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Welcome to 'The duPs' - The website of Paul and Margaret du Plessis.

They are Salvation Army officers.
Margaret is a former Medical Social Worker, Paul a physician.

They have served in Zambia, the United Kingdom, India, and their homeland of South Africa. Now, in retirement, they live in Bromley, in southeast London.

Their children, Catherine and Andre, and the wider family mean a lot to them. Placing Paul’s poems and other information on a website has been a family request for some years. Grandson, David, took on the project and became the website architect.

Please enjoy reading Paul's poems which reflect something of their faith and experiences.


Margaret has researched the life of Louisa Mary Tucker, the first wife of pioneer Indian missionary, Frederick Tucker.

Please use the menu on the left and the search function in the top right to navigate through the site.


 

Here are Paul's two most recent poems:
 
A Tenth Birthday Print
August 2008
All Gielinor honours him today
To celebrate the RuneScape way
As Jonathan reaches milestone ten
Wearing the cape of accomplished men.
 
And Kids Alive asks can they join
Instead of sword, they bring a coin
For our man’s special birthday jest
Clicking his mouse in keyboard quest.
 
The Brockham Badgers line up straight
To cheer their left back football mate
Saving the team a goal or two
Tackling the other invading crew.
 
The family add a birthday wish
On Surrey Hills, in Dorking’s niche
Proud of a grandson’s steady tread
Saying a prayer for the quest ahead.
 
19 August 2008
 
Gielinor is the world of RuneScape - Jonathan’s favourite computer game, which features skills, resources and also special prayers for its events, quests and combats. When reaching the highest available level in a skill, players may purchase a cape of accomplishment.
 
Jonathan is also a regular reader of Kids Alive, The Salvation Army’s popular children’s comic.
 
 
Unforgettable Print
August 2008
Recall the memory, the moment of revelation
When divine intervention came to life
Reborn in transformation.
 
Delete the memory, the time for cover-up
When the worst of humanity surfaced within
Exposed in defamation.
 
Store the memory, saved for another day
Forgiveness permanently filed under peace
Without his condemnation.
 
Live by the memory, ready for tomorrow
Changed into faith by the maker of the past
Revealed in incarnation.
 
August 2008
 
After listening to Liz Smith’s sermon on ‘Memories’ at St Mary Cray, the text:
 
‘So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have. I think it is right to refresh your memory …’ (2 Peter 1: 12-13 NIV)