Die afgelope maand was sosiale media gevul met die gradueringsplasings van plaaslike jongmense waar hul mylpale, drome wat waar word en die positiewe voorbeeld wat hulle stel, gevolg kan word. <\/p>\n
Stories soos di\u00e9 van die twee jongmense Kayla Jeneke en Mario Marinus kan ander inspireer. <\/p>\n
Kayla (25) woon op die plaas Alfalfa by Skerpenheuwel. Net soos enige ander student het Kayla haar uitdagings op universiteit gehad. <\/p>\n
Sy was onbekend met die Kaap, maar sy s\u00ea sy het geweet \u201cdat die hand van die Here op haar lewe is\u201d. <\/p>\n
Dit het sy van dag een ervaar toe sy deur bekommernisse oor verblyf gepla is. \u201cDie lewe in die Kaap was werklik moeilik,\u201d beklemtoon Kayla. Vir di\u00e9 meisie van die plaas was die aanpassing nie net vir haar moeilik nie, maar ook vir haar ouers. Haar ma, Maria Somseb, moes haar telkemale met die hulp van haar werkgewer, Koreen Read, oorreed om sterk te wees en deur te druk wanneer die lewe in die Kaap haar wou onderkry. <\/p>\n
\u201cEk het geweet waarheen ek wou gaan, maar daar was klein hindernisse wat my weerhou het van dit wat ek wou bereik.\u201d Sy wou selfs haar studies opgee om op die plaas te kom werk nadat sy \u2019n jaar moes herhaal, maar danksy haar ouers en die boek van Job het sy staande gebly. Kayla vertel sy weet tot vandag toe nie hoe die beursfonds haar weer gefinansier het nadat sy haar jaar moes oordoen nie. Dit was donker tye toe sy moes dink aan die finansi\u00eble skade wat haar ouers sou ly indien hulle vir haar studies moes betaal. <\/p>\n
Vir \u2019n student is die bestuur van geld maar altyd \u2019n probleem, veral as geld nie in oorvloed is nie. Danksy haar ouers en hul werkgewers kon Kayla na haarself kyk. Haar pa, Moos \u2013 soos almal hom ken \u2013 moes soms geld leen om seker te maak dat Kayla na haarself kan kyk en dis iets wat hy glad nie berou nie. \u201cDie gevoel om daardie sukses te behaal, is onbeskryflik, dis iets wat ek al die jare wou h\u00ea. My ouers was daar om die pad saam met my te stap. Ek kan nie eens s\u00ea hoe bly ek is nie.\u201d Vir Kayla is uithouvermo\u00eb en selfdissipline van kardinale belang. Om te weet hoe om jou lewe te balanseer, is die raad wat sy graag by elke plaaskind wat gereed is om die universiteits\u00adpad te stap, wil tuisbring. <\/p>\n
Net soos Kayla het \u2019n jong man van Worcester ook die afgelope vier jaar hierdie pad gestap. Dit is Mario Marinus, \u2019n 24-jarige man wat sy hele lewe lank in die hartjie van Roodewal gewoon het. Volgens Mario gaan dit oor die algemeen swaar wanneer jy in hierdie gebied grootword, maar dis tye wat hy vir niks in die w\u00eareld sal verruil nie. Mario se ma, Lucinda, maak die afgelope 15 jaar huise vir \u2019n lewe skoon en sy pa, Arnold, is werkloos weens \u2019n besering wat hy jare gelede opgedoen het. <\/p>\n
\u201cAs ek dink aan die afgelope vier jaar, maak dit nie sin dat ek op die ou einde graad gevang het nie. Ek het grootgeword met die volgende woorde: \u2018Die Here werk verkeerdom regom\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mario s\u00ea as kind het hy dit nooit verstaan nie, maar sedert hy sy hart vir die Here gegee het en Hom leer ken het, verstaan hy nou. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo vreemd soos wat dit vir sommige mense klink, behoort ons lewens nie aan onsself nie. Alles van die aarde en op die aarde behoort aan God, my graduering behoort aan God.\u201d Volgens Mario skuld hy sy ouers baie.<\/p>\n
\u201cEk en my suster kon net kyk en begeer wat materialistiese goed betref, maar wat liefde betref, het ons in oorvloed. Dis alles te danke aan my ouma, moeder en vader.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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