Moderator Rick Fee received a reply to his message of sympathy sent to the South Africa Council of Churches and to Ilse Naude, wife of the late Christiaan Frederick Beyers Naude who passed away in September. The hand written note said:
"Thank you very much for your wonderful letter of September 18 addressed to the Rev. Dr. Molefe Tsele of the SACC regarding the passing away of my dear husband, Beyers Naude. Your letter filled my heart with so much peace and gratitude because you expressed so vividly your appreciation of the work and Christian witness of Beyers and what it meant to you and many others of The Presbyterian Church in Canada. I always thank God as I regard Beyers a gift from God not only to me but also to many others in the world. So wonderful! Yes God has been, and still is, so good to the family and me. Beyers has taught me so much about God, His grace and support which I am experiencing daily! A special gift from God was the wonderful privilege which He granted me 64 very happy and blessed years of marriage — is this not wonderful?
"May God also bless you and all your dear ones as well at The Presbyterian Church in Canada with all His love, grace, joy and peace."
