeë oggend opening met skriflesing en gebed is Vrydagoggend in die buitelug gehou - 'n eerste in die skool se geskiedenis. Die personeelkamer is ontruim om skoongemaak te word vir die matriekafskeid. Mnr. Francois Crauwcamp het gevoel dat die matriekafskeid elke jaar net duurder en duurder word en dat matrieks om daardie rede nie die afskeid kan bywoon nie. Hy het 'n kosteberekening gaan doen en besluit dat 'n lae-koste-matriekafskeid moontlik is en met behulp van baie gewillige hande, het dit 'n realiteit geword. Mevv. Hester Bothma en Riana Crauwcamp (die twee kantoortannies) het hulle oortref met die spyskaart. En 'n matrieksafskeid is vir baie minder per persoon aangebied, as wat 'n mens by selfs Spur kan gaan eet! 

'n Eerste, maar beslis nie 'n laaste nie. Tekkie-ouers is nie halfpad bankrot na hierdie matriekafskeid nie! En hulle glimlag van oor tot oor ... (Hulle bankbestuurder ook!!)

Foto's: Aletta Makgitla 

Who I am makes a difference ...

A True Story by Author Unknown

A teacher in New York decided to honor each of her seniors in high school by telling them the difference they each made. She called each student to the front of the class, one at a time.

First she told each of them how they had made a difference to her and the class. Then she presented each of them with a blue ribbon imprinted with gold letters, which read, "Who I Am Makes a Difference."

Afterwards the teacher decided to do a class project to see what kind of impact recognition would have on a community. She gave each of the students three more ribbons and instructed them to go out and spread this acknowledgment ceremony. Then they were to follow up on the results, see who honored whom and report back to the class in about a week.

One of the boys in the class went to a junior executive in a nearby company and honored him for helping him with his career planning. He gave him a blue ribbon and put it on his shirt. Then he gave him two extra ribbons and said, "We're doing a class project on recognition, and we'd like you to go out, find somebody to honor, give them a blue ribbon, then give them the extra blue ribbon so they can acknowledge a third person to keep this acknowledgment ceremony going. Then please report back to me and tell me what happened."

Later that day the junior executive went in to see his boss, who had been noted, by the way, as being kind of a grouchy fellow. He sat his boss down and he told him that he deeply admired him for being a creative genius. The boss seemed very surprised. The junior executive asked him if he would accept the gift of the blue ribbon and would he give him permission to put it on him.

His surprised boss said, "Well, sure." The junior executive took the blue ribbon and placed it right on his boss's jacket above his heart. As he gave him the last extra ribbon, he asked, "Would you do me a favor? Would you take this extra ribbon and pass it on by honoring somebody else? The young boy who first gave me the ribbons is doing a project in school and we want to keep this recognition ceremony going and find out how it affects people."

That night the boss came home to his 14-year-old son and sat him down. He said, "The most incredible thing happened to me today. I was in my office and one of the junior executives came in and told me he admired me and gave me a blue ribbon for being a creative genius. Imagine. He thinks I'm a creative genius. Then he put this blue ribbon that says "Who I Am Makes a Difference," on my jacket above my heart. He gave me an extra ribbon and asked me to find somebody else to honor. As I was driving home tonight, I started thinking about whom I would honor with this ribbon and I thought about you. I want to honor you. My days are really hectic and when I come home I don't pay a lot of attention to you. Sometimes I scream at you for not getting good enough grades in school and for your bedroom being a mess, but somehow tonight, I just wanted to sit here and, well, just let you know that you do make a difference to me. Besides your mother, you are the most important person in my life. You're a great kid and I love you!"

The startled boy started to sob and sob, and he couldn't stop crying. His whole body shook. He looked up at his father and said through his tears, "Dad, earlier tonight I sat in my room and wrote a letter to you and Mom explaining why I had killed myself and asking you to forgive me. I was going to commit suicide tonight after you were asleep. I just didn't think that you cared at all. The letter is upstairs. I don't think I need it after all."

His father walked upstairs and found a heartfelt letter full of anguish and pain. The envelope was addressed, "Mom and Dad."

The boss went back to work a changed man. He was no longer a grouch, but made sure to let all his employees know that they made a difference. The junior executive helped several other young people with career planning and never forgot to let them know that they made a difference in his life... one being the boss's son.

And the young boy and his classmates learned a valuable lesson.

WHO YOU ARE DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

[Dankie, mnr. Johann van den Berg, vir hierdie besondere bydrae!]

Invuctis

Out of the night that covers me,

       Black as the pit from pole to pole,

 I thank whatever gods may be

       For my unconquerable soul.

 In the fell clutch of circumstance

       I have not winced nor cried aloud.

 Under the bludgeonings of chance

       My head is bloody, but unbowed.

 Beyond this place of wrath and tears

       Looms but the Horror of the shade,

 And yet the menace of the years

       Finds and shall find me unafraid.

 It matters not how strait the gate,

       How charged with punishments the scroll,

 I am the master of my fate,

       I am the captain of my soul.

[Dankie, mnr. JD van den Berg] 

Wat maak ek hier ...?

Dit was mev. Marguerite Pienaar se beurt om vanoggend te open en sy het die volgende treffende gebed aan die personeel voorgelees:

God het deur Hom alles geskep wat in die hemel en op aarde is: ... Alles is deur Hom en vir Hom geskep.

(Kolossense1:16)

U het my nie vir myself gemaak nie.

(Al dink ek soms so!)

U het my ook nie toevallig gemaak nie.

(Al voel dit soms so!)

U het my nie doelloos gemaak nie.

(Al dobber ek soms!)

Grote Skepper,

U het my uniek en spesiaal gemaak

omdat U vir my 'n spesifieke rol

hier op aarde het;

omdat U my wil gebruik

en omdat ek hier is

om U te verheerlik.

Dankie vir die heilige wete

dat ek so spesiaal is!

Help my om u doel met my te vind,

en lei my veral

om dit te lééf!

*Who is Jesus?*

Vrydagoggend het mnr. JD van den Berg die volgende treffende waarheid in die personeelkamer vir die personeel gelees en ons deel dit graag met die ander getroue lesers van Tekkie Tonic!

*In chemistry,*
He turned water to wine.
     John 2:6-10
     John 4:46
*In biology,*
He was born without the normal conception;
     Isaiah 7:14
     Luke 1:26- 37
*In physics,*
He disapproved the law of gravity when He ascended into heaven;
     Mark 16:19
*In economics,*
He disapproved the law of diminishing return by feeding 5000 men with two fishes and 5 loaves of bread;
     Matthew 14:19
     John 6:13
*In medicine,*
He cured the sick and the blind without administering a single dose of drugs;
     Matthew 15:30
     Mark 1:34
*In history,*
He is the beginning and the end;
     John 1:1-5
     Revelation 22:13
     Revelation 21:6
*In government,*
He said that He shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Prince of Peace;
     Isaiah 9:6-7
*In religion,*
He said no one comes to the Father except through Him;
     John 14:4-6
*So, Who is He? He is Jesus!*
The Greatest Man in History

Jesus had no servants,
yet they called Him Master.

Had no degree,
yet they called Him Teacher.

Had no medicines,
yet they called Him Healer.

He had no army,
yet kings feared Him.

He won no military battles,
yet He conquered the world.

He committed no crime,
yet they crucified Him.

He was buried in a tomb,
yet He lives today...