As the construction work of the Raising Center began towards the end of April, many fellow practitioners from all over the world came to join the reclamation work. To ensure that the various working teams could work without worries, the kitchen team gave them full support by meticulously preparing all sorts of delicious meals and snacks for them.

At first, they had only three rice cookers, so they had to start cooking continuously from seven-thirty in the morning. When one pot of rice was cooked, they had to quickly scrap out the rice, clean the cooker, and then cook another pot. Over twenty pots of rice were required for each meal. Sometimes, several members would work together to clean a pot, and even before the pot was cooled, it was on the fire again cooking another pot. With God's blessing, the water boiled very quickly, and the next step was to control the heat of the fire. It had to be turned down to medium, and then low heat. If the heat was not properly controlled due to the slightest neglect, there would be more crust. It would be a reckless waste of God's grace - the Buddha's rice.

In this way, the cooking sequence began from seven-thirty in the morning to half-past six in the evening - continuous cooking, scrapping, and washing the rice. New construction sites appeared everyday to expedite the work, and the number of workers involved increased from a hundred to over seven hundred. Now, thirty-seven pots of rice were required for each meal - a spectacular sight.

To increase the endurance power of fellow practitioners, and to help them adjust to the climate of a strange land, one fellow practitioner lovingly suggested everyone to drink more brown sugar water with lime. A fellow sister was assigned particularly to boil the water for the workers and fellow practitioners on the construction sites. While watching the big pot on the stove attentively, she cleaned the tiny limes one by one with her hands. Then she would carefully put the limes into a basket, and cover them with a piece of white gauze to keep away the flies. She worked with extreme care, because each unit had to do their best, so that the whole group could exert its greatest power. Each worker, each fellow practitioner contributed their greatest effort to develop the Raising Center.

The rain pattered on the tarpaulin of the temporary kitchen, creating a light tapping rhythm. Several fellow sisters, 'armed to the teeth' with caps, gloves and masks, and under the blessing of Master's Buddhist chanting tape, chopped taros and cabbages. The chief cooks concentrated on their big wok spades, shovelling the food in the woks. The aroma of the food pervaded the entire kitchen. The assistants quickly and skillfully took the cooked food to the preparation tables. There were many big bags of cooked rice already placed on a long table, while the fellow sisters, two in a group, divided the food according to the number of workers at each site, and then put them in the big bags along with the rice. Around ten o'clock, many huge bags containing the rice and food were ready, waiting for the workers and fellow practitioners from various sites to take them.

After that, they prepared the snacks and dinner. To satisfy different tastes and demands, the chief cooks had to keep praying to Master for Her blessing. One of the chief cooks - sister Heng Zheng Chiu told us, "Here we cook whatever the purchasing group can buy. Sometimes, we cannot come up with a new dish, so we use some available additional ingredients to vary the dish a little bit and offer a different taste. We always silently recite the Holy Names and pray for Master's blessing. Thanks to Master's help, we often have some delightful surprises." Sister Chiu-Xiang Shu said, "I abandoned my cosmetic career and came to do my part here. Before I came here, I had never carried things that weighed tens of catties. Here I do it everyday, and I have developed the strength of my arms in this way! When we are short-handed, one person has to do the work of three. All we know is that we must accomplish our work quickly to let everyone have enough to eat, because they need the energy to work. Sometimes, when there is insufficient food, we have to imitate the Monkey King, and 'manifest' something with magical power." Sister Jin-Ying Lo said, "We didn't have enough working hands when we first came here. I seldom did any heavy chores before. Going through the tempering here, my fingers were so tired that I would feel pain just in lifting a spoon. However, when it was time to lift the pots or baskets of food, I could do it immediately and forgot the pain."

Sister Lo had joined various working teams as a temporary supportive member, so she deeply understood the laborious task of these teams, who really needed the supply of good food and drinks. Therefore, having returned to her kitchen post, she thought hard to produce a rich variety of dishes and snacks to replenish their energy, and satisfy their needs. At times, she was physically exhausted, but Master's tremendous blessing of love helped her to carry on. She is very grateful to Master for giving her this opportunity to work here. She is very contented, because she often realizes the meaning of God's intentions through many incidents. In the reclamation saga of the Raising Center, she might be a nobody, but her devotion is touching. "Selling fried soup buns, I can only sustain and benefit myself. Why don't I do something that benefits everyone?" This was the thought that motivated her to come here, and this is also the hearty voice of innumerable pioneers developing the Raising Center.