Message of Love and Brotherhood to Africa — Page 28
28 promised good results. There we made a programme. Then I came to London. I explained to friends that Allah, the Glorious, had indicated His will to me that we should invest the minimum sum of one hundred thousand pounds in the six countries (of Africa that I had toured). I had in my mind the entire scheme detailing heads of expenditure in this behalf and that I wanted in this connection immediately from the Ahmadiyya Community of England, two hundred devotees willing to denote £200 each and another two hundred devotees prepared to contribute £100 each and the rest willing to offer £36 at the rate of one pound per month. I told them that £10,000 should be collected in cash before I started on my return journey. The departure was 12 days away at the time. I was with the members for two hours. I had a one-hour sitting with them on Friday, and another one-hour sitting on Sunday—we had new participants on that day. A total contribu- tion of £28,000 was promised within these two one-hour sessions with £3000 to £4000 in ready cash. I arranged under personal supervision a new bank account and named it 'Nu s rat Jah a n Reserve Fund'. This