Daga Frances Townsend
Wani abin farin ciki na ranar farko ta kasuwancin Babban Taron Shekara-shekara shine lokacin da aka gabatar da sababbin zumunci da ikilisiyoyi. A wannan shekara, Jonathan Shively, babban darekta na Ma’aikatar Rayuwa ta Congregational Life Ministries, ya gabatar da wata sabuwar ƙungiya. Rios de Agua Viva (Rivers of Living Water) haɗin gwiwa ne a Leicester, NC, wanda Fasto Mario Martinez da matarsa, Evelyn suka fara. Suna aiki tun Satumba 2013 kuma an ba su matsayin zumunci a cikin 2014 ta Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas.
Rios de Agua Viva ya kasance yana kaiwa musamman ga mazaunan Hispanic na al'ummarsu, waɗanda suka fito daga ƙasashe da yawa tun daga Cuba zuwa Chile. Sun fara taro a wata cibiyar jama'a, amma sun koma aiki a cikin al'umma da kuma daga gida, saboda cibiyar tana da tsadar haya kuma tana buƙatar biyan kuɗi na watanni.
Da aka yi hira da su bayan gabatar da su ga taron, Evelyn Martinez ta ce aikinsu na kawo bishara ya kasance kalubale ta hanyoyi da yawa amma tafiya ce ta karfafa bangaskiya. “Ubangiji ya koya mana kada mu ji tsoro,” in ji ta. "Duk lokacin da muka fuskanci gwaji, Ubangiji ya ba mu kalma."
Ta ce mutane da yawa da ba sa cikin tarayya a halin yanzu an kai su kuma sun albarkace ta hidimar, an ceci rayuka, kuma an shuka iri na bangaskiya. Ta yi magana game da aikin bishara tare da bege da ma'anar manufa kamar yadda ta ce, "Ba za ku iya ganin duniya ta yi duhu da duhu ba kuma coci ta yi shiru."
- Frances Townsend memba ne na ƙungiyar labarai na sa kai don taron shekara-shekara. Tana fastoci Onekama (Mich.) Church of the Brothers.