Samuel Sarpiya Planter, fasto, mai son zaman lafiya

Samuel Kefas Sarpiya ya fara abubuwa.

• Cibiyar Ƙarfafa Al'umma a Jeffreys Bay, Afirka ta Kudu.
• Matasan da ke da Makarantar Mishan (YWAM) na Bil Adama da Kimiyya daga Ra'ayin Kirista.
• Kamfanin fasahar sadarwa.
• Kasuwancin fim.

Duk da shekaru da yawa na hidima da sababbin abubuwa, duk da haka, bai taɓa tunanin yin aiki a cikin mahallin cocin ba har sai wani abokin fasto ya gaya masa, "Ina tsammanin za ku zama mafi kyawun shukar coci." Amsa ta farko ita ce, "A'a, ba!"

Wani karin magana a Najeriya ya ce, “Nasihar ce guda daya da mutum ya ba mai hikima, kuma kalmar ta ci gaba da karuwa a zuciyarsa.

Da shigewar lokaci, “Na yanke shawarar bincika abin da zai zama mai shuka coci,” in ji Sarpiya. “Na aika da imel zuwa ga Baptists. Har yanzu ina jiran amsa bayan shekaru 10."

Ya gano gidan yanar gizon dashen coci na Illinois da gundumar Wisconsin kuma ya cika kimanta bayanin martabar cocin. A cikin sa'a guda ya sami amsa ta imel. Ba da jimawa ba ya gano alaka da Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brother in Nigeria), wadda ya ci karo da ita a birnin Jos, Nigeria.

“EYN ta kasance mai jin daɗin hidimata a Najeriya fiye da cocina. EYN ya nuna ma’anar zama mabiyan Yesu masu juyayi,” in ji shi.

Har ila yau, Sarpiya ya haɗu da makarantar Hillcrest a Jos, har ma da daukar manyan makarantu a balaguron balaguro daga ƙasar.

Sarpiya ta ce: "Abu ne irin dawowar gida gare ni." “Duk da haka ni ’yan’uwa ne, amma ban sani ba tukuna!”

A cikin 'yan watanni da yin tuntuɓar Illinois da gundumar Wisconsin, gundumar ta tashi da shi da matarsa, Gretchen, zuwa Wisconsin don tantance ma'aikatan cocin. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, a cikin Fabrairun 2009, dangin Sarpiya sun ƙaura daga Hawaii zuwa Rockford, Ill., A tsakiyar lokacin sanyi, da dusar ƙanƙara.

Yanzu shi mai shukar coci ne, kuma da yawa, ciki har da mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara na Cocin of the Brothers na 2018. A matsayinsa na wanda ya kafa cocin Rockford Community Church of the Brothers, Sarpiya ya ci gaba da fara abubuwa-da Cibiyar Rashin Tashin hankali da Canjin Rikici da kuma Lab Lab Rockford.Amma ba ƙarfinsa ba, tunaninsa, ko ma da kansa ya kwatanta “haukacin hali” ne ya sa ya zama mai shukar coci. Maganar wani da ya san shi ne. Kira ne.

Tafiyar Sama’ila ta “koma” zuwa Cocin ’yan’uwa ta bi ta nahiyoyi uku, ƙasashe da yawa, har ma da tsibiri ɗaya ko biyu. Ya girma a Jos, inda mahaifiyarsa da yayyensa ke zaune. Bayan kammala karatunsa daga Jami'ar Jos tare da digiri a aikin zamantakewa, ya yi aiki tare da Urban Frontiers Mission, yawo a yammacin Afirka, yana wa'azi da wayar da kan jama'a. Ya kwatanta ta a matsayin “Tafiya ta Paul—Na tafi inda aka gayyace ni.” Ya shafe lokaci a Togo, Benin, Laberiya, Nijar, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, da Kamaru.

Menene ya tsaya tare da shi game da wannan gogewar, shekaru 20 bayan haka? "Duniya na ci gaba da yin ƙaura zuwa birane," in ji shi. “Yana da ban sha’awa yadda take fashe. Don haka ya kamata majami’a ta lura da abubuwan da ke faruwa a garuruwa.”

Bayan haka, Sarpiya ya tafi Amsterdam, a cikin Netherlands, da farko yana aiki tare da baƙi na Afirka. “Ba mu taba amfani da kalmar ‘Bautar zamani ba,’ amma an yi wa bakin haure ‘yan Afirka alkawarin samun ingantacciyar sana’a, sannan a yi safarar su zuwa Turai domin a yi amfani da su a matsayin karuwai da masu sayar da muggan kwayoyi. Aikina shi ne in taimake su a sulhunta su da Allah sannan su koma kasashensu.”

Sa’ad da yake Amsterdam, Sarpiya ya yi aiki tare da mutanen YWAM, wanda ya kai shi Makarantar Koyar da Almajirai a Afirka ta Kudu (inda ya sadu da matarsa, Gretchen). An gudanar da horon ne a Jeffreys Bay, wani karamin gari da ke gabar teku da ke fama da tarihin wariyar launin fata. Ya zuwa karshen zamansa a can, yana gudanar da aikin sulhu tsakanin kabilu daban-daban na Afirka ta Kudu, tare da koyar da fasahar kwamfuta.

Cibiyar Ƙarfafa Al'umma ta zama hanyar rayuwa. Sai kuma mataimakin shugaban kasa Jacob Zuma ya ziyarci aikin; Sarpiya ya yi tafiya tare da shi, yana nuna cewa "yana yiwuwa a canza al'umma," in ji shi.

Cibiyar ta ɗauki rayuwar kanta, kuma Sarpiyas sun koma Cape Town, sannan zuwa cibiyar YWAM a Kona, Hawaii. Yayin da suke Kona, Sarpiyas sun yi wa al'umma kai tsaye a kan Big Island tare da "al'umma da aka ware." A sa'i daya kuma, Sarpiya ta yi majagaba a makarantar YWAM na ƴan Adam da Kimiyya daga Ma'anar Kirista a wajen Geneva, Switzerland. Zai je Switzerland na tsawon makonni uku a lokaci guda. Hakanan a wannan lokacin, an nada shi wakilin YWAM a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, don haka ya zarce zuwa New York shi ma.

"Wannan rayuwa mai tafiya," in ji Sarpiya, tana dariya. "Ga ni a matsayin mai gudanarwa na yin abu ɗaya!"

Ya yaba Gretchen don yin hakan duka. Ta ba da kwanciyar hankali ga 'yan matan su uku kuma tana riƙe coci a cikin "hanyoyin da ba kowa ke gani ba," in ji shi. Duk dangin suna aiki tare akan ayyukan wayar da kan jama'a. "Wannan shi ne abin da muke yi a matsayin iyali da kuma coci," in ji Sarpiya.

Iyalin Gretchen a Afirka ta Kudu, tare da dangin Samuel a Najeriya, sun ba da tallafin farko don aikinsu a Rockford. "Lokacin da muka zo nan, gundumar ba ta da albarkatun da za mu biya masu shukar coci," in ji Sarpiya. "Don haka mun yi tara kudade a Najeriya da Afirka ta Kudu don zama masu wa'azi a mishan a nan."

Labarin Sarpiya ya ƙalubalanci zaton membobin coci a Amurka na iya samu. Shin 'Yan'uwan Amurka ne masu bayarwa da masu aikawa ko kuma masu karɓar aikin wayar da kan jama'a? Shin bakin haure mutanen da za su koya daga wurinsu ko “masu daukar” suna bukatar taimako?

A cikin 2015, akwai baƙi baƙi miliyan 3.8 da ke zaune a Amurka, a cewar Cibiyar Bincike ta Pew—fiye da sau 4 fiye da na 1980. Mafi yawan adadin daga ƙasashen Afirka sune Najeriya: 226,000. Kusan kashi 60 daga cikinsu sun sami digiri na farko ko sama da haka, idan aka kwatanta da kashi 33 na yawan jama'ar Amurka.

A wannan shekarar, Sarpiya ya sami digirin digirgir a fannin “Semiotics, Church, and Culture” daga Jami’ar George Fox da ke Portland, Ore., inda ya shiga kashi hudu cikin dari na ‘yan Najeriya mazauna Amurka da digirin digirgir. Idan aka kwatanta, kashi ɗaya cikin ɗari na yawan jama'ar Amurka suna da digiri na uku.

Semiotics shine "ma'ana mai ma'ana, maimakon barin duniya ta ayyana coci," kamar yadda Sarpiya ya kwatanta. “Idan za mu iya daina biɗan manufofinmu na ’yan Adam kuma mu ƙyale duniya ta ayyana coci, za mu ga tasirin da Allah yake marmarin yi ta wurin talakawa daga Cocin ’yan’uwa,” in ji shi.

"Wani lokaci ba mu da sha'awar bangaskiyar da muka gada daga waɗanda suka kafa mu, tsayawa a waje da al'umma don adawa da halin da ake ciki."

Saƙonsa ga coci? "Allah yasa mufi karfin ajandar mu."