Daga Frances Townsend
Tufafin da kungiyar mata ta ZME ta Cocin Brothers a Najeriya ke sawa
A cikin kaka na shekarar da ta gabata, Tim Joseph ya yi tunanin gudanar da wani babban biki a Cocin Onekama (Mich.) Church of the Brothers a ranar 31 ga watan Janairu a matsayin mai ba da tallafi ga Asusun Rikicin Najeriya. Gwagwarmayar da ’yan uwa a Najeriya ke yi a halin yanzu na iya zama matsala mafi girma da kungiyar ‘yan uwa ta taba fuskanta, musamman idan aka yi la’akari da yawan mutanen da lamarin ya shafa, da rugujewar coci-coci, da yawan mace-mace. Tabbas ya kamata mu yi duk abin da za mu iya don aika agaji.
Mutane da yawa sun kafa kwamitin tsare-tsare, ciki har da mutane daga Cocin Onekama na ’yan’uwa da Cocin Lakeview na ’yan’uwa. Mun buga fosta wanda ya sami ra'ayoyi kusan 1,200 akan Facebook. Fastoci kuma sun haura a cikin gari da yanki. Mun aika kwafin fosta da wasiƙar bayani ga kowane ’yan’uwa da coci da ke Michigan da muke da adireshi, da majami’u na ɗarikoki dabam-dabam. A yayin taron, mutane daga akalla majami'u 10 a gundumar Michigan sun zo.
Mark Ward ya hada gwanjon shiru da mutane daga nesa kamar yadda gabar yamma ta aika kayan sayarwa. Dole ne mu kasance masu zaɓi saboda ƙarancin sarari. An ba da gudummawar kyawawan ayyukan fasaha da sauran kayayyaki.
Esther Pierson da wasu sun yi aiki a kan abincin don jibin miya mai daɗi. Cocin Lakeview na 'yan'uwa ya kawo kayan zaki, kuma abokai daga wajen cocin ma sun kawo wasu abubuwa.
Tim Joseph ya shagaltu da jera mawaka don hidimar addu'ar da aka yi a sama da karfe 4 na yamma, da kuma wakoki na yau da kullun bayan cin abincin dare a kasa. Ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta haɗa da mutane daga Lakeview da Manitee Choral Society, mawaƙa 25 da Marlene Joseph jagora da Carol Voigts akan piano.
Har ila yau, jaridar ta yi hira da Tim Joseph da wani labarin a shafin farko. Jama’a da dama daga cikin al’ummar da suka ga labarin sun aike da tallafi ga Asusun Rikicin Najeriya duk da cewa ba su samu halarta ba. Ana ci gaba da karbar gudummawar makonni bayan taron.
Jaridar ta aika da dan jarida don haka aka buga labarin na biyu bayan taron. Hakan zai taimaka wa jama’ar yankinmu su kasance a faɗake game da buƙatu a Najeriya, ba wai don agajin agaji ba, har ma don tallafin addu’a.
Don shirya cocin a gani, Susan Barnard ta kawo yadudduka da ta tattara daga Afirka kuma waɗanda aka rataye a cikin Wuri Mai Tsarki da ginshiƙi. Mun zayyana wani faifan bidiyo a lokacin taron addu’o’in, wanda ya bayyana halin da ake ciki da kuma yadda asusun rikicin ke taimakawa. An kuma yi hasashe nunin nunin faifai yayin wasan kwaikwayo.
Kimanin mutane 140 zuwa 150 ne suka halarta. Yanayin yana da kyau, don haka sun sami damar zuwa daga nesa.
Mawakan sun haɗa da ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta faɗaɗa, Katy Joseph akan piano; Tim da Byron Joseph, tare da Jamey Barnard, Marlene Wood, da Trevor Hobbs; Arina Hiriwiriyakun on piano; Loren Ma'amala tare da guitar. A ƙasa bayan cin abinci, Tim da Byron Joseph da abokai sun rera waƙa, kamar yadda Tucker Laws da Clara Gallon, Ellie McPherson da Chloe Kimes suka yi. Carol Voigts ta jagoranci labarin waƙa tare da halartar masu sauraro, kuma Dave Gendler ya raba waƙa.
Ana cikin haka ana yin gwanjon shiru. Mutane da yawa daga ciki da wajen cocin sun ba da gudummawa. Akwai babban kwali daga Oregon, ƙananan mata daga Lake Ann United Methodist mata da sauransu, ayyukan fasaha na asali ciki har da masu fasaha daban-daban suka ƙirƙira, har ma da takardar shaidar kyauta don zaman sulhu, tsakanin dozin wasu abubuwa. Dukkanin kayayyakin gwanjon sun tafi ne a kan kudi mai kyau, har ma a lokacin, mutane sukan biya kan abin da suka nema, duk a cikin ruhin tallafawa harkar.
Kowa ya yi babban maraice. An kara fahimtar da mutane da yawa abubuwan da ke faruwa a Najeriya. An daga sallah da yawa. Mu a matsayinmu na al'umma muna aiki, wasa, da addu'a tare mun tara sama da $10,000. Godiya ta tabbata ga Allah. Da fatan ’yan’uwanmu maza da mata a Nijeriya su kasance da aminci da bege a wannan mawuyacin lokaci.
- Frances Townsend fasto ne na Cocin Onekama (Mich.) na 'yan'uwa.