{"id":50630,"date":"2020-04-02T11:28:18","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T09:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/die-oppermans-genade-van-die-ewige-liefde-20200331-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T00:44:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:44:38","slug":"die-oppermans-genade-van-die-ewige-liefde-20200331-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/die-oppermans-genade-van-die-ewige-liefde-20200331-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Die Oppermans: Genade van die ewige liefde"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"5152b8a8\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8555\/dcfced3b2fb8433a9622830da5321f95.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8555\/b244c4db3fcf4459819e9b629789e74d.jpg\" title=\"Jan (93) en Susan Opperman (89) van Uitenhage het gister hulle 70ste huweliksherdenking gevier.          Foto:HEILIE COMBRINCK\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Jan (93) en Susan Opperman (89) van Uitenhage het gister hulle 70ste huweliksherdenking gevier.          Foto:HEILIE COMBRINCK<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>ELKE dag wat Jan Opperman werk toe gery het, het die blondekop meisie van Vrede-straat, sy kop laat draai. Vir ses maande het hy hom verkyk aan di\u00e9 pragtige vrou en oor haar gewonder, tot op die dag toe die geluksgodin ingetree het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Op di\u00e9 dag is hy gevra om iemand op die Uitenhage-stasie in sy 1937 tweesitplek Chevvy te gaan oplaai. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDit was toe my blondekop meisie!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Op 1 April 1950 het hulle hul ewige trou aan mekaar beloof en gister di\u00e9 dag herdenk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vandag, 70 jaar later, is Jan (93) en sy Susan (89) steeds dolverlief en vertel stralend van hul eerste afspraak, koeldrank op die stoep van Uitenhage se destydse Royal Hotel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daarna het hulle in die Plaza-bioskoop weekliks op sitplekke AA14 en AA15 na die nuutste flieks gaan kyk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die res is \u2019n verhaal van geloof, hoop, respek en liefde. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lyk altyd mooi vir mekaar<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jan s\u00ea hy is steeds mal oor daardie blondekop meisie van Vredestraat, wie se 90ste verjaardag op 10 Mei gevier gaan word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEk kan nie sonder haar lewe nie. As ek hier in die huis is en dit is stil, dan wonder ek waar is Susan en dan gaan soek ek haar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oor die resep vir so \u2019n lang gese\u00ebnde liefdevolle huwelik s\u00ea Susan: \u201cDit is genade van die Here. Ons s\u00ea elke dag, die Here is ons Herder, niks sal ons ontbreek nie. Dit is alles genade van Hom dat ons gesond is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOumenskwale het ons, maar dit is onder beheer. Ons leef naby aan die Here en glo aan tekens wat Hy oor ons pad bring.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die Opperman-egpaar glo ook aan wedersydse respek en onvoorwaardelike liefde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOns moet elke dag reg aangetrek wees en mooi lyk vir mekaar. Ons kyk na mekaar. Hy moet kan trots wees op my en ek op hom,\u201d s\u00ea Susan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"4cdad564\">\n<div class=\"text\">Ek kan nie sonder haar lewe nie. As ek hier in die huis is en dit is stil, dan wonder ek waar is Susan en dan gaan soek ek haar.<\/div>\n<div class=\"citation\">Jan Opperman<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOns huisdokter, Dr. Doubell, het eendag vir my ges\u00ea, \u2018Jan is altyd so netjies en deur \u2019n ring getrek, sy klere pas so mooi byme- kaar, wie kies dit?\u2019 Toe s\u00ea ek ons koop klere saam. Hy pas aan en ek kyk hoe lyk hy en as ek iets aanpas, dan moet hy kyk of dit mooi is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mooi lyk is steeds vir Susan ononderhandelbaar. Vir 70 jaar het sy elke Vrydag haar hare by Leonie Blignaut op Despatch laat doen. Di\u00e9 haarkapper, wat einde verlede jaar afgetree het, was toe 17 jaar oud en Susan 19 toe di\u00e9 jarelange afspraak begin het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jan, wat op 10 Junie 94 word s\u00ea, \u201cEk is \u2019n perfeksionis. Ek hou daarvan dat dinge reg moet wees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kosmaak en reise<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Susan s\u00ea vir 30 jaar het sy nooit in die kombuis gekom nie. Dit was Kate, hul inwonende huishulp wat saam met Jan grootgeword het, se heiligdom. Nadat Kate oorlede is en Jan afgetree het uit die Suid-Afrikaanse Spoorwee, het hy die kombuis betree en Susan be-derf met kos wat hy gemaak het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToe ek aftree, kry Jan eweskielik ronde handjies. Toe moes ek begin kosmaak. Kyk, ek is nie \u2019n koekbakster of huisvrou nie. Die kombuis is nie vir my nie, ek hou van <span>organize<\/span> en is \u2019n kantoormens,\u201d s\u00ea Susan wat al die jare by Cape of Good Hope Wool Combers gewerk het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPartykeer weet ek regtig nie wat om te maak nie, dan s\u00ea Jan <span>egg on toast<\/span> sal lekker wees.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haar liefde vir sosialisering en organise-ring het die Oppermans die voorreg laat geniet om menige oorsese reise aan te pak. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gesondheid<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jan en Susan is nog blakend gesond. Hy woeker gereeld in die tuin en Susan hou haar besig in die huis en lees graag. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOns is aan-die-gang en op-en-wakker. Al bril wat ek dra is \u2019n sonbril. 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