Last Week
I was so humbled and grateful for the many kind words of encouragement I received for my first Ramble from our members, the Ann's President and even from our DG Annemarie Mostert. Thanks guys, it means a lot to me. It was a collaborative effort, and I would not have been able to hit the "publish" button without the patient input from Patrick Hope-Bailie, who put the final techno-touches to my content.
And speaking about content: The Ramble is our Ramble, and it is a platform to share our collective stories, so should you come across anything that would be of interest to your Rotary family, please send it my way.
We are now becoming old hands at attending our virtual meetings and Pam must be thrilled that she can put ticks to most names on her attendance sheet, and it's wonderful to greet Juanette in Hamburg, Lorenzo in Italy, Nigel in Botswana often makes an appearance and Momo, our intrepid and cheerful exchange student, who has to contend with the time difference in Thailand.
The only thing that might put a spanner in the works in the next few weeks/months is that the dreaded load shedding is rearing its ugly head again. My work week normally ends in time for me to make it home for our weekly meeting, but last Friday, in anticipation of a power cut at home I decided to not chance it and rather take advantage of guaranteed electricity at my office.
Marianne's story
Our Marianne had the stage this week and she used the apt analogy of a glass of water on a saucer to illustrate her abundant life. She is the youngest of 6 siblings of Dutch parentage, the laat-lammetjie that was born in South Africa, when the family eventually settled here, after a stint in Zambia and Rhodesia. She does not deny that there were instances in her life that the glass wobbled terribly and was even knocked over and spilt that precious water, like when she was still at primary school and her beloved father died of a massive heart attack.
Her glass overflowed when she got the opportunity to become a Rotary Exchange Student, which allowed her to spend a year in the United States in her final year of school.
She studied to become a teacher and met and married Daryl, who was a theology student, when she started her first post at Risidale Primary school. As a pastor’s wife with four young children they were posted to various parts of the country, and Marianne used her teaching skills to build up Faith communities. They are now based at Rosettenville with a very cosmopolitan flock from many different parts of the world and demographics. And Marianne shared the wonderful news with us that Daryl only last week heard that he had graduated with his PhD from the University of the North West.
Thank you for sharing your story with us, your unfailing faith and inimitable spirit truly is an inspiration.
Lets Quiz....
What started off as a once off quiz challenge with Kyalami has now become a regular Wednesday evening fixture in our lock-down calendar, and the Rosebank team is now taking on challenges not only from local Rotary Clubs, but we have ventured as far as Gaborone and are warming up to take on the mountain goats of the Newlands Club in the Cape next week. Sonja Hood’s son Garreth is proving to be a worthy quiz master who certainly gets our grey matter going. We are now even looking at international fixtures from Kenya to Sweden, and our team members will attest to how much fun we are having. Please join us. Just let David Bradshaw know.
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| Wednesday 8th challenge against Fourways |
Rosebank Rotary's Blanket Drive
Nigel Bellamy has always been a staunch Rosebank Rotary supporter and this year he very generously purchased a 100 blankets during our annual blanket drive and he sent us some lovely pictures of very grateful blanket recipients.
Mandela Day Rosebank Rotary Initiative
Following on to last week's appeal to support our designated Charity begins with Me Mandela Day (in our case month) initiative:
Monetary donations may be deposited into:
Rotary Club of Rosebank Project Account
Nedbank
Sandton City
Account 1145999336
Branch 197005
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