“Lizbethe mngani,
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Ngithi angikulobele le migqa embalwa ngikwazise ngesimanga esangehlakalela ngeSonto eledlule.
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Phela ngangiphuma enkonzweni ngalolu nyanyavu engaluthengelwa nguThibhoz noMdelwa, ngadlula kulesi sitolo esidayisa izincwadi zamaKhrestu (Christian bookshop). Ngangiyofuna iBhayibheli elisha njengoba leli ebengilisebenzisa linamakhasi angasaphelele.
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Nakhu-ke phela sengibona le bumper sticker ebhalwe ukuthi: HOOT IF YOU LOVE JESUS. Ngisithenge, kwazise phela ngangivuselelekile enkonzweni. Ngiphume estolo ngiyonameka le sticker ngemuva ebhuthini, qede ngingene emotweni neBhaybheli lami elisha.
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Indaba phela seyenzeka sengifika erobhothini, ngifike libomvu, ngime. Angibonanga noma selishintshile irobhothi, phela ngangisathathekile yinkonzo yangalelo langa. Ngizwe imoto esemva kwami ihutha, ngivele ngewindi ngiphakamise isandla ngibingelela.
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“Jesus Christ! Go, go! Just go!” kusho lo mlungu osemva kwami.
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Ngajabula ukuzwa ukuthi uJesu uhamba phambili kule ndawo. Zonke izimoto ezazisemva kwami zase zihutha lokhu okumangazayo, kwangijabulisa ukubona uthando olungaka lwabantu bekhombisa ukuthanda uJesu. Ngaphakamisa isandla ngikhombisa injabulo, ngathi ngiphosa amehlo erobhothini ngalibona selibomvu futhi.
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Ngezwa enye indoda ithi: “Sunny beach.” Ngabona ukuthi ungowaseThekwini, nakhona bayamthanda uJesu. Omunye umshayeli wangivezela umunwe ophakathi nendawo, ngabuza umzukulu wami uPapi owayehleli ngemuva ukuthi kusho ukuthini lokho. Wathi yi-sign yaseMelika esho ukuthi uJesu umthanda ngenhliziyo yakho yonke. Nami-ke angibange ngisapholisa amaseko, ngamvezela owami umunwe lo mlisa.
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Ngabona bonke abantu bephuma ezimotweni zabo beqonde kimi. Ngathi ngithi nhla erobhothini, ngathola umbala uluhlaza. Ngabona kungcono ngihambe, ngaphatheka kabi nokho ukushiya abangani bami ngemuva. Ngicabanga ukuthi babefuna ukuzobuza ukuthi ngikhonza kuphi.
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Ngathi ngiqeda kusuka nje, lashintsha futhi irobhothi laba bomvu, kwangiphatha kabi lokho ukuthi abangani bami ngibashiya ngemuva ngasuka ngedwa. Ngabona kungcono ngibavezele umunwe okokugcina, ukubakhombisa ukuthi uJesu ngimthanda kangakanani. Lapho-ke wavele waphela yinsini uPapi, ngicabanga ukuthi wayechazwa yile ndlela emnandi kangaka ye-sign language yaseMelika.
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Ngethemba ukuthi ngiyophinde ngibabone labaya bantu abanomusa kangaka, sizoxoxa ngezwi leNkosi.
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Yimina,
uTryphina”

My White NEIGHBOUR has been standing on my fence shouting …… “Michael Wayne …. Michael Wayne … Michael Wayne” for the past hour. ……… Only to find out now that she was trying to say MAKHELWANE