Wiikān in Mijen Jidikdik Me Ekar Ukōt Men Otemjej

Iaar jab kōņaan etal.

Ekar jon̄an dein an pidodo. Ikar 16 im aolep raar kōnono kōn menin “mijen jidikdik wiikān” stake eo am ekar kōm̧m̧ane. Ikar jab lo wūn eo. Ikar jab ļōmņak in jerbale juon mijen, ekar jab m̧okta, im ejjamin.

Jinō ekar lukkuun kōņaan bwe in etal. Ritōl ro aō raar kōketak eō. Raar ba, “Ej juon wōt wiikān, Tyra!” Bōtaab jekdo̧o̧ņ ta ekar jab kareel eō. Bon̄ōn eo m̧okta, ikar jan̄. Ikar ba, “Etke ij kōm̧m̧ane menin n̄an n̄a make?”

Ikar ba aaet wōt kōnke ikar jab kōņaan rupe būruōn armej. Bōtaab ilo būruō, ikar kadede bōnbōn awa ko m̧ae iien eo ekar jem̧ļo̧k.

Ilo jino in, ekar jab kanooj nana. Kōm kar kōm̧m̧ani workshop ko, kaminene katakin, leiaia ippān mijenede ro n̄an iien ekkatak ko. Ij keememej aō ļōmņak, “Ekwe, imaron̄ eļļā jān menin.” Bōtaab ikab de jan̄in m̧weiur. Ikar jiron̄ eō make, “Ij baj pād ijin bwe armej ro renaaj jab bar kabūņōņōik eō ”

Innām kar itok raan eo kein karuo.

Eo m̧ōtta ekar Sister Fale. Kōmro kar etal n̄an city eo—iturinļo̧k Town Hall Station eo—n̄an kōnono ippān jet armej ilo iaļ eo. Ikar ļoor tōl eo an liin ke ekar bōjrak im kōnono n̄an em̧m̧aan in kōn karōk in lo̧mo̧o̧r. Ikar jutak turin liin, jaje ta im ikōn̄, ļōmņak, “Ej wōjān liin menin, ejjab n̄a.”

Bōtaab juon men ekar oktak.

Liin ekar kalimjōk eō ioļap in bwebwenato eo im em̧ajidjid, āinwōt ekar aō iien. Ikar kōpeļļo̧k lo̧n̄iū . . . im naan in kam̧ool eo aō ekar waļo̧k! Em̧ool ikar jab ļōmņak kōn ta eo ikar ba. Ikar kōnono.

Im Jetōb eo ekar kanooj kajoor.

Ekar im̧we eō ilo iien jab eo. Ikar 16, jutak ilo ioļapļap in juon iaļ eitōltōl, kōnono n̄an juon ruwaimejet kōn Jisōs Kraist, im ej kab kein kajuon ilo juon iien aitok, ikar en̄jake bwe ej ijo eo ikar aikuj in pād ie.

En̄jake jab in ekar jab jako. Ekar pād ippā aolepān wiikān eo. Aolep iien katakin, aolep jar an kumi, aolep iien bwebwenato kōn gospel eo ippān riuwaimejet ro—ikar en̄jake āinwōt juon men ilowaō ekar ruj.

...Ikar jepļaak n̄an m̧weo jān wiikān eo ikar oktak.

Ikar jab kajju jiron̄ jabdewōt, ak ilo būruō, ikar jeļā. Ikar jino etal ippān sister ro rej jerbal aolep raan aolep wiik. Ikar kōņaan en̄jake Jetōb jab eo bar juon alen—en̄jake eo an jibadbad. Āliktata, ikar jino jerbale peba in mijen ko aō.

Kiiō ij 19, pojak in 20 ilo iiō in. Ij ekkatak Construction Project Management ilo UTS im jerbale āinwōt juon YSA rep ilo ward eo aō. Ikar barāinwōt bōk koņaō ilo Australian Assocation of Pacific Studies Conferene 2025 eo , im ij katak ekōjkan aō kobaik tōmak eo aō ippān jerbal im m̧ani, im kōjatdikdik jipan̄ kwaļo̧k gospel eo An eļapļo̧k.

Ijjan̄in de etal n̄an mijen eo aō—bōtaab inaaj. Jokāālet jab in ekab de jidik kamijak, bōtaab ej barāinwōt kwojarjar. Im aolep raan, naan in kam̧ool eo aō ej eddōkļo̧k ilo an kajoorļo̧k.

Iien eo ekar lukkuun deļo̧n̄—ta meļeļe in mijen jidikdik eo n̄an n̄a—ekar ke ikar ro̧o̧l n̄an m̧weo, makeļo̧k, jeje ilo jōnōļ eo aō. Ikar jino jan̄. Ekar m̧wilaļ aō en̄jake Jetōb eo. Ekar iien eo ikar kile bwe revelesōn ko ikar būki raar m̧ool in. E ekar kōnono n̄an eō. Im ikar aikuj in ron̄jake.

Ijeļā bwe aolepān men ikar maron̄ kōm̧m̧ani—aolep tōprak, aolep bun̄tōn m̧aanļo̧k—ej kōnke kōn tūriam̧o eo An im An iakwe. Ij kōjatdikdik bwe imaron̄ in erom juon joor in kōjatdikdik n̄an ro jet, kōnke E ekar un̄ur mour eo aō. Im bwe, eļapļo̧k jān jabdwōt ej etke ikōņaan jerbal.