Kupereka zinthu zanu zakale kumalo osungiramo zinthu zakale kungakhale kovuta, koma lingaliro ndiloti zinthu zanu zidzapeza moyo wachiwiri. Pambuyo pa zoperekazo, zidzasamutsidwa kwa mwiniwake watsopano. Koma kodi mumakonzekera bwanji zinthu zimenezi kuti mudzazigwiritsenso ntchito?
26 Valencia ku San Francisco ndi nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zosanjikiza zitatu imene kale inali fakitale yakale ya nsapato. Tsopano zopereka zosatha ku Salvation Army zasankhidwa pano, ndipo mkati mwake muli ngati tauni yaing'ono.
"Tsopano tili pamalo otsitsa," atero Cindy Engler, woyang'anira ubale wa gulu la The Salvation Army. Tinaona ngolo zodzaza ndi matumba a zinyalala, mabokosi, nyali, nyama zosokera - zinthu zinkangobwerabe ndipo pamalopo panali phokoso.
"Chotero ichi ndi sitepe yoyamba," adatero. "Idanyamuka m'galimoto ndikuyikonza malinga ndi gawo lanyumba yomwe ikupita kuti ikasanja bwino."
Ine ndi Engler tinalowa mkatikati mwa nyumba yosungiramo katundu yaikulu yansanjika zitatu imeneyi. Kulikonse kumene mungapite, wina amasanja zopereka m’makina mazanamazana apulasitiki. Chigawo chilichonse cha nyumba yosungiramo katundu chimakhala ndi mawonekedwe ake: pali laibulale ya zipinda zisanu zokhala ndi mashelefu otalika mamita 20, malo omwe matiresi amawotchera mu uvuni waukulu kuti atsimikizire kuti ali otetezeka kuti angagulidwenso, komanso malo osungirako knick. - luso.
Engler anadutsa imodzi mwa ngolo. “Zifanizo, zidole zofewa, madengu, sudziŵa chimene chikuchitika kuno,” iye akufuula motero.
“Mwina anafika dzulo,” anatero Engler pamene tinali kudutsa anthu akufufuza milu ya zovala.
Engler anawonjezera kuti: “Lero m’mawa tinazisankhira mashelefu amawa, timakonza zovala 12,000 patsiku.”
Zovala zomwe sizingagulitsidwe zimayikidwa m'malo ogulitsira. Baler ndi makina osindikizira akuluakulu omwe amagaya zovala zonse zosagulitsidwa kukhala ma cubes a kukula kwa bedi. Engler anayang’ana kulemera kwa chikwama chimodzi: “Ichi chikulemera mapaundi 1,118.
Bululo lidzagulitsidwa kwa ena, omwe mwina adzaligwiritsa ntchito ngati kuyika makapeti.
"Chotero, ngakhale zinthu zong'ambika ndi zowonongeka zimakhala ndi moyo," Engler anandiuza. "Zinthu zina zimapita kutali kwambiri. Timayamikira zopereka zilizonse. "
Nyumbayi ikupitiriza kumangidwa, ikuwoneka ngati labyrinth. Pali khitchini, nyumba yopemphereramo, ndipo Engler anandiuza kuti kale kunali kolowera mpira. Mwadzidzidzi belu linalira - inali nthawi ya chakudya chamadzulo.
Si nyumba yosungiramo katundu, komanso nyumba. Ntchito yosungiramo katundu ndi gawo la pulogalamu ya Salvation Army yokonzanso mankhwala ndi mowa. Ophunzira amakhala, amagwira ntchito ndi kulandira chithandizo kuno kwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi. Engler anandiuza kuti pali amuna 112 omwe amadya katatu patsiku.
Pulogalamuyi ndi yaulere ndipo imathandizidwa ndi phindu la sitolo kudutsa msewu. Membala aliyense ali ndi ntchito yanthawi zonse, uphungu wapayekha ndi gulu, ndipo gawo lalikulu la izo ndi zauzimu. Salvation Army imatchula 501c3 ndipo imadzitcha "gawo la evangelical la Universal Christian Church".
"Simumaganizira kwambiri zomwe zidachitika m'mbuyomu," adatero. "Mutha kuyang'ana zam'tsogolo ndikuyesetsa kukwaniritsa zolinga zanu. Ndiyenera kukhala ndi Mulungu m’moyo wanga, ndiyenera kuphunziranso mmene ndingagwirire ntchito, ndipo malowa anandiphunzitsa zimenezo.”
Ndimayenda kudutsa msewu kupita kusitolo. Zinthu zimene kale zinali za munthu wina tsopano zikuoneka kuti ndi zanga. Nditayang'ana ma tayi ndikupeza piyano yakale mu dipatimenti ya mipando. Pomaliza, ku Cookware, ndidapeza mbale yabwino kwambiri ya $ 1.39. Ndinaganiza zogula.
Mbaleyi inadutsa m'manja ambiri isanathe m'chikwama changa. Mutha kunena kuti asilikali. Ndani akudziwa, ndikapanda kumuswa, akhoza kutheranso pano.
Nthawi yotumiza: Jul-21-2023