DINK net . . . jy tel die Sondagkollekte en, tussen munt en noot, vind jy n groot goue troupand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jy wag en wag \u2013 amper drie weke lank- maar niemand kom na vore, niemand doen navrae nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wat doen jy dan? Jy klim op die preekstoel en vertel die gemeente daarvan, net soos ds. Evert de Kock, in Julie 2001 nog herder van die NG Gemeente Jeffreysbaai, destyds gedoen en die gemeente gevra het wie weet wat van die goue ring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTroupand in kollekte laat gemeente proes\u201d het die plaaslike koerant in die daaropvolgende week berig en almal het bly wonder wie se ring dit kan wees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nou, 18 jaar later het Jacques du Plessis di\u00e9 raaisel in \u2019n biegsessie op sy Facebook-blad opgelos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n \u201cEk moet bieg. Net na my egskeiding was dit my troupand wat ek in die kollekte gegooi het. Ek het geen nut daarvoor gehad nie en dit was my manier om oor dit te kom. Ek lag nou lekker daaroor, maar daardie was \u2019n moeilike tyd in my lewe.\u201d<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Du Plessis, wat onlangs n\u00e1 vier jaar se werk in Amerika na Thornhill in die Kouga-streek teruggekeer het, vertel hoe swaar dit vir hom destyds was toe sy huwelik nie uitgewerk het nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOns is al in April geskei en teen Junie het ek nog my trouring gedra. Toe die kollektebord verbykom, toe dag ek \u2018nou moet ek die emosionele band breek\u2019 en ek haal die ring van my vinger af en sit dit in die bord.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hoe het hy seker gemaak dat die gemeentelede langs hom nie sien nie?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cJy weet mos hoe werk dit. Wanneer mense geld in die bord sit, vou hulle hul hande om die geld sodat niemand hoef te sien hoeveel daar ingesit word nie. Ek het s\u00f3 met die ring gemaak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ook geld ingesit?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cJa, natuurlik!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later het Du Plessis besluit om \u2019n briefie te skryf en te verduidelik van die ring. Die volgende Sondag reeds was die briefie saam met sy bydrae in die kollektebord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Duidelik het niemand dit gelees nie, want so drie weke later het ds. De Kock van die preekstoel af gepraat oor die troupand en dat hy dit in die kluis gaan b\u00eare tot die baas na vore kom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk dink hulle het net die sente en die note getel en moes gedink het die papiertjie kom maar van iemand wat dit wou laat lyk hy gee iets,\u201d s\u00ea Du Plessis laggend. \u201cEn ek het nogal daarin geskryf verkoop die ring en hou maar die geld.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018n Paar jaar later het Du Plessis weer die knoop deurgehaak, maar toe werk dit ook nie uit nie. Di\u00e9 keer het hy sy ring verkoop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2015 is hy na Iowa in Amerika om daar in die landboubedryf te werk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Du Plessis is nou nege jaar lank enkello-pend. As daar ooit weer n regte persoon oor sy pad kom, sal hy trou, maar net nie nou nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy kind is nou my alles. Dit is ook die rede hoekom ek teruggekom het uit Amerika na-dat ek genoeg geld gemaak het om hier \u2018n toekoms te kom bou. Dit sal nie regverdig teenoor my seun wees as ek nou iemand anders inbring nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maar het die kerk intussen sy ring ver-koop?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk weet nie. 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