Mnyamata wa Balkan

Chimodzi mwa zinthu zimene ndimakumbukira ndili wamng’ono kwambiri ndi kuwerenga buku lakuti “Buku Langa la Nkhani za Baibulo,” mphatso yochokera kwa azakhali anga amene anali atangoyamba kumene kukhala Mboni. Chitsanzo chake n’chimene chinandilimbikitsa kuphunzira, kupatulira moyo wanga kwa Yehova, ndipo pomalizira pake ndinabatizidwa ndili ndi zaka 19. Tisanatero, tinali osangalala kulemba kalata yopita ku tchalitchi cha Katolika yofotokoza za kudzilekanitsa kwanga chifukwa cha zochita zawo zosemphana ndi Malemba. Moyo mu “choonadi” unali wabwino kwambiri kwa ine; unali wodzala ndi ntchito watanthauzo, mabwenzi, ndi maulendo opita kumalo osangalatsa kukapezeka pamisonkhano yachigawo ndi yadera. Ndinatumikira monga Mtumiki Wotumikira kwa zaka pafupifupi zisanu ndi zitatu, ndipo ndinachita upainiya wokhazikika kwa zisanu ndi chimodzi. Makamaka zinandibweretsera tanthauzo lalikulu ndi chipambano kwa ine kuthandizira gulu latsopano la Chirasha mumzinda wanga, ndi kuliwona likukula kukhala Mpingo wathunthu. Tinakhala banja m’kuphunzira ndi kugwiritsira ntchito chinenero chatsopano, ndi kupita monga amishonale monga kudziko lachilendo, ngakhale kuti m’madera athu. Mu December 2016, ndinamvetsera pulogalamu ya pawailesi ya "Reveal" yotchedwa "Secrets of the Watchtower". Ndikanazimitsa nthawi yomweyo chifukwa ndimaopa ampatuko aziwanda, komabe ndakhala ndikumvera gulu la atolankhani tsopano kwa chaka chopitilira ndipo ndidali ndi chidaliro chochepa mwa iwo. Ndinadabwa kumva kuti panthaŵiyo a Watchtower anali kunyoza Khoti Lalikulu la ku California, akulipira chindapusa cha $4,000 patsiku chifukwa chokana kwa miyezi ingapo kupereka mndandanda wawo wa ogona ana 23,000 odziwika ku US. Ndinalimbana ndi chidziwitso ichi, ndinaganiza kuti ndi malo opusa kuti zopereka zanga zomwe ndapeza movutikira zithe. Komabe ndinavomera kuyembekezera Yehova chifukwa ndinkakhulupirira kuti pamapeto pake zonse zidzayenda bwino. Sindinakhululukire izi chifukwa cha zovuta zamalamulo. Komabe, maonekedwe oyera omwe ndinali nawo a gulu anali atapita. Ndiponso, kumvetsetsa kuti, pankhani zina, gulu lathu linali ndi zambiri kuposa zomwe zinali pa jw.org. Patapita zaka ziwiri, nkhani yophunzira ya May 2019 yonena za Nkhanza Zogonana ndi Ana inatuluka. Kuwerenga ndime 13 ("Kodi akulu amatsatira malamulo adziko onena za mlandu wozunza ana kwa akuluakulu aboma? Inde.”) Ndinkadziwa kuti chimenechi chinali chinyengo, ndipo choipa kwambiri chinali bodza lamkunkhuniza. Ndinaoneranso zojambulidwa za Australian Royal Commission in Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Ndinadabwanso kumva kuti pakati pa ofalitsa 70,000 a ku Australia anali oimbidwa mlandu ogona ana ogona 1,006 ndi 1,800 omwe anali oimbidwa mlandu. Palibe ndi mmodzi yemwe amene anauzidwa kwa akuluakulu a boma. Pa March 8, 2020, Tsiku Lokumbukira Akazi Padziko Lonse, ndinaona vidiyo yakuti, “Mboni za Yehova ndi Kuzunza Ana: N’chifukwa Chiyani Mboni Ziwiri Zikulamulira Bwino?” ndi Beroean Pickets. Zinanditsimikizira zomwe ndinali kumva - kuti lingaliro la Watchtower la kusagonjera maulamuliro adziko, mwachidule, losagwirizana ndi Malemba, lopanda chikondi, ndi losakhala lachikristu. Tsiku lotsatira, ndinalembera kalata Bungwe langa la Akulu kuwauza kuti sindingathenso kukhala ndi udindo m’bungwe kapena kukhala woimirira pagulu chifukwa cha nkhani zimenezi. Ndinafotokoza kuti (1) sikunali chilungamo kuti ife monga ofalitsa tisadziwitsidwe zoona za nkhaniyi monga mmene anthu amachitira, ndiponso (2) kuti akulu amakakamizika kutsatira mfundo zosagwirizana ndi malemba. Ndinayamba kukana usilikali chifukwa cha chikumbumtima chimene ndinkakonda kwambiri kwa zaka zambiri. Lero, ndikuona chikondi chosaneneka, mtendere, ndi chisangalalo muufulu Wachikristu.