Udade uqhuba umdyarho wokunyathela, unyusa imali kumahlwempu eChicago
Xa iMarathon yaseChicago yarhoxiswayo ngenxa yecoronavirus, udade uStephanie Baliga wagqiba kwelokuba abeke abaqeqeshi bakhe kwaye abaleke umgama oziimayile ezingama-42,2 kwigumbi elingaphantsi komzi wakhe woonongendi.
Kwaqala njengesithembiso. U-Baliga uxelele iqela lakhe elibalekayo ukuba xa kurhoxisiwe, uzakubaleka umdyarho wokunyathela ukuze anyuse imali yokutya ukutya kwe-Mission of Our Lady of the Angels eChicago. Wayezimisele ukuyenza ngokwakhe, ukuqala ngo-4 kusasa, ngomculo ovela kwistereo.
"Kodwa ke umhlobo wam undiqinisekisile ukuba le yinto ethile yempambano engenziwa ngabantu abaninzi," utshilo. "Ukuba uninzi lwabantu aluqhubi ii-marathons kwitreadmill kwigumbi elingaphantsi kwaye kufuneka ndazise abanye abantu."
Kwaye ke ukubaleka kwakhe kuka-Agasti 23 kwakusasazwa bukhoma kwi-Zoom kwaye kuthunyelwe kwi-YouTube. Ngolo suku, unongendi oneminyaka engama-32 ubudala wayenxibe iflegi yaseMelika kwaye ebaleka ecaleni kwemifanekiso eqingqiweyo kaSt. Francis Assisi kunye neNtombikazi enguMariya.
Isihlwele somdyarho esinengxolo saseChicago, esasibaleka kule minyaka ilithoba idlulileyo, saphela. Kodwa usenoncumo lwesikolo esiphakamileyo kunye nabahlobo beekholeji, abefundisi kunye namalungu osapho athi gqi kwiscreen kwaye amvuyisa.
"Kubonakala ngathi ivumele abantu ukuba babenokhuthazo, ulonwabo kunye novuyo ngeli xesha lobunzima obugqithisileyo kubantu abaninzi, utshilo uBaliga. "Ndichukunyiswe ngokwenene yinkxaso engaqhelekanga endiboniswe ngabantu abaninzi kolu hambo."
Njengokuba wayebaleka, wayethandaza i-rosari, wathandazela abaxhasi bakhe, kwaye okona kubaluleke kakhulu, wathandazela abantu abosulelwe yile ntsholongwane kunye nabo babekwa bodwa ngexesha le-COVID-19.
Le ayisiyonto xa ithelekiswa nento abantu abaninzi abadlule kuyo ngeli xesha lobhubhane, utshilo.
Imizuzu engama-30 yokugqibela, nangona kunjalo, ibidinisa.
"Bendithandazela ukuba ndiphumelele kwaye ndingawi ndisinde," utshilo.
Ukutyhala kokugqibela kwavela ngokumangaliswa kwiscreen sikaDeena Kastor, imbasa yebronze yeOlimpiki ka-2004. "Oku kundiphazamise kwintlungu."
UBaliga naye ungenise iiyure ze-3, ixesha lemizuzu engama-33 kwiGuinness World Record yexesha elifanelekileyo lokubaleka.
"Esona sizathu sokuba ndikwazi ukuyenza kungenxa yokuba kwakungekho mntu wakha wayenza ngaphambili," watsho ngoncumo.
Okubaluleke ngakumbi, umdyarho wakhe wokunyathela ukuza kuthi ga ngoku uphakamise ngaphezulu kwe- $ 130.000 yokuzibandakanya koluntu kwimishini yakhe.
UBaliga, oqale ukugijima eneminyaka eli-9 ubudala, ngaphambili wayekhuphisana kwiCandelo I enqumla ilizwe kunye nokulandelela amaqela kwiYunivesithi yaseIllinois, apho wayefunda khona uqoqosho kunye nejografi. Uthe ubomi bakhe butshintshile emva komthandazo onamandla kwaye weva umnxeba wokuba ngunongendi.
Kodwa iBaliga yaqhubeka ibaleka. Emva kokujoyina i-oda yaseFranciscan ye-Ekaristi eChicago, wasungula iqela elisebenzayo leNenekazi Lethu leengelosi ukunyusa imali kumahlwempu.
“Sonke sidlala le ndima ibaluleke kangaka. Zonke izinto esizenzayo zinxibelelene, ”utshilo. "Kubaluleke kakhulu, ngakumbi ngeli xesha, xa abantu abaninzi beziva bebodwa kwaye bekude, ukuze abantu baqhubeke nokuzincama ngenxa yabo kwaye babe nobubele