Lapho uMadison, umhlengikazi osemusha, ethuthela eDenver esuka eTexas, wayefuna ukuxhumana nomphakathi. WayengumKristu omusha, esazi uKristu ngonyaka odlule, enentshiseko enkulu nesifiso sokukhula. Kwabizwa inkonzo UMfula amlandele Instagram, ngakho wanquma ukuyihlola. Ngemva kokugcwalisa ifomu elithi “Ngimusha,” owesifazane ogama lakhe linguKira wafinyelela kuye eseqenjini. UKira utshele uMadison ngezindlela ezahlukene zokuxhuma, okuhlanganisa nezabo ukunyakaza kwesonto okulula.
I-Brook ixhuma ochwepheshe abasebasha eDenver, okuqanjwe ngomunye wabo amadolobha “anesizungu” kakhulu ezweni. I-52% yaleli dolobha elidlulayo kakhulu iphakathi kweminyaka engama-20 nengama-40, futhi isipiliyoni sikaMadison sokufuna ukuxhumana ngokushesha ngemuva kokuthutha asijwayelekile. “Abantu abaningi bathuthela e-Denver ukuze bathole ukuzijabulisa nokuzilibazisa nakho konke lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho okumangalisayo, kodwa bagcina bezizwa bebodwa futhi benesizungu,” kusho umsunguli we-Brook, uMolly.
Esikhundleni sokuzulazula yedwa, uMadison uzame uhlelo lwe-Brook's Intro to Simple Church. Uhlelo luxhumanisa ukufakelwa okusha ngaphandle kokuxhumana okuningi emaqenjini, okubanika isikhathi sesivivinyo samasonto ayisithupha ukuze bazane futhi babone ukuthi iqembu liyalingana yini. Ngale nqubo, uMadison wathola umndeni wakhe ongokomoya. Wajoyina isonto elivamile lesizukulwane sesibili, wahileleka emphakathini omkhulu wabesifazane, futhi waqala “ukukhula njengohlanya.”
Kungakabiphi, uMolly waya kuMadison eyobuza ukuthi angasiza yini ekuqaliseni elinye iqembu. UMadison wayesehambile I-Zúme 10-seshini yokuqeqesha futhi “wayenenhliziyo yokwenza abafundi,” ngakho “wayejabule ngempela” ukuhola iqembu elisha labesifazane ababefuna ukuxhunyaniswa. Lapho lelo qembu lesizukulwane sesithathu lihamba kahle kangaka, uMadison wasiza ekutholeni umholi omusha walo—owesifazane okuthiwa uJules. UMadison uyaqhubeka nokufundisa uJules njengoba owesifazane wesibili ethatha izintambo zobuholi beqembu lesizukulwane sesithathu.
Ukubhalisa kuqhubekile nokuza ngeThe Brook, ngakho uMolly waya kuJules. “Hey, Jules,” ebuza, “ingabe ukhona eqenjini lakho ocabanga ukuthi angathanda ukukusiza ekuqaleni elinye ibandla elilula?”
“Awu, empeleni, yebo!” Kuphendula uJules. “Kunentombazane okuthiwa u-Addy futhi ikhula njengohlanya. Udlule ekuqeqeshweni, futhi usezwakalise ukuthi ufuna ukusiza andisa, kodwa uzama nje ukuthi kanjani.”
Manje u-Addy uhola ibandla elilula lesizukulwane sesine, futhi iphethini iyaqhubeka nokuphindaphinda. Lonke uhlelo—kusukela eMadison efika eDenver kuya ekutshalweni kwebandla lesizukulwane sesine—lwenzeka esikhathini esingaphezudlwana nje konyaka.
I-Brook igcwalisa isidingo e-Denver sokuxhumana kwenhliziyo. Njengoba bayanda abantu abanesizungu abathuthela edolobheni, inkonzo ibaxhumanisa nabanye futhi ibanikeze amathuluzi afana nesifundo se-inthanethi sikaZúme samahhala, esinezikhathi eziyishumi ukuze sibahlomise futhi sibathumele ukuyoqala amasonto amasha. Uma ufuna ukuqala iqembu lakho labafundi abenza abafundi, bhalisa esifundweni futhi ubone ukutshalwa kwezimali kukaNkulunkulu ebandleni Lakhe.
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