Gamdang zinna: England paina ~ Rev. Khup Za Go

Gamdang zinna: England paina ~ Rev. Khup Za Go

England paina
January 3, 1984 sun nai 12 lianin IC 490 vanleng tawh Guwahati pan ding dingin a zi leh tate in vanlengtual dong kha uh hi. Nitak nai 2 ciangin dingkhia in Bagdogra leh Patnaah a khawl zawh ciangun nitak nai 6:20 pawlin New Delhi tung a, Sia Lian Za Go in na dawn hi. Nitak nai 10 ciangin amau inn pan vanleng tualah amah leh Hang Za Kam in kha uh hi. Zing sang nai khat pawl ciangin amau ciahsan in amah pen a pai dingin a khan sungah lut in a vante a booking leh security check a man zawh a sawt lo in leng in zing lam nai 3:55 lianin Pakistan gam Karachi tung hi.

Karachi pan Frankfurt dong nai giat sung tak leng ahih manin thunget hun limtak a ngah suak hi. A innkuanpihte a kipan CBA, TBA (Tedim Baptist Association) leh North East India tawh kisai lungdam thu puakin lailam nasep ding zia lo in thungen hi. Delhi pan a din khiat nading Disembarkation Card laia kipia mah bangin tu’n London tun na’ng Landing Card gelhsak uh hi. Nitak nai 6 in Frankfurt pan dingkhia in meileng mah bangin vanleng pen ham henhan hi. Meipi tungah lengto in ni taangah a lenpih hi. Sa, vaimin, amkamteh sialnekte leh moh pia uh hi. Nai 7:20 in London vanleng tualpi Heathrow Airport a tukpih a, amau gamah nitak nai 1:45 pawl ding na hi pan hi.

Feed the Mind stipend tawh kah ding ahih manin Feed the Mind cih card tawisain Canon John Houghton in vanleng tualah na dawn hi. Custom leh immigration nasemte in thu tampi a dong uh hi. Vanleng tual panin bus tawh Bletchley kici dong tuangin, tua panin John in ama car hawl a, ama omna khua Milton Keynes dong a pai uh hi. Nitak an aksa, alu leh moh ne uh hi. A zing ni in a tunnapa in zing nai 7:30 in phong a, a lupna tungah niang leh moh pia hi. A zintunnapa pen putek phial hi ta a, tua banga thusiamna etteh huai a sa hi. Sun ciangin laibu sai Asian Book Store leh sumbukah vakpih hi.

January 6 in SPCK laibu saiah vakpih a, tuaah sun an ne in nekkhawm bawlna zong John makaihna mah tawh a nei uh a, mi nga khawng a pha uh hi. Tua ni pen London khuapi a vak masakna hi a, Milton Keynes panin meileng tawh pai in meileng mah tawh a ciahkik uh hi. A zing sun nai 12 pawlin Oxford ah mawtaw tawh pai uh hi. Oxford Polytechnic ah pai masa in tua panin a omna ding Holton Rectory pai hi. Tua Rectory sai pen Rev. David Wood Robinson hi a, a zi min Jane hi. A lupna ding mun a tun ciangin Pasian tungah lungdam a ko masa hi. Nitak an nekzawh ciangin khuadam ahih manin mei awi in nai 11:30 ciangin a lum hi.

Vot sa lua ahih manin a ihmu gina thei kei hi. Khuavak kuan ciangin heater a khah leh tawmkhat noptuam hi. January 8, 1984 pen Mikang gamah Nipini a zat patna hi. Zing nai 9 pawlin breakfast ne in sikkeu, hai leh kuang sen dan kisin pah hi. Nai 11 ciangin biakinnah kikhawm in mi 20 khawng bek pha in kum 83 a pha ding khat in organ tum hi. Biakinn huang pen a hanmual uh hi pah hi. A training tawh kisai lam paina teng WACC (World Association for Christian Communication) in sika, a dang teng Feed the Mind (SPCK) in vaihawmsak hi. Tua laiin Guwahati pan London vanleng sap pen US $ 390 hi a, London pan Guwahati pen $ 382 hi.

England ah mite lokhawhna, gankhawina leh nasepnate a muh ciangin enhuai sa phial hi. US zah in car tam a sa kei hi. Hippie dan muh ding tam lo a, phatakin kizem uh hi. Khua neu cikah inn neu khakha mah tawh om uh hi. Inn golpipi sangin inn neu a om tamtuak zaw bangin mu hi. Nitak nai 3 pawlin Rectory huang sungah na semin pai uh a, sing hiang peuh a khia uh hi. Tuu tampi a khawi uh hi. Tua bangin Nipi sunin na seppih zel uh a, tua pen kikholhna hun hoih hi ci in a zat ngei uh ahi hi cih a hilh uh hi.

a) Publishing Course, Oxford:

Jan. 9 ni in Kenya gam pana Publishing Course sin ding maha pai, Holton Rectory maha om Phoebe tawh bus zuiin Oxford Polytechnic ah pai uh a, tua ni pen min khum kipat ni a hi hi. Nitak a ciah ciangin Rev. David in For God Alone kici laibu khat pia hi. Kawlgamah Pasian nasema sawtpi a om ngei Bishop George West in ama tangthu a gelhna hi a, U Nu tawh a kimeltheihna, Japan gal lai thu, Suahtakna ngah kuan thu, Karen tualgalte leh Kawl Kumpite kalah kilem nading thu gena a paina thu cihte leh Pasian nasepna hanga gimna a thuakna thute tuang hi.

January 10 ni in Lee Zhi Shu kici khat Sen-gam panin computer sin dingin pai a, amau omnaah om hi. Tua nitakin Spencer Churchill College-ah Lai Siangtho kikupnaah pai hi. Jan.12 nitak nai 7 in Christian Union kicite makaihna tawh Pasian thukikupna ah Phoebe tawh pai uh a, Johan 15 sung thu kikum uh hi. Ireland pan Business Administration a sin Edith kici Rev. Van Bik tawh zong a kitheingei khat tawh kimu uh hi. La sak hun, thunget hun noptakin zang uh a, mi za khat bang pha uh hi. January 15 pen Nipi nih vei a zatna hi. Kikhop zawh ciangin Prof. Henderson lai khak hi.

Nitak nai 6 in nekkhawm bawlna Holton biakinnah om a, mi guk bek pha uh hi. Tua zingin Dr.Billy Graham in Mikang Kumpinu kikhopnaah hun zang hi. Jananuary 21 ni in Lungdamna Aw a suahsak ding ding lai gelh hi. January 23 ni a sang tuah ciangin John Houghton tung pan laikhak ngah a, Thawhkik Pawi hun ciangin Scotland gamah pai ding thu zasak a, tua in a lungzuan noptuamsak hi. January 25 nitakin a omna kianga khua Wheatley-ah Life Group kicite kiangah David tawh kikhawm uh hi. Billy Graham in Mikang gamah crusade a neih na’ng tawh kisai thu ngen uh a, tua munah amau pawl zong paithei ding cih thu a zak ciangin 1972 kum peka amuh Evangelist Billy Graham muh kik ding a kilawp mahmah hi.

b) Mission England, Birmingham:

Dr. Billy Graham in Birmingham National Exhibition Centre-ah January 26, 1984 ni in Pawlpi makai 1200 maiah May leh June kha sunga Mission England kici crusade a zat ding thu hilh kholhna kikhopnaah Pawlpi makai khat ahi Malcolm tawh pai uh hi. Oxford pan Birmingham pen tai sawmgiat khawng hi a, sunnai 12 lian pawlin tung uh hi. Kikhopna ding kongah niangtui leh kawfi duh zawkzawk hawp pah ding mansa in om a, tutna khempeuhah sun an tunsa in kikoih khin hi. Billy Graham in nai 2:15 lianin hun zat kipan a, nai 3 lianin man hi.

A kihel khempeuh kha lam leh sa lamah tai mahmah uh hi. Ni khat Oxfam Shop kici-ah paunsilh leh van pawlkhat man tawm cikcikin kingahthei ahih manin a kisap pawl khat lei dingin pai hi. Hih sumbukte pen cimawh huh pawl Oxfam-te sai hi a, laibu hi ta leh puansilh hi ta leh ngallang zatnawn lohte kilawm a sak zah uh tawh huhna danin pia thei uh a, nupi a sai pawlte in tuate mah tawmkhat a met dingin zuakkik uh a, a mette pen cimawh huhna in zang uh hi. Mangkang gam paite in a ciah ding ciangun a van puak zawh lohte uh hih sumbukteah pia thei zel uh hi.

Nitak khat Oxford Town Hall-ah “Greater Than Gold” kici Lai Siangtho Sai Kipawlna kipatna tangthu lahna en uh hi. Tua film ah Mary Jone.tangthu leh tapa taimang tangthu zong lak uh a, a lungsim lawng mahmah hi. Mary Jones in Lai Siangtho a deih mahmah hangin a lei zawh loh laitak a lah ciangun a lungsim zo in khitui tak lawh hi. Billy Grahamte in crusade a bawl ciangun a munah a pai thei lote in tua Town Hall panin video tawh en thei ding hi cih zong pulak uh hi.

c) England-ah Zo Minam Ni:

Kum 1984 Zo Minam Ni amah bekin a room sungah zang hi. Late 61-67 sung a sim zawh ciangin a diary sunga a khum -Thukhenna ni hongnai zo ta, Ka neu laiin lian leng lung nuam ding kisa’ng, Khatvei laiin mawhna sungah ka buala, cih leh I Topa gualzo penpa cih late a sak zawh ciangin Zomi leh Zogam ngaihsunin thungetna a nei hi.

February 22 in Indian Institute Library kici-ah paiin Zomi leh Zogam tawh kisai laibu leh thute kaikhawm hi. February 25 ni in Westley Memorial Church, Central Oxfordah Peace Conference kici leitungah gal bawl lo a lungmuang taka om ding a thupina thu kikupnaah paiin kilemna deih makaite thuhilhna ngai hi. March 3 ni in Holton Rectoryah a siate in pawlpi sung khangnote kaikhawm in zi neih pasal neih cianga gamtat dan ding, nuntak dan ding thuhilhna pre-marriage class kici neihpih uh a, manpha a sa hi.

March 15 ni pen Publishing Course a sin term khat zawhna ni hi a, Christian Union-ah Michael Green in Pasian tungah i lungsim ap ding, upadi leh suahtakna a kituaka zat siam ding thu leh Late 149 siksanin lungdam puakna leh pahtawina thu gen hi. Nekhawm bawlna zong nei uh a, khat leh khat khut kilen in kinam uh hi. Kikhen ding ciangin khut kilen kikin kikhen uh hi. March 18 ni in Tim leh Pauline in a lawmte gel tawh a inn uah samin bawng khawina leh lo etpih uh hi. Amau nupa in ak leh khuai zong khawi uh hi.

Timte nupa pen a kitten zawh uh kum nih khawng hi pan napi, tua banga kilungtuak, nasem leh biakna hahkat pen enhuai a sa uh hi. March 23 ni in laivuan zo uh hi. Thawhkik sangkhak (Easter Holidays) hi a, a ompihte amau khua lamah ciah khin uh a, a Rectory uh gamdai diakduak hi. A zing ciangin John Houghton tawh Milton Heynes ah pai uh hi. Tua zan nai 12 ciangin Mikang gam khempeuhah nai khat ciat a manlangin nai kikhinsak ciat uh hi.

March 25 nitak nai 2 ciangin Liverpool leh Everston te Milk Cup final bawlung kituh ding hi a, Kumpi Queen Elizabeth’ nu Queen Mother in kimawl dingte cibai buk ciat a, tua zawh ciangin National Anthem a sak zawh ciangun kimawl kipan uh a, gambuppi kilawp thei mahmah uh hi. Queen Mother pen kum 84 ahih hangin thahat tuak mahmah lai hi. A thai ciangin Asian Book Store laibu sai zing nai 9 pan 12:30 dong John tawh a ngak uh hi. Hih laibu saiah niang leh coffee zong sai khawm pah uh hi. Laibu saiah zong niang leh moh khawng kingah pah leh laibu kikhawng tuam hi, a ci uh hi.

March 29 ni in Scotland ah a pai cianga a thu gen ding pawlkhat kiging khol hi. Nitak nai 2 pawl ciangin a lawm Pauzakhup Teliente nupa kiang London hawh dingin London-Oxford bus mi 50 tuantheihna khatah amah guak tuang hi. Kol lua sa ahih manin a utna peuhpeuhah kisuan kawikawi zawzen hi. Oxford leh London kikal gam pen kilawm a, lo laiah bawng, tuu leh sakol gamta khawm in om hi. Lampi pen mawtaw a langah li a langah li kipelh thei ziahziah dinga kibawl hi a, za peuhmah hi. Nitak nai 3:40 pawlin London Victoria Coach Station tung hi.

A lawm Telien’ zi Nurse Akim in car tawh na dawn a, tua panin London khuapi sung Parliament, White Hall, Downing Street, Trafalgal Square, St. Paiul’s Cathedral, Press Office, Bank of England cihte lampi a paina gei uah tawnin mu phei kawikawi hi. Tua pan Harringgay Stadiumah paiin amau omna Estherly Road nitak nai 5 pawlin tun pih hi. A lawm Pauzakhup Telien pen DM College, Imphalah sang a kah khawm ngei hi a, aman London a nurse a sem Akim tawh kitengin Londonah inn neiin a om uh hi.

Amau in Manipur pan London pai peuhpeuh kua mi kua mi ci se lo in a zin do den ahih thu uh a theih ciangin a lawmte nupa thusiamna thupi a sa hi. Londonah mawtawpi leh neu a tam mahmah hangin mite in a horn mek pahpah se lo uh ahih manin gamlum lo in daitakin a om ciat uh pen etteh huai a sa hi. A zing ni in a lawmte nupa tawh leinuai meilengte zuiin sumbuk vak uh a, Speaker’s Corner ah sun an ne uh hi. Tua zawh ciangin Mikang kumpite omna Buckingham Palace ah paiin man peuh kila uh hi. April 1 ni in London Paddington Rail Station dong a zinte in kha in tua panin meileng tawh Oxford ciah kik hi.

d) Scotland Paina:

Scotland pai ding kilawp in zing sang bang tho pah seisai nong hi. Breakfast zawh ciangin David in Oxford meileng sai dong mawtaw tawh kha hi. A tuanna ding meileng minute khat in lap lo citciata, ahi zongin a zom meilengah tuangsak thei uh hi. Tutna peuhah thu kipulakte zaktheihna ding om hi. Limlang tawh ki-um ahih manin tutna peuh panin khua kimu khin thei hi. Mual sang lua leh ken lua muh ding om lo hi. Khua khempeuhah biakinn khum zum kimu hi. Meleng sung tutna pen siangtho a, India gam vanleng tutna mah bang hi.

Nin pen kipheng paih loin mun tuam khatah mawtaw tawh pai uh hi. Mi tampite in meileng tuan kawm in laisim uh hi. Scotland tun kuan in Shillong pen Scotland of the East a kicih thu ahi zong, Nehru in North east India ki-ukna ding Scotland Pattern of Administration cih thu a gen ngei pen phawk velval hi. Mawtaw hi leh meileng hi leh return ticket kingah pahpah a, tutna ngah lo cih lah om se loh pen India gam tawh a teh ciangin lamdang a sa hi. Ticket collector pen Punjabi pasal khat na hi bilbel hi. Nitak nai 5 ciangin Edinburg tung a, Mrs. Florence Christie in dawn hi. Amah pen Scotland gamah Feed the Mind makai khat hi a, Scotland a taam sung teng a ma makaihna tawh a om ding ahi hi.

April 4 zing lamin Glasgow-ah Florence tawh pai pah in Scotish Baptist College leh Baptist Union of Scotland zumpi ah paiin makaite tawh an a nek zawh ciangun CLC a asepna leh North East India Baptist pawlpi leh nasepna tawh kisai holimpih uh hi. Tua panin Kalimpongah sangsia a sem ngei nupi khat in Pullock Park kici ah vakpih a, Burrell Collection kici Art leh Museum etpih hi. Hih innpi pen limlang bekbek tawh ki-um ahih manin inn sung om zong bang loin khawlak vak mah bang hi. Nitak ciangin Kilbride Baptist biakinnah nupi papi pawlkhat tawh kikhawm in thu kam kidotna hun leh thungetna hun zang uh hi. A tawp ciangin papi khat in mawtaw tawh Glasgow pan Edinburgh a tunna dong kha hi. Nitak electric tang ziziah pen muhnop a sa hi.

e) Fellowship of the Saint Thomas:

April 5 ni in Christian Aid zum panin United Society for Christian Literature (USCL) zumah pai hi. Hih laiah Florence in laibu pawlkhat pia hi. Tua panin Church of Scotland zumah Publication Secretary Mr. T.B. Honeyman tawh kiho in sun an ne khawm uh a, laibu saiah paiin manager in hawlpih kawikawi hi. Nitak nai 5:30 ciangin St. Thomas Annual Meeting, Bristol Baptist Church-ah kikhawm hi. Hih pen India gamah tanglaia Pasian thu hong puak masa pen St. Thomas min tama kipawlna hi a, India gam nasepna a lung himawh diak mite kipawlna dan ahi hi. Gauhati University Vice Chancellor leh Union Christian College, Barapani ah Principal a sem ngei Dr. J.H.Taylor leh a zi, Serampore College Principal a sem ngei Dr. Steward cihte tawh zong kimu uh a, nop tuam sa mahmah hi.

India thu mah dong ngeingai uh hi. Kikhopnaah Nepali Christian mittaw khat in Nepali, Hindi leh Mikang pau tawh githa tum kawmin la sa a, lungsim lawng mahmah hi. Amah India gam missionary a hong pai Scottish nupi khat tawh kiteng hi. Nitak nai 7:30 ciangin ama mina kikhopna deuh khat USCL inntekna tawh Anna House kici ah vaihawm uh hi. Florence in India gam Pasian nasepna lim slide show lak hi. Tua zawh ciangin thuhilhna hun pia uh hi. Kikhopnaah Baptist Union of Scotland General Secretary a sem ngeipa khat zong kihel hi. Tua ni pen zing a kipan nitak dong Topa mina a buai ni khat suak a, Pasian a phat hi. A zing ciangin Edinburgh khua mualtung pan gal-et dingin pai uh hi.

Royal Palace, Central Library, National Library of Scotland leh Museum ah zong pai uh hi. Mi gamah a pai ciangin ahih theih liai zah in library en hamtang hi. Tua zawh ciangin St. Giles Cathedral (Presbyterian) leh St. Mary’s Cathedral ah pai uh hi. Nitak nai 3 ciangin John Nelson kicite nupa in niangtui dawn pih hi. Nelson pen Assam leh Calcuttaah niangteh huanah Chaplain a sem ngei hi a, Jorhat ETC ah zong sia sem ngei khat ahih manin CBCNEI makai tuamtuamte thei lai a nuam tuam mahmah a sa hi. A man History of Assam by Gait leh Lotha Naga by Hutton kici laibu khat tuak pia hi.

Amah pen Scotish Secretary, Feed the Mind a sem ngei khat hi a, lai lam a lunglut khat zong ahi hi. April 7 ni pen leitungbupah Tuiphum Papite Thunget ni (Baptist Men’s day of Prayer) hi a, zing nai 8 pan 9 dong Bristol Baptist Church ah papi sawm leh nih khawng in thungen in breakfast ne suak pah uh hi. Sun ciangin Fort Bridge kici tai khat banga sau en in pai uh a, Brahmaputra lei mah bangin mawtaw leh meileng paina ding om tuak hi. A nuai tui tungah speedboat tawh kimawlte muhnop mahmah a sa hi. Nitak ciangin India gam Uttar Pradesh leh Rajasthan gamah missionary a sem numei khat Florencete innah hawh in an nek zawh in Florence in slide tawh Scotland, USA leh India gam mun tuamtuam etpih hi.

A zing Nipini pen Methiodist Central Hall ah kikhawm in Lai Siangtho Marka 16: 32 – 45 sung a sim zawh ciangin North East India leh pawlpi nasepna thu genna hun ngahsak uh hi. Nekkhawm bawlnaah a sai pawl lakah kihelsak uh hi. Tua biakinn pen golpi khat hi a, anuai lam teng sumbuk dingin a sap sak uh hi. Nitak nai 4:30 in Duncan Baptist biakinnah paiin an a nekpih zawh ciangun British Missionary Society makai khat in interview hi. April 9 breakfast zawh ciangin National Bible Society of Scotlandah paiin zing thungetnaah kihel hi. Innsung a hawlpih zawh ciangun niangtui hawppih uh hi.

Tua panin Castle’s Park Art Gallery leh Theological Collegeah paiin a library uh a en hi. A inn maiah Scotland gam Reformer makai John Knox lim kisuang hi. SPCK Bookshop leh Peace and Justice Resource Centreah zong pai uh hi. Tu munah khat leh khat kilemna, kihotheihna a kulna thu vive lai suang uh hi. “War” sangin “Water” kisam zaw hi cih zong suang uh hi. Tua pan restaurant khatah paiin an a nek zawh uh ciangin meileng phualah kha uh a, nitak nai 2 pawl in Oxford lam zuanin a ciah hi. Scotland gamah a om sung teng biakna lam leh thu tuamtuam tawh kisai hun manpha takin zang hi’ng ci in kingaihsun a, Topa a phat hi.

f) Henderson’ Inn Hawhna:

Serampore College a kah lai peka kipan lai a khak ngei zel Tiddim Chin: A Descriptive of Two Texts kici laibu gelhnu Professor E.J.A. Herderson’ inn London ah April 10, 1984 in hawh hi. Oxford pan meileng tawh pai a, Paddingtonah Henderson in na dawn hi. A zing ciangin a sepna School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) ah hawhpih pah a, Burmese Lecturer ahi Anna Allott tawh an a nekpih zawh ciangin Library Card bawlsak uh a, a laisim nop pawlkhata sim thei pah hi.

A zing ciangin SOAS mahah pai kikin a thu deih pawlkhat a tei khiasak hi. April 13 ni in BMS zum, Gloucester Place ah hawh uh a, Associate General Secretary Rev. Mc Neil in nitak an nekpih hi. Mikang gam Tuiphum Pawlpite Missionary zumpi pen eilamte theihna ding panin Mizogamah Baptist Missionary hong sawlkhiatna zum ahih manin muhnop diak hi leh kilawm a sa hi. Henderson in The Lushei Kuki Clans by Shakespeare leh Report on Bible Translation on North East India by Marrison laibute pia hi.

April 15 Nisuh Nipi hi a, Indian YMCA ah paiin Rev. Raltawnga kiangah hawh a, tua ah busih deihtakin a nek zawh uh ciangin Dr. John Stott thuhilh ngai nuamin All Souls, Langham Place ah a kikhawm uh hi. Raltawnga pen Mizoram Baptist makai hi a, Birhminghamah Communication Studies ah tawlkhat a kah pak hi. A zing ciangin Baptist Union of Great Britain & Ireland zumah vakin Secretary Bernard Green tawh kiho uh hi. Tua panin SOAS ah paikik in Zomi tawh kisai a laibu a deih tampi ngah ahih manin lungdam mahmah hi.

g) Britisth and Foreign Bible Society:

April 17 ni in British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS) ah paiin Tedim Lai Siangtho teina tangthu a sim a, nitak in All Souls mahah kikhawm kik hi. Tua nitak pen New Comers kikhoppihna hi a, hun nuamtakin zangin nai 10 ciangin inn tung kik pan hi. A zing ciangin BFBS mahah paikik in research ahih kik hi. Tua ni in 1974 kuma Rajpurah Lai Siangtho teizia sina a pai laia Bangkok pana pai Tedim Lai Siangtho teina a sai Dr. Clark te nupa tawh an neknaah kimu uh hi. BFBS Translations Manager Mrs. Gwen Anderson leh Archivist Ms. Kathleen Cann in nakpi in huh ahih manin a thu deih teng a kaikhawm thei hi.

Lungdam mahmah ahih manin amah zong khatvei bek zinnu an nekpih ning ci in nitak nai 7:30 in Chinese Restaurant khatah an a nekpih hi. An nek kawmin thukizakna a bawl nop thu a gen ciangin Zo Aw ci le teh na ci hi. Tua nitak in G.H. Luce in a bawl Common Form in Burma Chin Languages ci a 1954 kuma Chin Hills Linguistic Tour (December 1954) University Project a sep lai uha a kaih khop Zopau tawh kisai thute a vel hi. Hih pen Zogmah lakkhiata laibu a bawl dingin kisam a sa hi.

h) British Museum and Library:

April 19 ni in Bristish Museum and Libraryah pai in Zogam leh Zomi tawh kisai laibu leh thu tampi a ngah manin Pasian huhna hi ci in lungdam a ko hi. Nai 4 ciangin a zinah ciah in nai 7 ciangin a lawm Pauzakhup Teliente kiangah giak dingin a pai hi. A zing April 20 ni pen Jesu Sih Ni hi a, sunin a zinte tawh London khua sung mun tuamtuamah a vak uh hi. Nitak nai 8:31 laitakin Dr. Billy Graham in “I know I am going to Heaven” cih thu a gen TV ah en uh a, Pasian nasep a kipat tunga kipan tu a Mission England Crusade leh upna tawh kisai thu tampi mite dotna zong a dawng hi.

Jesu hong paikikna ding leh leitung bei ding thu tawh kisai zong a gen hi. A zing ciangin Manipur kumpi Law Secretary Tomba Singh zong Teliente innah hawh a, Mikang gamah buh duh zah kine ngei lo ahih manin tua ni in ngasa, voksa leh buhsih deihzah a nek zawh ciangun a li un park khawngah vakin Manipur gam lam thu vive a holim uh hi. April 22 pen Thawhkik Nipi hi a, nitak lamin Oxford lamah bus tawh ciah hi. A omna a tun ciangin Easter Holidays sunga a hawh a ciahna leh thupha a ngahte hangin Topa tungah lungdam a ko hi.

April 24 pan 29 dong sang kah kik nai vet lo uh ahih manin hun a ngahna bangin Bodleian Library-ah nisim phialin pai in Zogam leh Zomi lai leh pau tawh kisai laibute a zong khia hi. May 9 ni in Argos sumbukah paiin siktawlaikhetna leh van pawlkhat a lei hi. Laikhetna hoih pen a deihna a sawt zawh banah Mikang gamah a lei theih zenzen pen nuam mahmah hi. May 14 nitakin gamdang pana paite kikhoppihna St. Ebbs Biakinnah International Evening ci in kikhopna om a, Mr. Vinay Menon in thu hilh in hun nuam leh manpha takin a zang uh hi.

i) Billy Graham Crusade, Bristol:

May 16, 1984 nitakin Bristol Stadiumah Mission England siim dingin bus khat tawh mi 50 pai uh hi. Nai nga a ding pen nai sagih in tung uh a, England gam mun tuamtuam gamla pipi pan a pai bus 350 val tak pha hi. Billy Graham in a din zawh ciangin thungen masa hi. Guah thuaka pai mipite haksatna thu a gen zawh ciangin England a paima diakin US ah zato a lupna, England a tunzawh teh zatoah a ki-atsakna gen masa hi. Amah a cidam pha lo khua lah dam lua ahih ciangin tuilum bawm pua kawm leh lukhu lum khu kawm lianga thu hilh ahihna thu zong gen masa hi. John 3 sunga Nikodemas tangthu siksanin suahkikna thu gen hi.

Mi tampi tak Topa tungah ki-ap hi. Nai 9:30 pawlin ciah in nai 12 teh Holton tung kik pan uh hi. May 18 leh 19 nitakin Billy Graham crusade mah Oxford Town Hall-ah kilak kika, mi tampi mah tawh ngai uh hi. May 23 nitakin a sangkahna inn uah World Development Movementte in hun zang uh a, a khangto gamte in a khangto nai lo gamte panpih loin zawngsak zawsop ahihna thu a lim gen uh hi. A zing nitak ciangin Gloucester-ah Diocese Missionary Council kumcin kikhopnaah pai uh a, Bishop of Singapore a sem Dr. Chin in hun zang hi.

May 26 ni in Ashmolian Museum, Oxford en in, May 31 pen Ascension Day hi a, a college uah Christian Union in hun bawl uh hi. Amah zong North East India gam Pasian nasepna gensak uh a, nekkhawm bawlna zong omsak pah uh hi. Nitak lamin Bodleian Library ah paiin Customary Law of the Chin Tribe, 1888 leh Chin Hills Regulation 1896 xerox copy bawlsak hi. June 7 sun nai 12:30 pan 1:30 sungin Literature Nobel Prize a ngah William Golding in ama min a gelhna laibu a lei nuam peuh in lei theih hun ding ci a akigenna Blackwell Bookshop-ah pai hi.

Mite in Nobel Prize a ngah mel mu nuam leh a laibu lei nuam bekbek in kigual deudau hi. Aman zong $ 2.95 tawh A Moving Target cih ama laibu mintuanna lei in maan zong kilakpih hi. June 10 ni in Holton Rectory a om teng a sia uh John leh Jane in picnic dingin vakpih uh a, nitak nai 8 pawlin ciahkik pan uh hi. A zing ciangin Bodleian Libraryah a paikik leh kangmei patau ko “Fire Alarm” ging ngeingai a, tawlkhat inn pua lamah a taikhia uh hi. Meikang a om taktak hi loin a set a hoih hiam, kang takpi leh mite bang a ci hiam cih theih na’nga a sinna uh hi cih a theih zawh uh ciangin lai sim dingin a tum kik damdam uh hi.

June 12 ni a vakna pan inn a tun ciangin a zi nai khat a leisakna ding ci in $13.00 a sabuai tungah na kikoihsaka, a nuam mahmah hi. A thai ciangin Tuiphum Pawlpi sang Regent’s Park Collegeah paiin Principal tawh man kizaih uh hi. A zing nitak lam ciangin Woodfarm UPC khangnote in kimawl dingin zawn zenzen uh a, a lawm Phoebe tawh paiin bawlung peuh a kimawl uh leh a lung zuan uh noptuam a sa uh hi. Phoebe’pa pen UPC Pastor hi a, tua hanga thei ahi uh hi. Kikhen kuanta ci hi ding uh hiam a omna uh Rectoryah June 18 nitakin Barbecue (babikhiu) ci in tuu khat hang minin moh tawh, theitui peuh tawh mehin a lam nuam lamin a ne khawm ngeingai uh hi.

Sa pen temta tawh duhna lailai at tawmtawm in a ne uh hi. June 20 ni in ciahma in khatvei beek Oxfarm zumpiah kihawh lai leh ci in pai a, Sheena Grasett kici khatin coffee suah in Manipur leh North East India sung a sepna uh genpih hi. June 25 ni in Bodleian Library pai in the Living Races laibu leh Imperial Gazetteer panin Zomi tawh kisai thu pawlkhat teikhia hi. Tua ni in Serampore College-a a siapa Rev. Skirrow tawh lamet lohpi in an neknaah kimu uh a, a zing ciangin amau omna Chelmsford-ah hawh dingin zawn hi.

j) British Missionary Society (BMS):

June 26 ni in Chelmford a hawh dingin Oxford pan London BMS zumah Rev. Skirrow’ zi Edna Skirrow tawh kituah uh hi. BMS Library ah tawlpi khat sung lai a sim zawh ciangin meileng tawh Chelmford tung uh hi. Rev. Skirrowte innkuan pen Bangladesh ah BMS Missionary sawtpi a sep zawh ciangun Serampore Collegeah sem uh a, amau innkuan in a noptuampih mahmah uh leh amau a it mahmah innkuan khat ahi uh hi. Zan khat amau innah giakin thu tuamtuam peuh holim in a zing ciangin a ciah hi.

Tua a ciah nitak mah in Queen’s Park Rangers Stadium, London ah Brazil mi Pasian mizat minthang Rev. Luis Palao in crusade hun zanga, tuaah a paisuak hi. Mi tampi Topa tungah ki-ap hi. June 28 ni in Bodleian Library leh Museum of History of Scienceah a pai zawh ciangin Regent’s Park College Library ah Missionary Herald lui sungah “From Darkness to Noonday in Lushai Land” leh “The Lushai now have all the Bible” cih thute a sim hi. July 1 pen Wessexah Pasian thu a puak masa penpa Birinus phawk tawntung ni hi.

A.D. 634 kumin tua gamah Pasian thu na hilh zo hi. Tua hi in Pilgrimage ci in Dorcester ah pai uh hi. Holton pan bus khat tawh paiin mualtung khatah sun an ne uh hi. Tuaah thu a nget zawh uh ciangin siunglamteh pua khatin makaih a, tua panin khe tawh tai 12 phial, tanglaia Birinus in a tot ngeinasa lampi teng zuiin, lo lai peuh, mawtaw lampi leh mun tuamtuam a zui ngeingai uh hi. Nitak lam nai li ciangin Dorcester tung uh a, nai 7:30 ciangin biak kikhop kipan a, Canon Bryan Green in hun zang hi.

Salvation Army in la tawh makaih uh hi. Kikhawm khempeuh mi 500 khawng pha uh hi. Kikhop zawh ciangin bus tawh a ciah uh leh kuan lam bang loin inn tungpah uh hi. July 6 ni in class a neih nawn loh uh hangin libraryah pai in lai a sim hi. Tua laitakin Zolai khantohna ding thukizakna khat bawl ding a ngaihsut ciangin Tedim pau kizatna khua khempeuh, tua khuateah sang leh laito a om hiam cih India leh Kawlgam limtaka kan masak ding hi, a ci hi. Tua banah Zolai Summer Institute bawl ding in, letmat zong piak ding, thukizakna hawm ding, agent zong mun tuamtuamah seh ding, cih a ngaihsun hi.

July 7 sun nai 2:30 panin Holton Rectoryah Garden Fete om a, nitak nai 8 pan 12 dong Garden party ci in tuu pum han min khat a gai uh hi. A zing Nipini pen College-a a Pastorpa uh Rev. Ron in amau biakinn United Reformed Churchah hun zang dingin Phoebe tawh sam hi. Kikhop zawh ciangin amau innah an ne uh hi. Rev. Ron pen United Reformed Church Pastor hi a, a zi pen Lutheran Pawlpi Pastor hi in thupi a sa hi. July 9 ni in a sang kahna vai uh a sai Canon John Houghton leh George R.Lunn, SPCK te Oxford Polyah paiin College Canteenah Phoebe tawh an nekpih hi.

A ciahna ding uh vanleng letmat leh a sum zat tawm ding uh pia hi. Publishing Course tawh kisai laivuan July 12 ni in a zo uh hi. Nitak lamin Publishing Head of Department ahi Keith Vaughan mangpha khak dingin pai ahih manin khe tawh a ciah hi. Holton a tun dek kuan ciangin mi khatin a mawtawah tuangsak hi. A zing ciangin Henderson in a inn a hawh kik dingin zawn a, Oxford pan bus tawh London a zuan hi. Londonah Scripture Gift Mission zumah paiin, Secretary tawh kiho in maan peuh a kilak zawh ciangin Museum of Mankind, Burlington Gardenah pai hi. Tua panin leisung meileng tawh Henderson omna a tung hi.

Nitak ciangin Henderson in a bawl Tiddim Chin kici bu khat pia a, tua bu tawh amah man a zaih hi. Amah zong TV roomah a laibu pawlkhat tawi kawmin man a kizaihsak hi. A zingsang ciangin Prof. G.H.Luce tangthu sim hi. Luce’ zi Daw Tee Tee in Rangoon University kiangah “Home for Waifs and Strays” cih khat a bawl ngei hi. Luce pen 1956 kumin President, Burma Research Society ahi hi. Chin Hills Linguistic Tour (December 1954) University Project thu a kipan lai leh pau leh thu tuamtuam limtakin kikum thei uh a, nitak lamin Oxford zuanin a ciah kik hi.

July 16 nitak lam nai nih pawl ciangin Oxford pan inn lam ciah dingin ding khia a, a Sen lawm Steven Tam in anaunu tawh Glouster Green Coach Station dong kha hi. Mi gamah tua banga hehpiha a kha thei Sente pen a pakta mahmah hi. Nai 4 ciangin Heathrow vanleng tualpi a tung hi. Tua ah a kiciamsa bangun John Collyer in dawn a, nai 6 pawlin ama omna Twickenham mun tunpih in a tun na ding John Houghton in a sehna Jannet Briante nupa kiang a tung hi.

A zing July 17 ni in a sangkahna a saipi WACC zumpi, 122 King’s Roadah pai masa phot in Miss Ann Shakespeare, Dr. Michael Traber, leh Mr. Raymond-te tawh kimu in WACC zumpi a hawlpih zawh uh ciangin an a ne uh hi. Tua panin Bible Reading Fellowship, St. Michaelah paiin Mr. Henry Turner, Membership Secretary tawh kimu uh hi. Nitak nai 5 pawlin Twickenham tungkik hi. Nitak ciangin Mikang gam a paina, a sangkah ding leh apaina ding teng khempeuh cidamin hih thei a, sep ding teng sem thei ahih manin a kem Topa tungah lungdam thu puakin a lupma in ki-apna hun a zang hi.

England Pan Inn Ciahna:

July 18 zingsang nai 5:30 in tho in nai 6 ciangin Brian tawh niang hawpin thu a ngen uh hi. Vanlengtualah a kha ding John Collyer zong tung pah a, nai 7 ciangin a ding khia uh hi. Heathrow International Airport car parking ah car tam lua ahih manin sawtpi tak mah zawh ciangin mawtaw a koih thei pan uh hi. Ticket checking, VAT, Security checks teng tawh van gik sim tawh sawtpi a buai khit ciangin nai 8 in Pan Am Flight 120 ah lut hi. Nai 8:55 lianin ku ngeingai in tai khia a, 9:15 ciangin breakfast, orange juice, coffee leh nek theih tuamtuam pia hi.

Nai 10 ciangin Frankfurt tung uh hi. Meditteranian Sea tungah pi tul sawmnih leh thum a sangin leng uh hi. Nai 12:10 ciangin Frankfurt pan lengkhia kikin July 19 zing nai 1 pawlin Delhi Palam Airport tung hi. Tua munah Pa Thang Sian Mung in mu pah in, ama huhna tawh hih ding teng a man ciangin nai 2 pawlin amau inn tung in tuaah Sia Lian Za Go, Dr. Thang Khan Piang leh Rev. M. Hau Za Liante in na dawn uh hi. A zing khuavak ciangin Sia Lian Za Gote innah paiin an a nek zawh ciangin Bible House ah pai khawm uh hi. Tua panin Manipur M.P. a hi N. Gouzagin leh V. Dongzathang, IRS te inn khawngah a vak kawikawi uh hi.

July 20 ni zing lamin a van gik sim mahmah tawh vanleng tualah pai hi. Thang Sian Mung mah in a buaipih ciangin sum liau behlap zong om tuan loin ding khia thei hi. Ama kivak lohnate khempeuh ah zong a huh thei ding Topa in ama vangliatna tawh mi hong pia kawikawi hi ci in ama adingin Topa pen hoih takpi mah hi, ci in Amin a phat hi. Sun nai 12 ciangin Guwahati vanleng tualah a zi leh a tate in na dawn uh a, inn lum cidamin a tung hi. Rev. Khup Za Go Tangthu (A Biography of Rev. Khup Za Go) A kaikhawm: Tg. Neng Ngaih Lian