Amanga chapelalo pafupi ndi mtsinje pomwe adawona masomphenya a Yesu

Pat Hymel ili padoko patsogolo pa tchalitchi cha Lady of Blind, pafupi ndi Blind River ku parishi ya St. James, tchalitchichi chidamangidwa zaka makumi angapo zapitazo ndi makolo ake, a Martha Deroche ndi amuna awo a Bobby, pambuyo pa Martha anali ndi masomphenya a Yesu atagwada pathanthwe.

Pakati pa mitengo ya chingamu ndi cypresses yakummwera chakum'mawa kwa Louisiana chithaphwi, pomwe moss waku Spain amapachikidwa pamitengo ndi ziwombankhanga ndi osprey zikuuluka, pali tchalitchi chaching'ono chotchedwa Our Lady of Blind River - cholowa cha chikhulupiriro cha mkazi.

Chipinda cha chipinda chimodzi chidamangidwa zaka makumi angapo zapitazo Martha Deroche atanena kuti anali ndi masomphenya a Yesu atagwada pathanthwe, ndipo kwa zaka zapitazi idakhala mpumulo wauzimu kwa oyenda panyanja, kayaks, alenje ndi asodzi omwe amalima madzi amtsinjewo . Nthawi ndi nyengo zawononga nyumbayi ndipo Martha ndi mwamuna wake adamwalira, koma m'badwo watsopano wabanjali watsimikiza kuti usunge kuti omwe akuyenda mtsogolo asangalale ndi malo amtendere popemphera.

"Njira yokhayo yobwera kuno ndi bwato," adatero mwana wamkazi wa a Martha Pat Hymel, wokhala pampando umodzi wamatchalitchi. "Ndikuganiza kuti ndichifukwa chake zinali zapadera kwambiri kwa anthu ambiri ... kuti azunguliridwa ndi chilengedwe, m'dera lokongola chonchi."

Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 70, pomwe Martha ndi amuna awo, Bobby, adasamukira kumalo awo osakira m'mbali mwa Mtsinje wa Blind, womwe udatchulidwa potembenukira komwe kumapangitsa kuti kukhale kovuta kuwona pakona, Martha anali ndi nkhawa kuti apita bwanji kutchalitchi pafupipafupi.

Koma kenako masomphenya a Yesu akugwada pathanthwe. Masomphenyawo, Marita adauza Bobby, ndikuti Yesu anali kunena kuti ayenera kumanga tchalitchi kumeneko. Chifukwa chake, Lamlungu la Pasaka 1983, Martha ndi Bobby - omwe mwamwayi anali kalipentala - adayamba kugwira ntchito.

Inakhala ntchito yapagulu, Pat atero posachedwa m'mawa m'mene amayang'ana pa chithunzi cha zithunzi chosonyeza oyandikana nawo ndi abwenzi omwe amathandizira kuti masomphenya a Martha akhale owona.

“Anasonkhana pamodzi ndikubwera kudzathandiza. Ndipo kumeneko kudali kukongola kokha, "adatero Pat.

Anayika zolumikizira pansi ndikukweza denga ndi belu nsanja. Ajambula mabenchi acypress ndipo adadula manja matayala acypress. Pakatikati pa tchalitchicho pali chifanizo cha Namwali Maria chomwe chimapezeka mkati mwa cypress yopota yomwe idachotsedwa dambo. Holoyi yakongoletsedwa ndi zojambula za Yesu kapena zochitika zina zachipembedzo, rozari ndi mitanda.

Atamaliza kutchalitchi mu Ogasiti 1983, wansembe adabwera kudzapatulira pamwambo womwe oyandikana nawo komanso abwenzi m'mabwato awo.

Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo kwakhala ukwati, alendo ochokera kumadera akutali monga Israel ndi England, komanso bishopu wamkulu. Pat adati amayi ake nthawi zambiri amabwera kudzawapatsa moni, kugawira ma rozari kapena makandulo, komanso kuwafunsa ngati akufuna kuti awapempherere kapena ngati akufuna kulemba pemphero lapadera.

Alendo ambiri omwe sanali Akatolika adafunsa Martha ngati angalole kulowa mchalitchichi. Pat adati amayi ake adawatsimikizira kuti angathe.

"Anati malowa ndi a aliyense," adatero Pat. "Zinatanthauza zambiri kwa iye kuti anthu abwere kuno, ndipo ngakhale atakhala miniti kapena ola limodzi, zilibe kanthu."

Bobby Deroche adamwalira ku 2012 ndipo Martha chaka chotsatira. Tsopano mwana wamwamuna wa Pat, Lance Weber, yemwe ali ndi nyumba yaying'ono pafupi, amasamalira tchalitchichi. Zaka ndi nyengo yakumwera kwa Louisiana sizinakhale zabwino. Tchalitchichi chimasefukira mobwerezabwereza ndipo chimafuna ntchito yayikulu yokonzanso. Kwa zaka ziwiri zapitazi, Lance adatsekera tchalitchicho kwa alendo ambiri pazifukwa zachitetezo.

Chilimwe chathachi adamanga doko latsopano la mabwato okhala ndi matabwa opangidwa ndi zophatikizira ndi mitengo yothandizira yomwe ingathandize kuthandizira tchalitchicho atachikweza kuchokera kusefukira kwamtsogolo. Kenako ayamba kukonza pansi ndikugwiranso ntchito zina. Zida zonse zofunikira - zonse kuyambira pamitengo yolemera mpaka kung'amba, zomangira ndi matumba a simenti - ziyenera kunyamulidwa pa bwato lanyanja la Lance la 4,6 mita.

Akukonzekera kupanga doko makamaka kwa kayaks kumbali ya tchalitchi. Ndipo akufuna kubwereza zomwe agogo ake adachita pomwe tchalitchicho chimamangidwa koyamba. Omwe adathandizira kumangako adalemba mapemphero apadera pamapepala omwe Martha ndi Bobby adatola ndikusunga mu bell tower. Lance akufuna kuwatulutsa, kukulunga mumtsuko wopanda madzi, kenako kufunsa aliyense amene amamuthandiza kukonza kuti alembe mapemphero awo. Adzawayikanso onse pamodzi mu belu tower.

Lance anakulira kukaona agogo ake kumtsinje, ndipo tchalitchicho sichinasinthe kuyambira ali mwana. Agogo ake aakazi amaliza belu la tchalitchi Lamlungu m'mawa kuti amamuyimbire foni kuchokera kulikonse komwe akuwedza kuti athe kuwonera mapemphero pa TV.

Kwa zaka makumi angapo yawona zosintha zina m'madambo ozungulira: madzi osefukira ndi mafunde oyenda m'maboti asokoneza mtengo ndikukulitsa njira yamtsinje, koma apo ayi zonse ndizofanana. Ndipo akufuna kuti zizikhala choncho.

"Tsopano popeza ndakula, ndikuyesera kuti ndizisungire ana anga, ana awo ndi zidzukulu zawo ndi zonse zomwe zili mkatikati," adatero.