BILLY GRAHAM LIBRARYA KAVA HAWHNA
By Dr. Pum Za Thang Tombing, President, GETS, Bangalore
Thupatna
Tutung Charlotte, North Carolina kava phak man in Billy Graham Library a kava hawh kha theia hampha kakisa hi. Hun sawtpi a kipan in Billy Graham pian na leh a khan khiakna Khopi, Charlotte ka muh nop himah leh lemtheilou in a om nilouh hi. May 28 (Kiginni) leh June 1st (Seppatni) in Billy Graham Library, 4330 Westmon Drive, Charlotte leh Franklin Graham (Billy Tapa) muhsuah “Samaritan’s Purse” Office Boone, NC ka khe a va sikkha bekthamlou a ka mit mah mah a kava muh theih ziakin lungdam in, Pathian min ka phat hi.
Billy Graham leh Charlotte Khopi
Charlotte International Airport a pan khopi sung itailut phet in mitnei khempeuh muh theih dingin Lampi tung ah,”Billy Graham Parkway” chih lian simtaka kigelh in ahon navai dawn pah liana, tua in kei bang a hon inteek sakpah pong hi! Tua lampi-a sausim itaikhit chiangin (tuibuk muamtamsungin) “Billy Graham Library” pialna (Exit) ana om nawn hi. Tua khopi sunga I tai kual chiang in Highway pialna khat ah “Graham Street” chih ana om nawn leu leu hi. Charlotte khopi in Billy Graham lam tampi(various ways) ah phattuam pih mah mah hi a muh theih in a om hi. Hiai khopi pen US khopi tampi te’ lak a hiamgamna (Crime rate) atawmna pen pawla chiamteh ahihban ah, Public (Government) School a ahoih penpen te telkhiatna ah a Top 10 te’ lak ah telban lai hi. Khristian khopi chi a akitheih nasanbel hiai khopi ah inn neilou kongzing khawnga giak (Homeless & Beggars)muh ding a om kei hi. Charlotte (North Carolina State) in tulaia US te’ buaipih Numei leh Numei / Pasal leh Pasal kiteng (Same sex marriage) a phal kei hi. Hiai khopi ah sumsinna ahoiha, khuahun lah nuam in, votlualou, salualou in om gige hi. Tuipi leh mual kikaal munlaizanga om ahihziakin huihpi leh pingpei kithuah(tornado) a om ngeikeia, a khosung siang leh akimveel teng zong singteh ze-tuam hing dip dip in a oma; nuntakna lem in, nuam mah mah hi. Hiai khopi ah Zomi 500 kiim om ua, US khopi a bank minthang mahmah Bank of America Hd. Qtrs. zong ahi hi.
Billy Graham Library
Hiai mun pen Billy pa “Grahams’ 300 acre Bawng khoina (dairy farm) ahia, Bawng 70 khawng vuula, anawi sukna mun ahi. Hiai mun ah Billy Graham kum 9 ahih lai 1927 apan College a kaima tan akhawsa hi. Hiai Library pen 2,400 ft sq inn lianpi ahi-a, akongpi lutna pen CROSS lianpi sangpi( Inkhum tan) a kibawl ahi a, asung ah rooms & Galleries 20 a om hi. Room khat ah tutna leh Video bang (wall) chia et ding leh a inteek (stewards) a om chiat ua, huai sung ate et khit leh ngaihkhiak khit chiang in aban room atunga pawtna (exit) kigelh a hong kihon chianga lut zeel ahi. Room/Gallery khat a ut tantan om theihlouh hi se hi! Hiai sunga ka lungsim honsukha deuhte ka hon hopsawn nop, anuai ate ahi uh:
1. Bawngpi pauthei lim(Bessie the Cow) & Billy Bawngnawi suk leh hawmkhiakna
• Lungvakna (Information) dawhkan ban zek ah, Bawngpi lianpi khat in ahong na maingata, a nung ah Bawng dang amei lamkia uh muh theih 10 val tuak ding uh hi.
• A ban zek ah Billy naupan lai a a Bawngnawi sukna vanzatte leh tua bawngnawi koihna, (Nepalite’ bawngnawi puakna/kholna-bilnihneite)bangbang tampi, a motor neu (truck) sunga ki guang a om hi. Bawng ann, buhpawl,bawng ek hahna leh khetphim leh sek/tubouh khawng a om hi.
• Billy Graham a naupan laiin zingsang 5:30 AM in zing thou a tua bawngpi 70 te’ nawi suk khin, ava zuak khit chianga school kaia kuan pan chih ahon gen un ka lungtang ahon sun hi! Tua thu mi khat in ahon gen khit chiangin, tuate mah a kianga Bawngpi in ahon gen nawna, athugen dan bang bang a kamka leh kiheia a omdan(action) te’n lungsim akhoih mah mah hi.
• Billy Graham leitung pumpi’ Evangelist leh khamangthang tampite Khrist kianga pii leh US Presidents leh leitunga mithupi tampite’ lawm hina pi-a, a naupan laia anasep leh gentheih dan(humble beginning) a manghilhlouh, a zumpih hetlouh in akingaih niam dan a gena, tua in mite lungtang adeng mah mah in ka thei hi.
2. Evangelist Mordekai Ham (A kha pa) a thupi sim leh a mizawh theihdan
• Billy Graham in a pianthakna pa Mordekai Ham a ngaih thupi luat ziakin aleitung pa tawh akha pa laitaka alemlak uh hoihtaka koih in a pianthakni tawh tua lemlak nuai ah a gelh hi. Tua ban ah a pianthakna La “ Hichi maimah hi’ng suan ding bei” chih atang tawpna gen mang ngilh lou hi.
• New York khopi Chialpi 1957 in Billy Graham in Pathian’ Khasiangthou kithuahpihna tang a hangsantaka a thu a gen zawh in migiloupha mahmah nih piangthak ua, a Pistolte uh Billy Graham khut a apiak uh, muh theih ding in limlang etpailet theih sung ah kikoih hi(The journey of faith).
• Christiante sukgentheihna gam (Iron Curtain) China, Russia, Romania leh Berlin (East &West Germany ) kikhenna bang (Wall) pukna dia Pathian vanzat ahih dan gen na a sikkhau lompi kizial lumvetvut a gal lama gam tuam tuam min leh akum laimal sana khuttawh kigelhte kasim chiang in ka chimul thou in ka khitui in hon bual hi (Peace with God: Piercing the Wall)!
3. Ruth Graham (Billy Graham zi)
• Room khat ah Ruth Graham thu ana oma, tua ah Bily Graham tawh Wheaton College,ILL. a akimuh dan uhleh a kitenna lim uh oma, limlang etpailet theih sung ah a aki tenna MOU PUAN kikhaia, anuai ah “ Ruth Graham in hiai a Mou puan tualpi ama khut mah mah tawh akhui ngiat ahi” chih kigelh hi(Ruth: Footprints of a Pilgrim).
• Ruth Bell (Bell pa beh min) Wheaton College a akai lai in khat vei bek amel hoihna dia kizutna (make-up) zang ngeilou na pi in tangval tampi’n asunglam hoihna amuh man un ngai uh hi. Amah thudot (interviewed) na a, “Na nuntak sunga na ut pen khat gen in” chihna ah; aman “Ka ut pen maw NU (mother) chih a om ding mah mah ka ut pen” chiin dawng hi. Huailai pek in zong America numeite, pasal deih aihhanga ta deihlou tam mah mah ta uh hiven!
4. Thudotna (An interviewed with Billy Graham)
• Thu akidot ma in Billy Graham pen 1950-‘60 kiim a kipan in 2009 tan a US Presidente’ thudot ahih dan a Video leh lemlak hong kilak ziah ziah a, Tulela US President Obama natawm deihsakna tawh a maituah dan ka muh tak chiangin Americate a khualdan ka phawk thakthaka, Politiciante’ adviser pi ahihdan leh aki inteksakdan ka theih in, “a dinmun thei mah mah e” chiin thupi kasa lua hi.
• Billy Graham Library genchetna ah,”Billy Graham Library pen Billy Graham thu ahi zaw keia, Billy Graham in adam sunga a gen Pathian itna (message) leh Billy Graham Pathian’ thu ahi zaw” chih in tampi ahon ngaihtuah sak!
• Thudong tu dotna khat: “Tu’n na hun pan thak thei nawn ding hile chin bang na chizat ding hiam?” chih a dawnna: “Tun’n kum 92 a upa kahita a, ka hun pan thak thei nawn ding hileng; lai ka sim tam zaw (study more) dinga, ka thum tam zaw (Pray more) dia, thugenna conference khawng ah thu ka gen tawm zaw(less speaking engagements) ta ding “ chiin dawng hi.
• Dotna dang khat: “ A hihleh, nang nunga khangthakte kiang ah bangthukhah nop na nei a?” chih a dawnna: “Lai simtam (study more) unla, thum tam (pray more) un” chi hi.
5. Ruth Bell Graham (Billy Graham zi) Haan
Billy Graham Library a pan pawt khiak a veilam pang ah Ruth Bell Graham Haan galmuh theihding in om paha, azotna lampi cement a kang hii hiai in ki bawl hi. A hantung kiimvel in pak chikhat,”Aksi pak” ichihte uh ki suan dim hi. Huchiin a laitak ah a hansuang kiphaha, suang ngeina a zepna (paint) khatbek omlou in a laizang tak ah suang ilak chianga akizikte khat avai tan in sawi sim in a veilam apat ataklam dong kigit hi.
Tua suang ngeina tung ah hiaibang in: Ruth Bell Graham June 10, 1920 - June 14, 2007 a kigelh hi. Asuang dawh dawn ah, a pianna gam China lai in “Diktatna”chih aki gelh hi. Hiai China laimal a kigelh a tungnung zaw pen BELAM chihna ahi-a, a nuainung zaw pen KEI chihna hi-a; Pathian in van a pat a hon et chiangin kei ahon mu kei dia, kei taangin BELAM, ka sika si pen amu dinga, tua pen ka diktakna ahi, chiin hilh chetna a kigelh hi. Hiai laimal pen mah Ruth Pa haan tung ah leng aki gelh hi. A vual nuainung pen ah, “End of Construction – Thank you for your patience.” chih a kigelh nawn hi. Tua pen Ruth khatvei Car a atai leh lamsika hiai atunga kigelh (signboard) amuh phet in hoih asa a, nuikawm in, “Hiai ka haan tung a ding in ka deih” achih mana ahaan suanga kigelh ahi ki chi hi. Thudang bangmah akigelh keia, lamdang kasa hi. Suangdawh a lai kigelh kamuh tawmpen pawl hiding in ka chiam teh hi.
6. Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) leh kei
1960 kiim akipatin Evangelist Billy Graham chialpi bawlna thu kana zata a, tua akipan in khatvei bek achialpina a hawh ding pen ka ut pii pen khat ahi hi. Calcutta Bible College a Dip. Theology ka sin lai November 1972 in Nagaland ah chialpi thupitak Billy Graham leh a team te’n nei ding chih thu kana za a tua ah va hawh ka ut mah mah hi:
• Huchihlai in ka semester phalbi khawl (winter break) sungin Calcutta a Operation Mobilization (O.M.) kava zoma, kei pen North East India representative ka hi-a, Nagaland, Billy Graham chialpina a OM sik-le-taang in Kohima khuapi ah Laibu zuak ding a seh in ka om kha a, kipahna in kadim a lunglawp tak in ka kuana; Kohima Billy Graham chialpina ah kava tel kha peetmah a, a thupi ban ah nuam ka va sa mah mah hi. Pathian in lemhongelsak a June 3, 2015 (Seppatni)a Billy Graham Training Centre, Cove, Asheville, North Carolina a kava hawh laia Nagalanda Billy Graham Crusade vaai kava muh chiangin intek kisaktuanna kava nei se hi.
• Berean Baptist Bible College & Seminary, Bangalore a B.D. ka sin lai in Amsterdam ’83 chiin BGEA in Evangelists tampi asap khawmna ua tel ding a chialna ka muh bang in kava kihel theia, tuahpha kakisa mah mah hi. Tua Amsterdam ’83 sung in Itinerary Evangelist te panpihna dinga a van apiakna kiang ua mun (counter) khat ah Samaritan’s Purse International Office ah kava lut kha a, hiai Organization pen Frankin Graham (Billy tapa) muhkhiak ahi hi. Amau kianga ka Thesis gelhna a dia huhna ka nget zen zen leh kakisap zah lian a hon pia ua, tua ziakin ka Thesis hoihtak in ka zou thei hi. May 30 (Kiginni) a Samaritan’s Purse International Office a kava lut tak chiangin, “ka muh nop nop nou ziaka ka B.D. zouthei ka hi chi-a”, a counter a kava gen chiangin amau zong akipak mah mah uh hi. Amsterdam ’83 ka phawkna leh Samaritan’s Purse te tunga ka lungdamna hong tung khawm in kipah leh khasiat (mixed feeling)thuah, gawlbing in ka oma, apam lam deuh ah kava khikhia hi!
• Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK.a M.A.(Missions) 1996 & D.Min (Missions) 2000 ka sin lai; Chicago leh Toronto, (Canada khuapi) ah Billy Graham School of Evangelism ah nihvei kava tel kha hi. Tutunga Billy Graham Library, Samaritan’s Purse leh Billy Graham training Center kava veh khit chiangin hun paisa a BGEA tawh kakisuk khakna te leh hiai Ministries in kei mimal taka tha hongpia (empowered) ahihna ka phawk thak man in ka lungsim tawng akipan in amaute leh Pathian tung ah kipah thu ka gen hi.
Thukhitna
Hiai a tunga thute kangaihsut thak thak chiangin Zomi Upate’n, “Hausa ziakin tuikuang a ban” achih uh bang honphawk sak hial hi. Billy Graham chialpi akipat chiil 1945 kiim a kipan tunitan dong(70 years strong) mindaina/minsiatna omlou a kizang theilai lai chih kangaihtuah chiang in hampha tungtuan kasa a, hiai thute’n in gen khiaktheih leh theih lianlouh tampi a hon ngaihtuahsak hi.
Thukaalzeh: Hiai Billy Graham Library, Charlotte, Samaritan’s Purse Boone, N. Carolina (125 miles from Charlotte) leh Billy Graham Training Center, the Cove, Ashville, N. Carolina(130 miles from Charlotte) a vial nih kava kileh nading, SUV Cadillac, Escalade (Obama zatte) athak, Charlotte a ka taam sunga a poimawh bang banga driver tawh hong zangsak, ka tun nate nupa (Pa Thangta & Nu Vung) tung ah kipahthu gen in, amauziaka hibang munpoimawhte a vahawh thei ka hih manin Pathian min kaphat hi.
Billy Graham, Florida a Bible Institute a asinlai a a record hiate, ala deih:” Ka Pute uh Ginna” chih leh a Personal Aim: Evangelist ahi a, a Bible tang let (Personal Scripture Verse): Jude 3, ahi. Hiai teng ka gawm khawm chiangin, “Billy Graham pen Pathian in a zat ding mah hi tah e” chih ahon ngaihtuah sak a; hiai Bible tang, “Mi diktat kalsuan Toupa’n a kipsak” ( Late 37:23) ka phawk thak thak hi.