Faan vd Westhuizen

Transplanted GP. Crazy dad of crazy family. Love sport, books, art films, challenges. In my heyday I ran a few marathons. Life's too short for hate.

[Faan vd Westhuizen @docfaan]

@frikken_alice That's a blessing let me tell you.

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

A 24-year-old Polish tennis player arrived in Paris last week ranked 114th in the world, with no sponsors, no guaranteed income, and no certainty she could even pay for her hotel room.

She had to win three qualifying matches just to enter the French Open main draw. Prize money is only paid at the end of the tournament, so a Polish sports drink brand quietly stepped in and covered her hotel bill.

Her name is Maja Chwalinska. And today, she plays in the French Open final.

Before this tournament, she had won exactly one Grand Slam main draw match in her entire career. She had battled depression so severe that in 2021 she couldn't get out of bed. She underwent knee surgery in 2022. She spent years grinding through small tournaments across Europe just to stay afloat.

Then she arrived in Paris, won three qualifiers, and kept winning. Zheng Qinwen. Elise Mertens. Maria Sakkari. Diana Shnaider. Nine straight matches. One set dropped.

She is now the first qualifier in French Open history to reach the final. The last time a qualifier reached a Grand Slam final, it was Emma Raducanu at the 2021 US Open. Raducanu won.

By simply making the final, Chwalinska has earned more prize money than her entire career combined. The runner-up cheque alone is $1.6 million. If she wins today, she takes home $3.25 million.
One week ago she couldn't pay for her hotel room.

[Faan vd Westhuizen @docfaan]

@AttorneyF_ Awesome post.

[Faan vd Westhuizen @docfaan]

@BrysonGray Abraham was already justified by faith in Gen. 15. And he keep believing God's promise for 25 yrs and even when he was 99 years old and thought of himself and Sarah as dead. Do you think that he didn't believe that God will somehow save Isaac when he took him up the mountain?

[Faan vd Westhuizen @docfaan]

@BrysonGray

[Faan vd Westhuizen @docfaan]

@TheDemSlayer So, not reading Romans then? Okay. Any other red herrings?

[Faan vd Westhuizen @docfaan]

@gracelover712 Any "Christian" with that viewpoint has not read one word of Scripture and does not understand a single principle of the doctrines of Grace and Salvation. They don't have a clue about the Old Testament promises and prophecies. So clearly not a Christian.

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

HEARTBREAKING: Her 10-month-old baby was cut in half with a knife in front of her, her husband shot dead, and she watched them split her second child's skull with a machete. They also cut off one of her hands.

This is life for Christians in Nigeria. The media remains silent.

[Faan vd Westhuizen @docfaan]

@WINSTON74502263 @GamingGrifter If those 28000 parolees vanished in the last 2 years we can hold oom Pieter accountable. But we know they didn't.

[Faan vd Westhuizen @docfaan]

@geordinhl Know when to stop and it's usually before you throw your name away. Oom Pieter deserves your respect not your cheap politicking.

[Faan vd Westhuizen @docfaan]

@farmingandJesus Absolutely.

[Faan vd Westhuizen @docfaan]

@clearwa51830290 @imaginaryheat @farmingandJesus Yes.

[Faan vd Westhuizen @docfaan]

@gmk_julie Awesome!

[𝕊𝕠𝕝𝕒 ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕕 🎚️ @sola_chad]

Psalm 139:14 - “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.”

No child should be aborted.

[Dirk Hermann @SolidariDirk]

Dis ’n wen!!!!

‘n NGV-pilaar val in Grondwethof.

Solidariteit het pas die regering se gewraakte planne om vir dokters voor te skryf waar hulle mag praktiseer, in die Grondwethof, gestuit.

In ‘n eenparige uitspraak het die regters van die Grondwethof artikel 36 - 40 van die Gesondheidswet ongrondwetlik verklaar. Die regering moet Solidariteit se kostes dra.

’n Kernpilaar van die regering se beplande Nasionale Gesondheidsversekering (NGV) is só in die Grondwethof omvergewerp.

Die hart van die NGV is sentrale beplanning. Die regering wil besluit waarheen en na watter dokter jy mag gaan.

Sentraal daartoe is die regering se plan om vir dokters voor te skryf waar hulle mag praktiseer.

Die regering wil bepaal waar daar ’n behoefte is, en dan wil hulle aan ’n dokter ’n sertifikaat uitreik wat bepaal waar hy/sy mag praktiseer.

Dit is hierdie planne van die regering om vir dokters voor te skryf waar hulle mag praktiseer, wat Solidariteit suksesvol ongrondwetlik laat verklaar het.

Die stryd teen die NGV is nie verby nie, maar hierdie is ’n strategiese oorwinning!

Baie trots op Solidariteit se regs- en navorsingspan!!!

[Faan vd Westhuizen @docfaan]

@SolidariDirk Thank you Solidarity.

[Faan vd Westhuizen @docfaan]

@Hunter_Eagleman Yip. Ended up with a few broken arms and lacerations in less desirable places from falling from a tree and riding a horse bareback 😀

[Mike Solana @micsolana]

all of their ideas now are like “should we dissolve the government, imprison our opponents, and seize every lever of power in the country? we’re the good guys remember, if we don’t do this the bad guys will win (an election)” like they don’t even talk about healthcare anymore lol

[Faan vd Westhuizen @docfaan]

@iamrjknight No Gospel without Genesis.