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Hy het ook altyd \u2019n glimlag op sy gesig gedra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy oupa het baie weinig \u2019n gesig vergeet en altyd almal gegroet en gesels orals waar hy gekom het. Hy was ook baie Godvresend en lief vir die Here se werk. My oupa was ook baie familie-geori\u00ebnteerd en het als in sy vermo\u00eb gedoen om sy vrou en kinders se lewe oor die jare heen beter te maak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schoeman is op 6 Januarie 1954 in Worcester gebore en het in Prins Albert grootgeword, waar hy ook sy skoolloopbaan voltooi het. Hy het in die vroe\u00eb jare sewentig Paarl toe gekom op soek na werk sodat hy sy familie kon ondersteun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As kind is Schoeman in die NG kerk gedoop en voorgestel. N\u00e1 sy aankoms in die Paarl is hy bekend gestel aan die Nuwe Apostoliese Kerk waar hy in 1975 aangesluit het. Schoeman is in 1997 verordineer as onderdiaken. 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