Mukama Ayongera Okukulembera

Mu mwaka gwa 2002 nnalina obuweereza bungi, awaka ne mu nsi endala, nga ngenda e Haiti, Manitoba, UK, Portland, Fortaleza ne nkomawo e Australia. Mu Haiti, nze ne munnange omulungi Dave Knippel ow’e Portland USA, twali bagenyi ba Kevin ne Karen Hull abaali batumbula omulimu gw’abaana mu bugwanjuba bw’ekizinga ekyo. Nnali nteekeddwa okuyigiriza ebyava mu Circuit Teaching International mu nkuŋŋaana z’abasumba ez’enjawulo, naye waaliwo n’emikisa emirala mingi egy’okubuulira. Emu ey’enjawulo neeyawula kubanga yali mu kkanisa esinga obunene ey’aboogera Olungereza mu Haiti, Quisqueya Chapel mu Port au Prince, ekibuga ekikulu. Twatuuka nga twakerezza katono kubanga Kevin yalina obuzibu n’emmotoka ye, bwe ntyo saafuna kiseera kingi kya kusisinkana Pastor Olsen ng’okusinza tekunnatandika.

Waaliwo abantu ebikumi ebiwerako abaali bajjudde mu kkanisa nga bantwala okutuula okumpi ne ye ne mukyala we mu nnyiriri ntono okuva mu maaso. Oluvannyuma lw’ennyimba z’okusinza ez’okusooka, n’ayimuka okwaniriza abagenyi mu kukuŋŋaana, ng’abasaba okuyimirira balyoke bamanyibwe. Bwe nnali mpuliriza amannya n’obuweereza bw’abantu abangi abaali abagenyi, naddala okuva mu USA, nnatandika okwewuunya engeri gye nnalondebwamu okuba omwogezi waabwe ku makya ago. Nnayogera ku by’okwesittaza ne mpulira okusaabibwa okw’amaanyi nga mmanyi nti Mukama yali ayogera ng’ayita mu nze eri abangi abaaliwo ku lunaku olwo.

Ku nkomerero y’okusinza, nnyeebaza Pastor Olsen olw’omukisa guno ne mmuwa ekimu ku bitabo byange, The Key in My Hand, kye yalaba nga mukisa, kubanga oluvannyuma yampandiikira e Victoria, ng’asaba kkopi endala kkumi na bbiri, kubanga yayagala okuziwa abakulembeze bonna ab’olukiiko olw’ekkanisa eno ey’ensi yonna, abaali mu Atlanta, Ga.

Nga tudda ku kifo kyaffe eky’omu bugwanjuba, Kevin, Dave ne nze twayimirira okulya emmere ey’omu ttuntu n’okukuŋŋaana mu kifo ekitono eky’obuweereza. Eyo twawulira olugero olw’ekitalo. Omu ku baweereza yalina enteekateeka ey’okuleeta abasawo basatu buli wiiki okuva mu USA. Baali batwalibwa mu kyalo eky’ewala okujjanjaba abantu abaliyo, ne bawandiika alipoota zaabwe ku lwa musawo omuweereza eyabeeranga eyo, ne balyoka baddayo eka. Yakolanga kino buli wiiki, ng’alina olukuŋŋaana lw’ebyalo kkumi na bisatu gye baweererezanga. Ku lunaku luno yali yaakava ku kisaawe ky’ennyonyi okuwaanyisa abasawo ku nteekateeka eno, bwe yatubuulira ekintu eky’ekitalo ekyali kyaakabaawo.

Abasajja abasatu baali bamaze omulimu gwabwe nga bawandiika alipoota zaabwe, bwe baalaba omuliro waggulu ku lusozi olwali kumpi. Ne bakizuula nti gwali mu kyalo mwe baali baakava. Bwe batyo, ne balinnya mu mmotoka yaabwe ey’amagulu ana, ne baddayo ne basanga omusawo w’eddogo ow’omu kyalo ng’ayimiridde okumpi n’amatongo g’amaka ge agaali gaaka. Ne batandika okumusaasira okutuusa lwe yagamba nti, “Nedda! Naakawa obulamu bwange eri Kristo, kyenavudde nsalawo okukuŋŋaanya ebintu byange byonna eby’eddogo mu nnyumba yange n’okubyokya byonna. Tebikyandifuga!” Nga kye kyokulabirako eky’ekitalo eky’okwenenya!

Okukyala kwange e Manitoba, Canada, kwali kwa kwogera ku kijjulo eky’omwaka ekya Manitoba Bible Society. Eyo twaddamu okukuŋŋaana ne John ne Eileen Wiebe be twamanya e Hamm, bwe nnali njigiriza mu Germany mu 1967-67. John mu kiseera ekyo yali mu magye ga Canada naye kati yali muvikadde mu Anglican Church of Canada. Ate era, ku kijjulo ng’abagenyi, kwaliwo abakyala babiri abaali baakabeera mu Kuzuukuka okw’Omwoyo okwali kubaawo mu kitundu kya Canada ekiggya ekya Nunavut. Nga baali basobola okubuulira olugero olw’ekitalo – omuntu asobola okufuna vidiyo ekiraga ku kukyalira kwa Katonda kuno, eyitibwa Transformations #2. Emikisa emirala egy’okwogera nnagiweebwa, nga tusanyukira okukuŋŋaana okw’omukwano n’abakkiriza abaliyo, wadde ng’obunnyogovu bwali bungi nnyo mu mwezi gwa Apuli!

Olugendo e UK n’emirimu emirala mingi egy’okwogera mu BC byatwala ekitundu kinene eky’omwaka, naye mu Okitobba, twagenda e Portland okukyalira Dave ne mukyala we Ellen. Kino era kyali kiseera kya kuyigiriza mu kibiina ky’omu nnyumba ekitono kye baalina. Mu 1982, baali bammemba ba kkanisa yaffe e Kitchener nga bayizi ku ttuŋŋuulira ya YWAM ey’omu kitundu e Cambridge, Ontario. Eyo, Ellen yali yeenyigidde nnyo mu kuzina, naye akabenje ak’entiisa kaamuleka ng’alina obulemu mu mubiri ne mu bwongo, kale kati yali afugibwa mu maka era yasobolanga kutambula mpola ng’ayambibwa ‘walker.’ Kyali kya ssanyu okumala nabo ekiseera, okulaba essanyu okukyala kwaffe kwe kwaleetera Ellen, n’okumuwulira ng’atusabira.

Mu Novemba, nnaddayo e Fortaleza mu Brazil, ku okwali kunaakuba okukyala kwange okusembayo eri Tony ne Christine, Marcello ne Aline, n’eri emikwano emingi gye nnali nfunye mu kukyala kwange okwayita. Nga bwe nnawandiise emabega, kino era kyali kiseera kya mukisa okulaba nti buli kkanisa mwe nnaweererereza yalina abagoberezi bangi nnyo okusinga bwe kyali ng’olutalo lw’okubuulira enjiri olwa 1998 terunnabaawo.

Omwaka gwaggwa n’okukyala kwaffe okwa buli myaka esatu e Australia okulaba Lynette, Philip n’abaana baabwe abasatu, Michael, Chloe ne Emma. Nga bwe kyali kifuuka empisa yaffe, twabeeranga emyezi mukaaga okuyita mu butiti bwa Canada, nga tulina emirimu mingi egy’okwogera. Mu bintu ebyali bisukkuluma kwaliyo enkuŋŋaana z’okuwummulamu bbiri e Jindabyne mu Snowy Mountains, n’abakozi n’abayizi ba sseminaali ya The Christian & Missionary Alliance, ne olusiisira lw’amaka olwa kkanisa ya Woden (Canberra) C&MA. Ate ekyali eky’enjawulo ennyo, kwali nkuŋŋaana zange eza buli wiiki ez’okusaba ne Ron Williams omusumba Omuzaaliranwa, ku kifo eky’ekijjukizo kye yali asimbye okuwa ekitiibwa abasajja bonna Abazaaliranwa abaafiira mu ntalo, abasajja abataamanyibwa gavumenti ya Australia wadde nga baali basukka mu lukumi!

Bwe twali twawukana, Ron yaŋŋamba nti, “Omulundi oguddako bw’olijja, nnaakutwala okusisinkana abantu bange!” Tetwamanya nti yandifudde kookolo nga sinnadda, era nti yandifunye ekitiibwa kinene okuva mu gavumenti, ng’aweebwa okusinza kwe okw’ekijjukizo mu kizimbe ky’olukiiko olusala amateeka e Canberra. Nga kyali kitiibwa kinene okuyitibwa munne! Yali antadde n’ekitiibwa ng’ateeka mu kyuma kye eky’okuyigiriza, ekisumuluzo ekikiikirira ekitabo kyange The Key in My Hand.

Ekyuma kino eky’okuyigiriza kyali lubaawo olwaliko ekifaananyi ‘eky’ekkubo ly’emu,’ ekya kabonero kinene eri abantu Abazaaliranwa, nga kiraga olugendo lwabwe okuva mu biseera eby’edda ennyo, okuyita mu kujja kw’omuzungu, okutuuka ku lunaku lwa leero. Kyalina ebyafaayo bingi ‘eby’omusaayi ogwayiibwa’ nga Ron tannalaga ku musaayi ogw’omusaalaba ogwayiibwa nga gwe ddagala lyokka ery’ekibi ky’omuntu, n’obwetaavu bw’okutabagana wakati w’omuzungu n’Omuzaaliranwa. Wakati mu lubaawo waaliwo ekisumuluzo, ekyabajjibwa mu muti gw’ewala, nga kikiikirira okutabagana okwo.

Twadda eka e Canada mu 2003 nga tuyimiriza mu New Zealand okulaba emikwano gyaffe emirungi, John ne Marion Brignall – John eyali edda yinjini ku M/V Anastasis. Twabuuka ennyonyi okutuuka e Wellington, Dave Knipell gye yatusisinkana, ne tulyoka tuvuga okutuuka e Masterton mwannyina we gye yabeeranga. Nancy yali nnamwandu wa Wycliffe Bible Translator, kyenava mmubuuza oba naye yategeera Oluyonaani. Nnali naakakola ekifunze kyange eky’ekitabo ekirungi ennyo Christ’s Paralysed Church X-rayed, ekitabo ekyali kimaze ebbanga ddene nga tekikyakubibwa, ekyawandiikibwa omuyivu w’Oluyonaani McCrossan, era nnayagala okumuwa kkopi.

Nnaweereza mu kkanisa ye ku Lwakutaano Olutukuvu (Good Friday) ne ku Ssande ya Pasika nga tannatutwala mailo eziwerako mu bukiikakkono ku nnyanja Taupo gye twali tusisinkanira ba Brignall abaali bavudde mu bukiikaddyo okuva e Tauranga. Nga tuli mu kkubo, Nancy yakyalira mukwano gwe eyali kati alina eddduuka ettono ery’ebirabo, nga mulimu n’ebisenge ebitono eby’ebitabo ebikozeseddwa. Lowooza ku kwewuunya kwange bwe yazuula kkopi y’ekitabo ekyasooka nga kikyali kirungi ddala! Mukama ayongera okunneewuunyisa n’‘okwesanga’ kwe!