Enkolagana n'Ebyedda

Emyaka 2009/2010 gyali mirembe okusinga, era mu biseera ebyo nnali nteekwa okwekebejjebwa buli myezi esatu – buli lumu ne kizuulibwa nti sirina kookolo, omusawo wange ow'endwadde z'omusulo n'ayogera nti, “Ssebo Evans, kookolo tajja kudda – endowooza yo n'engeri gy'obeeramu bya maanyi nnyo.” Nnafuna omukisa okwogera emirundi mitono mu 2009 era nnasanyukira nnyo Sidney Pentecostal Church, gye nnawaayo olukalala lw'obubaka ku ‘Okuzuukuka.’

Ku nkomerero ya 2009, twadda e Brisbane, Australia okukyalira Lynette n'ab'omu maka ge – bulijjo nga kya ssanyu nnyo gye tuli. Eyo nnalina obwa mukwano obugimu n'omusumba omukadde eyava e Wales eyali awummudde ku mulimu. Twakuŋŋaananga buli wiiki okwogera ku byayita, okugabana n'okuyimba ffenna ennyimba ez'edda ez'e Wales. Era nnayogera emirundi mingi mu Wynnum-Manley Alliance Church.

Mu Okitobba 2010, nnayitibwa okwogera ku lukuŋŋaana e Baltimore, USA. Olukuŋŋaana, Broken Before The Throne, lwamala wiiki yonna era lwalimu n'aboogezi abalala bangi ku mulamwa gw'okusaba. Nnawaayo enjigiriza ezisooka ku Lwomukaaga akawungeezi ne ku Ssande ku makya.

Buli lukuŋŋaana, nnaweebwanga essaawa ssatu okukozesa nga bwe nnawulira nkulemberwa, buli lumu nga mmalirizza n'‘okusaba awamu’ mwe nnakulembera abaali bazze mu kusaba okw'awamu. Nnasiimwa nnyo Dan Biser, eyategeka olukuŋŋaana, n'obunyiikivu bwe okulaba amakanisa nga gadda ku maviivi gaago nga ganoonya amaaso ga Katonda. Ebintu bibiri eby'ekitalo byava mu lugendo luno olw'e Baltimore, ebyabeera ensulo ya mikisa mingi gye ndi.

Nga wayiseewo ennaku ntono, Deb Crum ow'e Idaho yampandiikira email. Yalina obuweereza bwa leediyo obwali bulafuubana mu by'ensimbi, kale ye n'abo be yakolanga nabo mu kkomanda baali banoonyereza engeri y'okugenda mu maaso. Bwe yamala okulaba obubaka bwange obw'e Baltimore ku yintaneeti, yakubirizibwa okukyusa ekkubo n'okumala ebiseera bingi mu kusaba, ng'anoonya obulagirizi bwe ku buweereza obw'omu maaso. Ba kkomanda be baagaana ekiteeso eky'okukyusa olukuŋŋaana lwabwe olwa kkomanda okulufuula ‘olukuŋŋaana lw'okusaba’ era abamu ne bava mu. Naye ye, yali amaliridde okunoonya amaaso ga Katonda era ne tutandika okuwandiikiragananga bulijjo.

Ebiseera bikakasizza nga Mukama waffe bw'ali omwesigwa, kubanga Deb kaakano awa obujulirwa ku ky'ekitalo Katonda kye yakola mu bulamu bwe n'obuweereza obugimu eri abakazi mu Idaho n'ebitundu ebiriraanyewo. Osobola okugoberera blog ye ku Grace Tapestries.

Ku lugendo lwange olw'okudda okuva e Baltimore, mwe nnasisinkana Rami ne Nesibah. Bo, wamu n'abaana baabwe ababiri abato, baali ku kisaawe ky'ennyonyi e Toronto nga batudde okumpi nange. Nnasaba okukuba ekifaananyi Nesibah, ab'omu maka bonna basobole okulimu. Bwe twalinnya ennyonyi okugenda e Victoria, ne nzuula nga ntudde okumpi ne Rami n'omwana we omu, ate mukyala we n'omwana we omulala nga bali mu lunyiriri olw'emabega. Twalina emboozi ennungi ennyo mu ssaawa nnya ezaddirira. Baava e Mecca, Saudi Arabia, era baali bajja e Canada Nesibah alyoke ayingire yunivasite Rami mukoddomi we, Hani, gye yali asomera dokita we (PhD).

Twayogera ku kukkiriza, ku Buyisiraamu obwa Sunni n'obwa Shiite, ku Mohammed, ne ku Yesu – awatali bbugwe wa mpaka wakati waffe. Nnabategeeza engeri Canada gy'etali nsi ya Bakristaayo naye eno ng'eddiini enkulu ye kwe kutwala omuntu okuba ekintu ekisingira ddala obukulu awatali Katonda. Rami yasanyuka nnyo okusisinkana Omukristaayo ow'amazima kubanga yali tannaba kukikola. Kimala okugamba nti mu kiseera we mpandiikira essuula eno, Rami ne Nesibah, Hani ne mukyala we, Zainab, bafuuse ng'abaana baffe ffennyini era tusanyukira ebiseera bye tusobola okubeera nabo, bulijjo nga twogera ku kwegomba kwaffe okumanya (okumanyiira) Katonda. Bonna balina enjala ey'obutuukirivu obw'amazima kale okusaba kwaffe kwe kuti Mukama yeeraga gye bali.

Ku nkomerero ya 2010, nnafuna essimu okuva mu Boundary Community Church, Midway, BC. Sasooka kuwulira ku Midway, BC, wadde nga nteekwa okuba nga nnayitamu emyaka mingi emabega ku lugendo lwange olwokka olw'e Alberta nga mpita ku luguudo #3. Omusumba waabwe yali yeetaaga okuwummula okw'ekiseera (sabbatical) naye teyandiwummudde okutuusa ekkanisa lwe yandizudde omuntu, atali agenda kulabirira kkanisa okumala emyezi ebiri kyokka, naye era ne yeetikka obuvunaanyizibwa okutendeka omuvubuka omukozi omupya eyali mu kutendekebwa.

Baali bagezezzaako mu ddiini yaabwe, naye tewali eyakkiriza kujja – mpozzi nga baggyibwako amawulire ag'okumala ekiseera ky'obutiti nga bawugudde mu kitundu ekitono ennyo! Mike, omukozi omupya eyali mu kutendekebwa, ne mukyala we Netta, baali bammanyi era baali bagambye nti mpozzi nnandibadde omuwewuufu. Bwe nnalaga nti nnali mwetegefu, nnayitibwa okujja e Midway ‘ku wiikendi eddako’ okwogera (era n'ekkanisa okunkeberako).

Bwe kityo ne tukkiriziganya nti nnaba omusumba waabwe okumala emyezi ebiri okutandika wakati mu Febwali 2011. Baayagala tujje wiiki ntono okusooka, naye kino kyali tekisoboka kubanga emikisa emirala ebiri egisanyusa gyava mu kaseeragezi oluvannyuma lw'emyezi mingi egy'obusirifu. Mu Novemba, nnafuna email okuva e Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Nnali omusumba w'abayizi Abamalaysia mu za yunivasite ez'e Canada (okusinga mu Ontario) mu 1980/2 era nnali nfunye omukisa okukyalira abamu ku bo emirundi esatu okuva olwo.

Kaakano baali bagenda okukuza olukuŋŋaana lw'okwegatta oluvannyuma lw'emyaka 30 mu Janwali 2011 era baayagala nze ne Anne twegatte ku bo okumala wiiki bbiri – ensaasaanya yonna nga basasudde! Twandiyinza tutya okugaana obuyita ng'obwo obwava mu bavubuka aba njawulo ng'abo abaatuwa ebijjukizo ebyo eby'omukwano? Twateekateeka ennyonyi zaffe n'essanyu lingi, naddala kubanga twali tugenda n'okuyimirira ennaku nnya mu Hong Kong, awaka waffe mu 1967-69 (laba Essuula 5).

Mu Hong Kong, twasula ku YWAM base (ku ddoola 10 buli kiro!!) era ne tusobola okukyalira ebifo byaffe eby'edda bingi, wadde ng'ekitundu ekyali ekya Bungereza kaakano kirimu abantu okuwera emirundi ebiri n'ebizimbe ebiwanvu ennyo ebyeyongedde okuwera. Twafuna omukisa okusisinkana nate Jackie Pullinger n'okulaba omulimu ogw'ekitalo gw'akyeyongera okukulembera mu bo abaali baddikidde eddagala, ebibinja by'abamenyi b'amateeka, n'abamalaaya. Buli omu asaanidde okusoma ekitabo kye Chasing the Dragon okutegeera obunyiikivu bwa Jackie eri ekibuga kino. Asaanidde nnyo okuweebwa ekitiibwa kye yaweebwa, ng'ekiraga ekyo ye jjinja eryayimirizibwa okumuwa ekitiibwa mu kifo eky'ekibuga eky'edda ‘ekiriko bbugwe’, ekifo ekyayatiikirira eky'omulimu gwe. Waliwo ebingi ebiwandiikiddwa ku ye ku yintaneeti.

Okuva e Hong Kong, twabuuka okugenda e Kuala Lumpur ne twanirizibwa Vincent ne Shirley Cheah, abaatusembeza mu wiiki bbiri ezaddirira ez'ekitalo. Essanyu nga lyagira okusisinkana nate abayizi baffe ‘Aba Canada’ bangi n'okulaba nga bwe baakulaakulana bulungi. Kyali mukisa gwange nange okwogera mu kkanisa ey'ekitundu ne mu lukuŋŋaana olw'omu maka e Penang. Twakyalira Alliance Missionary School e Penang era ne tumala wiikendi mu Singapore ku kkondo lya Cheah eriyo, nga tufunye n'omukisa okumala ekiseera ne Prudence, mukwano gwa Anne ow'oku ssomero.

Vincent alina eby'okuliirwamu bibiri, kale twalya bulungi nnyo! Nga tetunnagenda, yatuyita twegatte ku ye ne Shirley mu China, nga tuli ku lugendo lwaffe olulala olw'e Australia. Yandituusisse e Hong Kong n'atutwala ku lulaga olumpi olw'ensi eyo enkulu. Ekyo kyali kiteekateekeddwa okubaawo ku nkomerero ya 2012, naye kookolo yandidde okutaataaganya enteekateeka ezo – si mu nze naye mu Anne.

Okuva e Malaysia, twadda e Vancouver, Anne gye yava n'atwala ennyonyi empimpi okugenda e Victoria - naye nze nnali ŋŋenda mu maaso e Haiti, nga mpita e Toronto ne Montreal – olugendo olw'essaawa 42! Mu Desemba, nnali nfunye obuyita okutambula okugenda e Port au Prince okwogera ku lukuŋŋaana lw'okuwummulako olw'abakozi ba Quisqueya Christian School. Olukuŋŋaana, olwalimu abantu nga nsanvu, lwabeera ku kifo eky'okuwummuliramu ekirungi ekiri ku lubalama lw'ennyanja, akabanga okuva ku kuzikirira kw'e Port au Prince okwaleetebwa musisi eyabaawo omwaka gumu emabega. Ekibuga kyali kikyali mu matongo kubanga ebyuma ebizito ebyandiyambye okuggyawo enguuli ennene ez'ssimenti ezaali amaka, amaduuka, n'apaatimenti, n'ebirala, byali bitono nnyo.

Emirambo mingi gyali gikyaziikiddwa wansi w'amatongo era ebyafaayo by'abo abaawonawo byali binyolola omutima. Waaliwo eweema enzirugavu nkumi na nkumi buli wantu okusuza abo abaali bafiiriddwa amaka gaabwe – oba abaali batidde nnyo okuddamu okugayingiramu. Nnasula mu maka ga Shane ne Kristie Mattenley, ababaka b'enjiri be twali tumanyi bulungi mu biseera bye twabakyalira mu Lorraine, Oregon. Nnina ebijjukizo eby'omukwano ku ngeri gye baatusembezaamu n'ebiseera bye nnasobola okwogeramu mu Haiti.

Oluvannyuma lw'olukuŋŋaana lw'okuwummulako, nnayitibwa okwogera eri abayizi bonna ku lukuŋŋaana olw'oku makya olwamalanga ng'essaawa emu buli lunaku. Era nnayitibwa okwogera nate mu Quisqueya Chapel, ekkanisa ey'ensi yonna ey'e Port au Prince – gwali mukisa munene ddala! Ku lukuŋŋaana luno olw'oku makya, ekintu ekitali kya bulijjo kyabaawo. Bwe nnayimirira okwogera, enkola ya sipiika (PA system) n'esirika! Kikwetaagisa okusuubira okuzikira kw'amasannyalaze okw'engeri eyo mu nsi ezaavu.

Waaliwo abantu abasukka mu 400 mu kkanisa ennene, kale nnali nteekwa okuyimirira ku madaala ag'omu maaso ag'oluggya n'okwogera n'eddoboozi ery'omwanguka era nga ndaga bulungi. Kyokka, oboolyawo kyali mukisa ogwekwese kubanga buli omu yafuba nnyo okuwulira buli kigambo kyange, era nga kiwanguddwa nga bwe kiraga okusinziira ku bye baayogera. Bwe nnamaliriza, enkola ya sipiika n'ekomawo!

Wakati mu kuzikirira kwonna, omuntu yasanyuka okulaba omukono gwa Katonda nga gukola mu bulamu bw'abavubuka Abahaiti bangi – abantu abaliba abakulembeze b'ensi eno olunaku olumu. Nnatuuka eka wakati mu Febwali era ku lunaku olwaddirira, ne tuva ku lubalama lw'ennyanja okutandika olugendo oluwanvu okugenda e Midway, BC. Nga tusomoka n'eryato okugenda ku lukalu, twasisinkana Mark, omusumba wa Boundary Community Church, n'ab'omu maka ge. Baali bagenda okugenda okuwummulako (sabbatical) okwalimu ekiseera mu New Zealand n'oluvannyuma awaka waffe mu Victoria. Kyokka, muwala waabwe Lena yandyegasse ku ffe ku lugendo olw'e Midway era yandituyambye okutereera mu maka gaffe amapya.

Wiiki zaffe ekkumi mu Boundary Community Church zaali mukisa munene. Twasanyukira nnyo obulamu obw'omu byalo obusirifu n'obwa mukwano bw'abantu bano abaagalwa. Twalinnya amakubo ag'ensozi ez'omu kitundu ekyo era ne tukyalira ebifo bingi eby'obulungi eby'ebyafaayo eby'omu kitundu. Obuweereza bwange bwakkirizibwa bulungi, era twagenda nga tufunye emikwano emipya mingi. Nsanyukira nnyo ebiseera bino eby'okulabirira ekkanisa empya, kuno nga kwe kuluulu okwokusatu okw'ekiseera ekyo ekiwanvu.

Obanga 2009/2010 gyali biseera ebya kasirise, ebintu byali bikyusizza ddala ku nkomerero y'ekiseera ekyo – era waaliwo n'ebirala ebyali bijja ebyafuula 2011 omwaka ogusinga okusanyusa.