“Ngenene Ukuhamba Kukubona”
EBUDENI behlobo lowe-1984, uGerard, ityendyana laseFransi, waphuma iphulo leenyanga ezintandathu—kuhambo ngebhayisikili etyhubela elaseUnited States nelaseKhanada. Iintaba eziphakamileyo ezizii-Rocky zamchwayitisa, iipaki ezizolileyo zamonwabisa, kodwa awakubona eMontmagny, eQuebec, eKhanada, kokona kwamchukumisa kakhulu; kwaguqula ikhondo lobomi bakhe.
NgeCawa, ngoSeptemba 16, uGerard wayekhwele ibhayisikili etyhubela elaseMontmagny xa wathi wabona ungcelele lweenqwelo-mafutha ezazimiswe ngasendleleni. Ngokulandelayo, wabona amakhulukhulu abantu besihla benyuka ngakwisiza sokwakha. Wabuza omnye wabasebenzi owayelawula ukumiswa kweenqwelo-mafutha esithi: “Kwenzeka ntoni apha?” Nangona le ndoda wayeyibuza yayixakekile, yazinika ixesha lokuchazela uGerard ukuba bonke aba basebenzi babengamaNgqina kaYehova awayesebenzisa impelaveki yawo ekwakheni iholo yeentlanganiso zawo zonqulo. Engakwazi oko uGerard, wayefike ebudeni beeyure zokugqibela ekwakuxakekwe gqitha ngazo zokwakhiwa kweHolo yoBukumkani okwathabatha iintsuku ezimbini. Konke awakubonayo nawakuvayo kwamchukumisa. Ngobo busuku wabhala oku kwincwadana yakhe yeziganeko: “Ngokuhlwa ndidibene namaNgqina kaYehova. Akhe indlu ngeentsuku ezimbini. Ebengaphezu kwe-1 000. Ngenene ukuhamba kukubona.”
Kungekudala emva koko uGerard wabuyela eFransi. Kwiminyaka emibini kamva, ngoJulayi 26, 1986, wathumela ileta kwiHolo yoBukumkani yamaNgqina kaYehova eseMontmagny. Kuyo wayebhale oku:
‘Nisakhumbula na nithetha nomkhweli webhayisikili owayevela eFransi ebudeni bosuku lwesibini lokwakha iHolo yenu yoBukumkani? Ngaloo mhla umntu owayelawula ukumiswa kweenqwelo-mafutha wahlwayela imbewu. Kwiinyanga ezithile kamva amaNgqina andityelela eFransi, yaye ndasamkela isipho sawo sokuba ndifundisise iBhayibhile kunye nawo. Ekubeni ndiphuma kwintsapho yamaKatolika azinikeleyo, ukufundisisa kwakungelula. Kodwa uYehova wabangela ukuba imbewu ikhule. Kwiiveki ezimbini ezidluleyo ndabhaptizwa kwindibano eyayiseNantes. Ndiyambulela uYehova ngokundivumela ukuba ndifumane inyaniso, yaye ndinombulelo ngako konke loo mzalwana awandifundisa kona ngaloo Cawa, ngoSeptemba 16, 1984. Ndithumela imibuliso yobuzalwana evela kumphumi wephulo owaguqukela kwinyaniso.’
Olunjani lona uvuyo ibandla laseMontmagny olwaba nalo emva kokuva ukufundwa kweleta kaGerard kwiHolo yalo yoBukumkani! Bonke abo babencedisile ekwakhiweni kwale hole babona ubunyaniso bamazwi kaSolomon athi: “Siphose isonka sakho phezu kwamanzi, ngokuba wosifumana kwakuba ziintsuku ezininzi.” (INtshumayeli 11:1) Ewe, imiphumo emihle yezakhiwo zeHolo yoBukumkani ihlala ithuba elide yaye ifikelela kude ngeendlela ezininzi.