In the name of Allah the most gracious and the most merciful I write my first official Blog on the Saturday Ansaar Project for feeding the homeless organised by the al-Ghazzali Centre.
My wife Patrina and I arrived at the Exodus Centre in Ashfield at 1pm and made our way to the staff room where the rest of the team had gathered and were waiting for the team leaders to allocate tasks and officially start the day. Shortly Shariff (Day Leader) arrived and went through the drill and we all headed to the kitchen to gear up and start our various tasks. Today Mohammed (counting down ten days in Sydney before heading home in Saudi) and I were allocated the stove, oven, mopping and rubbish bins! With our experience from the previous few sessions, we knew we had no time to waste and got started with boiling the water and cleaning the oven.
Meanwhile the 'chopping team' of Farid, Imraan, Alwie, Sadia, Hend, Samar, Selma and my wife got stuck into it and by the grace of Allah did a great job of the potatoes and had them ready even before the pot got warm! They completed their day with the same ferocity and efficiency.
In the interim Irfan had the cooking under control and with Hogai as his assistance for the day, also ran through the dishes in a timely manner. Murisa (Day Leader trainee) and Nasheen were great help as our testers for the various meat and vegetables Mohammed and I were offloading while yelling 'HOT' each time for safety.
Murisa went on to help us with dressing the pasta which was the last item on the stove at the end of the day. After yelling 'hot' for the hundredth time, Mohammed and I offloaded the final batch of the food and headed for Magrib prayer.
We wrapped up the day with Dinner and tried out the various (delicious too except for a few burnt broccoli in the Frittata – which I am sure Wajeeha had a very good excuse for as she did exceptionally well with the rice and Samosa) dishes and bid our farewell to an exceptional group of individuals we thoroughly enjoyed working with for Allah's sake and may Allah reward and accept our efforts.
My wife Patrina and I arrived at the Exodus Centre in Ashfield at 1pm and made our way to the staff room where the rest of the team had gathered and were waiting for the team leaders to allocate tasks and officially start the day. Shortly Shariff (Day Leader) arrived and went through the drill and we all headed to the kitchen to gear up and start our various tasks. Today Mohammed (counting down ten days in Sydney before heading home in Saudi) and I were allocated the stove, oven, mopping and rubbish bins! With our experience from the previous few sessions, we knew we had no time to waste and got started with boiling the water and cleaning the oven.
Meanwhile the 'chopping team' of Farid, Imraan, Alwie, Sadia, Hend, Samar, Selma and my wife got stuck into it and by the grace of Allah did a great job of the potatoes and had them ready even before the pot got warm! They completed their day with the same ferocity and efficiency.
In the interim Irfan had the cooking under control and with Hogai as his assistance for the day, also ran through the dishes in a timely manner. Murisa (Day Leader trainee) and Nasheen were great help as our testers for the various meat and vegetables Mohammed and I were offloading while yelling 'HOT' each time for safety.
Murisa went on to help us with dressing the pasta which was the last item on the stove at the end of the day. After yelling 'hot' for the hundredth time, Mohammed and I offloaded the final batch of the food and headed for Magrib prayer.
We wrapped up the day with Dinner and tried out the various (delicious too except for a few burnt broccoli in the Frittata – which I am sure Wajeeha had a very good excuse for as she did exceptionally well with the rice and Samosa) dishes and bid our farewell to an exceptional group of individuals we thoroughly enjoyed working with for Allah's sake and may Allah reward and accept our efforts.
We also hope everyone enjoyed their meals in the park Insha-Allah.
Wasalam
Taupheeq
Wasalam
Taupheeq
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