Kafa Iyalin Fasto Yayi Tunani akan Shekaru 99 tare da Cocin Arcadia

Rachael Bail, 'yar fasto mai kafa, ta yi tunani game da dangantakar shekaru 99 na danginta da Arcadia (Fla.) Church of the Brothers yayin da suke ci gaba da mallakar asali na parsonage da sauran gidajen da ke kewaye da cocin. Yanzu tana zaune a Washington, DC, 'yar jarida ce mai ritaya wacce ta yi aiki a St. Petersburg Times, da sauran jaridu, kuma tsohuwar edita kuma wakilin Kotun Koli na Amurka na Muryar Amurka:

“Mahaifina, SW (Samuel Wishert) beli, ya ji rauni yana siyan fili a Arcadia, Fla., da kuma kusa da shi domin wani mai wa’azin ’yan’uwa ya yi tallan kadarorin a cikin littafin cocin, ‘Manzon Linjila,’ yana cewa akwai yankin ’yan’uwa a wurin. Duk da haka, ya zama abin ba haka yake ba.

“Lokacin da mahaifina da mahaifiyata suka je Arcadia a shekara ta 1914, ba abu ne mai sauƙi ba daga Washington, Pa., inda suke zama a gonar iyali. Mahaifina ya umurci Kamfanin Crist ya gina mana gida na iyali da kuma gidajen haya guda shida a kan shingen birni biyu. A wancan lokacin Arcadia ta kasance cibiyar masana'antar shanu ta Florida. Mahaifina manomin kiwo ne kuma waɗannan shanun naman sa ne, cike da kiwo da ke yaɗun kadada 100,000 ko fiye.

“A ƙarshe, da taimakon John Roebling, wanda mahaifinsa ya gina gadar Brooklyn a birnin New York, mahaifina ya ba da kuɗin gina Cocin Arcadia na ’Yan’uwa.

“Akwai ƙarancin magudanar ruwa a Arcadia a lokacin. Lokacin da aka yi ruwan sama, an yi ambaliyar ruwa mai tsanani, kuma Arcadians sun kasance suna kiran waɗannan gidaje a matsayin 'bail's lakefront'. Mahaifina ya saka hannun jari a gonar citrus mai girman eka 200 a tafkin Placid tare da ƙwararrun kiwon lafiya, Dr. McSwain da mai harhada magunguna Jake

Wey, yayin da ake sadaukar da ƙarshen mako don wa'azi da canza membobin.

“A yau muna bikin cika shekaru ɗari na rukunin gidajen da suka haɗa da gidan danginmu, wanda ya zama gidan yari a lokacin.

"Na girma a Arcadia, wanda akai-akai yana rayuwa har zuwa sunansa mara kyau, kuma ina fatan a ƙarshe za mu iya gane mafarkin mulkin mallaka na ’yan’uwa da mahaifina ya yi tunanin ya saya ta hanyar cika gidajen da ya gina da kuma Cocin ’yan’uwa a duk faɗin ƙasar. titi tare da Ikklesiya."

- Nemo ƙarin game da Arcadia Church of the Brothers a www.arcadiacob.org . Tuntuɓi dangin beli a rachbail@yahoo.com .

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