njinga yamoto
Ngati galimoto yanu itawonongeka mwina mutachita ngozi, dzina loyambirira liyenera kukhala la makaniko.
Koma njinga yanu ikawonongeka ndipo mukufuna kukonzanso, mudzatha kutchula Leon McClung, "Munthu Wanjinga." Kaya njingayo ikufuna zolowera m'malo mwake, zopindika, kapena utoto wamasiku ano, amachita zonsezi.
McClung akuyandikira zaka makumi asanu ndi anayi zakubadwa zake pa Okutobala 22 ndipo wakhala akukonza njinga kwazaka khumi. Amagula njinga kuchokera kugulitsidwe kwaponse pabwalo, misika yokhotakhota, ndi kulikonse komwe angazipeze ndipo, akangokonza, amapereka njinga kwa ana, makoleji, kapena mabungwe othandizira. Amapatsidwanso njinga zamoto ku Carrollton Police Division ndi Division ya Sheriff ya Douglas.
"Ndidzawatenga, m'modzi m'modzi, mchipinda changa chapansi ndikugwira ntchito yonse yomwe iyenera kumalizidwa kuti athe kuyendetsa bwino," adatero McClung. "Anthu ena amadziwa zomwe ndimachita nawo ndipo amandipatsa njinga zamakedzana zomwe zimafuna kukonza."
Chakumapeto kwa zaka makumi asanu ndi anayi mphambu khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu, abambo ake, a Gilbert, adayika gawo limodzi la maekala ndikudziwitsa iye ndi mchimwene wake, Selma, kuti awonetse malowo ndi bulu, abzale ndi thonje ndikusankha pawokha. Akachita izi, a McClung atero, iye ndi mchimwene wake atha kugula njinga ndi ndalama zomwe amapeza pogulitsa thonje.
"Tidachita zonse zofunika kuchita," adatero. “Tidatola balere m'modzi wa thonje. Abambo adapereka thonje ndipo adatiuza kuti titha kuitanitsa njinga yatsopano ku Sears Roebuck pa Khrisimasi. ”
Imeneyo inali njinga yoyamba ya abale ndipo awiriwo anakwera nthawi imodzimodziyo, Leon ali pomwepo. Selma adakwera pampando wolowera, ndipo aliyense amayenda limodzi. Leon adati akuyenera kupatsa chisangalalo chomwecho iye ndi mchimwene wake amafunikira ana nthawi yomweyo.
Mu 2015, mkazi wake, Villa, adamupatsa atalimbana ndi Alzheimer's. Pomwe tsopano sanali wokhoza kumuthandiza ndikukhala ndi Leon momwe amagwirira ntchito njinga iliyonse, adati adamupititsa kuchipinda chapansi pa njinga ya olumala. Anamuyika pampando kuti amuyang'ane akugwira njinga.
Ananenanso kuti tsopano amakhala otanganidwa komanso kumangoganizira zomukumbukira. Awiriwa adakwatirana zaka 65.
Leon amagwira ntchito yonse ndi zala zake, kuyambira kukhathamira kwa matayala mpaka kusintha magwiridwe antchito ndi ma sprocket ngati sanachite bwino. Akamaliza kukonza, amawatsuka, napaka zinthu zilizonse zomwe zikufuna kugwira ntchito, ndikuyeretsanso matayalawo.
Pomwe sasunga fayilo kapena nthawi yomwe amagwiritsa ntchito panjinga iliyonse, amadalira kuchuluka kwa omwe wagwira ntchito ndikupereka. Adayamba kusunga izi mu 2012, ndipo mwina omwe wapereka kwambiri anali njinga 687 mu 2017. Uyu yr, adati wagwira ntchito zoposa 400.
Ngati wina akufuna njinga, McClung adati adzasankha imodzi popanda mtengo. Ali ndi mabuku awiri azithunzi, zikondwerero zosewerera, ndi makalata ochokera kwa anthu ndi mabungwe omwe apeza njinga izi, pakati pawo ndi Sweetwater Mission ku Austell.
"Njinga zonse ndi zaulere," adatero. “Sindinapangitsepo aliyense kulipiritsa njinga.”
Njinga iliyonse ipeza chibwereza cha chithunzi cha zala zake ndi mawu olembedwa olumikizidwa ndi ma handlebars. Mawuwa amafotokoza chifukwa chake amakonza njinga, ndikupatsa mwini nyumbayo uthenga wopatsa chiyembekezo.
"Onani zala zazaka 90 izi," akutero mawuwo. "Mulungu watsogolera zala izi kuti ziziyenda paliponse pa njinga iyi kuti zitsimikizike kuti zikuyenda bwino. Ndikukhulupirira kuti mumayikonda ndikusamalira kwambiri monga momwe ndakhalira ndikukhazikitsani. ”
"Kodi zingakudziwitseni inu kuti nthawi zonse muziyang'ana kwa Mulungu kuti akutsogolereni pamoyo wanu. Ngati mungatero, chisangalalo chomwe mudadziwa poyendetsa njinga mwina chingakhale chabwino kwambiri mukamatsatira zomwe akutsogolerani m'moyo wanu. ”