Arapohue Healing & Recovery Centre
unleashing the horsepower at Arapohue
Dear friends,
Horses Hope and Sophie are part of the daily rhythm of life at Arapohue Centre. The guests walk and care for them every day, which helps strengthen their wairua (spiritual) and hinengaro (mental and emotional) walls of their house. It's calming and brings joy just being in their presence!
The guests also get strengthened by visiting The Lighthouse and the Nazarene Churches in Dargaville most Sundays and the Kaiwaka Revival Church Hub monthly meeting.
Work continues restoring the old Arapohue Bush Camp. We are over the half way mark now restoring the buildings. See below for more.
Stay blessed,
Ray, Jan, Gary and the A-team at Arapohue Centre
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The men enjoyed the Hub meeting at Kaiwaka Revival Church. Pastor Tawhiri Littlejohn was praying and Paul Tautari ministering in prayer.
The men enjoyed the Hub meeting at Kaiwaka Revival Church. Pastor Tawhiri Littlejohn was praying and Paul Tautari ministering in prayer.
Men at work
Gary, Jaime, Ash, Zeph and apprentice Daniel have been working hard at restoring these two important rooms inside the Lodge. The Storeroom will be our cellar for pumpkins, watermelons, dried, preserved and frozen food. The Upper Room will be for larger meetings and the table tennis table.
A before-and-after of ongoing work in the Lodge Storeroom and Upper Room
A before-and-after of ongoing work in the Lodge Storeroom and Upper Room
The battle is real
The battle is real and on many fronts. Our precious 11 acres of native QEII covenanted bush is being threatened from the perimeter by noxious weeds and vines. We simply don't have the time or manpower to keep on top of it.
We've done a lot of noxious weed clearing and new native tree planting along the roadside edge of our pristine native bush.
This project is outside the scope of our team to, its way too much and it's on the edge of a very steep slope. Team Vegetation have quoted $2,500 to do the work. Can you please help us be good kaitiaki (caretakers)?
Jan has sent out everyone's charitable donation tax receipts now. Please let her know if you haven't received yours as Jan's been having problems with her email. Thank you so much for your donations, partnership. We simply couldn't do it without you!
We've received a donation towards the pond project which has given us hope, but we still have two thirds to go. We've put this project on hold for the moment (keeping the deposit aside) until the right time. Meantime, we've had to start another urgent project- more on this next time.
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Arapohue Centre needs: May 2026 |
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The needs below are important... can you help us? |
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$ 1,000 |
Lodge games room ranchslider |
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$ 1,500 |
Digger and roller fixing farm driveway |
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$ 2,500 |
Weed control, roadside bush |
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$ 3,400 |
May mortgage interest (principal & interest) |
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Christian Savings have now refinanced our interest-only mortgage with the Dugdale Charitable Trust for $200,000 (now principal and interest), and they advanced us another $200,000 towards the restoration of the Schoolhouse, which will be an income earner and house a support worker and family for Arapohue... more about this next month. |
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$400,000 |
MORTGAGE: FULL REDEMPTION |
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Please send your tax-deductible donation to Email janet@thewildside.net to let me know so your tax receipt can be sent in April 2027. Many thanks! |
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Prayer needs (as the Lord leads):
• For the protection and spiritual growth and healing of our guests
• We need two more guests who desperately need the help
• For Ray, Jan & Gary... protection, wisdom, strength
• Full redemption of the mortgage and the other financial urgent needs
• For the grants we have applied for to be granted
If you would like to be a part of our online Telegram Arapohue Intercessors chat group, please download Telegram and send Ray a message asking to be added. His phone number is 027 254 6778, you'll have to add that to your contacts. Janet's is 027 318 6093.
A huge thanks to our partners for your support!
Arapohue Centre receives no government support. Your ongoing partnership means we can continue to work with people who are struggling. You play a VIP role in providing a place where people's lives can be restored by God. We can't do it without you.
Kind regards and many thanks,
Ray & Jan Curle on behalf of Arapohue Centre & Wild Side Charitable Trust
574-580 Hoyle Rd, Arapohue 0374
Wild Side Charitable Trust Registration No. CC55065
p. 027 254 6778 | ray@thewildside.net | wildsidetrust.org
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