Okuggulawo Enzigi

Nze ne Anne twava ku M/V Anastasis ku nkomerero y’omwaka 1994. Zaali myaka ena egy’essanyu lingi okuva mu kiwonvu kyange eky’obutebenkevu bw’otulo, era twali tuweereddwa omukisa ogw’ebintu ebingi eby’ekitalo n’emikwano emipya. Twali tugenderedde okudda mu British Columbia ennungi, ate nate, okutwala obuvunaanyizibwa obw’okukulembera ekkanisa ne Christian & Missionary Alliance. Baali bampadde ekitiibwa kinene nga bakuumira okwewandiisa kwange gye bali, wadde nga saali nkyakola mirimu gy’ekibiina ekyo mu butongole. Nnaweebwa erinnya ery’obuweereza obw’enjawulo, kubanga Omukulu w’Ekitundu yamanya omugaso gw’omulimu ogwakolebwa abakozi ba Anastasis mu nnimiro y’obwamisonaali eya West Africa, ekitundu C&MA gye baali ne kinene.

Naye okusooka, twalina okukozesa omukisa okukyalira muwala waffe Lynette n’ab’omu maka ge mu Australia. Twasobozesebwa okukola kino olw’ekisa kya musawo eyali akyalidde ku Anastasis. Ekiro kimu, nga twogera, nnayogera nti nnalina abaana b’abaana basatu mu Australia be nnali sinnaba kulaba. Ku ssaawa ez’olweggulo lwennyini, yagenda mu kisenge kyaffe n’agamba Anne nti, “Buli lwe munaayagala okugenda e Australia, amatikiti gammwe gamaze okusasulirwa!” Kino kyandibadde olugendo olw’omu bulamu omulundi gumu gwokka, bwe tutyo ne tuteekateeka okukyala emyezi mukaaga.

Lowooza essanyu lyaffe bwe lyeyongera Anne bwe yategeezebwa, ng’asaba n’ekisa, omukozi w’entambula Omungereza nti engeri esinga okukekkereza ye kuyita mu Canada nga tuyimirira mu Vancouver. “Yee, tuyinza okuyimirira mu kkubo bwe tuba twagadde.” Bwe kityo, omwezi gumu ne guyisibwa mu Victoria, nga tulaba ab’omu maka ga bawala baffe abalala n’emikwano, nga tetunnaba kweyongera mu lugendo lwaffe okutuuka eri Lynette n’ab’omu maka ge mu Canberra.

Omwezi ogusooka gwandibadde omuzibu nnyo gye ndi, okwetegereza obulamu obutali na mulimu n’obutamanya bya mu maaso. Oluvannyuma ne ŋŋenda okuyigiriza essomero ery’ekyeya ery’e Capernwray Bible School mu Moss Vale, okumpi ne Sydney. Kino kyali wiiki esooka eya Jjanwali 1995, abayizi nga bajja okumala wiiki emu okuva mu buvanjuba bwonna obwa Australia.

Okuyitibwa kwange okwogera mu ssomero lino kwajja nga kya kwewuunya nnyo era kisaanira okubuulirwa. Emyaka ebiri emabega, nga ndi mu Africa, nnali mfunye ebbaluwa okuva mu bafumbo abato abaali baze ku Capernwray mu Australia okumala essomero ery’emyezi mukaaga. Baŋŋamba nti omukulembeze yali agambye nti singa nnajja mu Australia, nnandisanyusibbwa okuyigiriza mu ssomero (nnakisoma ng’ekigambo ekya bulijjo eky’omukulembeze ng’addamu okusaba kw’omuyizi okugamba nti ‘tusaba oyite omusumba wange ajje ayigirize mu ssomero’ – nga amanyi nti batono ku bo abandituuse ‘wansi w’ensi’).

Bwe twamanya nti tugenda mu Australia okuva Okitobba 1995 okutuuka Maaki 1996, nnawandiikira omukulembeze w’essomero nga mmutegeeza olugendo lwaffe era nga neebuuza oba wandibadde omukisa okuyigiriza mu ssomero okumala wiiki emu oba nga bwe kityo.

Okuddamu kwe kwali kusinga bye nnali nsuubidde kubanga yampita okuyigiriza mu ‘ssomero ery’ekyeya’ lino ery’ewiiki bbiri, abantu okuva ku lubalama lwonna olw’ebuvanjuba bwa Australia gye baali bajja. Nnayitibwa okuwa okusoma kkumi, buli kumu nga kwa ssaawa emu, ku mulamwa gwe nnaali neerondedde.

Ffe abawera nga nsanvu twakuŋŋaanira e Wongabri, amaka amalungi aga Capernwray, ku Lunaku olw’Enkomerero y’Omwaka 1995. Peter McDonough, omukulembeze, yatwaniriza n’oluvannyuma n’asaba buli omu ayimirire era yeeyanjule. Bangi baali batambudde ebbanga eddene okutuuka ku wiiki eno, okuva e Adelaide, Melbourne ne Brisbane, okwo nga otadde ne abo abaali okumpi. Nze nnali wa nkomerero okuyimirira era nnatandika okweyanjula nga ŋŋamba nti, “Peter McDonough, oli musajja mugumu nnyo, oba musajja musirusiru nnyo, oba musajja wa mwoyo nnyo!” Ne neeyongera okubagamba engeri gye yampita okuba omwogezi waabwe, nga saalabwangako era nga saawulirwangako.

“Nnyinza okuba omwogezi asinga okukoowoola gwe muwuliddeko, ate musasudde ssente nnungi okutuuka wano n’okusoma mu ssomero lino.” Kimala okugamba nti wiiki eyo yagenda bulungi nnyo, era nnali nkimanyi bulijjo okukulembera kwa Mukama nga okuyigiriza kwange okuva mu Kitabo ky’Abaefeso kwegatta bulungi n’okusoma okulala okwaweebwa Peter ne mukozi munne omu. (Omulamwa gw’okuyigiriza kwange gwafuuka ensibuko y’ekitabo ekisooka kye nnawandiika “The Key in My Hand”) Bwe twakuŋŋaana okusiibula, Peter yatubuulira engeri gye yali atuuse okumpita okuba omuyigiriza waabwe. Yali ayingidde mu ofiisi ye olunaku olumu ng’alina olukalala lw’amannya ge yali agenda okusabira alabe gw’ayite. Yasaba omuwandiisi we obutamutawaanya kubanga yandimazizza enkya eno mu kusaba.

Yawuniikirira okuwulira nti waaliwo ebbaluwa emu yokka eyali etuuse ku lunaku olwo mu kifo ky’ennyingi ez’ebulijjo, bwe kityo n’asalawo okugisoma nga tannatandika kusaba. Yali eva eri omuntu gw’atamanyi mu Africa ng’agamba nti yandisanyusibbwa okuyigiriza mu ssomero (erya bulijjo) singa wabaawo omukisa. Peter yawuniikirira olw’ekigambo nti ebbaluwa emu yokka ye yali etuuse ku lunaku olwo n’atandika okwebuuza oba kino kyali kya kutaataaganya kwa Mukama. Teyafuna mirembe ku gw’ayita bwe yagenda ka a mu maka okulya n’omukazi we, Pam. Baasaba bombi ne bawulira nti Mukama mazima yali abakulembedde nga akozesa ebbaluwa eno emu yokka – “bwe ntyo ne ŋŋita Gareth n’okutya kungi.”

Olw’ekyava mu wiiki eyo, nnafuna okuyitibwa okwogera mu makkanisa mangi. Mu Febwali, nze ne Anne twavuga okugenda e Melbourne gye twali mu lukiiko olwa buli mwaka olwa C&MA mu Australia. Okuyitibwa okulala kwe kwagoberera bwe kityo nti, mangu, twasanga buli wiikendi eyimiriddwa emirimu gy’okwogera. Waaliwo enkuŋŋaana bbiri eza wiikendi mu Adelaide, ezaali zaawukanyizibbwa ennaku kkumi ez’e Perth, mu bugwanjuba bwa Australia. Oluvannyuma ne tukyalira e Brisbane gye twali n’omukisa okumala ekiseera ne mwannyinaze n’ab’omu maka ge.

Nga tetunnaba kuva mu Australia, nnakyalirwa Pulezidenti wa C&MA ow’omu Australia eyampita okudda emyaka ebiri oluvannyuma okukulembera olukuŋŋaana lw’okuwummulamu olw’abasumba be, abakadde n’abakazi baabwe mu Melbourne.

“Kino kye kikola kye kirikuweesa,” Anne bwe yagamba. “Omutima gwo teguli mu bufuzi bw’ekkanisa ey’omu kitundu, naye guli mu kubeera awamu n’abasumba n’abamisonaali okubagumya n’okubaweereza. Twala ekiseera olabe oba eno Mukama gy’anaakukulembera okugenda ekiseera ekiddako.

Tuyinza okuwangaala ku nfuna eva mu bayizi abali mu maka gaffe, ate ggwe ogende otambule oyigirize.” Kimala okugamba nti, mu myaka egyaddirira gino, twewuunyizza nnyo bwe twalaba okukulembera kwa Mukama mu kuggulawo enzigi gye ndi okutambula n’okuweereza mu nsi nnyingi bwe zityo, nga tewali n’emu gye nnanoonya nga mpandiika bbaluwa oba nga nkuba ssimu. Ampadde buli ssente ye nnetaaga olw’entambula, awatali kusaba wadde okumanyisa omuntu yenna obwetaavu. Ntambudde okugenda e Mexico, Peru ne Brazil, India ne Nepal, Australia ne New Zealand, Holland ne Great Britain.

Buli lwe nninnya ku nnyonyi, njolesa okwewuunya kwange eri Mukama n’okusaba nti ankuume obutaba na ndowooza ya mukyala wabweru n’amalala, era nti ankulembere okutuuka eri omukozi alumwa Mukama gw’ayagala mmwogerere.