Kupereka zinthu zanu zakale ku sitolo yogulitsa zinthu zakale kungakhale kovuta, koma lingaliro ndilakuti zinthu zanu zidzasintha moyo wanu. Pambuyo popereka, zidzasamutsidwa kwa mwiniwake watsopano. Koma kodi mumakonzekera bwanji zinthuzi kuti zigwiritsidwenso ntchito?
26 Valencia ku San Francisco ndi nyumba yosungiramo zinthu ya zipinda zitatu yomwe kale inali fakitale yakale yopangira nsapato. Tsopano zopereka zambiri ku Salvation Army zasankhidwa pano, ndipo mkati mwake muli ngati tawuni yaying'ono.
“Tsopano tili pamalo otulutsira katundu,” Cindy Engler, manejala wa ubale wa anthu ku Salvation Army, akundiuza. Tinaona mathireyala odzaza ndi matumba a zinyalala, mabokosi, nyali, nyama zosochera zodzaza ndi zinthu - zinthu zinkangobwera ndipo pamalopo panali phokoso.
“Ndiye iyi ndi sitepe yoyamba,” iye anatero. “Imachotsedwa mgalimoto kenako imasanjidwa kutengera gawo la nyumbayo lomwe ikupita kukasanjidwanso.”
Ine ndi Engler tinalowa mkati mwa nyumba yaikulu yosungiramo zinthu ya zipinda zitatu iyi. Kulikonse komwe mungapite, winawake amaika zopereka m'makina ambirimbiri apulasitiki. Gawo lililonse la nyumba yosungiramo zinthu lili ndi mawonekedwe akeake: pali laibulale ya zipinda zisanu yokhala ndi mashelufu a mabuku otalika mamita 20, malo omwe matiresi amaphikidwa mu uvuni waukulu kuti atsimikizire kuti ndi otetezeka kugulitsanso, komanso malo osungiramo zinthu zamtengo wapatali.
Engler anadutsa imodzi mwa ngolo. “Zidole, zoseweretsa zofewa, mabasiketi, simudziwa zomwe zikuchitika kuno,” anatero mofuula.
"Mwinamwake idabwera dzulo," Engler anatero pamene tinkadutsa anthu akufufuza zovala zambirimbiri.
"M'mawa uno tinawakonza kuti azigwiritsidwa ntchito mawa," Engler anawonjezera, "timakonza zovala 12,000 patsiku."
Zovala zomwe sizingagulitsidwe zimayikidwa m'mabafa. Baler ndi chosindikizira chachikulu chomwe chimapera zovala zonse zosagulitsidwa m'magawo ofanana ndi bedi. Engler anayang'ana kulemera kwa thumba limodzi: "Ili limalemera mapaundi 1,118."
Kenako chidebecho chidzagulitsidwa kwa ena, omwe mwina adzachigwiritsa ntchito pazinthu monga kudzaza makapeti.
"Chifukwa chake, ngakhale zinthu zong'ambika ndi zowonongeka zimakhala ndi moyo," Engler anandiuza. "Timapangitsa zinthu zina kupita patsogolo kwambiri. Timayamikira chilichonse choperekedwa."
Nyumbayi ikupitirira kumangidwa, ikuwoneka ngati malo otsetsereka. Pali khitchini, tchalitchi, ndipo Engler anandiuza kuti kale panali malo ochitira masewera a bowling. Mwadzidzidzi belu linalira - inali nthawi ya chakudya chamadzulo.
Si nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zokha, komanso ndi nyumba. Ntchito yosungiramo zinthu ndi gawo la pulogalamu yokonzanso mankhwala osokoneza bongo ndi mowa ya Salvation Army. Ophunzira amakhala, amagwira ntchito ndipo amalandira chithandizo kuno kwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi. Engler anandiuza kuti pali amuna 112 omwe amadya chakudya katatu patsiku.
Pulogalamuyi ndi yaulere ndipo imalipiridwa ndi phindu la sitolo yomwe ili tsidya lina la msewu. Membala aliyense ali ndi ntchito yokhazikika, uphungu wa payekha komanso wa gulu, ndipo gawo lalikulu la zimenezo ndi zauzimu. Salvation Army imatchula 501c3 ndipo imadzitcha yokha "gawo la evangelical la Universal Christian Church".
"Simumaganizira kwambiri zomwe zinachitika kale," adatero. "Mutha kuyang'ana mtsogolo ndikugwira ntchito kuti mukwaniritse zolinga zanu. Ndikufunika kukhala ndi Mulungu m'moyo wanga, ndikufunika kuphunziranso momwe ndingagwirire ntchito, ndipo malo awa andiphunzitsa zimenezo."
Ndimayenda kudutsa msewu kupita ku sitolo. Zinthu zomwe kale zinali za wina tsopano zikuoneka ngati zanga. Ndinayang'ana m'matayi ndipo ndinapeza piyano yakale mu dipatimenti ya mipando. Pomaliza, ku Cookware, ndinapeza mbale yabwino kwambiri pamtengo wa $1.39. Ndinaganiza zogula.
Mbale iyi inadutsa m'manja ambiri isanalowe m'thumba langa. Munganene kuti asilikali. Ndani akudziwa, ngati sindimuphwanya, akhoza kubwerera kuno kachiwiri?
Nthawi yotumizira: Julayi-21-2023