Nthawi zonse kupita patsogolo

Olympic View ikuchitapo kanthu molimba mtima kuti anthu azikhala pachimake

Wolemba Roger Edmark

Nkhani ya Olympic View Community Church of the Brethren inayamba mu 1948, pamene mpingo woyamba wa Seattle (Sambani)—umene unakhazikitsidwa zaka 45 m’mbuyomo—unamanga nyumba yatsopano m’dera la Maple Leaf mumzindawo.

Panthawiyo, a Douglas firs pafupi ndi tchalitchicho sanali aakulu komanso okhwima monga lero. Mutha kuwona mosavuta nsonga za Mapiri a Olimpiki okwera chakumadzulo; motero, tchalitchicho chinatchedwa Olympic View Community.

Malowa adalandira madalitso a Seattle Council of Churches chifukwa kuderali kunalibe matchalitchi. M’busa, Dewey Rowe, anapita khomo ndi khomo m’dera loyandikana nalo akumauza aliyense, mosasamala kanthu za chipembedzo chimene anali nacho poyamba, kuti “uwu unali tchalitchi chawo.” Anali woona ndi wosamala, ndipo anthu anabwera. Unalidi mpingo wa anthu ammudzi.

M’zaka makumi angapo zotsatira, chinakula, chinakula, chinakula, chinagawanika kamodzi, chinakula kwambiri, ndipo kenako chinayamba kuchepa umembala. Koma kupyola zonsezi, idatumikirabe anthu oyandikana nawo, kuthandizira chigawo, inali yoyimira misasa, ndipo idakhalabe yoyenera. Pamene kusintha kwa ubusa kunachitika mu 2015, mamembala a tchalitchi adapanga komiti yamtsogolo. Tinali titakhala aang’ono, ndipo zinthu zina zinali zitatithera. Tsogolo lathu linali lotani?

Pa nthawiyo, mabungwe pafupifupi 30 a m’derali ankagwiritsa ntchito tchalitchichi nthawi zosiyanasiyana m’chaka chonse. Tinasonkhanitsanso mabasiketi a Thanksgiving a mabanja akusukulu ya pulaimale ya m'deralo komanso malo ogona azimayi. Kuwonjezera apo, tinayamba kuchita lendi malo ku matchalitchi ena osachita phindu m’deralo komanso kusukulu ya chinenero cha Chimandarini. Tinatsimikiza, pamene timayang'ana zam'tsogolo, kuti panali zifukwa zambiri zokhalirabe ndikupitiriza kutumikira anthu ammudzi.

Mipingo ina yoŵerengeka inafunikira nyumba, chotero tchalitchi cholankhula Chispanya chinabwera Lamlungu madzulo, tchalitchi cha Korea Lamlungu masana, ndipo potsirizira pake Mpingo wa Eritrean Orthodox (womwe unaphatikizapo othaŵa kwawo ena a Olympic View Community adathandizira) Lamlungu m’mawa. Tinakhalabe okhulupirika ku mawu oti “mudzi” m’dzina lathu.

Panthawi ya mliri tidapitilizabe kupembedza limodzi, koma okalamba adakhutitsidwa ndi kulowa nawo pa intaneti. Tinazindikira kuti mphamvu zambiri zinkaperekedwa poyang’anira alendi a mpingo. Ndalama zimene alendiwo ankapeza zinali kuchititsa kuti tchalitchichi chiziyenda bwino, koma tinakayikira ngati umenewu unali udindo wathu. Ntchito yoyang’anira malowo inagwera anthu ochepa, ndipo anayamba kusonyeza kuti akutopa.

Pamene tidayambanso kuyang'ana zam'tsogolo mu 2022, mwayi watsopano unafika. Northaven, gulu la anthu akuluakulu lomwe linakhazikitsidwa ndi tchalitchi zaka zoposa 50 zapitazo, anatiuza kuti tizikalambira kumeneko monga tchalitchi. Pamene mpingo udasanthula bwino njira zisanu za tsogolo la mpingo, kugulitsa nyumbayo ndikupembedza ku Northaven kudakhala chisankho chogwirizana mtsogolomo. Gulu latsopano la masomphenya linakhazikitsidwa, ndipo masomphenya awo a mpingo wa ku Northaven anatichititsa kusamuka.

Choncho mbiri ya mpingo ingagwirizane ndi mmene mpingo umasonkhaniramo, ndipo ifenso tinali osiyana. Ngakhale kuti inali malo abwino kwambiri ku Seattle, ndipo omanga anaiona kukhala yabwino, inali nyumba yolambiriramo ndipo inali yathu. Chinthu chokha chimene chinaona kuti n’choyenera chinali kuipereka ku mpingo wina umene unali kuikonda ndi kuilemekeza monga nyumba yolambiriramo. Tchalitchi cha Orthodox cha ku Eritrea chinamva kuti mwina tikuganiza zosamuka ndipo anatitumizira kalata yosonyeza chidwi. “Musatigulitse kufikira mutalankhula nafe.” Tinakambirana, ndipo anapangana kuti agule nyumbayo.

Tinayambanso kulambira ku Northaven, pa kampu ya anthu 300 yomwe ili pamtunda wa makilomita ochepa kumpoto kwa nyumba yathu yakale ya tchalitchi. Ndizosangalatsa komanso zaulemerero pomwe zikuvutitsa nthawi yomweyo.

Wina yemwe akuyang'ana nkhani yathu kuchokera kunja adalongosola kuti ndi nkhani ya imfa ndi kuuka. Mpingo wakale wa Abale, womwe kwa zaka 75 unkapembedza pakona ya 95th ndi 5th NE ku Seattle, unayikidwa pa Oct. 1, 2023, ndipo tchalitchi chatsopano chomwe chili mu Harbor Room ya Northaven Senior Living station ndi kuwuka m'malo mwake.

Ndalama zogulitsa nyumbayi zikuperekanso moyo watsopano. Ndalama zina zikupita ku chigawo ndi chipembedzo, ndipo ena apita ku Northaven kukachita ntchito zatsopano kumeneko.

Zonse zinayamba ndi kudzipereka kudera la Olympic View zaka 75 zapitazo-kudzipereka komwe kunabweretsa Yesu kumudzi. Kudziperekaku kukupitilira pomwe tchalitchi cha Eritrean Orthodox chikutumikira mderali tsopano, ndipo pomwe mpingo wathu ukupita patsogolo kuyambitsa china chatsopano.