'Yar uwa tana gudanar da tseren fanfalaki, ta tara kudi don talakawan Chicago

Lokacin da aka soke Marathon na Chicago saboda coronavirus, 'yar'uwa Stephanie Baliga ta yanke shawarar sanya masu horar da ita da gudanar da mizanin kilomita 42,2 a cikin ginshikin gidan zuhudarta.

Ya fara ne a matsayin alkawari. Baliga ya fada wa tawagarsa cewa idan aka soke shi, zai yi gudun famfalaki don tara kudi don kayan abinci na Ofishin Jakadancinmu na Mala'ikun da ke Chicago. Ta shirya yin kanta, farawa daga 4 na safe, tare da kiɗa daga sitiriyo.

"Amma sai abokina ya tabbatar min cewa wannan wani irin mahaukaci ne wanda yawancin mutane ba sa yi," in ji shi. "Cewa mafi yawan mutane ba sa yin marato a kan matattara a cikin ginshiki kuma ya kamata in sanar da wasu mutane."

Sabili da haka ya gudana ran 23 ga watan Agusta kai tsaye ana watsa shi akan Zoom kuma an sanya shi akan YouTube. A wannan ranar, 'yar shekaru 32 mai suna nun ta saka tutar Amurka ta bandana kuma ta gudu tare da mutum-mutumin St Francis Assisi da Budurwa Maryamu.

Taron jama'ar maratocin da ke da hayaniya, wanda ya yi shekaru tara da suka gabata, ya tafi. Amma har yanzu tana da murmushin na makarantar sakandare da kawayenta na kwaleji, malamai da ’yan uwa waɗanda suka fantsama kan allo suna yi mata murna.

Baliga ya ce "Da alama ya ba mutane damar samun dan karfafa gwiwa, farin ciki da farin ciki a wannan lokaci na matsi mai wahala ga mutane da yawa," "Gaskiya ina matukar farin ciki da irin gagarumin goyon bayan da mutane da yawa suka nuna min a wannan tafiyar."

Yayin da yake gudu, ya yi addu’ar rosary, ya yi wa magoya bayansa addu’a, kuma mafi mahimmanci, ya yi addu’a ga mutanen da suka kamu da cutar da kuma waɗanda aka keɓe yayin rikicin COVID-19.

"Wannan ba komai ba ne idan aka kwatanta da abin da mutane da yawa suka sha yayin wannan annoba," in ji shi.

Mintuna 30 na ƙarshe, duk da haka, sun kasance masu gajiya.

"Na yi ta addu'ar in samu in kuma faduwa in tsira," in ji shi.

Turawa ta karshe ta fito ne daga ba-zata a fuskar Deena Kastor, 'yar wasan da ta lashe tagulla a gasar ta 2004. "Ta yi kama da jarumtaka ta yarinta, don haka abin birgewa ne," in ji Baliga. "Wannan ya dauke min hankali daga ciwon."

Baliga ya kuma gabatar da awanni 3, na mintina 33 ga Guinness World Records don marathon mai taka ƙafa.

"Dalilin da yasa na iya yin hakan shine saboda babu wanda ya taɓa yin hakan," ta yi murmushi.

Abu mafi mahimmanci shine, gudun fanfalaki mai tsere zuwa yanzu ya tara sama da $ 130.000 don shigar da al'umma cikin aikin sa.

Baliga, wanda ya fara takara tun yana dan shekara 9, ya taba yin takara a rukunin I na tsallaka kasa-da-kasa tare da bin diddigin kungiyoyin a Jami’ar Illinois, inda ya karanci ilimin tsimi da tanadi. Ta ce rayuwarta ta canza bayan kwarewar addu'a mai ƙarfi kuma ta ji kiran ya zama zuhudu.

Amma Baliga ya ci gaba da gudu. Bayan ta shiga cikin umarnin Franciscan na Eucharist a Chicago, sai ta kaddamar da kungiyar da ke gudana ta Lady of the Angels don tara kudi ga matalauta.

“Dukanmu muna taka wannan muhimmiyar rawar. Duk ayyukanmu a hade suke, ”inji shi. "Yana da mahimmanci, musamman a wannan lokacin, lokacin da mutane da yawa suka ji keɓewa da nesa, cewa mutane su ci gaba da sadaukar da kansu ga juna kuma su zama masu alheri