A lokacin hutun bazara na bana a watan Maris, Jonathan Frye, mataimakin farfesa a fannin kimiyyar dabi'a a Kwalejin McPherson (Kan.), ya jagoranci gungun dalibai, tsofaffin ɗalibai, da membobin Cocin Brothers don yin balaguron kwana tara wanda ya ɗauke su sama da 2,228. mil. Sun je ne don taimakawa wadanda guguwar Katrina ta shafa, da kuma lura da fahimtar irin barnar da aka yi.
Daliban McPherson Sheila Bevan, ƙarami daga McPherson; Jared Heinen, ƙarami daga McPherson; Lacy Johnston, ɗan fari daga Arlington, Colo.; Sheree Kriley, ƙarami daga Espon, Kan.; da Brandon Pitts, wani babba daga San Antonio, Texas, ba zai taba zama iri ɗaya ba bayan da ya ga wasu daga cikin tasirin guguwar Katrina akan Biloxi, Gulfport, da New Orleans. A yayin tafiyar ƙungiyar ta sake rufaffiyar gidaje biyu a Lucedale, Miss.
Sheila Bevan na jin cewa tafiyar wani abu ne da ba za a manta da shi ba. “Tafiyar ta kasance abin ban mamaki a gare ni. Na koyi aikin rufi amma kuma na koyi abubuwa da yawa game da kaina da wasu. Na fara ganin yanayin tunanin abin da Hurricane Katrina ya yi wa wasu. Mutane ba su fahimci tasirin sa ba kuma mun kusan manta cewa mutane suna ƙoƙarin sake gina rayuwarsu. Tafiyar tafiya ce ta motsa jiki da ruhi, wadda ba zan taɓa mantawa da ita ba kuma zan ɗaukaka har tsawon rayuwata.”
Brandon Pitts ya ce game da abin da ya faru da shi, “Tafiya zuwa Mississippi ta kasance abin buɗe ido a gare ni. Na fara ganin abin da Mahaifiyar Halittu za ta iya yi wa birni da rayuwa. Taimako ya taɓa zuciyata, domin ka duba fuskar mutane ka ga yadda suke farin cikin taimaka musu. Yana da ƙarfi don jin shaidar yadda mutane suka yi ta hanyar Katrina yayin da yake faruwa da kuma bayan haka. Ma'ana yadda ta canza rayuwarsu zuwa mafi kyau da kuma abin da suka koya daga gare ta."
Sheree Kriley ta ce ta yi murna da tafiya wannan tafiya ta aiki. “Tafiyar ta yi ban mamaki. Yana da aiki mai wuyar gaske kuma ba zan yi ƙarya ba-akwai kwanakin da zan gwammace in yi wasu abubuwa fiye da tsayawa a kan rufin. Duk da haka, yana da kyau sosai lokacin da mai gidan da muka yi ya yi farin ciki sosai don ganin ci gaban.
Kriley ta ci gaba da cewa: “Abin da na fi so shi ne lokacin da wata mata ta zo ta gaya mana rayuwarta. “Ta kira mutanen da suka yi aikin gidanta mala’iku. A wata hanya na ji tana gaya mana mu ma mala'iku ne. Yana da ban sha'awa sosai sanin cewa zan iya yin tasiri ga rayuwar wani ta hanyar ba da kwana ɗaya ko biyu na lokacina da kuzarina. "
Kriley ya kara da cewa, "Ba za mu iya samun mafi kyawun shugaba ba. Frye shine mafi kyawu!"
"Ina godiya sosai ga waɗannan ɗalibai da sauran membobin ƙungiyarmu don damar bincika ayyukanmu da kiran sana'o'inmu tare cikin wannan makon na hidima da gano kanmu," in ji Frye. "Haɗin kai a cikin wannan tafiya ta aiki zuwa gulf zai yi tasiri na tsawon rai a kan mu duka."