(Mayu 18, 2007) — A yau Majami’ar Ƙungiyar ‘Yan’uwa ta sami labarin bakin ciki na mutuwar Lee Eshleman, memba na ƙungiyar barkwanci ta Mennonite Ted & Lee, wanda ya kasance babban mai gabatarwa a taron matasa na ƙasa a baya. shekaru goma. Mai zuwa akwai wasiƙar fastoci daga Chris Douglas, darektan Ma’aikatar Matasa da Matasa na Babban Hukumar, wanda ake aika ta imel zuwa ga manyan mashawarta waɗanda suka raka ƙungiyoyin matasa zuwa taron matasa na ƙasa a 2006:
"Lee Eshleman, memba na Mennonite mai wasan barkwanci Ted & Lee, ya kashe kansa jiya, 17 ga Mayu, bayan ya yi fama da dogon lokaci da bakin ciki.
"'Yan'uwa matasa da matasa, musamman wadanda suka halarci taron matasa na kasa (NYC) a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata, za su tuna da Lee daga wasan kwaikwayo na ban dariya da basira tare da Ted Swartz, yayin da suke aiwatar da labarun Littafi Mai Tsarki na yau. Ted & Lee sun kasance manyan masu gabatarwa a NYC guda uku na ƙarshe, a cikin 1998, 2002, da 2006. Sun kuma yi a taron manyan manya na ƙasa guda biyu, kuma an ba su izinin jagorantar ibada a Babban Babban Babban Taron Kasa na Juni.
“A NYC na 2006, Ted & Lee sun rufe hidimar ibada tare da wanke ƙafafu, a cikin fassarar mafi ƙarfi na abin da Yesu ya yi wa almajiransa da na gani. Na tuna tunani a lokacin, sun fahimci hidimar wanke ƙafafu don sabon ƙarni na ’Yan’uwa.
“Mu a Ofishin Ma’aikatar Matasa da Matasa, da Babban Hukumar, muna haɗa kai da dangin Lee da ƙaunatattuna, da Ted da al’ummar Mennonite, wajen yin baƙin cikin mutuwarsa.
“Gane cewa yawancin matasan ’yan’uwa na iya raba wannan rashi, ina ƙarfafa matasa masu ba da shawara su yi magana game da mutuwar Lee tare da ƙungiyoyin matasa, tare da kulawa ta musamman ga waɗanda suka kasance a NYC a ƙarshen bazara. Wannan kuma wata dama ce don tattaunawa da matasa game da batutuwan da suka shafi kashe kansa da lafiyar kwakwalwa.
“Yi la'akari da hanyoyin gayyatar matasa zuwa ga amsa mai kyau da aminci. Idan ƙungiyar matasan ku ta ƙunshi lamba waɗanda suke a NYC, kuna iya ware ɗan lokaci na shiru yayin ajin Lahadi ko kuma a taron ƙungiyar matasa na gaba, kuma ku ba da dama ga matasa su yi addu'a. Ka tuna ka sake tabbatar da hidimar jama’a Lee, yana taimaka wa matasa su fahimci cewa kokawarsa da baƙin ciki ba ya ɓata bangaskiyarsa, kuma ba ya watsi da muhimman abubuwan da ya koyar game da bin Yesu.
“A cikin tattaunawa da matasa game da batutuwa masu alaƙa, tabbatar musu cewa ga waɗanda ke fama da tabin hankali, magani yana aiki; a cikin wannan rashi daya, dole ne mu tuna cewa wasu da yawa sun nemi taimako kuma sun sami nasara. Bincike ya nuna cewa mafi kyawun maganin cutar tabin hankali a yau suna da tasiri sosai. Bangaskiyarmu, da magungunan zamani, suna ba mu albarkatu na bege. Ba mu san abin da ya sa Lee ya kashe kansa ba, amma yin magana game da bege da muke da shi zai taimaka wa matasa da suka damu.
"Idan matasa suna da tambayoyi game da gwagwarmayar waɗanda ke fama da baƙin ciki ko wasu cututtuka na tabin hankali, ko don taimako wajen yin magana game da kashe kansa ta fuskar bangaskiya, Ƙungiyar 'Yan'uwa Masu Kulawa suna bayarwa a www.brethren.org/abc:
“Abin da Kowacce Coci Ya Kamata Ya Sani Game da Cutar Hauka” ya ba da bayani game da baƙin ciki da sauran cututtukan tabin hankali.
"Magana Game da Kashe Kai Zai Iya Canja Rayuwa" ya haɗa da alamun baƙin ciki da haɗarin kashe kansa, rashin fahimta na yau da kullum game da kashe kansa, da shawara game da yadda za a gano idan wani yana kashe kansa.
Hanyoyin Intanet don ƙarin albarkatu game da kashe kansa sun haɗa da DVD guda biyu da aka ba da shawarar: Bidiyon "Gaskiya Game da Kashe Kai: Gaskiyar Labarun Bacin rai a Kwalejin" daga Gidauniyar Amurka don Rigakafin Suicide, wanda aka nuna a taron bita don masu ba da shawara a NYC (http://www. .afsp.org/). "Babban Barkwanci: Rayuwa a cikin Inuwar Kashe" daga Mennonite Media ne (http://www.mennomedia.org/).
Wata hanyar da matasa za su so su mayar da martani ita ce ta ba da gudummawa ga shafin ta'aziyya da tunawa da Jami'ar Mennonite ta Gabas ta bayar, inda Lee Eshleman tsohon dalibi ne. Je zuwa www.emu.edu/response/lee.
“Idan ƙungiyar matasan ku ta ƙunshi mutane waɗanda da alama suna da ra’ayi sosai, kuna buƙatar gayyatar taimako daga iyaye da limamin ku, kuma ku koma ga ƙwararrun masu tabin hankali na gida don taimako.
“Don Allah a haɗa ni da ni wajen riƙe duk waɗanda suka kula Lee Eshleman cikin addu’o’inmu. Allah ya kawo mana zaman lafiya da kwanciyar hankali.
“Ko da yake na bi ta cikin kwari mafi duhu, Ba na jin tsoron mugunta. gama kana tare da ni…” (Zabura 23:4a).
Sa hannu,
Chris Douglas, Daraktan Matasa da Ma'aikatar Manya ta Matasa
Majami'ar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya