Athanasus Ungang da Jillian Foerster sun fara aiki a Sudan ta Kudu a madadin Cocin Brothers. Dukansu an sanya su tare da abokan haɗin gwiwa, tare da tallafi daga shirin Hikimar Duniya da Sabis na ƙungiyar.
Ungang ya fara ne a watan Satumba a matsayin mai aikin sa kai tare da Cocin Africa Inland Church (AIC), wata majami'ar cocin Sudan inda aka sanya tsohon ma'aikacin mishan na Cocin 'yan'uwa Michael Wagner. Ungang wani minista ne da aka naɗa a cikin AIC, wanda ya kasance mai alaƙa da Cocin Brothers lokacin da yake fassara marigayi Phil da Louise Rieman yayin da suke ma'aikatan mishan a Sudan shekaru da yawa da suka wuce. Tun daga nan shi da iyalinsa suka yi ƙaura zuwa ƙasar Amirka, inda ya yi aiki a jihar Dakota ta Kudu a kan wurin zama baƙi. Matar Ungang da 'ya'yansa suna ci gaba da zama a Amurka.
Foerster yana aiki tare da RECONCILE International a matsayin abokin gudanarwa, yana aiki ta hanyar Sabis na Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa (BVS). Ita memba ce a cocin Mill Creek na 'yan'uwa a Port Republic, Va., kuma tana da digiri a cikin dangantakar kasa da kasa tare da ƙarami a fannin tattalin arziki.
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| Hoto daga Jay Wittmeyer |
| Jillian Foerster ta fara aiki a RECONCILE a Sudan ta Kudu, tana aiki a matsayin ma'aikaciyar Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa tare da daukar nauyin shirin Hikimar Duniya da Sabis na cocin. |
Babban darektan Ofishin Jakadancin da Sabis na Duniya Jay Wittmeyer ya raka Foerster zuwa Sudan ta Kudu kuma ya zauna na tsawon mako guda yana ziyarar aiki tare da abokan hadin gwiwa, inda ya dawo Amurka a ranar 6 ga Disamba. Ya gana da shugabannin AIC, RECONCILE, da Majalisar Cocin Sudan.
Wittmeyer ya ba da rahoto game da shirye-shiryen Cocin ’yan’uwa na kafa Cibiyar Zaman Lafiya a yankin Torit a Sudan ta Kudu a matsayin “wurin isar da sako wanda za mu iya yin aiki a ciki.” Yana tunanin yin haɗin gwiwa tare da AIC don gina wurin don Cibiyar Zaman Lafiya, wanda kuma zai zama wurin da 'yan'uwa za su yi aiki a kan ayyukan da suka danganci ilimin tauhidi, ci gaban al'umma, da ci gaban aikin gona. Wittmeyer ya kara da cewa yana fatan kafa cibiyar zai ba da damar sanya masu aikin sa kai na BVS da dama a Sudan ta Kudu.
A yayin tafiyar tasa, Wittmeyer ya samu labarin sabbin shugabannin Majalisar Cocin Sudan, inda aka tsige tsohon shugaban majalisar daga mukaminsa, bayan da aka yi masa ba-zata. Wittmeyer ya gana da Rev. Mark Akec Cien, babban sakatare na majalisar, wanda ke karfafa Cocin ’yan’uwa su shiga Sudan ta Kudu “saboda dogon tarihinmu a can,” in ji Wittmeyer.