Iye anovaka chapel pedyo nerwizi kwaakaoneswa Jesu

Pat Hymel iri pane pier pamberi penzvimbo yerwizi Mai vedu veMapofu, padyo neBlind River muparishi reSt. James, Iyo chapel yakavakwa makumi emakore apfuura nevabereki vake, Martha Deroche nemurume wake Bobby, mushure maMartha aive nechiratidzo chaJesu akapfugama padombo.

Pakati pemiti yemagum nemipayipiresi yekumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweLouisana swamp, uko moss dzeSpanish dzinorembera kubva pamatavi nemazizi ane mhanza uye osprey achikwira, pane chapel diki inonzi Our Lady of Blind River - nhaka yekutenda kwemukadzi.

Imba-imwechete imba yekunamatira yakavakwa makumi emakore apfuura mushure mekunge Martha Deroche ati aive nechiratidzo chaJesu akapfugama padombo, uye nekufamba kwemakore yakava nzvimbo yekudzoka pamweya kwevanopfuura vafambisi vengarava, kayaks, vavhimi nevabati vehove vanorima mvura isina mvura yerwizi. . Nguva nemamiriro ekunze zvakakanganisa chimiro uye Martha nemurume wake vakafa, asi chizvarwa chitsva chemhuri chakatsunga kuchichengetera vafambi vemunguva yemberi zvakare kunakidzwa nenzvimbo ine rugare yekunamatira.

"Nzira chete yekuuya kuno ndeyokufamba nechikepe," akadaro mwanasikana waMartha Pat Hymel, agere mune imwe yemachechi echechi. "Ndinofunga ndosaka zvaive zvakakosha kuvanhu vazhinji… kutenderedzwa nezvisikwa, munzvimbo yerunako rwakadai."

Mukupera kwema70, Martha nemurume wake, Bobby, pavakatamira kumusasa wavo wekuvhima uri padyo neBlind River, yakatumidzwa mazita ekuchinja kwakawanda kunoita kuti zvisave nyore kuona pakona, Martha ainetsekana kuti achakwanisa sei kuenda kuchechi nguva dzose.

Asi zvakazouya chiratidzo chaJesu akapfugama padombo. Chiratidzo ichocho, Martha akaudza Bobby, ndechekuti Jesu aiti aifanira kuvaka kereke ipapo. Nekudaro, paSvondo Svondo 1983, Martha naBobby - avo nerombo rakanaka vaive muvezi - vakatanga kushanda.

Yakave chirongwa chemunharaunda, Pat akadaro nguva pfupi yadarika mamwe mangwanani apo aifamba-famba kuburikidza nealbum pikicha inoratidza vavakidzani neshamwari dzakabatsira kuita kuti chiratidzo chaMartha chiitike.

“Vakaungana vakauya ndokubatsira. Uye uku kwaive runako pacharwo, "Pat akadaro.

Vakagadzika joists pasi uye vakasimudza denga uye bhero tower. Vakaveza mabhenji emisipresi uye vakagadzira maoko matayipresi emaoko. Pakati pechaperi pane chifananidzo cheMhandara Maria icho chinowanikwa mukati megomba remipirisiti rakaburitswa rakaburitswa mumachakwi. Horo yakashongedzwa nemifananidzo yaJesu kana zvimwe zviitiko zvechitendero, rozari nemuchinjikwa.

Pakapera chechi iyi muna Nyamavhuvhu 1983, mupristi akauya kuzokutsaurira mumhemberero yakapindwa nevavakidzani neshamwari mumabhoti avo.

Kubva ipapo yakagadza michato, vashanyi vanobva kure kure seIsrael neEngland, uye archbishop. Pat akati amai vake vaiwanzovapo kuti vavamhorese, vagovera rozari kana makenduru, uye nekuvabvunza kana vaida kuti avanamatire kana kuti vaida kunyora munamato wakakosha.

Vashanyi vazhinji vaive vasiri maKaturike vakabvunza Martha kana vaigona kupinda mutemberi. Pat akati amai vake vakavavimbisa kuti vanogona.

"Akati nzvimbo ino ndeyemunhu wese," akadaro Pat. "Zvaireva zvakawanda kwaari kuti vanhu vauye pano, uye kana vakagara kweminiti kana awa, hazvina basa."

Bobby Deroche akafa muna 2012 naMartha gore rakatevera. Zvino mwanakomana waPat, Lance Weber, uyo ane imba diki padhuze, anotarisira imba yekunamatira. Makore nemamiriro ekunze ekumaodzanyemba kweLouisana hazvina kunge zvakanaka. Iyo chapel yaigara yakazara mafashama uye ichida basa rakakura rekugadzirisa. Kwemakore maviri apfuura kana kudaro, Lance akachengeta cheki yakavharwa kune vazhinji vashanyi nekuda kwezvikonzero zvekuchengetedza.

Zhizha rapfuura akavaka doko nyowani yezvikepe nemabhodhi akapihwa akapa uye matanda ekutsigira ayo anobatsira kutsigira imba yechitendero paanoisimudza kubva kumafashama emangwana. Ipapo anobva atanga kugadzirisa pasi uye kugadzirisa mamwe mapurojekiti. Zvese zvishandiso zvinodikanwa - zvese kubva kunorema matanda kusvika pakubvarura, screws nemasaga ekongiri - zvinofanirwa kutakurwa paLance's 4,6-mita yemafirati chikepe.

Anoronga kuvaka pier yakanangana neakayak padivi pechechi. Uye angada kudzokorora chimwe chinhu chakaitwa nasekuru nasekuru vake pakavakwa imba yekunamatira. Vaya vakabatsira kuivaka vakanyora minamato yakakosha pazvimapepa zvakaunganidzwa naMartha naBobby ndokuzvichengeta mubhero tower. Lance anotarisira kuaburitsa, ndokuaputira mumudziyo usina mvura, uye ndokumbira wese munhu anomubatsira nekugadzirisa kunyora minamato yavo. Achavadzosera vese pamwechete mubhero tower.

Lance akakura achishanyira vanasekuru vake parwizi, uye imba yekunamatira yaive inogara kubva paudiki hwake. Ambuya vake vakaridza bhero rechechi nemusi weSvondo mangwanani kuti vamufonere kubva chero kwaaibata hove kuti vagone kuona masevhisi echechi paTV.

Kwemakumi emakore yakacherekedza dzimwe shanduko mudutu rakakomberedza: mvura yakakwira uye masaisai echikepe traffic akakanganisa muti wetsetse uye akawedzera rwizi rwizi, asi zvikasadaro zvese zvakangofanana. Uye anoda kuzvichengeta zvakadaro.

"Zvino zvandave mukuru, ndiri kuedza kuichengetera vana vangu, vana vavo nevazukuru uye zvese zviri pakati," akadaro.