"Allah ne mafakarmu da ƙarfinmu, Mataimaki na yanzu a cikin wahala." - Zabura 46: 1
Ana neman addu'a ga al'ummar jami'ar Virginia Tech da ke Blacksburg, Va., da sauran al'ummomin da ke kewaye, bayan wani harbe-harbe da ya yi sanadin mutuwar mutane 33 tare da jikkata wasu da dama.
Ikilisiyar Makiyayi mai kyau na 'yan'uwa ta nemi addu'a a Blacksburg, inda Marilyn Lerch ke hidima a matsayin fasto; ta gundumar Virlina da gundumar Shenandoah; da kuma ta Cocin of the Brother General Board. Gundumomin Virlina, Shenandoah, da wataƙila wasu gundumomi, sun haɗa da ikilisiyoyi da yawa tare da ɗaliban ’yan’uwa a Virginia Tech.
Rahotanni sun ce wannan shi ne harbe-harbe mafi muni da aka taba yi a tarihin Amurka. Har zuwa yammacin rana, "Roanoke Times" na Roanoke, Va., a http://www.roanoke.com/ ya ruwaito cewa an kashe akalla mutane 33.
Rahotanni sun bayyana cewa, an fara harbe-harbe ne da misalin karfe 7 na safe, inda aka yi harbe-harbe a wurare biyu a harabar makarantar, a dakin kwanan dalibai da kuma ajujuwa. An ruwaito cewa maharin da ba a san ko waye ba yana cikin wadanda suka mutu.
Fasto Lerch ya ce: “Ku yi addu’a ta wannan hanyar. "Ka kewaye mu da addu'a."
"Addu'o'in gundumar Virlina suna tare da ɗalibai, iyaye, malamai, ma'aikata, da duk waɗanda abin ya shafa," in ji wani imel daga ministan zartarwa na gundumar David Shumate.
"Tunaninmu da addu'o'inmu suna tare da na mazauna yankin Virginia Tech bayan harbe-harbe na yau," in ji imel daga gundumar Shenandoah. "Mun san cewa yawancin majami'unmu suna da dalibai a harabar kuma suna yi musu addu'a don tsira da kuma ta'aziyya saboda wannan bala'i."
Babban sakatare Stan Noffsinger da ma’aikatan kungiyar Life Teams, Area 3, sun bukaci addu’a ga duk wadanda harbe-harben ya shafa. Noffsinger ya yi kira da a yi addu'a ga iyalai da abokanan wadanda abin ya shafa, jami'a da ma'aikatanta da kungiyar dalibai, ga ikilisiyoyin 'yan'uwa da suka hada da daliban jami'a ko ma'aikata, ga masu amsawa na farko tsakanin 'yan sanda da ma'aikatan lafiya, ga al'ummar imani a Blacksburg, da kuma dangi. na wanda ya aikata hakan. "Dukkan su suna bukatar addu'o'inmu," in ji shi. “Akwai wadanda ba su da laifi da iyalansu, akwai kuma dangin wanda ya aikata wannan aika-aika mai tsananin kiyayya a kansu, da jami’an tsaro da sauran wadanda ake kira. Dukkansu suna buƙatar fahimtar cewa ba sa tafiya su kaɗai. ”
Good Shepherd fasto Lerch, wanda kuma yana aiki a matsayin daya daga cikin ministocin harabar, tana kan hanyarta ta zuwa jami'a lokacin da aka same ta ta wayar tarho da tsakar rana. Ta nemi addu'o'i ga al'ummar jami'ar, da kuma addu'a ga garin Blacksburg saboda dangantakar da ke tsakaninta da jami'ar. "Garin ya cika da mamaki," in ji ta. Ta kara da cewa wannan shi ne karo na biyu da jami’ar ke fama da harbe-harbe a wannan shekarar. Kasancewar a ranar farko ta darasi wani dan bindiga ya saki a harabar jami’ar, ta ce ya sa lamarin a yau “ya kasance mai wahala.”
A wannan lokacin, Lerch ya ce an san cikakkun bayanai kaɗan. Ta ruwaito cewa kungiyar makiyayi mai kyau ta hada da ma’aikata da malaman jami’ar, kuma ya zuwa yanzu babu wani a cikin ikilisiya da harbin ya shafa kai tsaye a halin yanzu. Ta ce ta sami damar tuntuɓar yawancin ma'aikatan jami'a a cikin ikilisiya.
Cocin Shepherd mai kyau na ’yan’uwa zai gudanar da taron addu’o’i a cikin shiru a yammacin yau daga karfe 5-7 na yamma, lokacin da za a bude cocin a matsayin wuri mai tsarki, in ji Lerch. Jama'a za su jira su ga abin da ake bukata, bayan wannan lokacin addu'a, in ji ta.
Gundumar Virlina ta raba adireshin gidan yanar gizon da Cibiyar Interfaith ta Virginia ta kirkira don masu son raba tsokaci, addu'o'i, da ta'aziyya: http://www.compassion24x7.org/. Cibiyar za ta aika kwafin duk saƙonnin da suka dace ga shugaban Virginia Tech.