Labaran labarai na Afrilu 29, 2015



Maganar mako: "KUYI ADDU'A GA BALTIMORE"- Wani dandalin sada zumunta na "meme" wanda mutane masu imani ke yi wa Baltimore addu'a, birni ne da ke fama da tashin hankali biyo bayan mutuwar wani matashi bakar fata da 'yan sanda suka kama. Freddie Gray Jr., mai shekaru 25, ya mutu a ranar 19 ga Afrilu, bayan mako guda a hannun ‘yan sanda, sakamakon raunin da ya samu wanda bai samu kulawar likita ba. An fara tarzoma da arangama da 'yan sanda bayan kammala jana'izar Gray a ranar Litinin, 27 ga Afrilu.
Ikilisiyoyi biyu na ikilisiyoyin 'yan'uwa suna kusa da Mondawmin Mall inda tarzomar ta fara kafin ta koma cikin gari: Baltimore First Church of the Brother a 4500 Liberty Heights Ave., da Woodberry Church of the Brother a West 36th da Poole St.
"Ina fata da addu'a wani abu mai kyau zai iya fitowa daga wannan har zuwa magance rashin adalci," in ji ministan zartarwa na Gundumar Mid-Atlantic Gene Hagenberger, a cikin wata sanarwa ta imel zuwa Newsline. "Na bi ta Baltimore a yau kuma da alama mutanen da na haɗu da su sun fita hanyarsu don bayyana muradin alheri da haɗin kai."

“Ku bauta wa juna ta wurin ƙauna” (Galatiyawa 5:13, CEB).

LABARAI
1) Amsa ga girgizar kasar Nepal

2) Bankin Albarkatun Abinci yana karbar gudummawar Cocin 'yan'uwa na shekara-shekara

3) Masu aikin sa kai na Cocin ’yan’uwa sun taru don ja da baya a Honduras

4) Taron Seminary na Bethany ya bincika Anabaptism na yau

5) Ayyukan Kiwon Lafiya na Jami'ar Manchester: Shekaru talatin na hidima da ƙidaya

LABARAN NIGERIA
6) Imani yana tashi daga toka: 'Yan'uwa sun ziyarci hedkwatar EYN a Kwarhi.

7) Haɗu da jagorancin EYN: Yin aiki zuwa ga al'ada

8) Cocin Chiques na 'yan'uwa coci ne mai bayarwa

Abubuwa masu yawa
9) An shirya fara karatun Seminary na Bethany a ranar 9 ga Mayu

10) 'Hanyar Rayuwa: Adalci da Gafara' webinar an bayar da shi ranar 5 ga Mayu

BAYANAI
11) WCC ta kaddamar da sabbin gidajen yanar gizo masu inganta aikin hajji na adalci da zaman lafiya

fasalin
12) A rayuwa memory na Thao

13) Yan'uwa 'yan'uwa: Ma'aikatan gundumomi sun hadu, Fahrney-Keedy ya nemi Shugaba, Material Resources da Youth/Young Adult Ministry neman mataimaka, Bethany a cikin labarai, Shenandoah's bala'i gwanjo, da sauransu.


1) Amsa ga girgizar kasar Nepal

Roy Winter, babban darektan Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Hidima da Ma’aikatun Bala’i na ’yan’uwa ya ce: “Ta wurin baƙin ciki na halaka da mutuwa da yawa, Ma’aikatun Bala’i na ’yan’uwa suna shirya martani da yawa” game da girgizar ƙasar Nepal.

Hoto daga ACT Alliance, DanChurch Aid
Gine-gine sun lalace sakamakon girgizar kasa da ta afku a Nepal a ranar Asabar, 25 ga Afrilu, 2015.

"Za mu yi aiki kafada da kafada tare da Coci World Service a samar da gaggawa gaggawa ga mutanen Nepal da abin ya shafa da kuma mafi m ga dogon lokaci talauci. A lokaci guda Ministocin Bala'i na ’yan’uwa za su yi aiki tare da Heifer International don samar da murmurewa na dogon lokaci ga wasu ƙungiyoyin da ke cikin haɗari.

"Har ila yau, yana da mahimmanci don gina iya aiki a cikin kungiyoyin Nepalese da ke ba da taimako da farfadowa," in ji Winter. "Ta hanyar yin aiki tare da waɗannan kungiyoyi daban-daban Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa na neman samar da ingantaccen martani mai inganci ga wannan rikicin."

Girgizar kasa mai karfin awo 7.8 ta afku a kasar Nepal a ranar asabar 25 ga watan Afrilu. Ko da yake adadin wadanda suka mutu na ci gaba da karuwa yayin da ake ci gaba da aikin ceto mutane sama da 4,700 sun mutu yayin da sama da 9,000 suka samu raunuka a cewar cibiyar ba da agajin gaggawa ta kasar Nepal. Girgizar kasar ta kasance a tsakiya kasa da mil 50 daga babban birnin kasar Kathmandu.

Ana karɓar gudummawa don tallafawa martanin Ma'aikatar Bala'i ta 'Yan'uwa tare da abokan haɗin gwiwar Church World Service (CWS), Heifer International, da ƙungiyoyin sa-kai na gida (NGOs).

“Mummunan girgizar ƙasa da ta afku a Nepal ta sa mutane da yawa sun rasa matsuguni kuma sun firgita,” in ji Jane Yount, mai gudanarwa na Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta ’yan’uwa, a cikin saƙon imel. "Na gode da kyaututtukanku da addu'o'inku a madadin duk wadanda girgizar kasa ta shafa."

An ƙirƙiri shafin bayar da kyauta na Nepal a Brethren.org don sauƙaƙe bayar da martani ga Ma'aikatar Bala'i ta 'Yan'uwa. Kyaututtuka za su taimaka wajen samar da kayayyakin gaggawa na ceton rai da sauran muhimman taimako ga waɗanda suka tsira daga girgizar ƙasa. Ana iya ba da gudummawa ta kan layi a www.brethren.org/nepalrelief ko ta hanyar aika cak ɗin da za a biya ga "Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa" da kuma keɓance "Girgizar Ƙasar Nepal" zuwa: Asusun Bala'i na gaggawa, Church of the Brothers, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin IL 60120.

2) Bankin Albarkatun Abinci yana karbar gudummawar Cocin 'yan'uwa na shekara-shekara

Cocin 'yan'uwa ta hanyar Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya (GFCF) ya ba da gudummawar kyautar $10,000 na shekara zuwa Bankin Albarkatun Abinci (FRB). Gudunmawar tana wakiltar biyan kuɗin sadaukarwar ƙungiyar ta 2015 a matsayin memba mai aiwatarwa na FRB.

A wani labarin mai kama da haka, wakilin Cocin 'yan'uwa a hukumar ta FRB, manajan GFCF Jeff Boshart, zai bar hukumar ta FRB. Matsayinsa a matsayin wakilai na darika zai kasance Jim Schmidt na Polo (Ill.) Church of the Brothers, da Jay Wittmeyer, babban darektan Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis.

Boshart zai ci gaba a kan Kwamitin Tallafawa Membobin FRB, wanda ke da alhakin neman sabbin mambobi na FRB.

Boshart ya ba da rahoton cewa baya ga sabon haɗin gwiwa da World Relief, FRB kuma ta yi sauyi a cikin membobinta da tsarin gudanarwa. "A karkashin sabon tsarin," in ji shi, "dukkan ayyukan da ke da alaka da 'yan'uwanmu yanzu membobi ne na FRB a nasu dama, kuma ba ta hanyar Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya da kuma ƙungiyar ba. Sabuwar hukumar za ta sami karin wakilci daga ayyukan ci gaba da sauran sabbin kamfanoni da mambobi masu zaman kansu." Boshart ya kara da cewa, "FRB na tuntubar jami'o'i, kasuwancin agri-kasuwanci, da kuma sauran kungiyoyi masu tushen imani."

Misali ɗaya na wani dogon lokaci na FRB Growing Project wanda Cocin of the Brothers ikilisiyoyin ke daukar nauyin shi shine Aikin Haɓaka wanda Cocin Polo na 'yan'uwa ya shirya. A bana aikin zai kunshi kadada 40 na masara, tare da kudaden sayar da masarar da za a zuba a cikin FRB don karfafa aikin noma a kasashen waje, in ji Howard Royer na Cocin Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers a Elgin, Ill, daya daga cikin ikilisiyoyi hudu da ke bayar da gudunmawa. zuwa farashin iri da kayan masarufi.

Bankin Albarkatun Abinci kwanan nan ya yi maraba da agajin Duniya a matsayin sabon abokin tarayya a cikin aikinsa. World Relief, hukumar agaji da ci gaban kasa da kasa, ta shiga FRB a matsayin kungiya mai aiwatarwa. Wasu hukumomin ci gaba 15 da ɗaruruwan majami'u da ƙungiyoyin sa-kai suna aiki tare da FRB wajen haɓaka hanyoyin magance yunwa.

Don ƙarin bayani game da Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya jeka www.brethren.org/gfcf .

3) Masu aikin sa kai na Cocin ’yan’uwa sun taru don ja da baya a Honduras

Dan McFadden

Hoton Nate Inglis
Masu sa kai suna taimakawa wajen rarraba Toms Shoes ga yara a Honduras, yayin ja da baya na BVS Latin America.

Ma'aikatan Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa (BVS) da Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Ma'aikatan Hidima sun taru tsawon kwanaki hudu a ƙarshen Maris a wurin shakatawa na PANACAM da ke Cortes, Honduras, don lokacin ja da baya. Ƙungiyar takan taru sau ɗaya a shekara don tunani, sadaukarwa, da tallafi. Dan McFadden, darektan BVS ne ya jagoranci ja da baya. Duk masu aikin sa kai, ciki har da waɗanda ke cikin BVS, suna samun tallafin kuɗi don aikinsu daga shirin Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis na Cocin ’yan’uwa.

'Yan agaji na BVS Jess Rinehart ta fito ne daga aikinta a Centro de Intercambio y Solidaridad a El Salvador inda take koyar da Ingilishi kuma ta taimaka da yakin neman ruwa da tallafin wakilai. Nate da A. Inglis, suma masu aikin sa kai na BVS, sun fito ne daga Union Victoria a Guatemala inda suke aiki a matsayin masu rakiya da wata al'umma da ta sha wahala na tsawon shekaru. BVSers Ann Ziegler da Stephanie Breen sun fito ne daga Gidan Yara na Emanuel a San Pedro Sula, Honduras, inda suke hidima a cikin ayyuka da yawa tare da yara sama da 100 da ke zaune a can. Ma'aikatan Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis Alan da Kay Bennett sun fito ne daga Belén, Honduras, inda Alan ke hidima tare da Project Global Village (PAG) a matsayin injiniya mai taimakawa a aikin ruwa yayin da Kay ma'aikaciyar jinya ce tare da PAG.

An gudanar da ja da baya na wannan shekara a Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park (PANACAM), wanda aka kafa a cikin 1987 kuma aka ba PAG don gudanarwa tun 1992. Project Global Village shine hukumar ci gaban al'umma wanda memba na Cocin Brethren Chet Thomas ya fara. PAG tana kula da wannan wurin shakatawa na kasa don Ma'aikatar Kula da wuraren shakatawa na Honduras. Sanarwar manufar PAG: "Karfafa iyalai don rage talauci, gina adalci, zaman lafiya, da al'ummomi masu fa'ida bisa kimar Kirista."

Har ila yau, a lokacin da aka koma baya, kungiyar ta shiga cikin rarraba takalma na Toms Shoes, wanda ya yiwu ta hanyar shirin "saya daya ba daya". BVSers da ke aiki a gidan yara na Emanuel da sauran ma'aikatan da ke wurin suna shiga cikin rarraba takalma akai-akai.

- Dan McFadden darekta ne na hidimar sa kai na 'yan'uwa. Don ƙarin bayani game da BVS je zuwa www.brethren.org/bvs . Don ƙarin bayani game da shirin Hikimar Duniya da Hidima jeka www.brethren.org/partners .

4) Taron Seminary na Bethany ya bincika Anabaptism na yau

Da Jenny Williams

Fiye da mahalarta 65 sun taru a Makarantar Tauhidi ta Bethany a ranar 17-19 ga Afrilu don sabon taron da Cibiyar Ma'aikatar tare da Matasa da Matasa ta shirya kuma ta shirya: "Anabaptism, Generation na gaba." An bayyana shi azaman taron koyo ga waɗanda ke hidima tare da matasa masu tasowa, taron an buɗe shi ga kuma maraba da duk waɗanda ke da sha'awar binciko ci gaban Anabaptism a cikin tsararraki.

Manufar taron ta girma daga sanin cewa dabi'un Anabaptist na al'ada kamar al'umma, sauƙi, hidima, da almajirantarwa, suna ƙara jan hankali ga matasa a cikin coci da ma wasu waɗanda ƙila ba su da alaƙa. Bayan haka, an tsara tsarin bayan tattaunawar TED na zamani, shawara daga tattaunawa da 'yan'uwa matasa matasa. An gabatar da ra'ayoyi da bayanai a cikin zaman mintuna na 11 na mintuna 20, wanda ke ba kowane mai gabatarwa damar ba da takamaiman batun ga guda ɗaya.

Masu iya magana na Ecumenical Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove da Chuck Bomar sun ba da murya ga jigogi na dandalin daga wajen da'irar Anabaptist, ba wai kawai suna ƙara hangen nesa mai mahimmanci ba amma da kansu suna hulɗa tare da ƙungiyar.

Wilson-Hargrove, marubucin ruhaniya kuma mai magana, ya kafa Makarantar Juyawa, wanda ke gina al'umma a tsakanin marasa galihu ta hanyar gyaran kurkuku, da kuma ilimin al'umma. Bomar marubuci ne kuma Fasto tare da gogewar jagoranci a hidimar kwaleji kuma wanda ya kafa iampeople, yana ƙarfafa masu sa kai don yin hidima ga wasu a cikin al'ummominsu. Masu magana da 'yan'uwa Josh Brockway, Dana Cassell, Laura Stone, da Dennis Webb, da Jeff Carter, Steve Schweitzer, Tara Hornbacker, da Russell Haitch daga jami'ar Bethany da ma'aikata sun haɗu da su.

Haitch, farfesa Bethany, darekta ne na Cibiyar. “Akwai maganar cewa matasa matasa suna barin coci, amma a nan suna jagorantar cocin,” in ji shi don godiya ga waɗanda suka taru. “Taron ne mai ban sha'awa, taron gama gari. Mutane sun nuna sha'awar ga al'adun Anabaptist amma har ma sun fi sha'awar ganin yanke hukunci ya kasance cikin samar da al'umma, hanyoyin canza rayuwar jama'a a yau. "

Tsarin ya tabbatar da kasancewa mai ɗaukar hankali kuma ya sadu da godiya ga asalinsa. Batutuwa sun tashi daga mahadar Anabaptism tare da nassi da ruhi zuwa al'adu da yawa da bayyana bangaskiya ta hanyar kiɗa. Masu gabatarwa kuma sun jagoranci ƙananan ƙungiyoyin tattaunawa akan waɗannan ko wasu batutuwa masu ban sha'awa.

A ranar Asabar da yamma, mahalarta sun shiga cikin kwarewar nutsewa. Bekah Houff, mai gudanarwa na shirye-shiryen wayar da kan jama'a a Bethany - kuma mai gudanarwa na dandalin - ya bayyana shi a matsayin "ɗaukar da tattaunawarmu daga bangon Bethany zuwa yanayin da muke rayuwa." Zaɓan daga cikin wuraren cin abinci da yawa na gida ko sabis a Cocin Fountain City Wesleyan, membobin ƙungiyar sun lura da abubuwan da ke kewaye da su ta zahiri, ƙididdigar jama'a, da hulɗar waɗanda ke kewaye da su, da ma'anar waɗannan hulɗar, har ma da shiga idan zai yiwu.

A safiyar Lahadi, mahalarta sun binciko mahaɗar ziyarce-ziyarcen nasu tare da hidimar matasa masu girma ta hanyar madubi na Anabaptism, suna musayar ra'ayi na ɗaiɗaiku da kuma mahimmancin waɗannan abubuwan ga sauran al'umma. Tattaunawar ta mintuna 90 ta haɗa duk abubuwan da suka faru a ƙarshen mako game da abin da matasa za su iya kawowa ga Anabaptism da abin da Anabaptism zai iya ba da na gaba na gaba.

An kammala taron da taron ibada da dalibai da malaman Bethany suka shirya. Shawn Kirchner, malami na Bethany, ya ba da kiɗa, kuma ɗalibin MDiv Shane Petty ya ba da sakon.

Mambobin kwamitin tsara taron sun hada da Kelly Burk; Nate Polzin; Bethany baiwa Tara Hornbacker, Denise Kettering-Lane, da Steve Schweitzer; da ɗaliban Bethany Eric Landram, Sarah Neher, da Shane Petty. Duk abubuwan gabatarwa daga “Anabaptism, Generation na gaba” za su kasance don dubawa akan gidan yanar gizon Bethany. Za a yi sanarwa lokacin da aka buga su.

- Jenny Williams darektan Sadarwa da Tsofaffi / ae Relations na Bethany Theological Seminary a Richmond, Ind.

5) Ayyukan Kiwon Lafiya na Jami'ar Manchester: Shekaru talatin na hidima da ƙidaya

Anne Gregory

Hoton Jami'ar Manchester
Kungiyar 2015 Jami'ar Manchester Medical Practicum tana shirya balaguron kogi ta kwalekwale.

A cikin Jan. 1981, Ed Miller, wanda a yanzu farfesa na Jami'ar Manchester Emeritus, ya jagoranci tawagar likitoci zuwa Guatemala a farkon Kos na Zaman Lafiya na Jami'ar Manchester.

Jami'ar Manchester ɗaya ce daga cikin kwalejoji shida a faɗin ƙasar da aka kafa bisa ɗabi'u da al'adun Cocin 'yan'uwa, kuma Miller da kansa memba ne na Cocin Manchester na 'Yan'uwa.

Tawagar farfesan sinadarai sun haɗa da ɗalibai takwas da ƙwararrun likitoci Donald Parker '56, MD, da Richard Myers '69, DDS Ƙungiyar ta kasance a Mariscos, Guatemala, a Ikklesiya ta Episcopal tare da ƙaramin asibiti. Rukunin mutane 13, wadanda suka hada da limamin yankin da wani ma’aikacin kwale-kwale, sun yi tafiya a cikin kwale-kwalen kwale-kwale guda daya domin yin hidima ga kauyukan da ke gabar tafkin Izabal a gabashin Guatemala.

A waccan tafiya ta farko, jimilar kasafin ya kai dala 8,800; an caji dalibai $720; Jirgin da ya tashi daga Fort Wayne zuwa Guatemala City $379; sannan kuma kudin magani, hakora, da sauran kayayyaki sun kai dala 850. A cikin kwanaki 10 na asibitoci sun kammala aikin likita 557 da shawarwarin hakori 188. Kusan duk kayan aikin likita an ba da su ta Interchurch Medical Assistance wanda ke Cibiyar Sabis na Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md.

A cikin shekaru masu zuwa, kwas ɗin ya ba da kulawa a Panama, Honduras, Jamhuriyar Dominican, da Costa Rica. Fiye da shekaru 20, ya ɗauki ɗalibai su zauna su ci tare, koyo da su, da kuma yi wa mazauna ƙauye hidima a lungu da sako na Nicaragua.

Jeff Osborne, mataimakin farfesa a fannin sinadarai a jami'a ne ya ɗauki jagorancin kwas. Adadin ɗalibai da ƙwararrun ƙwararrun da abin ya shafa sun ƙaru cikin shekaru, tare da iyakokin kulawar likita, magungunan rigakafi, da bincike.

"Dalibai sun ci gaba da bayar da rahoton cewa sun sami tafiya a rayuwa mai canza rayuwa," in ji Osborne. "Mun yi imanin sakamakon kokarinmu yana da amfani."

Tafiyar bana, wadda ita ce ta 31, ita ce yankin Alto Wangki-Bocay da ke arewacin Nicaragua, kusa da kan iyakar Honduras, kuma ya shafi dalibai 16 da ma'aikata 19 daga Amurka da suka hada da likitoci 6, likitan hakori 1, masu hada magunguna 2, ma'aikatan jinya 2, likitan dabbobi 1. da mai kula da gwajin dakin gwaje-gwaje. An yi duk aikin likita tare da haɗin kai tare da tsarin ƙananan asibitoci na ƙasa, Sistema Local de Atención Integral en Salud, wanda ke cikin Ma'aikatar Lafiya ta Nicaraguan. Mutanen Nicaragua da suka shiga ƙungiyar sun haɗa da likitoci 2, ma'aikacin lafiya na al'umma 1, masu fassara 9, mataimaka 4, da ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa 12.

Jimlar kasafin kuɗin tafiya ya ƙaru zuwa kusan dala 83,000, tare da $15,824 da aka yi amfani da su don magunguna da kayan aikin likita don ƙara yawan gudummawar magunguna da na hakori.

Wannan rukunin mutane 63 sun yi tafiya mai nisan mil 160 a cikin kwale-kwalen kwale-kwale 6 don isa ƙauyuka 3 galibi na 'yan asalin Alto Wangki-Bocay. A cikin kwanaki 9 na asibitocin kungiyar ta kammala shawarwarin likitoci 1,440 da na hakora 87, sun yi gwajin dakin gwaje-gwaje daban-daban guda 924, tare da yi wa mutane 177 allurar riga kafi.

Sauran membobin Cocin na 'yan'uwa sun shiga cikin kwas na Janairu, ciki har da Matthew Sprunger, MD, na Fort Wayne, Ind., wanda ya kammala karatun digiri na 1978 Manchester; Robert Studebaker, DDS., Na Woodlands, Texas, wanda ya kammala karatun digiri na 1991; Joe Long na Arewa Liberty, Ind., Wanda ya sauke karatu daga Manchester a 1969; matarsa ​​Kathy, likita kuma memba na ajin 1971; da 'yar su, Rachel Long, DO, na Rochester Ind., da memba na ajin 2006. Studebaker da Rachel Long sun halarci tafiya a lokacin kwanakin dalibai.

Karamin Manchester Erik Nakajima na Oregon, Ill., Wani memba ne na ’yan’uwa da ke halartar wannan tafiya ta bana. Sauran ɗaliban MU da ke shiga cikin 2015 sune Meaghan Adams na Fort Wayne, Ind.; Bobbie Beckner na Mooreland, Ind.; Megan Buckner na Muncie, Ind.; Eric Cupp na Lafayette, Ind.; Kristiania Grogg na Arewacin Manchester, Ind.; Kliricia Loc na Kalamazoo, Mich.; Kaitlyn McDermitt na Greenville, Ohio; Anna McGowen na Williamsport, Ind.; Kyle Miller na Goshen, Ind.; Jessica Noll na LaPorte, Ind.; Loreal Richard na Rochester, Ind.; Luke Scheel na Lafayette, Ind.; Taylor Smith na Auburn, Ind.; Briauna Taylor na Centerville, Ind.; da Martin Voglewede na Oxford, Ind.

Ko da yake an mayar da hankali ne a al'adar kulawa mai mahimmanci, ƙungiyar a cikin tafiye-tafiye huɗun da suka gabata sun ci gaba da haɗa nau'i-nau'i na farko, saurin gwajin gwaji na mutanen gida don ciwon sukari, ciwon H. pylori, da cutar Chagas. Har ila yau, ya kasance ƙungiya ɗaya kawai a cikin yankin don aiwatar da tsarin "duba da magani" don yiwuwar ciwon mahaifa na mahaifa, wanda ya haɗa da duban gani tare da acetic acid tare da CO2 tank cryotherapy.

Ilimin al'umma ya kasance mai da hankali a asibitin, tare da gabatar da gabatarwa a cikin yini ga mutanen da ke jiran layi don gani. Wannan tafiya ita ce ta uku don haɗa magungunan dabbobi, da bacewar karnuka 68, aladu 232, shanu 71, alfadarai 3, da dawakai 16.

Tun daga 1981, ɗalibai 336, masu ba da kiwon lafiya 108, da wasu ƙwararrun 55 sun yi tafiya tare da ƙungiyar, suna yin kusan shawarwarin likita da haƙora 38,000.

Tsare-tsare na kwas ɗin 2016 suna da kyau. Don ƙarin bayani jeka www.medicalpracticum.org ko tuntuɓi Jeff Osborne, Ph.D., Mataimakin farfesa a Sashen Chemistry na Jami'ar Manchester, 260-982-5075 jposborne@manchester.edu .

- Anne Gregory ma'aikaciyar huldar watsa labarai ce a Jami'ar Manchester a Arewacin Manchester, Ind.

LABARAN NIGERIA

6) Imani yana tashi daga toka: 'Yan'uwa sun ziyarci hedkwatar EYN a Kwarhi.

Daga Donna Parcell, Cocin of the Brothers a Najeriya

A ranar 24 ga Afrilu mun sami damar raka tawaga daga Ofishin Jakadancin Swiss don ziyartar Mubi don ganin hedkwatar Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, Church of the Brothers in Nigeria), da makarantu, da majami'u EYN da dama. Mun ga gine-gine da aka lalata da kuma kona coci-coci. Yana da wuya a gani.

[Yan ta'addar Boko Haram sun kwace kadarorin hedikwatar cocin EYN a ranar 29 ga Oktoba, 2014, yayin da 'yan ta'addan suka fafata da su domin kwace garin Mubi. Gidan hedkwatar EYN yana cikin Kwarhi, al'umma kusa da Mubi a arewa maso gabashin Najeriya. A lokacin da hedkwatar EYN, Kulp Bible College, da sauran cibiyoyin EYN da ke Kwarhi 'yan Boko Haram suka mamaye, ma'aikatan EYN da daliban kwalejin Bible da iyalansu sun gudu a mota da kafa kuma tun lokacin suke zaune a wasu yankunan tsakiyar Najeriya kamar yadda ya saba. mutanen da suka yi hijira.]

Asibitin da ke hedikwatar EYN ya lalace gaba daya kuma yana kwance a cikin baraguzan ginin. Mun lura da wuraren da aka jefa bama-bamai, tare da tarkace a gefen hanya. Kayan aikin soja da aka yi watsi da su suna bakin hanya. Akwai ramukan harsashi a cikin motoci har yanzu da aka ajiye a harabar. An barnata ofisoshin EYN tare da kai samame. An kona majami'u.

Amma tashi daga cikin toka ruhin bege ne da tawakkali ga Allah wanda ba ya ƙarewa. Mutanen sun ci gaba da yin ibada a inuwar majami'unsu da aka kona. Hadin kan al'umma yana da karfi sosai. Mutane suna dogara ga junansu kuma ga Allah. Akwai ayyuka da yawa da za a yi don warkarwa da zaman lafiya, amma hannun Allah yana kan aiki.

Yayin da na ziyarci wata coci a Mubi, na sadu da Misis Gahara Bella. A ranar 29 ga Oktoba, 2014, tana gida, yara suna makaranta, mijinta yana gona. Ta ji karar harbe-harbe da mutane na kururuwar guduwa domin ceto rayuwarka. Ba ta san me ke faruwa ba ko inda danginta suke. Cike da firgici ta fara gudu. Babu lokacin ɗaukar wani abu. 'Ya'yanta sun tsere ta ramukan bango a makarantar. Ita da 'ya'yanta ƙanana sun nufi tsaunuka, domin a al'adance ana ɗaukan su a matsayin wurare masu aminci. Sun tsere zuwa Kamaru.

A halin yanzu mijinta da babban ɗanta sun yi ƙoƙarin tserewa ta hanya. Maza da yawa sun yi ƙoƙarin tserewa a kan tituna yayin da mata da yara suka gudu zuwa tsaunuka. An toshe hanyoyin, kuma an harbe da yawa daga cikin mutanen ciki har da mijinta. Dan nata ya boye kansa a karkashin daman masara har sai da sojoji suka bace kuma suka sami nasarar tserewa.

Bayan wasu watanni har yanzu ba ta da labarin mijinta. Da aka bude Mubi ta je nemansa. Sojojin sun ajiye masa ID nasa. An harbe shi kuma aka kashe shi a hanya. Ta iya gane shi da tufafinsa da kuma tantancewa. Yanzu ta dogara ga Allah sosai. Ta dogara gareshi akan komai kuma tana da bege.

Mun sadu da ƙungiyoyin mata daga wasu majami'u na EYN da yawa kuma mun tattauna matsalolinsu, damuwarsu, da buƙatunsu. Abinci da ruwa sune bukatu biyu da suka fi yawa. Sun tsere ba tare da sun dauki komai ba, an kwashe dukiyoyinsu da abincinsu ko aka lalata. Damina na gabatowa da sauri, kuma duk amfanin gona ya lalace kuma babu lokacin da za a sake dasa. An kwashe dabbobin duka. An lalata ramukan burtsatse ta yadda ba a samu ruwa mai tsafta ba. Babu hanyar samun kudin shiga. An lalata gidajensu. Har yanzu suna rayuwa cikin tsoro ko da yaushe kuma suna da wuya su amince da makwabtansu musulmi.

A cikin matsananciyar jarabawarsu, bangaskiyarsu tana da ƙarfi. Suna aiki tare kuma suna dogara ga Allah akan komai.

- Donna Parcell ma'aikaciyar sa kai ce tare da Najeriya Crisis Response of the Church of the Brother, a cikin hadin gwiwa tare da Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria). Za ta kasance a Najeriya na 'yan makonni, tare da Peggy Gish wajen tafiya tare da mutanen EYN, musamman mata da yara. Ta fito daga Souderton, Pa., da Indian Creek Church of the Brothers.

7) Haɗu da jagorancin EYN: Yin aiki zuwa ga al'ada

Ta Carl da Roxane Hill

Daraktan Rikicin Najeriya Carl da Roxane Hill na ci gaba da gabatar da jerin kasidu da ke gabatar da shugabannin Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria). A cikin shirin na yau, Hills ta zanta da babban sakatare na EYN Rev. Jinatu Wamdeo, da dan uwansa mai suna Bulus Libra, fasto kuma jigo a al’ummar masu jin Margi:

Hoto na Carl & Roxane Hill
Sakatariyar EYN Jinatu Wamdeo

Sakatariyar EYN Jinatu Wamdeo ta ce "Muna kokarin dawo da al'amura kamar yadda aka saba." Wannan shine abinda Rabaran Jinatu ya shaida mana a lokacin da muka ziyarce shi a watan Maris na wannan shekara. “Gaskiya,” in ji shi, ya gaya mana, “har yanzu muna cikin koshin lafiya sakamakon yadda aka yi gudun hijira daga gidajenmu. Muna ƙoƙari mu zauna kuma mu ci gaba da aikin cocin. "

Rabaran Jinatu, a matsayin babbar sakatariya, ita ce mai kula da shugabannin EYN daban-daban. “Ni ne ke da alhakin sakatarorin gunduma, limamai, da masu wa’azi (fastoci da ba a naɗa su ba tukuna), da kuma ganin suna yin aikin da aka ba su.”

Dukan shugabannin Ikklisiya suna ba da rahoto ga babban sakatare, wanda yake ƙarfafa su kuma ya yi musu ja-gora yadda ake bukata. A wannan lokaci, fiye da kowane lokaci a baya, yin aiki tare da sakatarorin DCC [district] yana da matukar muhimmanci saboda yawancin gundumomi an lalata su saboda ta'addancin Boko Haram.

"A gundumomi 7 ne kawai daga cikin 50 da ba a yi musu mummunar illa ba," in ji shi. Sakatarorin DCC dai su ne suka dauki nauyin ganin al’ummar gundumominsu na samun tallafin da ya dace. Ana rarraba abinci da kayan da ake buƙata da yawa ta hanyar haɗin kai na sakatarorin DCC.

Rev. Jinatu, wacce ta sauke karatu a Makarantar Evangelical da ke Pennsylvania ta ce: “Yana da wuya a haɗa ikilisiyar a cikin wannan rikicin. "Sakatarorin DCC su ne muhimmiyar hanyar haɗin gwiwa da ke tsakanin mutane da sabon hedkwatar [EYN annex]," wanda yanzu yake a tsakiyar Najeriya.

'Mutuwa ta zo da sauri ba tare da gargadi ba'

Daga Rev. Jinatu Wamdeo, kamar yadda aka fada wa Carl da Tudun Roxane

“Lokacin da muka tashi zuwa Yola don taron kwamitin zartarwa na Najeriya, sai na tsaya a gidan babban yayana na fada masa shirina. Kamar kullum na kai masa kayan shayi. Wannan shi ne karo na ƙarshe da na ga ɗan’uwana Bulus Libra.

“Ko da yake ’ya’yana uku sun mutu, amma mutuwar dan uwana ta fi mini zafi. Ka ga yayana ya girme ni da shekara 14. Sa’ad da mahaifina ya rasu, ya ajiye ransa don ya kula da ni da kannena uku. Ya sadaukar da biyan kudin makarantata, inda ya tura ni makarantar firamare ta mishan da kuma kara ilimi a Makarantun Waka. Na sami ingantaccen ilimi duk godiya ga dan uwana. Har ya biya matata sadaki.

“Bulus mutum ne na musamman. Masu wa’azi a ƙasashen waje ne suka zaɓe shi don a horar da shi a matsayin fasto. Bai taɓa zuwa horo na yau da kullun ba amma ya kasance mai himma a cikin coci. Har zuwa rasuwarsa shi ne ke kula da hidimar Margi a Wamdeo kuma shi ne babban mai wa’azinta. Yanzu waɗanda ba su jin Turanci kuma ba su da ƙarancin Hausa suna mamaki, 'Wa zai yi mana tanadin coci yanzu?'

“Yayana yana da shekaru 78 a duniya kuma an sauya matsayinmu; Ni ne nake kula da shi. Idan zai yiwu zan je ganinsa kowane ƴan kwanaki in kai masa ruwa mai tsafta tare da shayi, sukari, da madara. Likitoci sun gaya masa cewa kada ya sake shan ruwan rijiya kuma ni ne zan iya samar masa da ruwa mai tsafta.

“A lokacin da muke taron Yola, an kai hari hedikwatar EYN tare da wuce gona da iri. Ban iya komawa garinmu ba. Wani lokaci ina iya kiran ɗan'uwana amma sau da yawa sadarwa ba ta yiwuwa. A rana ta ƙarshe, na sami damar yin magana da ƙanena da ke cikin gonar iyali. Yana gaya mani cewa garinmu da kaninmu suna lafiya. Amma bayan sa'a daya kawai ya kira waya ya ce 'yan Boko Haram sun mamaye Wamdeo. Ba shi da cikakken bayani kuma na jira a zuciye don ƙarin labarai.

“Ban iya maida hankali a wurin aiki ba na nufi gidana na wucin gadi a [tsakiyar Najeriya]. Kafin in isa gida wani abokina ya kirani ya bani labari mai ratsa jiki cewa ’yan Boko Haram sun shigo gidan yayana sun kashe shi. Na kusa faduwa, hawan jinina ya hau sama. Bakin ciki da bacin rai suka lullube ni. Abin da ya kara ta’azzara shi ne, saboda Boko Haram, ni ma na kasa mayar da hankalina na yi wa dan uwana jana’iza.

"Amma Ubangiji Allah ne mai aminci. Rayuwa tana tafiya bayan asara kuma akwai waraka da tunawa mai daɗi na rayuwa mai kyau. Zai yi kyau dukanmu mu bi misalin ɗan’uwana kuma mu ‘biyi rayuwar da ta dace da kiran da kuka karɓa’ (Afisawa 4:1).

— Carl da Roxane Hill, daraktoci ne na ‘Nigeria Crisis Response’, hadin guiwar Cocin ‘Yan’uwa da Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Najeriya (EYN, the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria). Don ƙarin bayani game da martanin Rikicin Najeriya jeka www.brethren.org/nigeriacrisis .

8) Cocin Chiques na 'yan'uwa coci ne mai bayarwa

Ta Carl da Roxane Hill

Wasu daga cikin masu shirya taron karshen mako a Cocin Chiques. Daga hagu zuwa dama: Carolyn da Don Fitzkee, Marianne Fitztkee, Dick da Cathy Boshart, Jake da Jean Saylor, May Ann Christopher, Dr. Paul da Sandra Brubaker, da Roxane da Carl Hill.

A tsakiyar watan Afrilu, Chiques Church of the Brothers da ke Manheim, Pa., ta dauki nauyin liyafar cin abinci da gwanjon shiru don taimakawa a tallafawa Asusun Rikicin Najeriya. Daya daga cikin wadanda suka shirya taron, Jennifer Cox ta ce, “Cocin ‘yan’uwa da ke Amurka ta dauki matakin shawo kan matsalar tare da kwararar kayayyaki don kawo sauki da fata ga ’yan’uwanmu maza da mata a Najeriya da ke rayuwa a kullum tare da barazanar kamuwa da cutar. tashin hankali."

Sakamakon taron karshen mako ya kawo dala 25,100, a cewar Carolyn Fitzkee, wani memba na coci kuma mai ba da shawara ga gundumomi na gundumar Atlantic Northeast. Sauran wadanda suka halarci karshen mako sun hada da Carl da Roxane Hill, kwamandan daraktoci na yaki da rikicin Najeriya ga Cocin Brothers. A safiyar Lahadi sun gabatar da jawabi mai ba da haske kan martanin Amurka.

Duk ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarcen cocin sun burge su. “Hakika su coci ne mai bayarwa. Akwai majami'u da dama a cikin darikar da suke gudanar da irin wannan taron domin samun kudin shiga a asusun ajiyar matsalolin Najeriya. Mun yi imanin cewa ta hanyar wannan ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce na taimakon al’ummar Nijeriya Allah yana aiki a kowace ikilisiya. Wannan wata dama ce ta ganin canji na gaske a cikin majami'u da kuma sanin kasancewar Allah a hanya mafi girma."

Kamar yadda aka nanata a cikin wa’azinsa game da “Bayarwa,” minista Randy Hosler ya nuna cewa Littafi Mai Tsarki ya gaya mana, “Ku ba, za a ba ku kuma. Za a zuba ma'aunin ma'auni mai kyau, wanda aka matse, a girgiza shi, ya zube, a cinyarka. Gama da mudun da kuke yi, za a auna muku.” (Luka 6:38).

Abin da babban mai tara kuɗi ya kasance - ba kawai mai amfani ba har ma da jin daɗi ga duk waɗanda suka halarta. Abin da babban karshen mako aka yi a Chiques Church, da gaske mai ba da coci.

— Carl da Roxane Hill, daraktoci ne na ‘Nigeria Crisis Response’, hadin guiwar Cocin ‘Yan’uwa da Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Najeriya (EYN, the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria). Don ƙarin bayani game da martanin Rikicin Najeriya jeka www.brethren.org/nigeriacrisis .

Abubuwa masu yawa

9) An shirya fara karatun Seminary na Bethany a ranar 9 ga Mayu

Da Jenny Williams

Bethany Theological Seminary yana tsammanin kammala karatunsa na biyu mafi girma a cikin shekaru 17 a ranar Asabar, Mayu 9. Za a gudanar da bikin da karfe 10 na safe a Nicarry Chapel tare da dalibai 18 da ake sa ran za su kammala karatun digiri daga mashawarcin allahntaka, master of arts, and Certificate of Achievement a cikin shirye-shiryen Nazarin Tauhidi.

Rhonda Pittman Gingrich daga Minneapolis, Minn., za ta ba da jawabin farawa mai taken “Rijiyoyin Ruwa na Rai,” bisa ga saduwa da Yesu da mace Basamariya a cikin Yohanna 4. Kalamanta za su ɗaga matar a matsayin misali a gare mu a yau: bayan da ta samu. ruwan rai daga wurin Yesu don ya kashe ƙishirwa ta ruhaniya, ta zama rijiya ga wasu, tana gaya musu bisharar Linjila. Wanda ya kammala karatun digiri na 1998 a Bethany, Gingrich ya yi hidima ga Cocin ’yan’uwa a cikin ayyuka da suka shafi ilimin Kirista, hidimar matasa, da rayuwar ikilisiya. Ta yi shekaru 10 a Kwamitin Amintattu na Seminary na Bethany kuma ta koyar da kwasa-kwasan Bethany, Kwalejin 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Ministoci, da Makarantar Tauhidi ta United ta Twin Cities. Ta sami digirin likita na hidima daga United Theological Seminary a watan Afrilun wannan shekara.

Shiga bikin ilimi ta tikiti ne kawai. Duk da haka, ana gayyatar jama’a su halarci taron ibada a wannan rana da ƙarfe 2:30 na rana, kuma a Nicarry Chapel. Tare da jigon canji daga Romawa 12:1-2 , waɗanda suka kammala karatun za su rubuta, tsara su kuma su jagorance ta. Membobin aji waɗanda za su yi magana yayin hidimar sune Tara Shepherd daga Bent Mountain, Va., Richard Propes daga Indianapolis, Ind., da Steve Lowe daga Keymar, Md.

Duka bikin farawa da sabis ɗin ibada za a yi su kai tsaye a gidan yanar gizon kuma ana samun su don kallo azaman rikodi. Masu sha'awar kallon abubuwan da suka faru za su iya shiga gidajen yanar gizon a www.bethanyseminary.edu/webcasts .

- Jenny Williams darektan Sadarwa da Tsofaffi / Ae Relations na Bethany Theological Seminary a Richmond, Ind. Don ƙarin bayani game da seminary je zuwa. www.bethanyseminary.edu .

10) 'Hanyar Rayuwa: Adalci da Gafara' webinar an bayar da shi ranar 5 ga Mayu

"Hanyar Rayuwa: Adalci da Gafara" wani ɓangare ne na ci gaba da jerin shafukan yanar gizo ga waɗanda ke da hannu a hidimar matasa da matasa. Ana ba da ita Talata, Mayu 5, da karfe 8 na yamma (lokacin Gabas), tare da jagoranci daga Marie Benner-Rhoades na ma'aikatan Amincin Duniya. Don ƙarin bayani jeka shafin taron Facebook a www.facebook.com/events/1407556442833102 .

Ma'aikata daga Coci na 'Yan'uwa, Bethany Theological Seminary, da A Duniya Aminci sun haɗu don samar da bayanai da shafukan yanar gizo na ilmantarwa ga waɗanda ke aiki tare da matasa na Coci na Brothers da matasa a matsayin masu ba da shawara, fastoci, ko iyaye. Wadannan albarkatun "marasa aukuwa" suna ɗaukar nau'i na nazarin littafin yanar gizo na "Hanya don Rayuwa: Ayyukan Kirista ga Matasa" wanda Dorothy C. Bass da Don C. Richter suka shirya.

Jerin yana ba da tunani game da aikace-aikace don wasu zaɓaɓɓun surori na littafin. Duk da yake samun kwafin littafin yana da taimako, ba a buƙatar halarta ba. Ana iya siyan littafin a www.brethrenpress.com .

Ministoci na iya samun .1 ci gaba da sashin ilimi don halartar taron na ainihin lokaci. Don neman ƙimar CEU, tuntuɓi Rebekah Houff a houffre@bethanyseminary.edu kafin webinar.

Don shiga yanar gizo a ranar Mayu 5, mahalarta zasu buƙaci shiga cikin bidiyo da sassan sauti daban. Don shiga sashin bidiyo, je zuwa www.moresonwebmeeting.com kuma shigar da lambar waya da lambar shiga da aka bayar a ƙasa (fasaha da aka yi amfani da shi don wannan gidan yanar gizon yana aiki mafi kyau tare da na'urori marasa hannu). Bayan shiga ɓangaren bidiyo, mahalarta zasu buƙaci shiga sashin sauti ta hanyar buga 877-204-3718 (lalata) ko 303-223-9908. Lambar shiga ita ce 2576119.

Ga waɗanda suke son duba sashin yanar gizon ta amfani da iPad, da fatan za a sauke hanyar haɗin yanar gizon daga kantin sayar da iTunes (Mataki na 3), kuma sami lambar tarho na taro da lambar shiga don shigar da su. Har yanzu kuna buƙatar shigar da sashin mai jiwuwa tare da bayanan Shiga Audio. Sunan app din shine Level 3.

BAYANAI

11) WCC ta kaddamar da sabbin gidajen yanar gizo masu inganta aikin hajji na adalci da zaman lafiya

Daga fitowar WCC

Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya (WCC) ta ƙaddamar da sabbin gidajen yanar gizo guda biyu masu mu'amala da juna suna haɓaka haɗin gwiwa mai ƙarfi na majami'u tare da hangen nesa na "hajji na adalci da zaman lafiya." Aikin Hajji na Adalci da Zaman Lafiya wani shiri ne na majami'un membobin WCC, suna gayyatar Kiristoci da duk masu son yin aiki tare a kan batutuwan adalci da zaman lafiya don warkar da duniya mai cike da rikici, rashin adalci, tashin hankali, da zafi.

Sabon gidan yanar gizon www.wccpilgrimage.org yana ba da albarkatu ga ikilisiyoyi, ƙungiyoyi, da ƙungiyoyi don gane takamaiman hanyarsu a cikin aikin hajji. Gidan yanar gizon yana ƙarfafa rabawa da koyo daga gogewar juna.

Tambayoyi tara kamar su "Mene ne aikin hajji?" kuma "Mene ne adalci da zaman lafiya?" maziyartan gidan yanar gizon na iya ba da gudummawar tsokaci, shigar da nasu takaddun da ke da alaƙa, ko raba ra'ayoyinsu ta hanyar bidiyo ko sauti. Har ila yau, shafin yana haɗawa da tattaunawa a cikin kafofin watsa labarun, ta amfani da saiti na hashtags.

Manufar “hajji na adalci da zaman lafiya” babban jigo ne na shirye-shirye da ayyuka daban-daban na WCC, wanda ke wakiltar majami’u 345 da suka haɗa da Cocin ’yan’uwa, da Kiristoci sama da miliyan 500 a faɗin duniya. An haɓaka shi a Majalisar WCC ta 10 da aka gudanar a cikin 2013 a Busan, Jamhuriyar Koriya.

Tunani kan jigon aikin hajji da yadda yake da alaka da rayuwar majami'u a sassa daban-daban na duniya, da batun adalci da zaman lafiya da kiristoci ke fuskanta a cikin al'ummominsu, shi ne tushen sabon wuri na biyu. http://blog.oikoumene.org .

Shigar farko zuwa shafin yanar gizon, wanda babban sakatare na WCC Olav Fykse Tveit ya rubuta, an buga shi a ranar 29 ga Afrilu. Tveit ya rubuta yadda WCC ta kasance "hajji na adalci da zaman lafiya ya zama wani tsari mai mahimmanci da kuma dalili don ɗaukar sababbin matakai a kowane mataki."

A cikin tunaninsa, Tveit ya nuna "yancin bege" da kuma mahimmancinsa ga motsi na ecumenical. Ya bayyana kwarewarsa na halartar taron Vatican na baya-bayan nan kan sauyin yanayi. Ya ce, "Dole ne dukkan bil'adama su kasance da haɗin kai wajen gudanar da ayyukan da suka dace, da yin sauye-sauyen da za su iya saukaka adalci ga matalauta da kuma duk waɗanda ke fama da matsalar sauyin yanayi."

Shafin yanar gizon zai ƙunshi rubuce-rubuce daga mutanen da ke da himma sosai tare da ƙungiyoyin jama'a da gwagwarmayar majami'u don adalci da zaman lafiya. Za a gayyaci masu rubutun ra'ayin yanar gizo don yin tunani iri-iri iri-iri game da Hajjin Adalci da Aminci, duka a cikin majami'un membobin WCC da kuma bayan haka.

Dukansu gidajen yanar gizon su ne wuraren da “alhazai” za su iya bincika tare da abin da ake nufi da yin aikin hajji da kuma yadda yake zurfafa ruhinsu. Nemo gidan yanar gizon albarkatun a www.wccpilgrimage.org . Nemo shafin yanar gizon a http://blog.oikoumene.org .

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12) A rayuwa memory na Thao

Daga Grace Mishler, Tram Nguyen ya taimaka

Hoton Grace Mishler
Harshen Thao

Nguyen Thi Thu Thao, mai shekaru 24, ta mutu da safiyar Ista, 5 ga Afrilu. Ta yi digiri a Jami'ar Noma da Gandun Daji ta Ho Chi Minh City. Ta yi fama na tsawon shekaru bakwai da ciwon daji na thyroid, ciwon koda, da ciwon ido.

Thao da ɗan'uwanta sun halarci aikin kula da ido na ɗalibai na Vietnam tsawon watanni tara. A ranar 26 ga Maris mun kai ta Cibiyar Ido ta Amurka don yin shawarwarin gaggawa. Kumbura idanuwanta ne masu raɗaɗi masu raɗaɗi.

Thien An Makaho School ya amsa

Da safiyar Ista, dalibai a makarantar Thien An Blind sun sami labarin cewa abokin karatunsu mai suna Thao, makaho ya mutu. Mun taru da karfe 5 na yamma, da yammacin Ista, don tunawa da abubuwan da suka kai ga mutuwarta. Shugaban makarantar ya bukace ni da in yi jinjina a wannan taro domin murnar irin rayuwar da ta bar mana. Duk da ta sha wahala, fuskarta na annuri da murmushi. Na ji bakin cikin yaran makafi. Mun ci abinci tare, sa’an nan muka taru don yin addu’a, rera waƙoƙi, karanta Rosary, kuma muka shirya tafiyarmu ranar Litinin zuwa al’umman noman kofi na gundumar Di Linh don mu shiga cikin bukin addinin Buddha na rayuwar Thao.

Makarantar Makafi ta Thien An, shugaban makaranta, ’yar’uwar Katolika, da ni mun ɗauki lokaci don ziyartar Haikalin Uwar Maryamu. Har ila yau, mun karanta Rosary.

Bikin rayuwar Thao

A wurin tunawa da ita, an ajiye gawar Thao a cikin akwati kuma aka binne ta a makabartar mabiya addinin Buddah a yankin karkarar Di Linh, yankin da ma'aikatan Sa-kai na kasa da kasa da ma'aikatan hidimar Kirista na Vietnam suka ba da ayyukan agaji kafin 1975.

Thao ya girma a cikin gandun daji na kofi. Ta na da retinol dystrophy. Ta bar garinsu don zuwa jami'a inda ta sami digiri a Jami'ar Noma da Gandun daji ta Ho Chi Minh. Tana aiki da digirinta na biyu a fannin Nazarin Jafananci. Duk da ta sha wahala na tsawon shekaru bakwai, ta ci gaba da bin burinta na neman ilimi. Thao ta sami damar biyan burinta yadda ya kamata ta zama a Thien An, inda take da sabis na tallafi don rayuwa mai zaman kanta, karatun ilimi, sabis na tallafi na IT masu mahimmanci, da bayar da shawarwari. Komawa gida, danginta manoman kofi ne. Sun so ta dawo gida da zama a lokacin da ta dade tana jinya amma ta kuduri aniyar kammala karatun ta.

A hidimar bikin rayuwarta, ’yar’uwar Katolika ta raba wasiƙa da wani uba na ruhaniya ya rubuta. Thao ta raba ranar Ista da mai kula da ita a asibiti, kuma kalmominta na ƙarshe sune: "Ina mutuwa." Wani annurin murmushin natsuwa ya saki.

Na gaya wa danginta da jama’arta da abokanta a hidimar: “Thao ta koya mini cewa ko da a cikin wahala, ko da a cikin zafi, za mu iya zama masu farin ciki da juriya.”

Hukumomin karkara sun neme ni in zo kusa da akwatin da aka saukar a cikin kasa. Sun ba ni dattin datti don in watsar da su zuwa wurin da aka binne kafin su fara rufe akwatin. Daga baya, iyayen Thao sun zo wurina sau biyu, lokacin na ƙarshe lokacin da nake shiga bas don in tashi. Sun yi min godiya da zuwan jana’izar, kuma sun ji daɗin yadda na taimaka wa ’yarsu da ɗansu da matsalolin ido.

Thao yana da wasu ’yan’uwa biyu da makafi, su ma. Wani ɗan’uwa malamin lissafi ne a Makarantar Makafi ta Nguyen Dinh Chieu da ke birnin Ho Chi Minh. Wani malamin IT ne a makarantar Thien An Makafi.

Wane gado ne ga matalautan manoman kofi na Vietnam, waɗanda suka sadaukar da rayuwarsu don tura yaransu zuwa babban birni don ilimi. Kuma menene gadon da Thao ta rungumi iyawarta wajen sanin kai da juriya ko da tana rayuwa da raɗaɗi da wahala. Ta kasance gaba da lokacinta saboda ta samu ko da ba a samar da tsarin ilimi na yau da kullun don taimakawa ba. Ta yi sa'a ta zauna a Thien An School for the Blind.

- Grace Mishler ma'aikaciyar sa kai ce mai aiki a Vietnam ta hanyar Cocin 'Yan'uwa da Hidima na Duniya. An bayar da wannan labarin tare da godiya ga Tram Nguyen, mataimakin Mishler. Mishler yana kan sashen Jami'ar Kimiyyar Jama'a da Jama'a ta Vietnam a matsayin Mai Haɓaka Ayyukan Ayyukan zamantakewa. Don ƙarin game da ma'aikatar nakasa a Vietnam duba www.brethren.org/partners/vietnam .

13) Yan'uwa yan'uwa

- Hukumar gudanarwar gida da kauyen Fahrney-Keedy ta fara aikin neman shugaban kasa a fadin kasar. don maye gurbin Shugaba / shugaban kasa Keith Bryan mai ritaya. Bryan ya yi aiki a matsayin babban jami'in gudanarwa tun 2010 kuma ya yi aiki tare da hukumar don samar da wani tsari mai mahimmanci da kuma babban tsari na dogon lokaci na Ikilisiyar da ke da alaka da ritayar 'yan'uwa kusa da Boonsboro, Md. Ana ci gaba da shirin fadadawa, tare da tsarin mulki. -da-art-art-fit-water management system da kuma tsarin ajiyar ruwa da ke zuwa kan layi a watan Mayu. Karkashin jagorancin Bryan kungiyar ta sanya kanta a fannin kudi don aiwatar da matakai na gaba na shirin fadadawa. Bryan zai yi ritaya a ranar 29 ga Mayu. Hukumar ta kafa kwamitin bincike wanda ke bin hanyoyin yanki da na kasa don 'yan takarar da za su jagoranci kungiyar. Kwamitin yana neman jagora mai hangen nesa tare da ƙwarewa mai ƙarfi a cikin sarrafa kuɗi da tallace-tallace, tare da gogewa a cikin nasarar haɓaka ci gaba da kula da al'umma mai ritaya. Gidan Fahrney-Keedy da Kauye, ɗaya daga cikin tsofaffi kuma sunaye mafi girma a cikin kulawar dattijai a Maryland, an kafa shi a cikin 1905. Ci gaba da kula da masu ritaya gida gida ne ga mazauna kusan 200 a cikin rayuwa mai zaman kanta, taimakon rayuwa, kulawar jinya, da ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya. wurin kulawa. Fahrney-Keedy wata al'umma ce ta bangaskiya kuma tana aiki a matsayin ƙungiya mai zaman kanta da ta himmatu don wadatar da rayuwar tsofaffi. Ziyarci www.FKHV.org don ƙarin koyo game da Fahrney-Keedy Home da Village da kuma ganin cikakken sanarwar matsayi na Shugaba. Ana karɓar ci gaba da ɗan takara har zuwa 5 ga Yuni.

Mataimakan gudanarwa na gundumomi goma sha uku daga ofisoshin gunduma na Cocin Brothers sun yi taro a manyan ofisoshi na darikar da ke Elgin, Ill., a wannan makon. An gudanar da tarurrukan tare da ma’aikatan darika, kuma ofishin ma’aikatar ne ya dauki nauyin taron. Akalla wani babban jami'in gunduma daya da mataimakiyar gudanarwar gunduma daya mai ritaya na cikin kungiyar. Hoto daga Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford.

 

- Cocin ’yan’uwa na neman mataimaki na cikakken lokaci a cikin ɗakunan ajiya don cika matsayi na sa'a guda a cikin shirin Albarkatun Kayan Aiki a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md. Matsayin yana taimakawa tare da nadawa quilts, baling, loading da sauke tirela, da kuma aikin ɗaurin koyo don share kwali daga waƙa da sauran ayyuka. kamar yadda aka ba shi. An fi son ƙwarewar sito kuma ƙwarewar jack pallet na lantarki yana da taimako. Diploma na sakandare ko makamancin da ake buƙata. Za a karɓi aikace-aikacen kuma a sake duba su nan da nan, har sai an cika matsayi. Ana gayyatar 'yan takarar da suka cancanta don neman fakitin aikace-aikacen da cikakken bayanin aikin ta hanyar tuntuɓar Ofishin Albarkatun Jama'a, Church of the Brothers, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120; Bayani na 800-323-8039 367; humanresources@brethren.org .

- Ma'aikatar Matasa da Matasa Manyan Ma'aikatar Matasa na neman mataimakan ma'aikatar 2015-2016 na Cocin 'Yan'uwa, don yin hidima ta hanyar Sabis na Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa (BVS). Matsayin duka matsayi ne mai amfani da kuma matsayin gudanarwa da aka mayar da hankali kan shirye-shiryen taron karawa juna sani na Kirista na 2016, Taron Matasa na Matasa na Kasa 2016, da Sabis na bazara (wanda ya haɗa da Ƙungiyar Tafiya ta Zaman Lafiya ta Matasa). Yawancin shekara ana yin shirye-shiryen waɗannan abubuwan a cikin Babban ofisoshi a Elgin, Ill., yayin da sauran lokacin da aka kashe don sauƙaƙe waɗannan abubuwan a kan shafin. Mataimakin yana aiki tare da ƙungiyoyin tsare-tsare daban-daban don tsarawa da aiwatar da abubuwan da suka faru, gano jigogi, tarurrukan bita, masu magana, da sauran shugabanni, kuma yana kula da ɓangaren gudanarwa na al'amuran daban-daban da suka haɗa da rajista na kan layi, kasafin kuɗi, daidaita kayan aiki, bin kwangila da fom. Wannan wuri na BVS ya haɗa da yin hidima a matsayin mai sa kai na BVS da kuma kasancewa memba na BVS'Elgin Community House. Bukatun sun haɗa da kyaututtuka da gogewa a hidimar matasa; sha’awar hidimar Kirista da fahimtar hidimar juna, duka bayarwa da karɓa; balagagge na tunani da ruhaniya; basirar kungiya da ofis; ƙarfin jiki da ikon tafiya da kyau; Kwarewar kwamfuta, gami da gogewa tare da Microsoft Office (Kalma, Excel, Access, da Publisher). Don ƙarin bayani ko don neman cikakken bayanin matsayi tuntuɓi Daraktan Matasa da Matasa Manyan Ma'aikatar Becky Ullom Naugle, bullomnaugle@brethren.org ko 800-323-8039 ext. 385. Ana samun takardar neman aiki a http://goo.gl/forms/MY6Zi8ROHL . Ana karɓar aikace-aikacen har zuwa 30 ga Yuni.

- Makarantar tauhidin tauhidi ta Bethany batu ne na babban labarin sifa a cikin jaridar "Palladium Item" a Richmond, Ind., garin gida na cocin Church of the Brothers seminary. Siffar, mai taken "Bethony ya sadaukar da kasancewarsa a Richmond," Louise Ronald ya rubuta, an buga Afrilu 26. Labarin ya lura cewa "Bethony yana kusa da ESR [Makarantar Addini ta Earlham] a kusurwar National Road West da College Avenue," kuma duk da cewa an kafa ta a cikin 1905, kuma an fara shi a Chicago, "yana cikin Richmond ne kawai tun 1994…. Ɗayan dalili Bethany ya zaɓi ya zo Richmond shine don samun abin da [Farfesa Bethany Tara] Hornbacker ya kira dangantakar 'yar'uwar seminary' tare da ESR. 'Ƙungiyoyin Addinai na Abokai da Cocin 'Yan'uwa) tiyoloji ba iri ɗaya ba ne… amma sun dace, kuma akwai kuzarin da ke mutunta bambance-bambance da kamanceceniya. "inda makarantar hauza ke bayar da gidaje ga dalibai, kuma ta yi hira da shugaban kasar Jeff Carter a tsakanin sauran ma'aikatan makarantar hauza. "Fatan shine… mu iya zama albarka ga birni," in ji Carter. Nemo labarin a www.pal-item.com/story/news/local/2015/04/26/bethany-committed-presence-richmond/26409907 .

- Kasuwancin Ma'aikatun Bala'i na gundumar Shenandoah na 2015 a kan Mayu 15-16 "ba da daɗewa ba zai kasance a nan!" ya sanar da jaridar gundumar. Abubuwan da ke farawa da wasan golf a safiyar Juma'a, 15 ga Mayu, a Heritage Oaks a Harrisonburg, Va. Ayyuka a filin baje kolin Rockingham County suna farawa da karfe 1 na rana ranar 15 ga Mayu. Nemo ƙarin bayani tare da saka sanarwar gwanjo a http://files.ctctcdn.com/071f413a201/c25fd528-4353-4e98-8ab5-c6bf07e13192.pdf .

- Phillip C. Stone, shugaban makarantar Bridgewater (Va.) College, zai ba da adireshin farawa na 2015 na kwalejin. a ranar Asabar, Mayu 16, da karfe 10 na safe Taken adireshinsa shine "Bace Pieces," in ji wata sanarwa daga kwalejin. Dattijon da suka kai 365 ana sa ran za su sami digiri a farawar da aka yi a babbar kasuwa. Uba Lawrence Johnson, darektan kula da Pastoral Care a Stella Maris Inc., a Timonium, Md., zai isar da sakon a hidimar baccalaureate a ranar 15 ga Mayu, da karfe 6 na yamma, a kan kantin harabar. Taken sa shine "Wa kuke Cewa Ni?" Stone memba ne na Cocin 'yan'uwa, ɗan asalin Virginia kuma 1965 ya kammala karatun digiri na Kwalejin Bridgewater. Ya halarci Makarantar Digiri na Digiri na Tattalin Arziki na Jami'ar Chicago kuma ya sami digiri na doka daga Jami'ar Virginia, kuma ya kasance lauya mai aiki tare da Harrisonburg, Va., Kamfanin Wharton, Aldhizer, da Weaver. Bayan shekaru 24 a matsayin lauya, ya zama shugaban Kwalejin Bridgewater a 1994. A lokacin aikinsa, rajista ya kusan ninki biyu kuma harabar ta gudanar da manyan ayyukan gine-gine da ingantawa. Har ila yau, ya ba da shawarar shirin Fayil na Haɓakawa na Keɓaɓɓu tare da kula da kafa sabbin guraben karo karatu, ɗaukar manyan malamai, da inganta fasahar fasaha, in ji sanarwar. Stone ya yi ritaya a matsayin shugaban Bridgewater a cikin 2010 kuma kwamitin amintattu ya nada shi a matsayin shugaban kasa. Daga nan ya shiga uku daga cikin 'ya'yansa a cikin Rukunin Lauyan Dutse, wani kamfanin lauyoyi na Harrisonburg. Shi ne wanda ya kafa kuma shugaban kungiyar Lincoln Society of Virginia kuma ya yi aiki a kwamitin ba da shawara na Amurka da kwamitocin Bicentennial na Virginia Lincoln. Hidimar sa kai ga Cocin ’yan’uwa ya haɗa da yin hidima a matsayin shugaban hukumar ɗarika da kuma mai gudanarwa na taron shekara-shekara na 1991, da kuma hidima a kwamitocin nazarin taron shekara-shekara da yawa.

- Jami'ar Manchester ta kafa tarihi na fiye da sa’o’in hidima 60,000 a shekara ta 2014-15, in ji sanarwar da aka saki daga makarantar da ke N. Manchester, Ind. Wannan yana wakiltar “ci gaba mai girma” a cikin aikin hidimar makarantar, in ji sanarwar. “A shekarar da ta gabata, jami’ar ta yi hidima fiye da sa’o’i 49,000. Manchester ta kasance tana yin sama da sa'o'i 42,000 a kowace shekara, a cewar Carole Miller-Patrick, darektan Cibiyar Mu's don Damarar Sabis."

- A cikin ƙarin labarai daga Jami'ar Manchester, makarantar a N. Manchester, Ind., tana ba da sansanonin bazara na 2015 guda biyar. na yara: Nasara Chess, LEGO® Camp, Culinary 101, Sansanin Kimiyya, da Sansanin Robotics. Bugu da kari, jami'ar na gudanar da hutun karshen mako na tara na Scrapbooking ga manya. Kwararru ne za su koyar da azuzuwan, wadanda wasu daga cikinsu membobin kungiyar Manchester ne. Farashi da lokacin rajista sun bambanta dangane da sansanin. The Scrapbooking Retreat ne Yuni 5-7, a kan farashin $150 ($95 idan ba a zauna a harabar dare daya), yi rajista da Mayu 29. Nasarar Chess ita ce Yuni 8-12 daga 9 na safe na rana don maki 3-6, a farashi na $99 kowane camper tare da T-shirt hada da, rajista ta Yuni 1. The LEGO Camp ne Yuni 22 - 26 daga 8-11 am ga maki 1-3, a farashin $99 da camper tare da T-shirt hada, rajista ta Yuni 12. Cibiyar Kimiyya ita ce Yuni 29-Yuli 1 daga 1-4 pm don maki 4-6, a farashin $ 65 ga kowane camper tare da T-shirt da aka haɗa, yi rajista ta Yuni 23. Cibiyar Culinary 101 ita ce Yuni 29-Yuli 1. daga 10 na safe zuwa 5 na yamma don shekaru 10-14, a farashin $ 135 ga kowane sansanin tare da abincin rana, yi rajista ta Yuni 23. Gidan Robotics shine Yuli 13-17 daga karfe 9 na safe don maki 6-8 a farashin $150 ga kowane camper tare da T-shirt da aka haɗa, yin rijista zuwa Yuli 3. Don ƙarin bayani ko yin rajista danna kan Abubuwan da ke zuwa a www.meetatmanchester.com .

- Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm zai gabatar da lacca na John Kline na bana a kan jigon “Kidaya Kudin, Bangaskiya a nan gaba: ’Yan’uwa a Ƙarshen Yaƙin Basasa.” "Wannan shekara ta 2015 ita ce ƙarshen Yaƙin Basasa, kuma Ottoni-Wilhelm zai yi sharhi game da tasirin wannan rikici a kan 'yan'uwa," in ji Paul Roth, shugaban gidan John Kline Homestead a Broadway, Va., mai tarihi. gidan Ministan Yakin basasa na zamanin Yakin basasa kuma shahidan zaman lafiya John Kline. Ottoni-Wilhelm zai kwatanta yadda ’yan’uwa a shekara ta 1865 suka ji game da abin da suka yi da kuma abin da ba su yi a lokacin yaƙi ba, kuma zai bincika yadda bangaskiya ta shafi ’yan’uwa begen nan gaba. Ottoni-Wilhelm, wanda ke da digiri na uku daga Makarantar tauhidin tauhidi Princeton, shi ne Alvin F. Brightbill Farfesa na Wa'azi da Bauta a Bethany Theological Seminary a Richmond, Ind. Ta rubuta littattafai biyu, "Wa'azin Bisharar Markus: Shelar Ikon Allah," wanda ya bayyana a cikin 2008, da kuma mai zuwa "Wa'azin Mulkin Allah: Muryoyin Yesu don Coci da Duniya." Ita ma shahararriyar mai wa'azi ce a Cocin 'yan'uwa. John Kline Homestead a Broadway, Va., yana ɗaukar nauyin jerin lacca. Wannan zai zama na biyar kuma na ƙarshe a cikin jerin abubuwan da suka yi bikin tunawa da Sesquicentennial na Yaƙin Basasa. Za a gudanar da laccar a gidan John Kline a ranar Lahadi, 17 ga Mayu, da karfe 3 na yamma za a ba da kayan shakatawa na ƙarni na sha tara. Shiga kyauta ne, amma wurin zama yana da iyaka kuma ana buƙatar ajiyar wuri. Don ajiyar wuri da ƙarin bayani, tuntuɓi Paul Roth a proth@bridgewater.edu ko 540-421-5267.

- An baiwa Deanna Beckner lambar yabo ta bangaskiya a cikin Aiki ta Ofishin Rayuwar Addini a Jami'ar Manchester. "An ba da lambar yabo a kowace shekara ga ɗalibin da ya ba da gudummawa ta hanyoyi masu mahimmanci ga shirye-shiryen Rayuwar Addini da Harabar Ma'aikatar a Manchester, kuma wanda ya ba da imaninsa a cikin harabar harabar da kuma cikin al'umma mafi girma," in ji sanarwar. Beckner babban babban binciken sadarwa ne daga Columbia City, Ind., Daga layin tsararraki biyar na tsofaffin ɗaliban Manchester. Ministan harabar makarantar Walt Wiltschek ne ya ba da kyautar a ranar Lahadi, 19 ga Afrilu, a wurin taron liyafar ci gaban dalibai. Beckner ta kasance mataimakiyar ma'aikatar Campus a ofishin Rayuwar Addini tun shekararta ta farko a Manchester kuma ta kasance babban mai ba da gudummawa ga Hukumar Tsakanin Addini ta Campus, tana aiki a wannan shekara a matsayin mai gudanarwa. Ita ce shugabar kungiyar Simply Brethren kuma ta dade tana shiga cikin kungiyar 'Yan Uwa ta Radically Obedient Brother, kuma ta kasance cikin shirin Yabo Jam da sauran shirye-shiryen Rayuwa na Addini. Ta yi shirin ci gaba da ba da lokacinta bayan ta kammala karatunta daga Manchester ta shiga hidimar sa kai na ’yan’uwa a cikin bazara. "Su, da wurin sanyawa inda ta ƙare, za su sami kwazo, ma'aikaci marar gajiyawa tare da babban zuciya, tarin kyautai, da dutse mai ƙarfi da bangaskiya mai girma," in ji Wiltschek.

- Kimberly A. Kirkwood na Manassas (Va.) Church of the Brothers kuma wanda ya kammala karatun digiri na 1983 na Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) ya sami kwalejin Kyautar Jin kai na West-Whitelow. "Kirkwood ya girma kusa da harabar makarantar a matsayin 'yar marigayi James Kirkwood - ɗaya daga cikin kwalejin ta dadewa, ƙaunatattun furofesoshi waɗanda suka yi aiki na shekaru da yawa a matsayin shugaban sashen Ingilishi," in ji wata sanarwa daga kwalejin. "Ganin yadda mahaifinta ya sadaukar da kansa ga aikin sa kai don Conservancy Nature Conservancy da kuma bankin abinci na gida bayan ya yi ritaya ya sa Kirkwood ya sha'awar yin hidima ga wasu." Ita ma'aikaciyar fasahar sadarwa ce na kamfanin lissafin gidaje, Lowry, Horn, da Johnson Ltd. a Fairfax, Va. A cocin Manassas ta kasance mai ba da shawara ga rukunin matasa, ta koyar da shirin makarantar Lahadi kan kula da yara, ta haɗu da Shirin ba da jagoranci ga matasa na 8th da 9th grades, kuma shekaru 17 da suka gabata sun ba da kansu tare da bikin Faɗuwar Ikklisiya, amintaccen madadin wayo ko magani. Ita memba ce a hukumar coci, a halin yanzu tana aiki a Hukumar Kula da Baƙi da Hidima. Ta kasance wakili a taron shekara-shekara kuma ta yi aiki sau biyu a kan kwamitin tsare-tsare na Babban Taron Gundumar Mid-Atlantic. Bugu da ƙari, ta ba da aikin sa kai tare da Sabis na Red Cross na gida na Amurka, kuma ƙwararren mai aikin sa kai ne tare da Coci na Ayyukan Yara na Bala'i. Ta ba da taimakon kula da yara bayan guguwar Katrina a 2005, ta zauna tsawon makonni biyu a Florida, Alabama, da Mississippi.


Masu ba da gudummawa ga wannan fitowar ta Newsline sun haɗa da Emily Barrand, Jeff Boshart, Deborah Brehm, Charles Culbertson, Mary Kay Heatwole, Carl da Roxane Hill, Michael Leiter, Dan McFadden, Grace Mishler, Becky Ullom Naugle, Tram Nguyen, Donna Parcell, Margie Paris, Paul Roth, Howard Royer, Emily Tyler, Jenny Williams, Roy Winter, Jay Wittmeyer, Jane Yount, da edita Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, darektan Sabis na Labarai na Cocin 'yan'uwa. Za a buga fitowa ta gaba a kai a kai na Newsline a ranar 5 ga Mayu. Sabis ɗin Labarai na Cocin ’yan’uwa ne suka shirya shi. Tuntuɓi edita a cobnews@brethren.org . Newsline yana fitowa kowane mako, tare da batutuwa na musamman idan an buƙata. Ana iya sake buga labarai idan an ambaci Newsline a matsayin tushen.

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