{"id":3130926,"date":"2017-09-01T03:20:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T07:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/ah-nenda-kuruka-kite\/"},"modified":"2017-09-01T03:20:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T07:20:35","slug":"ah-nenda-kuruka-kite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/ah-nenda-kuruka-kite\/","title":{"rendered":"Ah, Nenda Kuruka Kite!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3026954\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3026954\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3026954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jones-square.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jones-square.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jones-square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jones-square-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3026954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">{%CAPTION%}<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"dropcap\">Nilipokuwa<\/span><!--\/.dropcap--> mvulana, watu walikuwa wakisema kwamba kichwa changu kilikuwa mawinguni kila mara. Nikitazama angani, nilijiuliza kuna nini huko juu. Nilitazama ndege, ndege, mawingu, rangi angani, na upepo wa miti. Niliposikia ndege au ndege, kichwa changu kilielekea juu hadi nilipomwona. Usiku niliota juu ya kuruka.    <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ningetengeneza kaiti kubwa kwa mianzi na plastiki, nikienda shambani baada ya shule na kuipima, kuandika maelezo, kuipeleka nyumbani na kuifanyia kazi upya, kisha nirudi siku inayofuata ili kuijaribu tena. Wakati fulani, nilitembelea duka la kite huko San Francisco, California, na nilikuja na gazeti la kite na kite chache. Kiti hizo zilikuwa za wapiganaji, ambao sasa wanaitwa &#8221;kite za mstari mmoja zinazoweza kusongeshwa&#8221;. Wanaenda kwa mwelekeo ambao wameelekezwa hadi uweke slack kwenye mstari; pua hubadilisha mwelekeo, na huvuta juu yake. Inakwenda katika mwelekeo huo mpya. &#8221;Lo! Hii ni nzuri!&#8221; Nilifikiri. Nilianza kujenga yangu mwenyewe. Hiyo ndiyo wakati nilipogundua Shirika la Kitefliers la Marekani (AKA), shirika la kitaifa la kite lililojaa watu wazima wanaoruka kite!        <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kuruka kwa kite karibu kila mara kumeondoa wasiwasi wangu. Mara tu kite hiyo inapoacha mikono yangu, wasiwasi wangu huenda pamoja nayo. Nadhani inafungamana na akili. Watu wengi ambao wana vitu vya kufurahisha au shughuli za kutafakari huhisi mafadhaiko na wasiwasi huondoka mara tu wanapoanza. Mkazo wao unabadilishwa na hisia ya furaha, na furaha hiyo huenda pamoja nao wanapoondoka kwenye uwanja wa kite ili kuendeleza maisha yao.    <\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3130926 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/ah-nenda-kuruka-kite\/jones-9-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jones-9-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/ah-nenda-kuruka-kite\/jones-8-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jones-8-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/ah-nenda-kuruka-kite\/jones-7-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jones-7-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/ah-nenda-kuruka-kite\/jones-6-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jones-6-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/ah-nenda-kuruka-kite\/jones-5-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jones-5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/ah-nenda-kuruka-kite\/jones-4-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jones-4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/ah-nenda-kuruka-kite\/jones-3-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jones-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/ah-nenda-kuruka-kite\/jones-2-2-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jones-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"dropcap\">Rafiki<\/span><!--\/.dropcap--> wa Quaker aliwahi kuniambia kwamba alihisi kwamba roho yangu ilikuwa imefungwa kwa njia fulani na zaidi, kwa kikomo cha nje. Katika mojawapo ya Mikutano ya Kongamano Kuu la Marafiki huko Blacksburg, Virginia, karani mwenza Peggy Spohr alipendekeza nifikirie kuwasilisha warsha ya kite kwa FGC. Nilianza na mkutano wangu wa kila mwaka, kisha nilijiandikisha kuwasilisha kwenye Kusanyiko. Msimu huu wa kiangazi uliopita, niliendesha warsha yangu ya tatu ya Mkusanyiko wa FGC.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sababu moja ya kutengeneza kite kufaa sana na FGC ni furaha inayoonyeshwa wakati wa kutengeneza keti na kuzipeperusha. Kuna mafumbo mengi yanayohusiana na kite na kuruka kwao kwa Roho na uhusiano wetu na Uungu. Hata neno la Kiebrania kwa roho ni sawa na neno la upepo:    <\/span><i><br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ruack<\/span><br \/>\n<\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(inatamkwa \u201croo&#8217;-akh\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunatengeneza kaiti nne katika warsha yetu ya siku tano ya Kukusanya. Ya kwanza daima ni kite ya Eddy, toleo thabiti zaidi la kite ya almasi. Kisha tunapamba kite kabla ya kwenda nje, ambapo tunaunganisha kites pamoja na kuruka kwa ushirikiano. Hii inaleta kila aina ya majadiliano kuhusu kufanya kazi pamoja na jinsi tunavyohitajiana ili &#8221;kuruka juu.&#8221; Ninakumbushwa hadithi ya Kigiriki kuhusu Daedalus na mwanawe Icarus. Sio tu kwamba walikuwa wakitoroka gerezani, lakini siwezi kujizuia kuwaza kwamba walikuwa wakiruka kuelekea kwa Mungu huku wakiruka juu zaidi na zaidi. Lakini walihitajiana, na kama Icarus angekaa karibu na baba yake, wangefanikiwa. Kumbuka, Icarus aliruka karibu sana na jua; nta iliyoshikana mabawa yake yenye manyoya iliyeyuka, naye akatumbukia hadi kufa.       <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pia tunajifunza jinsi ya kufunga vifungo kadhaa katika sehemu ya kwanza ya juma. (Hii, bila shaka, pia ina sitiari maishani.) Kwa kujifunza hizi mapema wiki, tunaweza kuzitumia wiki nzima huku tukitengeneza keti zingine. Tumetengeneza delta kite, &#8221;floaters&#8221; za ndani kutoka kwa mifuko ya kusafisha kavu, kite za Rokkaku (kite za Kijapani zenye hexagonal), kite za sanduku, na kite za kivita. Kwa kawaida mimi husanifu warsha zangu ili kite tunazotengeneza ziweze kupeperushwa ndani ya nyumba au kwenye upepo mwepesi sana, kwa sababu huwa tunakuwa karibu na majengo na miti ambayo huleta hali ya misukosuko. Kati zetu zinaweza kupeperushwa ndani ya nyumba kwa kurudi nyuma, lakini baadaye zinaweza kujengwa upya kwa vijiti vizito ili kuruka kwenye upepo mkali washiriki wanapofika nyumbani. Pia ninatengeneza kite za kubomolewa ili ziweze kupelekwa nyumbani salama. Na kwa kawaida kuna wakati wa kupamba kites kwa kutumia alama za kudumu za rangi au rangi za akriliki. Sisi hujaribu kila wakati kupata wakati wa kuruka nao pia.        <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Siku za mwisho za warsha zinatumika kujenga kile ninachokiita &#8221;kite cha siri.&#8221; Siwaambii washiriki wa warsha kabla ya muda kile kite hicho kitakuwa, kama njia ya kuongeza mashaka. Kweli! Inategemea kile ambacho watu wanataka kujenga, pamoja na kile kite kinafaa zaidi kwa washiriki wa mwaka huo. Mimi huleta vifaa vya kutosha kujenga aina sita au saba za kite. Hii inanipa uhuru wa kubadilika wiki nzima. Kitengo cha siri kinaelekea kuwa ngumu zaidi, kinachohitaji ujuzi unaopatikana kwa kujifunza kwa wiki nzima. Kuwa na kite cha siri si tofauti na maisha yetu katika Roho: mara nyingi inashangaza; daima siri; na, ikiwa tunakaribia kwa nia iliyo wazi, kwa furaha.       <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watu wanamaanisha nini wanapokuambia uende kuruka kite? Kwa kawaida inamaanisha kupotea, kwenda mbali, au kuwaacha peke yao. Lakini naona ni mwaliko wa kukaribishwa. Kuruka kwa kite ni kuhusu kuwa na furaha na upendo, kupenda kujifurahisha na mwangalifu. Katika ndege za ndege, kama katika safari zetu za kiroho, lazima tuwe na tumaini, imani, na upendo.    <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karatasi, gundi, upepo, na mafumbo kwenye Mkusanyiko wa FGC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3079215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9822],"tags":[12107,11275,12756,23197,10913,23196,12026,10900,11047,11445],"fpb_issue_category":[10232],"class_list":["post-3130926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vipengele","tag-fgc","tag-imani","tag-kijana","tag-kweli","tag-mabadiliko","tag-mikutano-ya-kongamano-kuu-la-marafiki","tag-mkutano-wa-mwaka","tag-mungu","tag-nyumbani","tag-roho","fpb_issue_category-septemba-2017"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ah, Nenda Kuruka Kite! 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