Dokta James Kim, wanda ya kafa Jami'ar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Pyongyang a N. Koriya (na biyu daga hagu) a wani liyafar da aka yi don girmama shi a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a ranar 10 ga Nuwamba. Har ila yau, an nuna shi da wani kek na bikin nasa. ziyarar ita ce (daga hagu) Jay Wittmeyer, babban darektan Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis na Cocin ’yan’uwa; Howard Royer, manajan Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya wanda ta hanyarsa ne aka kafa 'yan'uwa a Koriya ta Arewa; da Norma Nichols, ma'aikatan wata 'yar'uwa jami'a a kasar Sin da Dr. Kim ya kafa.
Tunani mai zuwa daga ɗakin sujada a Cocin of the Brethren General Offices, Elgin, Ill., Babban Daraktan Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis Jay Wittmeyer ne ya ba da shi. Ya yi la'akari da ainihin ma'anar bikin 11 ga Nuwamba, da kuma girmamawa ga St. Martin da masu zaman lafiya na zamani kamar Dr. James Kim, wanda ya kafa Jami'ar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Pyongyang a Koriya ta Arewa, wanda ya ziyarci tare da 'yan'uwa ma'aikatan a kan. Nuwamba 10:
"Ku ba da duk abin da ke gare su – haraji ga wanda haraji ya wajaba, kuɗaɗen shiga wanda kuɗin shiga ya dace, girmama wanda ya cancanta, girmama wanda ya cancanta.” (Romawa 13: 7).
Juma'a rana ce ta musamman, kamar yadda kalanda zai daidaita kamar 11/11/11. Rana ta goma sha ɗaya ga wata na sha ɗaya a shekara ta goma sha ɗaya. 11 ga Nuwamba, ba shakka, rana ce ta musamman kuma an san shi a matsayin hutu na dogon lokaci a ƙasashe da yawa. A Amurka ita ce Ranar Tsohon Soji. Kamar yadda al'adar Amurka ta saba, a ranar Juma'a za a gudanar da wani biki a makabartar Arlington ta kasa, wanda zai fara daidai da karfe 11 na safe, kuma za a ajiye fure a kabarin wadanda ba a sani ba.
Sha ɗaya na safe yana da mahimmanci domin a daidai wannan lokacin ne a cikin 1918 aka sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar kawo ƙarshen Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya. Kakannina ko da yaushe suna kiran ranar 11 ga Nuwamba a matsayin Ranar Armistice, ko kuma ranar dakatar da makamai wanda ya kawo karshen Babban Yakin, yakin kawo karshen duk yaƙe-yaƙe. Ranar 11 ga watan Nuwamba ta zama ranar sojoji bayan yakin duniya na biyu. A cikin Burtaniya da kasashen Commonwealth, an yi bikin ranar 11 ga Nuwamba a matsayin ranar tunawa. Wasu kuma suna kiranta a matsayin Ranar Poppy saboda waccan waƙar "A cikin Filin Flanders." Poppies masu haske suna hade da ranar, alamar da ta dace ga jinin da aka zubar a yakin.
An zaɓi 11 ga Nuwamba da kyau don dakatar da yaƙin WWI don ranar St. Martin na Tours Day (http://stmartinoftours.org/about-us/st-martins-background). Martin (c. 316-397), wanda ya yi zamani da Constantine, shi ne farkon mai fafutukar tabbatar da zaman lafiya na Daular Roma. Martin Luther, an haife shi a ranar 10 ga Nuwamba, ya yi baftisma a ranar 11 ga Nuwamba kuma an ba shi sunan St. Martin. St. Martin shi ne majiɓincin saint na Faransa.
An tilasta wa Martin ya shiga sojan Roma sa’ad da yake matashi. Wata rana da yamma yana bakin aiki, yana cikin ruwan sama sai ya hangi wani marowaci kwance a bakin titi. Martin ya yayyage babban babban hafsansa biyu don ya ba maroƙi kashi. Daga baya a wannan dare ya yi mafarki, a cikinsa ya ga Yesu sanye da ƙaramin mayafi. Yesu ya ce, “Abin da kuke yi ga mafi ƙanƙanta cikin waɗannan, ku yi mini.”
Martin ya yi baftisma a cikin coci yana ɗan shekara 18. Kafin yaƙi, Martin ya sanar da cewa bangaskiyarsa ta hana shi yin yaƙi. An tuhume shi da rashin tsoro, aka daure shi, kuma manyansa suka yi shirin sanya shi a gaban yakin. Duk da haka, maharan sun kai ƙara don neman zaman lafiya, yaƙin bai taɓa faruwa ba, kuma an sake Martin daga aikin soja.
Ku girmama wanda ya cancanta. Bayan ƙarni na yaƙe-yaƙe masu wuya da rashin tausayi, ainihin ranar 11 ga Nuwamba ya canza mana a cikin Amurka - daga masu fafutuka zuwa armistice zuwa ranar Tsohon soji, inda muke girmama waɗannan, kuma waɗanda suka yi aiki a cikin sojan soja kawai.
Amma ya kamata al’ummar Kirista su ba wa waɗanda suke hidima mafi girma—waɗanda suka keɓe kansu cikin hidima ga Allah da kuma daraja iri ɗaya. Na yi imani ya kamata mu girmama duk wanda ya cancanci girmamawa. Wannan ya haɗa da masu aiko da rahotannin yaƙi da ’yan jarida, mishaneri, da ƙwararrun masu hidima a duniya a ƙungiyoyi kamar Doctors Without Borders. Kuma wadanda suka tunkude yaki tun farko fa? Me game da masu sasantawa, jami'an diflomasiyya, masu zaman lafiya? Menene ma'anar wani ya yi aiki tuƙuru don kawo zaman lafiya da guje wa yaƙin nukiliya a zirin Koriya? Wace daraja ya kamata ya sami mutumin?
Dr. James Kim yana yin haka kuma yana ziyartar mu a Babban ofisoshi gobe. Robert da Linda Shank sun yi aiki a Koriya ta Arewa a shekarar da ta gabata tare da Dr. Kim a jami'ar da ya fara, Jami'ar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Pyongyang. Wannan shine labarin Dr. Kim kamar yadda Lord David Alton ya faɗa (:)
Labarin Dr. James Chinkyung Kim:
A shekara ta 1950, a lokacin barkewar yakin Koriya, Chinkyung (James) Kim yana da shekaru 15 kacal. Amma duk da haka, ya shiga ya yi yaƙi da arewa. A cikin mutane 800 da ke cikin rukuninsa, 17 ne kawai suka tsira.
Wani dare a fagen fama, bayan karanta Bisharar St. Yohanna, “A can kuma na yi alkawari ga Allah cewa zan yi aiki tare da Sinawa da Koriya ta Arewa, sa’an nan abokan gabanmu,” in ji Dokta Kim, sojojin da ya sha fama da su. ɗaukar makamai. "Idan na tsira daga yakin, na yi wa Allah alkawari cewa zan ba da raina ga hidimarsu, da zaman lafiya da sulhu."
Bayan yakin, ba tare da komai ba, ya fara tafiya zuwa Faransa, sa'an nan kuma ya tafi Switzerland, inda ya sadu da Francis Shaeffer wanda zai rubuta babban tasiri "Abin da Ya Faru ga Dan Adam?" A 1960, ya tafi Biritaniya inda ya yi karatu a Bristol's Clifton Theological College.
Daga baya, ya koma Seoul, Koriya, kuma a 1976 ya fara jerin kasuwanci Enterprises a Florida. Amma bai manta da alƙawarin da ya yi ba-alkwarin da ya ɓoye a cikin zuciyarsa - kuma, a cikin 1980s, ya sayar da kasuwancinsa da gidansa don samun kudin shiga kwalejin jami'a a Koriya ta Kudu. A shekarar 1992 ya shirya fitar da samfurin iliminsa zuwa kasar Sin. Jami'ar Kimiyyar Fasaha ta Yanbian da ke Yanji a arewa maso gabashin kasar Sin, ta zama jami'ar hadin gwiwa ta farko a kasar waje. Ita kuma ta zama abin koyi ga Pyongyang.
Kafin hakan ta faru, gwamnatin Kim Jong Il ta Koriya ta Arewa za ta kama Dr. Kim, bisa zarginsa da kasancewa dan leken asirin Amurka, kuma zai shafe kwanaki 40 yana tsare a gidan yari. An yanke masa hukuncin kisa.
An umarce shi da ya rubuta wasiyya, kuma a bisa alƙawarin da ya yi na cewa zai mayar wa ƙasarsa komai, ya shaida wa waɗanda suka yi garkuwa da shi cewa da zarar sun kashe shi za su iya samun sassan jikinsa don yin bincike a kan likita. A cikin wasiyyarsa ya rubuta wa gwamnatin Amurka cewa “Na mutu ina yin abubuwan da nake so bisa ga son raina. Ɗaukar fansa ba za ta ƙara kawo ramuwar gayya ba kuma za ta zama wani yanayi mai ɗaci na ƙiyayya marar iyaka. Yau, za a tsaya a nan kuma ƙiyayya ba za ta ga nasara ba. Ina mutuwa saboda son kasata da al'ummata. Idan ka dauki wani mataki don mutuwata to da gaske mutuwata ta kasance ba don komai ba kuma ba gaira ba dalili."
Da yake bayyana abin da ya faru a lokacin, James Kim ya ce "Gwamnatin Koriya ta Arewa ta motsa kuma ta ba ni izinin komawa gida na a China." Bai yi korafin jama'a ba game da abin da ya faru kuma bayan shekaru biyu "Sun gayyace ni zuwa Koriya ta Arewa kuma suka tambaye ni ko zan manta da bambance-bambancen da ke tsakaninmu, in gina musu jami'a kamar wadda na kafa a China?"
Dokta Kim ya yi imanin cewa kwarewarsa ita ce shaida cewa mulkin Koriya ta Arewa "ana iya taɓawa kuma ana iya isar da saƙo a wani mataki. A mafi girman ma'auni muna buƙatar zurfafa ƙwarewar sulhu. "
Muna ba da girmamawa da girmamawa ga Dr. James Kim don aikin sulhuntawa a Koriya ta Arewa da kuma duk waɗanda suke hidima a duniya a ranar 11 ga Nuwamba, Ranar St. Martin.
- Wittmeyer ya rufe hidimar ɗakin sujada tare da furucin daga waƙar waƙar, "Cocin Kristi a kowane Zamani": "Ba mu da manufa sai dai mu yi hidima cikin cikakkiyar biyayya ga Ubangijinmu, mu kula da kowa, ba tare da tanadi ba, da kuma yada 'yantarwarsa. magana." Don ƙarin bayani game da ayyukan Cocin ’yan’uwa a Koriya ta Arewa je zuwa www.brethren.org/partners/northkorea. Don ƙarin bayani game da waɗanda suka ƙi yarda da imaninsu daga Cocin Zaman Lafiya na Tarihi (Church of the Brothers, Mennonite, and Quaker) waɗanda suka yi hidima a Sabis na Jama'a maimakon zuwa yaƙi, je zuwa http://civilianpublicservice.org.