THE TASK OF BUILDING A HOME FOR OVER 1000 PEOPLE REQUIRED IMMENSE RESOURCES, AND THE HUGE LIST OF NEEDS CAN BE SEEN IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT FOLLOW.
WE STARTED WITH ONLY CARDBOARD BOXES FOR THE HOMELESS TO SLEEP ON-AS FAXES WERE SENT OUT WITH MANY VISITS TO ALL TYPES OF SUPPLIERS WITH REQUEST FOR DONATIONS WAS A FULL TIME JOB. THIS APART FROM FROM GETTING ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACED, REPAIRED AND UP AND RUNNING FOR 3 YEARS.
AS TIME WENT ON MANY PART AND FULL TIME VOLUNTEERS JOINED THE RANKS, OFTEN HOMELESS THEMSELVES SUCH AS ARCHITECTS, SCHOOL TEACHERS, MUSICIANS, ELECTRICIANS, PASTORS ETC; EVEN DOCTORS AND NURSES GAVE THE TIME FREELY AS A CLINIC BEGAN TO BE ESTABLISHED. I ASKED THE DOCTORS WHAT THEY NEEDED, AND WENT HUNTING FOR DONORS FROM PHARMACIES SUCH AS RUSTENBURG PHARMACY WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO GERALD MUSIKANTH. THERE ARE TOO MANY TO MENTION, AND AS THIS IMMENSE PROJECT STARTED TO TAKE OFF, I GRADUALLY TOOK A BACK SEAT WHEN IT BECAME AUTONOMOUS IN ITS OPERATION, AND CERTAINLY BLESSED BY GOD WITH MIRACLES OF PROVISION IN EVERY SPHERE THAT A CITY NEEDS TO OPERATE.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS SHOWING THE MATERIAL NEEDS
THANKS ALSO TO THE MANY MANY DONORS, ESP. MR. RAYMOND ACKERMAN OF PICK AND PAY FOR KIND FINANCIAL SUPPORT (ON THIS AND OTHER OCCASIONS, SUPPLYING FOOD TO MY OTHER PROJECT IN VRYGROND WITH 4 SOUP KITCHENS ETC.)
IN CLOSING, THE ABOVE REFLECT A FRACTION OF WHAT WAS NEEDED, AND ALL PRAISE TO GOD WHO GAVE JUDY THE CALL IN THE FIRST PLACE TO COME TO CAPE TOWN AND ESTABLISH A SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE MISSION A HOME FOR OVER 1000 HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO HAD TO BE FED AND CATERED FOR EVERY DAY IN EVERY SITUATION, CAPACITY AND NECESSITY.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT A FULL ON CHRISTIAN BASED AND ORIENTATED FACILITY RUN WITH LOVE, PATIENCE AND KINDNESS TO ALL THE DREGS AND OUTCASTS OF SOCIETY, BRINGING NOT ONLY PHYSICAL HEALING AND RELIEF, BUT REFRESHMENT AND REVIVAL FOR THE SOULS.
ALL PRAISE TO GOD.
ARTHUR DILLEY OCTOBER 2021