“N’zokayikitsa ngati Mulungu angadalitse kwambiri munthu asanamuvulaze kwambiri.”— Aiden W. Tozer

Mmodzi kapena winayo angandifunse chifukwa chake ndinasankha kuphunzira masamu kalelo, pamene tsopano ndimagwira ntchito yolalikira. Limenelo ndi funso labwino, chifukwa masamu alibe chochita nawo. Ndinasankha masamu chifukwa sindinkafuna kutipatsa nkhawa ana athu akamwalira. Ndikadakonda kuti ndikadamaliza maphunziro auzimu. Koma kuti tikaphunzire kusukulu yotereyi, tikanayenera kusamuka m’derali. Tinkafuna kukhala pafupi. Choncho ndinasankha maphunziro amene ndinangosangalala nawo. Ndinkaganizanso kuti maphunzirowa sakhala osakhudza mtima komanso osakhumudwitsa. Ponena za malingaliro, ndiyenera kunena zoona, koma kuyesayesa kwamalingaliro kunali kwakukulu. Mmodzi mwa aphunzitsi anga adanenapo kuti masamu ndi dziko labwino kwambiri lomwe mungathe kulowamo! Kodi izo nzoona?
Nthawi yathu ku yunivesite inali yamtendere komanso yochiritsa. Mutu watsopano m'moyo wathu unali utayamba. Penny anali atazolowera kugwiritsa ntchito dzanja limodzi lokha. Zowawa zinazo zinali pafupi kuzimiririka. Chomwe chinatsala chinali kupweteka kwa phantom komwe kunali paliponse pa mkono wake wakumanzere. Tinali oyamikira kukhala ndi moyo.

Pamene mayeso anga omaliza oti ndidzakhale mphunzitsi wa masamu ku sekondale ankayandikira, tinaganiza zolemba fomu yofunsira ntchito kutsidya la nyanja, ku Micronesia. Chifukwa tinkadziwa kuti aphunzitsi nthawi zonse ankafunidwa kumeneko. Bungwe limene ndinafunsirapo linayankha mwamsanga. Tinapatsidwa ntchito pachilumba cha Yap. Kumeneko amafunafuna mkulu wa sukulu ya magiredi khumi ndi awiri.
Ndinali nditangolandira digiri yanga yauphunzitsi ndipo ndinali kudzakhala mphunzitsi wamkulu wa sukulu yaikulu ya zaka XNUMX? Zinthu zowopsa zitha kuchitika ngati bungwe likufunika ndipo mukuvomera kulowa. Inde, analidi osimidwa ndipo ndinali wokonzeka! Zimenezo zinakhala bwino.

Kusamukira ku chilumba cha Yap

Patangotha ​​mwezi umodzi nditamaliza maphunziro anga mu 1997, ine ndi Penny tinakonza zoti tisamuke. Tinalongedza katundu, kuika m’nkhokwe, kugulitsa kapena kupereka katundu wathu yense, tinalira pamene tinkatsanzikana ndi anzathu amene m’njira zambiri anali pafupi nafe kuposa achibale. Tikugwirana manja tinabwerera kudziko limene tinakumanako zaka zambiri zapitazo pa chisumbu cha Chuuk. Yap pokhala dziko lina la ku Micronesia, linali chiyambi chatsopano kwa ife mwanjira ina.
Kusamukira ku malo atsopano nthawi zonse kumabweretsa zovuta zapadera komanso zodabwitsa. Tinali titangokhala ku United States, osadodometsedwa ndi kuletsedwa kwa dziko lathu lodziwika, ndipo patadutsa maola makumi awiri okha chitseko cha ndege chinatsegulidwa ndipo mphamvu zathu zidamizidwa m'dziko la kanjedza la kokonati likugwedezeka ndi mphepo yamchere yamchere. ndi malo otafuna betel nut kulikonse. Kudumpha kotani mu nthawi ndi danga. Tinatsika masitepe ndikudutsa m'mafunde otentha kwambiri kupita ku nyumba ya ndege; sitepe iliyonse inasiya zizindikiro mu asphalt, yomwe dzuŵa linali litatenthetsa mosalekeza. Sitinkadziwa kuti dziko lino lidzasiya chotani pa moyo wathu m'miyezi ikubwerayi.
Patatha ola limodzi tinafika pasukulupo n’kukhazikika m’nyumba yathu yaing’ono ya zipinda ziŵiri mmene timagwirira ntchito ndi kukhala. Popeza Penny amadana ndi tizilombo toyambitsa matenda, nthawi yomweyo anayamba kumenyana nazo ndipo anakonza nyumbayo mpaka itakwaniritsa ukhondo wake. Panthawiyi, ndinamasula katundu wathu n’kuyang’ana pasukulupo ndi mmene zilili m’dziko latsopano. Maola angapo pambuyo pake, usiku wathu woyamba wa kumalo otentha anatilonjera. Tinagona pabedi m’nyumba yathu yatsopano, tikutuluka thukuta ndi kutopa komanso tili okondwa, okhutira ndi chiyambi chathu chatsopano.

Kuyambira wophunzira kupita kwa mphunzitsi wamkulu wa sukulu

Koma patangopita masiku ochepa tinayamba kunjenjemera. Ndinayesa kukwaniritsa maudindo onse ofunikira kuti ndiyendetse sukulu yaikulu. Kusinthako kunali kochititsa dzanzi, ngakhalenso kochititsa mantha. Kudzidzimuka kwenikweni! Kamphindi kapitako ndinali nambala chabe pa yunivesite yokhala ndi ophunzira 12.000. Tsopano ndinali mkulu wa sukulu yolemekezeka koposa pachisumbu cha anthu 12.000! Mu ndege ina ndinayenda mtunda wonse kuchokera kwa wophunzira kupita kwa mphunzitsi ndi mtsogoleri! Zinanditengera nthawi kuti ndimve kukhudzidwa kwathunthu kwa kusinthaku. Inde, pokonzekera kapena ayi, chiyambi cha sukulu chinali pafupi!
Tinangotsala ndi mwezi umodzi wokha kuti tikonzekere. Kukonzekera kunayenera kuchitidwa, mayunifolomu anayenera kukonzedwa, makolo amayenera kuyendera. Aphunzitsi atsopano anayenera kutengedwa paulendo wopita ku Hawaii. Popeza kuti aphunzitsi a pasukulu yathu anali antchito odzifunira ochokera ku makoleji osiyanasiyana ndipo kaŵirikaŵiri anakhala kwa chaka chimodzi (monga momwe ine ndi Penny tinkachitira kalelo), panalibe kupitiriza koma mphunzitsi wamkulu. Chotero tinayenera kukhala okonzekera njira yokhotakhota yophunzirira. Kuphatikiza apo, sukuluyi inali ndi ngongole yoposa $100.000. Tsopano tinazindikira chifukwa chake gulu linali lofunitsitsa kundilemba ntchito!
Koma malinga ndi mmene timaonera, zinali zabwino kwambiri pophunzira ntchito yatsopano. Poganizira momwe zinalili poyamba, tinkaganiza kuti zonse zikhala bwino. Kuŵala koŵala koyamba kwa kuunika ndi chiyembekezo kunadza pamene tinapatsidwa ntchito yosamalira akaunti wachikulire, wodziŵa zambiri wotchedwa Joann ndi mwamuna wake Bill monga woyang’anira wamkulu. Iwo anawonjezera bata ku ulendo wathu. Tidazindikira kuti ndife gulu labwino ndipo zonse zidayamba bwino. Thandizo lanu linatipangitsa kukhala oyamikira kwambiri. Iwo anali ndi chipiriro chodabwitsa ndi ife oyamba kumene. Chaka cha sukulu chinayamba popanda zochitika zambiri, ndipo zochitika za tsiku ndi tsiku zinabwerera.

Kudabwa pambuyo pa msonkhano

Tsiku lina pambuyo pa utumiki, pafupifupi miyezi itatu kuchokera pamene tinafika, mlongo wina anatifikira ndi kutifunsa funso. Pamene anthu anamva nkhani yathu ndi kuyesa kumvetsetsa zowawa zimene tinakumana nazo pa imfa ya Kalebe ndi Abigayeli, mobwerezabwereza anatifikira ndi kupatsidwa chithandizo ndi chichirikizo. Zowawazo zinali zidakali zatsopano komanso zowonekera m'miyoyo yathu ngakhale tinkayesetsa kutumikira ndi kudalitsa ena. Mfundo yakuti tinalimbana ndi zowawa m'miyoyo yathu momveka bwino komanso momasuka zinkawoneka kuti zikuyenda bwino.
Anatifunsa kuti, “Kodi mungayerekeze kulera mwana wosabadwa?
Kodi tingaganizire zimenezo? Mitima yathu idalumpha mumlengalenga! Ndithudi maso athu anasonyeza chikhumbo chachikulu chofunanso chikondi pambuyo pokhumudwa ndi imfa ya ana athu oyambirira aŵiri. Sitinkakhulupiriranso kuti tidzakhalanso ndi ana athu chifukwa mimba ya Penny inali yovuta nthawi zonse ndipo kusintha kwanga ngoziyo itavuta. (Panalibe chitsimikizo cha kupambana kapena nyonga mulimonse!) Ngakhale kuti tinkafuna kukondanso, tinkangopemphera, kuchita mbali yathu ndi chiyembekezo. Funso lanu nthawi yomweyo linadzutsa chidwi chathu. Choncho tinamuuza kuti tikufuna kukumana ndi mayi woyembekezera uja.
Tsiku lotsatira tinayendera mtsikana wina amene ankafuna kuchita chinthu chodabwitsa komanso cholimba mtima kwambiri pa chikhalidwe chawo. Kutengedwa kwa mwana sikozolowereka m'zikhalidwe zina za zilumba, koma pachilumbachi kunkaonedwa ngati kosavomerezeka komanso kosowa kwambiri - ngakhale kukhumudwitsa. Pazifukwa za banja komanso chifukwa chodzimva kukhala wodzipereka ku moyo watsopano, sanali wokonzeka kuchotsa mimba yake. M’malo mwake, anapita kwa wachibale wake n’kumufunsa ngati angam’samalire mwanayo atabadwa. Ndi zachilendo kumeneko kulola wachibale kulera mwana wanu. Chilumbachi chinali chochepera 80 km². Choncho, amayi obereka mwachionekere adzaonanso ana awo! Wachibale wa mtsikanayo anayankha kuti sangachitire mwina. Kusamalira ana anuanu n’kovuta kwambiri. Koma anamuuza za banja lina lachinyamata limene lingafune kulera mwana wake. Umu ndi mmene zinayambira zinthu zingapo zimene sitikanazilota. Sindikadakhulupirira ndikanapanda kukumana nazo!
Potsatira malangizo a mlongoyo, tinayendetsa galimoto m’njira yokhotakhota kupita kunyumba kwa mtsikanayo ndipo tinasangalala kuona zimene zikutiyembekezera. Pomaliza tinali komweko. Tinakhala pansi, kucheza pang’ono, tinafika pamalopo mofulumira, kumvetsera nkhani ya mkaziyo ndikuyang’ana m’nyumba yake. Tinamuona akutafuna mtedzawo n’kulavulira pansi madzi ofiirawo onunkhira bwino pakati pa masitepe a khonde lake. Anatitsimikizira kuti anali asanamwepo mowa atazindikira kuti ali ndi pakati. Kenako anatifunsa za mbiri yathu komanso zolinga zathu za m’tsogolo. Inali mphindi yosakhala yeniyeni. Kumeneko mayi amene anatipatsa mwana wake wamtengo wapatali m’chisamaliro chomalizira cha amayi, pano ife ndi chikhumbo chathu chofuna kukhala ndi mwana kachiwiri. Zikatere palibe chipani chomwe chidakwanitsa kukhala ndi cholinga. Zikuoneka kuti Mulungu wodabwitsa wa Chikondi anakonza ndi kukonza chochitika ichi.
Titakambirana mwachidule, tinawauza amayiwo kuti tipempherera nkhaniyi tisanawayankhe. Komabe, m’mitima mwathu tinaona kuti zimenezi sizingatitengere nthaŵi yaitali.
Ndikayang’ana m’mbuyo, ndimadabwa ndi zimene Mulungu anachita kumeneko. Kumayambiriro kwa ubale wathu sindinkafuna kwenikweni kukhala ndi ana. Chitsutso changa nthaŵi ndi nthaŵi chinayambitsa mikangano, zovuta, ndi zosokoneza muukwati wathu, ngakhale pamene Kalebe ndi Abigayeli anali moyo. N’zoona kuti atamwalira, ndinali ndi vuto lalikulu la kudziimba mlandu komanso chikumbumtima. Titakumana ndi machiritso ndi masika atsopano mu ubale wathu, tinakumananso ndi funso: Kodi tikufuna kukhala ndi ana ambiri?
Inalidi mphatso ndi chiitano chochokera kwa Mulungu, amene anandifunsa choyamba ngati ndinali wokonzeka kuchita zimenezi. Kodi ndingamulole kuti atidalitse? Chinthu chabwino nthawi ino chinali chakuti pambuyo pa zonse zomwe tinakumana nazo, tinali okonzeka. Pambuyo pa chisokonezo changa chamkati ndi chikondi chake chodabwitsa ngakhale m'maola ovuta kwambiri, ndinali wokonzeka kukhala bambo kachiwiri. Zosankha zathu, zikuwoneka kwa ine, zimatha kutsegula kapena kutseka chitseko cha madalitso a Mulungu.

Kuwerengera kumayamba

Patapita masiku angapo tinakumana ndi mayi wamng’onoyo, tinawachezeranso ndi kusonyeza kufunitsitsa kwathu kulera mwana wawo. Sitinkadziwa ngati mwanayo adzakhala wathanzi kapena angavutike ndi zotsatira za moyo wa amayi ake. Sitinadziŵe zoti tiyembekezere. Chifukwa cha zovuta zina, sitinathenso kudziwana ndi abambowo. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, tinamuperekeza kukayezedwa. Mkazi wanga anakhala ndikumvetsera pamene adokotala akuyang'ana kugunda ndi kuthamanga kwa magazi, kuyeza mwana wosabadwayo ndikuwona kuti zonse zinali bwino. Tinadikirira mpaka titalandira foni yofunika kwambiri.
Nthawi imati XNUMX koloko m'mawa pa Thanksgiving foni inaitana ndipo mayi wachichepereyo adatipempha kuti timunyamule kupita naye kuchipatala. Tinamva chisangalalo chosaneneka pamene tinkapita kunyumba kwake, tikugudubuzika ndi kunjenjemera m'maenje a mseu wokonzedwa, koma tinachoka panjira "yabwino" ndikupita kunjira yomwe ingafotokozedwe ngati njanji yakutali. Tinatenga mtsikanayo mu jeep ya sukulu, yomwe inali ndi mipando ya anthu aŵiri okha. Chotero mkazi wanga molimba mtima anakwera kumbuyo kwa galimotoyo, kumene anagwira ndipo anagwedezeka pang’ono. Ndinayenda pang'onopang'ono popita ku chipatala kuti mwana asaperekedwe mu jeep nthawi isanakwane! Ndinadikirira pabwalo kwa maola angapo otsatira pomwe Penny adakumana ndi chozizwitsa chawiri chodabwitsa.

Mnyamata amabwera m'miyoyo yathu

Anaona moyo wamtengo wapatali ukubadwa, komanso mmene Mulungu anatipatsa mwana wina: mnyamata wathanzi! Pamene kufuula kwake kochokera pansi pamtima kunamveka kuzungulira chipindacho, mitima yathu inalumikizana ndi yake. Tinasangalala poganiza kuti tithanso kukondana. Mphamvu ndi matamando zidatigwira pamene tidamva khungu lake lofunda m'manja mwathu kwa nthawi yoyamba pa Tsiku lakuthokoza losayiwalika!
Tinakhala maola ambiri m’chipatala tikum’kumbatira ndi kuwasamalira pamene makoswewo ankangoyendayenda m’chipinda ndi chipinda. Panali chinachake choseketsa ponena za mmene anamwinowo anam’samalira mwadzidzidzi mosiyana kwambiri atamva kuti adzatengedwa ndi banja lina la ku America. Mayi omuberekawo anali atalankhulanso mosiyana za iye titangoganiza zomulera. Kuyambira pamenepo nthawi zonse ankamutchula kuti "mwana wathu." Anadzipatula pang'onopang'ono kwa iye kuti athe kutsata chisankho chake chovuta kwambiri. Zinali zochita za amayi komanso zachifundo kwa iye kutilola ife kukhala ndi mwana wake, zomwe tidzakhala oyamikira kwamuyaya. Anatisiyiranso dzina lomwe tingamutchule chifukwa anali mwana wathu. Tinaganizira kwa nthawi yaitali kuti mphatso yoteroyo imayenera dzina lotani.
Pamene tinali kupemphera ndi kusinkhasinkha, china chake chinakula m’kati mwathu. Tinkafuna kupeza dzina limene lingafotokoze maloto athu aakulu kwambiri a kamtolo aka kamene Mulungu anatipatsa. Dzina lomwe limayimira kulimba mtima ndi mphamvu. Dzina lovalidwa ndi munthu amene anaimirira chilungamo ndi choonadi ndipo sanayenera kufa. Ine ndi Penny timadana ndi imfa. Tinkafuna kuti mwanayu akhale ndi dzina losonyeza kusalakwa kwa mdani wamoyo uno. Tinabwerera m’mbuyo m’maganizo ku nkhani ya mneneri Eliya, amene dzina lake limatanthauza: Mulungu wanga ndi YHWH (Eli-Yahu). Eliya anakhalabe wokhulupirika ku mfundo zake za makhalidwe abwino ndipo anakana imfa ndi kukwera kwake m’galeta lamoto! Pamene tinagwira Eliya wathu m’manja mwathu, tinatchula dzina lake ndi pemphero pamilomo yathu kuti iye adzakhala ngwazi kwa Mulungu amene amadziŵa YHWH ndi kuimirira kaamba ka chilungamo ngakhale dziko lingam’gwere. Potsirizira pake, tinali kuyembekezera, mosasamala kanthu za mtsogolo, kuti tsiku lina iye adzagonjetsa imfa mwa kukhala mokhulupirika moyo wake m’mphamvu ya Mulungu kufikira Yesu Kristu adzabweranso.
Tinasangalala ndi kuwala kwa tsiku latsopanolo, tinalipira ndalama zokwana madola 30 za amayi ndi mwana, ndipo tinatuluka m’chipatala Eliya m’manja mwathu.
Mtolo wathu waukulu wabulauni wa madalitso unabwera kunyumba!

kupitiriza           Gawo 1 la mndandanda             Chingerezi

Kuchokera: Bryan C. Gallant, Zosatsutsika, Ulendo Wambiri Wodutsa Zowawa, 2015, masamba 114-122

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