Kom ons vat hande vir Hanlie

Kom ons vat hande vir Hanlie

(Ter herinnering aan Graham)

Ons kan verder loop as ons hande vat...

Na die afsterwe van haar man in 2011 het Hanlie se seun, Graham Rudman, na sy bejaarde ma omgesien. Omdat sy permanente versorging nodig het, is sy na tehuis in Hartbeesfontein geskuif. Sy ly aan epilepsie en het ook ander mediese kondisies.

Graham het amper elke dag sy ma besoek, gehelp waar hy kon of met haar oor die foon gesels. Haar dogter, Tina, bly verder weg maar besoek haar ma ten minste een keer maand.

In 2016 is Graham met breinkanker gediagnoseer, en deur die Here se genade het die gewas gekrimp. Elke jaar het hy vir toetse gegaan, maar hierdie jaar (2022) was die uitslae baie sleg. Daar was twee kwaadaardige gewasse in sy brein en die dokters kon niks meer vir hom doen nie. Graham het geweldig vinnig agteruitgegaan. Ons het egter aanhou glo, maar die Here het hom onverwags kom haal, agt dae voor sy 42ste verjaarsdag. Hy laat sy vrou en twee jong kinders agter. Ook sy ma, Hanlie, wat van sy finansiële ondersteuning afhanklik is.

Daarom het ons as familie besluit om een groot fondsinsameling te hou, sodat Hanlie haar nie elke maand oor finansiële uitgawes hoef te bekommer nie. Op die oomblik is daar familielede wat klein maandelikse bydrae kan maak, maar dit is te min om die kostes te dek en nie almal se omstandighede is altyd konstant of ideaal in ons huidige ekonomie nie.

Ons doelwit is om 90 mense te vra om elkeen eenmalige bedrag van R200 (of meer) by te dra, sodat ons kan seker maak dat Graham se ma goed versorg is en dat daar aan haar basiese behoeftes vir die komende jaar voldoen kan word.

Baie dankie vir jou bydrae – as ons al die klein bietjies goedheid bymekaarsit, maak dit reuse verskil!

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Let’s join hands for Hanlie

(In memory of Graham)

We can walk further if we take hands …

After the death of her husband in 2011, Hanlie’s son, Graham Rudman, cared for his elderly mother. Because she needed permanent care, she moved to a retirement home in Hartbeesfontein. She suffers from epilepsy and also has other medical conditions.

Graham visited his mother almost every day, helped where he could or talked to her over the phone. Her daughter, Tina, stays farther away but visits her mother at least once a month.

In 2016, Graham was diagnosed with brain cancer, and by the Lord’s grace, the tumour shrank markedly. Every year he went for tests, but this year (2022) the results were very bad. There were two malignant tumours in his brain and the doctors could do nothing more for him. Graham’s condition deteriorated rapidly. We kept the faith; however, the Lord took him away unexpectedly, eight days before his 42nd birthday. He leaves behind his wife and two young children. Also his mother, Hanlie, who is dependent on him for financial support.

This is why we as a family have decided to host one big fundraiser, so Hanlie does not have to worry about financial expenses every month. At present, there are family members who are able to make a small monthly contribution, but it is not enough to cover the costs of the home and not everyone’s circumstances are stable or always ideal in our current economy.

Our goal is to ask 90 people to each contribute a once-off amount of R200 (or more) so that we can make sure that Graham’s mother is well cared for and that her basic needs for the coming year are covered.

Thank you very much for your contribution – if we put all the tiny bits of goodness together, it makes an enormous difference!