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POLICE RESCUED BIBLE READING PROJECT

Johan Zerwick 083 458 3837 and that is exactly the day when he came and served
From 16 Oct. - 24 Nov. 2006 history was made in as reader and listener from early in the morning till
Ikageng, Potchefstroom when a number of late at night. When the Project was completed on 24
organisations, the Bible Society of SA, Hosanna, Nov. 2006, he only had a few days left to rest but that
and Faith comes by Hearing from the USA, and was suddenly ended when he received a phone call
Theovision from Ghana, took hands to make a to tell him that he had to come to work and also had
dramatised audio recording of the Setswana New to go on a course in Pretoria. God really plans long
Testament. before we make our plans.
The recording took 5 weeks to complete. A studio Supt. Tselanyane was one of the best readers - if not
was erected in the house of Reverend Makhubozi of the best. He read pages without making any
the “Gereformeerde” Church. After auditions, mistakes and with the best pronunciation possible.
readers were chosen to read the different characters One of the people said that he read "like a Ferrari
of the New Testament. The plan was to use Setswana without brakes".
mother-tongue pastors, reverends, evangelists, Insp. Nyelele did not only perform his reading and
teachers and congregation-members from Ikageng. listening, but also played a huge part as transporter
Two proof-listeners were needed to check the of the two men from Theovision.
reading and the quality of the Setswana of the If these 4 people from the SAPS are only a shadow of
person who was reading in the studio. The people the kind of people we have in the SAPS, that gives
that were needed to do the recording were 26 men, 6 one hope for the fight against crime in our country.
women, 5 children and other groups to read the They were willing to sacrifice their time and voices to
parts of the crowds. For the first 2 weeks the make a success of this Project whilst other teachers
recordings went according to the planned schedule. and preachers were not willing to do so.
During the third week recordings almost came to a During June 2007, when the final CDs and Cassettes
standstill. The people that promised to come and of the Setswana Bible will be available to those that
read, did not pitch and new readers were needed. All cannot read because of illiteracy or old age, it will be
the schools were visited. Still, almost no readers a great victory for all that took part in this Project.
came forward. On the evening of Thursday 3 This will also be a spiritual war that is won because
November 2006 the first person from the SAPS to every Setswana speaking person will then be able to
hear about our dilemma was Capt. Adel Myburg. sit and listen, or drive and listen to the Bible in their
She immediately made it her calling to look for own language!
readers because she said she knew a few good Dramatised recordings of IsiZulu and IsiXhosa have
Christian Setswana speaking policemen. already been completed In SA. The Setswana
This is where three men from the SAPS, Supt. Sam recordings will form part of the festivities during
Tselanyane, Supt. Huma, and Insp. Nyelele, came 2007 to commemorate the
and rescued the Project! They were always available translation of the Bible into
and willing to sacrifice their time. They came and Setswana that was done 150
read after hours and over weekends. Although it is years ago by Robert Moffat.
difficult to single out any person because they all In co-operation with the Premier’s
moved mountains, the story of Supt. Huma is worth Office of the Northwest Province a
mentioning first. big Setswana Festival is being
Supt. Huma planned to go on leave long before he planned.
knew about the Project. His leave started on 7 Nov. God bless the SAPS!

STAAN IN DIE BRES…

“Ek het iemand tussen hulle gesoek wat manier waarop ons bid.
‘n muur sou bou en vir die stad in die Wees asseblief genadig en vergewe
bres sou tree dat dit nie vernietig word ons. Laat ons opnuut in die gaping
nie, maar Ek het niemand gekry nie. staan vir ons land en sy mense. Leer
Daarom laat Ek My toorn oor hulle ons die regte manier van intersessie en
losbreek en vernietig Ek hulle met die gebed.
vuur van My gramskap. Ek laat hulle kry (120-dae gebedsfokus - Jerigo Mure,
wat hulle verdien, sê die Here my God” Januarie 2007).
(Esegiël 22:30-31).
Soewereine God, ons bely dat daar min Daar is nie so iets soos ‘n herlewing
toegewyde bidders in ons land is om in sonder trane van oortuiging en berou
gebed voor U te staan. nie. Herlewing gaan oor persoonlike
Wanneer ons vir ander intree in ons heiligheid.
voorbidding, staan ons dikwels hoog- [Uittreksel uit: Revival, a people
moedig teenoor die verlorenes en selfs saturated with God deur Brian H
teenoor medegelowiges deur die Edwards].