Edolobheni elincane laseBeatrice, eNebraska, ngo-March 1, 1950, inhlekelele yagwenywa ngokulambisa eSontweni LamaBaptist LaseWest End. Ukuvuza kwegesi kwabangela ukuqhuma okwacekela phansi indlu yesonto. Okwenza lo mcimbi uphawuleke kakhulu wukuthi wonke amalungu ekhwaya yebandla, obekumele abekhona esontweni ngaleso sikhathi, asinde ngendlela eyisimangaliso. Bonke bafike sekwephuzile ngesikhathi sokuzilolongela ikhwaya ngalobo busuku, babavikela esimeni esasingase sibe yingozi. Lesi sigameko, esaziwa ngokuthi iSimangaliso saseNebraska, siye sajabulisa abantu futhi savusa izingxoxo ngokudalelwa, ukungenelela kwaphezulu, namandla okuzenzakalela.
I-West End Baptist Church nekhwaya yayo
I-West End Baptist Church, eliseBeatrice, eNebraska, yayiwumphakathi obumbene wabakhulekeli. Ibandla beliholwa uMfundisi Walter Klempel, umfundisi ohlonishwayo nozinikele kakhulu ebandleni lakhe. Okunye okugqame kakhulu emisebenzini yaleli bandla yikhwaya yalo, eqondiswa uMartha Paul. UMartha wayaziwa ngokubambelela ngokuqinile ekusigcineni isikhathi futhi wayefuna ukuba amalungu ekwaya abe khona lapho ezoprakthiza engakadluli u-7:25 ebusuku njalo ngoLwesithathu kusihlwa. Ikhwaya ibinamalungu angu-15 azinikele athanda umculo nokukhonza.
Ubusuku obuyinhlekelele: Mashi 1, 1950
Ngobusuku bango-March 1, 1950, iSonto LamaBaptist LaseWest End lagadla inhlekelele. Engazi muntu, kwakuvuze igesi esakhiweni sesonto, kwagcwala igesi evutha kakhulu. Umfundisi u-Klempel, njengenjwayelo yakhe, wayefike esontweni ekuseni ngalolo suku ezokhanyisa isithando somlilo futhi aqinisekise ukuthi isakhiwo sizofudumala uma kusenziwa kusihlwa. Wayengazi ukuthi lesi senzo esibonakala simsulwa sasiyovula inkundla yochungechunge lwezenzakalo eziphawulekayo.
Amalungu ekhwaya nokubambezeleka kwawo okungalindelekile
Njengoba bekuzokwenzeka, ilungu ngalinye lekhwaya libe nesizathu esihlukile sokufika sekwephuzile ukuzilolonga ngalobo busuku. Lokhu kubambezeleka okwakubonakala kuncane kwakuyoba insindiso yabo. Ake singene ezindabeni zalaba bantu kanye nezimo ezibenze baqhele esontweni ngesikhathi esibucayi.
Ukulala kukaMarilyn Paul
UMarilyn Paul, indodakazi yomqondisi wekwaya uMartha Paul, wayengumdlali wopiyano ekwayeni. Ngalolo suku olunzima, wanquma ukuthatha isihlwathi esifushane ngemva kwesidlo sakusihlwa ngaphambi kokuzilolonga. Kodwa-ke, wazumeka kakhulu futhi wavuswa ngumama wakhe sekusele imizuzu eyi-10 ngaphambi kokuthi kuqale ukuzilolonga. Lokhu kubambezeleka kwaqinisekisa ukuthi uMarilyn wayengeke abe ngaphakathi esontweni lapho kwenzeka ukuqhuma.
Incwadi ka-Herbert Kipf
U-Herbert Kipf, oyilungu lekhwaya kanye nomculi we-lathe, wayenencwadi ebalulekile okufanele ayithumele endlunkulu yehlelo. Naphezu kokuqaphela ukuthi kakade wayeselephuza ukuqeqeshelwa isikole, uHerbert wanquma ukubeka kuqala incwadi ngaphambi kokuba aye esontweni. Wayengazi ukuthi lesi sinqumo esasibonakala singenacala sasiyomvikela enhlekeleleni eyayiza.
Lucille Jones kanye nethi “This Is Your Life”
U-Lucille Jones, umculi we-alto oneminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalombili ubudala ekwayeni, wayethanda izinhlelo zomsakazo. Ngalobo busuku, kwangena uhlelo oludumile “Lokhu Ukuphila Kwakho” equkethe u-Edgar Bergen ibidlala. ULucille uvule umsakazo ngo-7:00 ebusuku, ehlose ukuhamba ungakapheli ukuze azilolonge ngesikhathi. Nokho, ekhangwe okuqukethwe yilolu hlelo, uLucille wanquma ukuhlala kuze kube sekupheleni, engakunaki ukushesha kwakhe okuvamile. Wayengazi ukuthi lokhu kuchezuka ohlelweni lwakhe kwakuzodlala indima ebalulekile ekusindeni kwakhe.
Inkinga yejiyomethri kaLadona Vandegrift
ULadona Vandegrift oneminyaka engu-XNUMX ubudala, owayecula i-soprano ekwayeni, wayesebenza ngenkuthalo enkingeni enzima yejometri yomsebenzi wakhe wesikole. Ezimisele ngokuthola isixazululo ngaphambi kokuba ayozilolonga, uLadona walahlekelwa isikhathi futhi wazithola esephuzile. Wayengazi nhlobo ukuthi lokhu kufunda kwakuzomenza angabi khona esontweni ngesikhathi esibucayi.
Inkinga yemoto ka-Royena no-Sadie Estes
U-Royena Estes kanye nodadewabo uSadie, bobabili abangamalunga ekwaya, bahlangabezane nenkinga yemoto ababengayilindele lapho beyozilolonga. Imoto yabo yavele yanqaba ukuhamba, okwenza basalele emuva. Ekugcineni bathintana noLadona Vandegrift, owayesangene shí enkingeni yakhe yejometri, bamcela ukugibela. Babengazi ukuthi lolu daba oluwumshini lwaluyoba inhlanhla, lubaphephise enhlekeleleni eyayiza.
Umhlangano wezithunywa zevangeli kaRuth Schuster
U-Ruth Schuster, oyilungu lekwaya nomama, wayezibophezele ngaphambili endlini kamama wakhe ukusiza ekulungiseleleni umhlangano wobufundisi bezenkolo. Kwadingeka adlule ngakunina ngaphambi kokuba ayozilolonga. Ematasa namalungiselelo, uRuth walahlekelwa isikhathi futhi wabona ukuthi usephuzile. Wayengakaze acabange ukuthi ukuzinikela kwakhe emsebenzini kanina kwakuzomenza angayi esontweni ngesikhathi esibucayi.
Ukungabaza kukaJoyce Black ukuhamba
UJoyce Black Larimore, umdwebi we-stenograph owayehlala ngaphesheya komgwaqo nesonto, wazithola engabaza ukuphuma endlini yakhe efudumele futhi abhekane nobusika obubandayo. Wayelokhu ehlehlisa ukuhamba, ebambezela ukufika eprakthiza. Engazi ukuthi ukungabaza kwakhe ukushiya ubuntofontofo bomuzi wakhe kungaba yisinqumo esiphusile, esimvikela ekuqhumeni.
Ukuphunyuka okuyisimangaliso
Ngezikhathi zabo-7:27pm, inhlekelele yehlela iWest End Baptist Church. Ukuvuza kwegesi kwavutha, kwabangela ukuqhuma okukhulu okwacekela phansi isakhiwo. Ukuqhuma kwabhodloza amafasitela aseduze, kwaphazamisa isiteshi somsakazo sakuleli dolobha, futhi kwabangela ukushaqeka kulo lonke elaseBeatrice, eNebraska. Nokho, phakathi nalezi zinxushunxushu, kwavela iqiniso elimangalisayo—ilungu ngalinye lekhwaya lalibhekwa njengelikhona futhi liphephile. Ukubambezeleka ngakunye, isizathu ngasinye esasibonakala singabalulekile sokufika sekwephuzile, kwakuqinisekise ukusinda kwabo.
Isenzo esingachazeki
Indaba yokuqhuma kwe-West End Baptist Church iye yadida futhi yathakazelisa abantu amashumi eminyaka. Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi wonke amalungu ekhwaya, asakazeke kulo lonke idolobha, afika ngokuphazima kweso ngalobo busuku obuyinhlekelele? Abanye baye bathi kungenxa yokungenela kukaNkulunkulu, bakubheka njengesenzo sokuvikela esiyisimangaliso. Abanye bakubona njengokuzenzakalela okungavamile, ukuhlelwa kwezenzakalo ezingalindelekile ezingachazwanga. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi umuntu uchaza ukuthini, iSimangaliso saseNebraska sihlala siwubufakazi bamandla okudalelwa kanye nezimfihlakalo zendawo yonke.
Umphumela nokwakhiwa kabusha
Ngemva kwalokhu kuqhuma, iSonto LamaBaptisti laseWest End laphenduka imvithi. Nokho, umoya womphakathi awuzange udabuke. Lizimisele ukwakha kabusha, ibandla lahlangana lakha isonto elisha endaweni efanayo. Namuhla, ibandla limi njengobufakazi bokuqina nokholo, lisebenza njengesikhumbuzo seSimangaliso saseNebraska namandla ethemba lapho sibhekene nobunzima.
Amazwi wokugcina
I-Nebraska Miracle, indaba emangalisayo yokuqhuma kwe-West End Baptist Church, iyaqhubeka nokuthatha amehlo abantu emhlabeni jikelele. Uchungechunge lwezenzakalo obekungalindelekile ukuthi lugcine wonke amalungu ekwaya lingekho esontweni ngesikhathi esibucayi luwubufakazi obumangalisayo besimo sempilo esingalindelekile. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi umuntu usibheka njengokungenela okuyisimangaliso noma ukuziqondanela okungavamile, iSimangaliso saseNebraska sisebenza njengesikhumbuzo sokuthi kusekuningi esingakuqondi mayelana nokusebenza kwendawo yonke. Futhi naphezu kokungaqiniseki kokuphila, ukuqina komoya womuntu namandla okholo okusisekelayo.
Ngemva kokufunda ngeSimangaliso saseNebraska, funda ngaso Isimangaliso seLanga kanye neNkosazana yaseFatima, bese ufunda mayelana Ukuqondana okwethusayo ongakukholelwa kuyiqiniso!
