Tatwakokwele mu Zambia, batutumine ku Southern Rhodesia (iitwa nomba Zimbabwe).

Twaninine ishitima, kabili ilyo tushilafika mu musumba wa Bulawayo, wali e muku wa kubalilapo twamweneko icipooma ca lulumbi ica Victoria Falls. Twaikele inshita inono no lupwa lwa kwa munyina McLuckie, abali pali baNte ba kubalilapo ukwikala mu Zimbabwe. Lyali lishuko lyaibela ukubeshiba bwino pa myaka 16.

Ukuiteulula

Ilyo papitile imilungu ibili iya kusambilila ifyo ibala lya mu Afrika lyaba, nalisontelwe ukuba kangalila wa citungu. Pa kushimikila mu mpaanga ya mu Afrika, twalesenda amenshi, ifya kulya, ifya kufimbana, ifya kufwala, mashini wa kutambisha filimu ne ca kutambilapo, mashini wa malaiti, e lyo na fimbi ifyalekabilwa. Ifi fyonse twalefilonga pa cimbayambaya icakosa icali no kutusenda ukupita mu misebo iyabipa.

Nalebomba pamo na bakangalila ba miputule abena Afrika ilintu Joyce aleafwa abakashi babo na bana abo baleba na bo. Ukwenda mu mpaanga ya mu Afrika kulanasha, maka maka nga nakukaba, lelo naishilesanga ukuti iyi miceele, yalengele cileyanguka ukwikala no bulema bwandi, kabili nalitemenwe pali ici.

Abantu abengi bali bapiina. Abengi baliitumpile sana mu ntambi no kupupe mipashi pamo no kuupe mpali; lelo kwena balicindike sana Baibolo. Mu ncende shimo, twalelonganina mu cintelelwe ca fimuti ifikalamba, kabili ubushiku, twalesanika amalampi no kuyakobeka. Lyonse twalepeshiwa amano nga tulesambilila Icebo ca kwa Lesa mwi samba lya muulu uwaisulamo intanda, ukulangisha ububumbo ubushaiwamina ubwa kwa Lesa.

Icintu na cimbi ico tushakalabe, kutambisha amafilimu ya Watch Tower Society mu ncende sha mu mishi isha mu Afrika. Mu cilonganino kuti mwaba fye baNte nalimo 30, lelo ilyo kwaba ukutamba filimu, ilingi twaleenekela abantu abali 1,000 nelyo ukucilapo ukusangwako!

Mu fyalo ifyakabisha, kulaba ukulwala libili libili, lelo calicindama lyonse ukukanafuupulwa. Joyce na ine twalisambilile ifya kubomba no bu bwafya. Ilingi nalelwala malelya, e lyo Joyce na o alelwala ubulwele ubuletwa no tushishi utwitwa amoeba.

Pa numa, twaile mu kubombela pe ofesi lya musambo ilya ku Salisbury (iitwa nomba Harare), uko twaipakishe ukubomba pamo na babomfi ba busumino aba kwa Yehova, pamo nga baLester Davey, baGeorge na baRuby Bradley. Ubuteko bwalinsontele ukubomba umulimo wa kulembesha ifyupo, icalengele ukuti ndetungulula amenga ya bamunyinane abena Afrika, ne ci calekosha ifyupo fya Bena Kristu aba mu filonganino. Pa numa ya myaka iinono, nalipeelwe umulimo na umbi uwaibela. Banjebele ukulatandalila ifilonganino umo balelanda indimi shishili sha mu Afrika. Ukucila pa myaka 10, ine na Joyce twaliipakishe ukwishiba bamunyinefwe ku mulandu wa kubomba umulimo wa kwenda, kabili twalitemwa pa kulunduluka kwabo ukwa ku mupashi. Twaletandalila na bamunyinefwe aba ku Botswana na ku Mozambique.

[Ifikope pe bula 27]

Ukubomba ne bumba lyaba lyeka (pa muulu) e lyo (ku kuso) ukubomba ne cilonganino ku Southern Rhodesia, nomba Zimbabwe