Xa uMadison, umongikazi oselula, wafudukela eDenver evela eTexas, wayekhangela unxibelelwano kunye noluntu. WayengumKristu omtsha, emazi uKristu kunyaka ongaphambili, enomdla omkhulu kunye nomnqweno wokukhula. Kwabizwa inkonzo Iphecana wamlandela Instagram, ngoko ke wagqiba kwelokuba ayijonge. Emva kokugcwalisa ifomu ethi “Ndimtsha”, ibhinqa eligama linguKira leza kuye liphuma kwiqela. UKira uxelele uMadison ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo zokuqhagamshelwa, kubandakanya nezabo intshukumo yecawa elula.
I-Brook idibanisa iingcali eziselula eDenver, ebizwa ngokuba yenye ezona zixeko “zingamalolo” elizweni. I-52% yesi sixeko esidlulayo kakhulu siphakathi kweminyaka engama-20 kunye ne-40, kunye namava kaMadison okukhangela uxhulumaniso ngokukhawuleza emva kokuhamba akuqhelekanga. "Uninzi lwabantu lufudukela eDenver ngenjongo yokuzonwabisa kunye nokuzonwabisa kunye nawo onke la mava amangalisayo, kodwa ekugqibeleni baziva bebodwa kwaye benesizungu," kusho uMsunguli weBrook, uMolly.
Endaweni yokudada yedwa, uMadison wazama iBrook's Intro to Simple Church program. Inkqubo idibanisa uqhaqho-fakelo olutsha ngaphandle koqhagamshelo oluninzi ngokwamaqela, ibanika ithuba lovavanyo lweeveki ezintandathu ukuze bazane kwaye babone ukuba iqela liyadibana. Ngale nkqubo, uMadison wafumana intsapho yakhe yokomoya. Wajoyina isizukulwana sesibini secawa, wazibandakanya kwindawo enkulu yabasetyhini, kwaye waqala "ukukhula njengempambano."
Kungabanga thuba lide, uMolly waya kuMadison ukuze ambuze enoba angamnceda na ekuqaliseni elinye iqela. UMadison waye wadlula apho Zúme ikhosi yoqeqesho yeeseshoni ezili-10 yaye “wayenentliziyo yokwenza abafundi,” ngoko “wayekuvuyela ngokwenene” ukukhokela iqela elitsha labafazi ababefuna ukunxibelelana. Xa elo qela lesizukulwana sesithathu lahamba kakuhle kangako, uMadison wanceda ekufumaneni inkokeli entsha yalo—ibhinqa eligama linguJules. UMadison uyaqhubeka nokufundisa uJules njengoko umfazi wesibini wathatha ubunkokeli beqela lesithathu.
Ukubhaliswa kwaqhubeka nokuza nge-Brook, ngoko ke uMolly waya eJules. “Heyi, Jules,” wabuza, “ngaba kukho nabani na kwiqela lakho ocinga ukuba angafuna ukunceda ekuqaliseni enye icawa elula?”
“Ewe, ngokwenene, ewe!” UJules waphendula. “Kukho intombazana egama linguAddy kwaye ikhula ngathi ligeza. Ulugqibile uqeqesho, kwaye uye wavakalisa ukuba ufuna ukunceda ukuphindaphinda, kodwa uzama nje ukufumanisa ukuba njani.
U-Addy ngoku ukhokela isizukulwana sesine secawa elula, kwaye iphethini iyaqhubeka iphindaphinda. Yonke le nkqubo—ukususela eMadison ekufikeni eDenver ukuya ekutyalweni kwenkonzo yesizukulwana sesine—yaqhubeka kwisithuba esingaphezu konyaka.
I-Brook igcwalisa imfuno e-Denver yoqhagamshelwano lwentliziyo. Njengokuba besiya besiya besiya besiya besiya esixekweni, inkonzo ibadibanisa nabanye kwaye ibabonelele ngezixhobo ezifana nezifundo ze-intanethi zikaZúme, iiseshini ezili-10 zokubaxhobisa nokubathumela ukuba baqale iicawa ezintsha. Ukuba ufuna ukuqala iqela lakho labafundi abenza abafundi, bhalisela ikhosi kwaye ubone utyalo-mali lukaThixo ebandleni lakhe.
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