Greetings from South Africa.

[Piet Strydom]

Hi everyone!
I joined with the hope here will be fruitful discussions and that I can possibly contribute in all the apologetic studies I made over 20 years on all religions and science.

 

[AntiFL]

Welcome blessings

 

[tampasteve]

Greetings! What part of RSA are you from?

 

[Babe Ruth]

Welcome.
Looking forward to your input. Peace.

 

[faroukfarouk]

Hi; good to see you; great Huguenot avatar there!

 

[inquiring mind]

Welcome to CF! Looking forward to your participation.

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

Greetings and welcome from God's country of Texas.


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[dreadnought]

Hi everyone!
I joined with the hope here will be fruitful discussions and that I can possibly contribute in all the apologetic studies I made over 20 years on all religions and science.

Welcome to Christian Forums. I hope you enjoy your stay.

 

[Little Lantern]

Greetings, and welcome to CF, @Piet Strydom. May you find godly encouragement, warm fellowship, and engaging dialogue here. God bless you.

 

[sunshineforJesus]

Hi and welcome here.

 

[John Goodness]

Hey there and welcome! This is the 2nd time today that I welcomed someone from South Africa. I hope that you will find meaningful topics to discuss with other members in these forums.

 

[Piet Strydom]

Greetings! What part of RSA are you from?

West Rand, Roodepoort.
20 Km from Johannesburg.

 

[Piet Strydom]

Hi; good to see you; great Huguenot avatar there!

Nice to see there are people who knows the Huguenot cross.

 

[Piet Strydom]

Greetings and welcome from God's country of Texas.

And I hear a lot about your country.
I must say, from what I see on TV, you guys are blessed in your Christian history and heritage.

 

[Piet Strydom]

and Thank you all for the nice warm welcome.
God bless you all with love and wisdom.

 

[Qvashti]

Hello Peace to you and prayers for Jesus to bless and fill your life.

 

[tampasteve]

West Rand, Roodepoort.
20 Km from Johannesburg.

Cool, I stayed a few nights in Melrose Arch and a few other places in SA. I was truly impressed by the country and would love to go back someday.

 

[faroukfarouk]

Nice to see there are people who knows the Huguenot cross.

There was quite a wave of Huguenot exiles that went to SA in the 17th C, right?

 

[Piet Strydom]

Cool, I stayed a few nights in Melrose Arch and a few other places in SA. I was truly impressed by the country and would love to go back someday.

Well that is the place the rich lives.
I am only one of the middle class working populace.
But if ever you visit, get hold of me and I can always tell you what is the best places to visit.
greetings

 

[Piet Strydom]

There was quite a wave of Huguenot exiles that went to SA in the 17th C, right?

Yes, the "White Afrikaner" all have a history of 350 years in South Africa.
I myself can trace my genealogy back to Joost Strydom who arrived in the cape in 1659 and was an "Adelbors" (Leutennant) in the Dutch Indian Company VoC.
I am a descendant of the French Huguenots who left Europe during the persecution of the Catholic church in the 16th century. We all have German, Polish, Dutch, French and British settler blood and I understand they were all Protestant in religion. Much the same as the new York and east coast settlers of USA.