Taron Shekara-shekara na 223 na Cocin Yan'uwa
San Diego, California - Yuni 29, 2009
"A karon farko da Marie Hamilton ta shiga wani shingen tantanin halitta sai ta ji kunya, ganin wasu maza da ke da idanu suna kallonta daga kejin karfe daga bangarorin biyu na wani corridor," in ji Melanie Snyder a lokacin karin kumallo na 'yan jarida na Brethren Press. Tunaninta na farko shine, 'Muna yin haka a Amurka?'
Snyder, memba na cocin Elizabethtown (Pa.) Church of the Brother, shine marubucin "Grace Tafi Kurkuku," 'Yan'uwa Press za su buga wannan faɗuwar. Bayan ta yi aiki da kamfanoni na Fortune 500 tsawon shekaru ashirin, yanzu ita ce mai shiga tsakani kuma marubuci mai zaman kanta.
A cewar Snyder, Hamilton bai taba tunanin abin da ake yi a gidajen yari ba har sai da “… waccan kofar karfe ta rufa mata baya a karon farko a shekara ta 1975, Marie ta san cewa wannan wata duniya ce da ta sha bamban da tarbiyyar ‘yan’uwanta na kananan gari.”
Amma wannan tarbiyya ce – girma a wani ƙaramin gari na ’yan’uwa a cikin gida da babu ruwan famfo na cikin gida da lambun da ya biya musu dukan bukatunsu, darussa a Makarantar Lahadi a Curryville Church of the Brothers suna koyar da cewa Yesu yana ƙaunar dukan mutane, sansanin, da kuma hidimar Sa-kai na ’yan’uwa tare da ’yan asalin ƙasar Amirka (wanda Dan West ya ɗauke shi aiki)—wanda ya ba Hamilton amsar tambayar, “Ta yaya kyakkyawar ’yan’uwa kamar ku ta ƙare a kurkuku?”
Amsar da ta yi ita ce ’Yan’uwa ne ke da laifi. "Ka'idodin ƙauna ga dukan mutane, neman mai kyau a cikin wasu, da kuma yin zaman lafiya sun kafa harsashin shekaru 33 na aikin sa kai a kurkuku," in ji Snyder.
Hamilton ba ta taɓa niyyar ba da kanta sosai ga shirin ba, wanda ya haɗa da sadaukar da kai ga ziyarar mako-mako a gidan yari. Ta yi fatan yin aiki a mishan na kasashen waje. Amma sa’ad da ’yan fursuna suka gaya mata cewa sun ji an manta da su kuma an yi watsi da su, ta ji cewa ta yi musu hidima. Kuma sanarwar taron shekara-shekara na 1975 game da gidajen yari da fursunoni ya bayyana karara cewa wannan ita ce ma’aikatar da aka kira ta.
Snyder ya raba labarai daga aikin Hamilton. Lokacin da mahaifiyar fursuna, bayan ziyara guda, ta bayyana cewa ba za ta iya sake kawo kanta don ziyartar danta ba, Hamilton ta sadaukar da kanta ga ziyarar mako-mako fiye da shekaru takwas don taimakawa wajen dawo da mutuntakarsa. Ziyarar da ta yi ta yi tasiri wajen sauya sheka wanda ya kai ga sake shi. "Ta nuna min idan kana so, za a so ka a mayar. Marie ta gaya mani cewa ni ba dabba ba ce, amma na gaske ne,” in ji fursunonin daga baya.
Masu sauraron Snyder sun saurari cikakken shiru yayin da take ba da labarin yadda Hamilton ya nemi yin aiki tare da mata mafi tsauri a gidan yari. Duk da rashin jin daɗin ma'aikatan Hamilton ya jagoranci taron bita na kwanaki biyu akan rashin tashin hankali wanda ya fara muni. A rana ta biyu ta jagoranci "ƙungiyoyi ɗaya-ɗaya" wanda aka ba kowa a cikin ƙungiyar aikin yabon kowane ɗan fursuna. Lokacin da suke cikin kowace mace tana kuka kuma rayuwa ta canza. "Mu ba dodanni ba ne duk da cewa ma'aikatan sun gaya mana cewa mu ne," in ji wata mata.
Daga baya wani fursuna ya gaya wa Snyder cewa jinƙai shine lokacin da Allah ba ya ba ka abin da ya cancanta, amma alheri shi ne lokacin da Allah ya ba ka abin da ba ka cancanci ba. Wannan fursuna shine wanda ya bayyana wa Snyder cewa ainihin sunan Hamilton shine Grace. Lokacin da aka tambaye ta dalilin da ya sa ba ta yi amfani da ainihin sunanta ba, Hamilton ta amsa cewa ba ta jin cancanta!
Za a iya ba da oda a gaba ta littafin “Alheri ta tafi Kurkuku” ta Brotheran Jarida (800-441-3712).
–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 Kay Guyer, Justin Hollenberg, Keith Hollenberg, Glenn Riegel, Ken Wenger; ma'aikatan Becky Ullom da Amy Heckert. Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, edita. Tuntuɓar cobnews@brethren.org.