 Wani bidiyo a YouTube yana ba da labarin bacewar wasu masu wa'azi na Cocin Brothers a China, shekaru 75 da suka gabata a ranar 2 ga Disamba, 1937. Nemo shi a www.youtube.com/watch?v=V39ZYoHl4A4 . |
A ranar 2 ga Disamba, 1937, Minneva Neher tana hidima a matsayin Cocin ’yan’uwa mai wa’azi a ƙasar Sin, tare da Alva da Mary Harsh. Lokaci yayi wahala a wurin da take hidima; Japan da China sun yi yaƙi, kuma akwai sojojin Japan da yawa a yankin da take zaune. Wahala ta ko'ina.
Amma duk da haka Minneva ba ta da bege, domin lokatai masu wuya suna ba da damammaki mai yawa na yin wa’azin bishara. A cikin wata wasika zuwa ga iyayenta da aka rubuta a wannan rana, Minneva ta rubuta cewa mutane da yawa a yankin sun koma cikin ginin manufa, suna da tabbacin cewa zai zama wurin mafaka da aminci a cikin tashin hankali na yaki. Ta rubuta, "Kasuwarsu a nan yana ba mu dama ta musamman na yin wa'azin bisharar da na gani tun ina ƙasar Sin, domin da yawa daga cikin waɗannan mutanen ba su taɓa yin wani abu da aikin a da ba." Ita da Harshes sun jagoranci-cikin wasu abubuwa - hidimomin bishara na yau da kullun.
Fatanta ga Allah a cikin mawuyacin hali, shi ne tushen kyakkyawan fata; duk da haka wannan ba shine karshen labarin ba. A wannan ranar, an kira ta da Harshes su zo wajen gidan don ba da taimako ga wani mabukata. Ba a sake jin duriyarsu ba.
Binciken bacewar su ba a gano inda suke ba. Ana zaton sun yi shahada domin bangaskiyarsu ga Yesu Kristi a ranar. Shekaru saba'in da biyar bayan haka, Ikilisiyara ta ikilisiyar ’yan’uwa ta fara shirye-shiryen Zuwan mu ta wurin tunawa da bangaskiyar waɗannan abokan aikin na Kristi.
Wannan labari daga al'adar bangaskiyarmu yana ba da haske game da shirye-shiryen Zuwan mu ta bangarori biyu. Labarin yana ba da haske a baya ga labarin Maryamu, yana taimaka mana mu fahimci manyan haxari da Allah yakan buƙaci mu ɗauka a madadinsa. Zaben da Maryamu ta yi na cewa na’am ga Allah ya kusan zama wauta idan aka yi la’akari da irin asarar da ta yi: aure da tushen tattalin arziki da matsayin zamantakewa wanda ya zo da cewa; har ma da rayuwarta, kamar yadda watakila an kashe ta ne saboda yin ciki ba tare da aure ba. Amma ko da waɗannan hatsarori na gaske, wannan yarinyar ta sami gaba gaɗi ta ce eh ga Allah, kuma ta haifi Mai Cetonmu. Irin wannan bangaskiyar ya kamata ta jawo wasu tambayoyi a rayuwarmu: Da zan ce i ga Allah? Na gaskanta cewa bin Yesu zai iya haɗa da wannan matakin hadaya?
Labarin 'yan'uwa shahidai a kasar Sin ya ba da haske a wannan zamanin namu, lokacin da al'umma suka kusan shiga cikin hayyacinsu don magance dukkan matsalolinmu ta hanyar karfin mabukaci. Nunin siyayyar Kirsimeti, waƙoƙi, da tallace-tallace na TV suna bayyana a farkon kowace shekara, kuma Black Jumma'a ta fara babban koma baya cikin Ranar Godiya da kanta. Za mu iya yin jerin tambayoyi na biyu game da namu almajiran: Da niyya nawa muke rayuwarmu? Menene za mu so mu yi hadaya don mu ce “eh” ga Allah? Shin mun yarda cewa Allah zai tambaye mu wani abu mai girma?
Lokacin da aka gani daga waɗannan kwatance guda biyu, shirye-shiryen zuwan mu suna ɗaukar sauti daban-daban. Don me muke shiryawa? Zuwan-da dawowar Yesu? Zuwan 'yan uwa da yawa, tare da duk masu hidimar kyauta don siye da abincin da za a shirya? A tsakiyar wannan, Allah zai iya yin wani abu dabam a rayuwarmu? Za a iya zuwa, tare da duk ƙarin ibadarsa, da karantarwa, da karatun ibada, ya zama lokacin da aka haifi wani sabon abu a rayuwarmu? Waɗanne matakai za mu bi don mu ce “e” ga Allah?
Waɗannan ba tambayoyi masu sauƙi ba ne. Wataƙila babbar kyautar da za mu iya ba kanmu wannan Zuwan ita ce baiwar lokaci-lokaci don bincika zurfin sadaukar da kanmu ga Kristi da Ikilisiya.
- Tim Harvey tsohon mai gudanarwa na Cocin the Brothers na shekara-shekara taron kuma limamin cocin Central Church of the Brothers a Roanoke, Va. Wani ɗan gajeren bidiyo game da bacewar ’yan’uwa mishaneri yana a www.youtube.com/watch?v=V39ZYoHl4A4&feature . Dec. 2 alama shekaru 75 tun Minneva Neher na La Verne, Calif.; Alva Harsh daga Eglon, W.Va.; da Mary Hykes Harsh daga Cearfoss, Md., sun bace daga mukaminsu a Shou Yang a lardin Shansi.