Australia Missionary Graham Staines (1941 – 1999)
Graham Staines’ min taktak pen Graham Stuart Staines hi in Australia sangmang khat ahi hi. Gladys tawh 1983 kum in kiteng uh a, tanu (Esther) khat leh Tapa nih (Phillip, kum 10 leh Timothy, kum 6) nei uh hi. A nasepna pen India gam, Odisha State, Manoharpur District, Keonjhar khua ah ahi hi. January 22,1999 ni zan in a tapa tenih tawh a mawtaw sung ah a lup laitak un kihal in a si uh hi. Hih tualthahna ah a kihelkha pawlkhat te pen thongkia in khatpa bel sihdan kipia napin a nunglam ciangin khantawn thong in thu kikhen kik hi.
Graham Staines pen Australia gam Queenslang State, Palmwoods Khuanawl ah suak hi. Mission avei mahmah khat ahihna tawh India gam ah sep ding a lunggulh ahi hi. A kum acin ciangin India gam a Evangelical Missionary Sociaty of Mayurbhanj (EMSM) te tawh kizom hi. Kizopna a haksa mahmah na (remote area) Odisha State ah kipuak hi. Nasep a kipat ma 1982 kum in EMSM te tawh Mayurbhanj Leprosy Home cih miphak kepna khat hong masa in 1983 pan Staines in vaipuak khempeuh hong la hi.
Graham Staines in Mission Field khat ah a nasep khoppih Gladys a muh tung mahin hoih sa pah a, tua hun pen 1981 kum june kha a hihi. A kimuh zawh uh kum 2 a cin kum 1983 kum in kiteng uh hi. A kiten un Gladys kum 16 pha pan hi. A sangmang sep sung in India gam a Ho minamte ading Laisiang Tho teina ah huh thei zel hi. Tua bek hilo in khutgelh ngiat tawh Thuciam thak sungteng manleh manlo etcik (crosscheck) sak hi. Damlo te kepna ah Odia pau bek thei uh ahih manin Staines zong Odia kam pen siang takin pau thei hi. Tua bangin damlo (miphak) kep kawmkawm mah in khua mite kauphan dan leh lawhphan dan hilh zel hi.
Staines in 1965 kum pan Evangelical Missionary Organisation te tung tawn in Odisha State ah miphawkte kem in mi cimawhte huh in panpih a, a nuntakna a bei dongin sem hi. Tua bangin itna leh hehpihna tawh mi akep akhoina pen Hindu pawlkhat in thulet ding omlo pi in ka mipih te uh zawhthawh thu in Tapidaw suak sak hi ci in mawksak (alleged) uh hi. The Wadhwa Commission in a genna uh ah khua mite Tapidaw suakin tui kiphum hi na cih uh hang sawlna tawh kikhel ahih lohna gentham cing paulap ka mu kei uh hi ci uh hi.
Gladys Staines ahih leh a pasal sih khit ciang a nasep uh zomsuak veve a, 2004 kum ciangin a pianna gam Australia gamah ciah pan hi. A gam ah aciah kik dong bangmah lung himawh lo leh lungmuang takin a sangmang nasep mah lungkim takin a sem hi. 2005 kum in India kumpi in kumsim in apiak “ The fourth Highest Civilian Award” pahtawina pia uh hi. Amau kam in cileng “Padma Shri in Odisha” kici hi. 2016 kum ciangin “Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice” cih phatna khat ngah leuleu hi.
Kumsim in aneih den uh Jungle Camp pen Tapidaw te kumcin kimuhkhopna (conference) hi in tua pawi sungah Pasian a upna uh a thangahnate uh a kikum khawm uh hi. Tua ni pen 1999 kum January kha ni 22 ni ahi hi. Staines’ tapa tenih zong sangkhak tawh kituak ahih manin apa zui in Kenduihar pan Manoharpur khua ah pawi sim dingin apai uh hi. Azi leh a tanu ahih leh Baripada khua ah a om uh hi. Tua ni pen khuavot lua ahih manin amau zong a pata tengthum un a mawtaw sung (Station Wagon) ah agiak uh hi.
Tua bangin nuam takin a ihmut laitak un migilo (Mob) 50 kiim bangin a mawtaw uh umcih in ahal uh hi. Amau zong khua aphawk uh ciangin a pusuah ding a hanciam uh hang tua migilo (Mob of Vigilantes) ten na dal in mawtaw sungah khumcip uh a, mawtaw leh Staines te pata tengthum a haltum uh hi. Tua migilo te hehnapi pen in sangmang ten khuasung mite bawngsa ne sak, numeite nawituam( Brassieres) leh nindalna (Sanitary Towels) te pia uh hi. Sangmang ten ka ngeina uh hong susia hi ci in ngawh uh hi. Credit: Langh Sian Khai, Photo: Graham Staines Family, References: Wikipedia, Film : The Least of These
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