Bikin cika shekaru 75 da kafuwar Heifer International kamar lokaci ne mai kyau don wucewa cikin wannan labarin, wanda Dan ya kasance yana sha'awar wani Dan.
Dan Petry, a lokacin Fasto na Middlebury (Ind.) Church of the Brothers, ya yi mamaki game da ainihin kalmar Dan West ta shahararriyar alkawarin yaƙi da yunwa. Daban-daban iri sun kasance suna yawo a cikin ikilisiya na ɗan lokaci kaɗan.
Abin da kowa da kowa a wurin ya sani shi ne Dan West, tsohon memba na cocin Middlebury kuma wanda ya kafa Heifers for Relief (yanzu Heifer International), ya yi alkawarin ba zai ci wani nau'in abinci ba har sai an ciyar da duk masu fama da yunwa a duniya. Hujja a Middlebury shine ko abincin da ake tambaya shine "kayan zaki" gabaɗaya ko "cake" musamman.
"Da yawa daga cikinmu sun yi tunanin talaka Dan bai taba cin wani kayan zaki ko wani iri ba har tsawon rayuwarsa," in ji Dan Petry. Bayan wasu bincike, ciki har da sadarwa tare da ’yar Dan West, Jan West Schrock, ya ƙaddara “cewa ainihin alkawarin da wannan babban mutum ya yi shi ne: “Ba zan ci kek ba har sai an ciyar da mayunwata.”
Dan Petry ya taƙaice: “Dan ya ji daɗin biredi da maƙera* har sai da Ubangiji ya kai shi gida. Haka kuma bai tilastawa wani a cikin iyalinsa kaurace wa kek dinsa ba. Lucy a kai a kai tana toyawa 'ya'yanta biredi. Amma Dan ya cika maganarsa, bai sake cin waina a gida ko a waje ba don girmama waɗanda suke kokawa da abincinsu na yau da kullun. Shin za mu iya fatan (kuma muyi aiki) don duniyar da ba ta da yunwa wanda ko da Dan West zai iya jin daɗin ɗan biredi a yanzu sannan kuma?"
Dan West yana da abubuwa da yawa da zai ce ba kawai game da yunwa ba, har ma game da zaman lafiya, ilimi, bauta, tattalin arziki, wadata, gwamnati - duk abin da ya shiga tsakani da rayuwa daga bangaskiyar Kirista. Ya ko da yaushe ya zaɓi ya haɗa kansa tare da "ƙananan mutane" na duniya, kuma shawarar da ya yanke na kayan zaki shine aikin tunani wanda ya kawo mutanen zuwa teburin cin abinci na yau da kullum.
Yayin da muke bikin wannan ci gaba a cikin tarihin babban ra'ayin Dan West, na sami wahayi daga rashin rabuwar hangen nesansa da ayyukansa - hangen nesansa na abin da ya kamata duniya ta kasance da kuma amfani da shi don kawo canji.
Wendy McFadden shi ne mawallafin jaridar Brotheran jarida da Sadarwa na Cocin Brothers.