Taron Shekara-shekara na 223 na Cocin Yan'uwa
San Diego, California - Yuni 28, 2009
Tafiya ta zaman lafiya da shedar zaman lafiya na faruwa kowace shekara a taron shekara-shekara ta wata hanya ko wata, amma taron na bana ya sha bamban. Na farko, saboda San Diego tuƙi ne, ba birni mai tafiya ba, Bob Gross, babban darektan On Earth Peace, ya gaya wa mahalarta taron cewa za su fi dacewa da nuna alamun maimakon fitar da takardu.
Gross ya kara da cewa babban bambanci shine Phil da Louise Reiman ba za su kasance a nan ba. Rayuwar su, ta ƙare ba zato ba tsammani a wani hatsarin mota lokacin Kirsimeti, an yi bikin bikin na bana. "Wannan zai zama lokacin tunawa da su," in ji Gross.
Jama'a sama da 70 ne suka hallara bayan kammala taron kasuwanci. Madalyn Metzger, memba na kwamitin Amincin Duniya, ta ce, "Wannan wata hanya ce ta girmama rayuwar Phil da Louise. Sun ji daɗin zaman lafiya sosai.”
Tina Rieman, 'yar Phil da Louise, ta nuna cewa iyayenta ba kawai sun damu da zaman lafiya a gida da zaman lafiya a duniya ba, "Sun kuma damu da zaman lafiya. Zaman lafiya ya fara a cikinmu.” Ta gayyaci duk wadanda suka halarta don yin aiki don sulhu a rayuwarsu.
Shi ma ɗansu Ken Rieman ya yi magana. Ya tuna yadda yake da mahimmanci ga iyayensa cewa suna rayuwa ƙasa da talauci don kada su biya haraji don tallafawa yaƙi. “Rayuwarsu tana bayyana a taken taron shekara-shekara, ‘Tsohon ya shuɗe, sabon ya zo.’”
Ya ji tsoron zuwan taron shekara-shekara a wannan shekara. "Wannan shi ne babban tarona na shekara-shekara na 30, amma na farko ba tare da mutane na ba," in ji shi. "Na yi tsammanin zai yi wahala, amma yana motsawa don mutane da yawa su gaya mani abin da suke nufi da su. Ba na fatan hakan, amma maganganunsu sun ƙarfafa ni.”
Rieman ya kara da cewa babban dalilin da iyayensa suka yi na samar da zaman lafiya ya samo asali ne daga zurfin tausayawa da suke yi wa wasu, wanda da gaske ya karfafa su ta hanyar shigarsu cikin kungiyoyin kare hakkin jama'a da na yaki da yaki.
A karshe ya ce ba ya son a dora iyayensa a kan tudu domin wasu na iya ganin abu ne mai wuya a yi koyi da su. A maimakon haka ya yi kira ga kowa da kowa ya yi rayuwar da aka sadaukar domin zaman lafiya.
–Frank Ramirez fasto ne na cocin ‘yan’uwa na Everett (Pa.)
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Ƙungiyar Labarai don taron shekara-shekara na 2009 ya haɗa da marubuta Karen Garrett, Frank Ramirez, Frances Townsend, Melissa Troyer, Rich Troyer; masu daukar hoto Glenn Riegel, Ken Wenger, Keith Hollenberg, Justin Hollenber, Kay Guyer; ma'aikatan Becky Ullom da Amy Heckert. Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, edita. Tuntuɓar cobnews@brethren.org.