The Story Behind Kawartha Hill

WE ARE NOT A RELIGIONS PEOPLE

A Name, a Message, and a Mission of Righteousness

Every mission has an origin. Sometimes it begins with a business idea, a plan, or a problem someone wants to solve. Sometimes, it begins with an experience that changes the way a person sees the world.

For me, the story of Kawartha Hill began over Resurrection weekend 2026, during what I experienced as three days in the light.

It really goes back a lot further than that in my story. I have to make reference here to Hurdia Victoria.

We will pick up with Hurdia later.

My Three Days in the Light

During that experience, I encountered an entity I came to know as Alion. Alion identified as an Archangel to me. Archangel of Duality and Discernment. this Angel directed my attention toward the east.

I was standing near the corner of what I know as Kawartha Heights Boulevard and Brealey Drive, in the west end of Peterborough. From that vantage point, I could see some things downtown from where I was standing. During this encounter, the name given to the place where I was standing I interpreted it as Kawartha Hill

That name stayed with me.

I began to think of this part of Peterborough’s West End now as Kawartha Hill. The name had become connected to an experience that was deeply meaningful to me, and to the sense that I had been given something to do.

During those three days, I felt that I had been given many tasks of righteousness. I understood the experience as more than an unusual encounter. I felt that there was a message in it, something real and important that I was meant to take seriously.

The message, as I understood it, was not that accomplishing something good had to be impossibly complicated. I felt I was being told that it was not really that hard to do what was right: start with faith, take action, and help where help is needed.

Why the Name Matters

Afterward, I returned to the name and its meaning. At one point, I renamed the area in my mind as the Tribe of Judah. But as I reflected on what I had experienced, I came back to an important distinction.

This was not about me deciding to put a new name on a place simply because I wanted one.

The name I kept returning to was Kawartha Hill — the name I associated with those three days in the light.

That is why I chose Kawartha Hill as the name for this vision.

I do not expect everyone to interpret my experience as I did. I am sharing it because it explains where the name came from, why it matters to me, and why I feel such a strong responsibility to put its meaning into practice.

For me, Kawartha Hill became connected to a calling: to pursue righteousness not merely as an idea, a belief, or a set of words, but as something demonstrated through the way we treat other people.

And that brings me to the heart of this mission.

Have We Forgotten What Righteousness Looks Like?

From my perspective, humanity has lost sight of something fundamental about where we come from and how we are meant to treat one another.

I see a world in which people can walk past someone who is hungry, step around someone sleeping outside, or dismiss someone because of their circumstances. We can become so accustomed to suffering that we begin to regard it as an ordinary part of life.

People experiencing homelessness become invisible. The hungry become someone else’s problem. The sick, the struggling, the rejected, and those who have made mistakes can be treated as though they matter less than everyone else.

I struggle with that.

I believe righteousness must mean more than talking about what is good. It must involve doing good when we have the opportunity and the means.

If someone is hungry and we can provide a meal, why shouldn’t we?

If someone is cold and we can help them find shelter, why wouldn’t we try?

If people are living without a safe place to call home, why shouldn’t we work toward a practical solution?

We do not need to solve every problem in the world before we can help one person. We do not need to be wealthy before we can share what we have. And we do not need to wait until we have built an entire housing community before we can begin putting this mission into action.

Sometimes righteousness starts with a hot meal, a cup of coffee, a conversation, or the simple decision not to look away.

The Connection I See With the Mission of Jesus

My understanding of those three days in the light led me to reflect deeply on the teachings and example of Jesus.

In the Gospels, Jesus repeatedly reached out to people whom society rejected. He ate with tax collectors and people labelled sinners. He showed compassion toward people who were sick, touched those who were considered unclean, and crossed social and cultural boundaries to engage with people others might have avoided.

He told the story of the Good Samaritan, in which the person who acted as a neighbour was the one who stopped to help someone who had been beaten and left on the road.

In Matthew 25, Jesus connects serving people who are hungry, thirsty, sick, or in need with serving him. His teaching places real human need at the centre of what it means to live out one’s faith.

These are not merely abstract ideas about goodness. They point toward a way of living in which compassion becomes action.

I cannot speak for every religious institution, every Christian, or every person’s interpretation of Scripture. But I do believe that the central message I take from these teachings is sometimes lost when religion becomes more concerned with appearances, labels, judgment, or determining who deserves compassion.

What does it mean to speak about righteousness while ignoring a hungry person standing in front of us?

What does it mean to talk about loving our neighbours if we decide that some people are not worthy of our attention?

What does it mean to celebrate the teachings of Jesus while treating the homeless, the outcast, the sick, and the socially rejected as though they are beneath us?

These are questions I believe we need to ask ourselves honestly.

Jesus did not make compassion conditional on a person’s social standing or reputation. He repeatedly demonstrated that people whom society pushed aside were still worthy of attention, mercy, and human connection.

That is the principle I want this mission to reflect.

Not condemnation. Not superiority. Not a claim that I have all the answers.

Action.

We Can Start With What We Have

One of the things I took from my experience was the sense that doing good does not always have to be complicated.

Look at what can be accomplished with relatively modest resources.

A hot breakfast can feed people who have gone without a proper meal. A large urn of good coffee can provide warmth and comfort. A batch of hotdogs can put food into many hands.

These things do not require a fortune. They require willingness, planning, and people who care enough to participate.

I have already looked for ways to help using what is available to me, including saving free pizzas I receive from a local cannabis shop so I can share them with people experiencing homelessness.

I want to do more of that.

I want to explore organizing pancake breakfasts, spaghetti nights, and other opportunities to provide hot food directly to people who need it. I want to find local businesses and individuals who are willing to help make these efforts possible.

I am not suggesting that a plate of food will end homelessness. I know the problem is much bigger than that.

But a meal can help someone today. And while we are helping people today, we can also work toward giving them something more permanent tomorrow.

That is where the larger vision of Kawartha Hill begins.

From Compassion to Homes

My ambition is to develop Kawartha Hill into something much larger than a name or an idea.

I want to build a sustainable business that develops innovative capsule housing and compact accommodation, explores partnerships with municipalities and other organizations, and works toward creating housing communities for people experiencing homelessness.

I want to help make safe, private, dignified accommodation more attainable. I want to explore practical models that can be developed, replicated, and adapted to meet the needs of different communities.

I understand that this will require land, funding, design, construction, approvals, and partnerships. It will require patience and a willingness to turn ideas into workable plans.

That is why I am building a business around the vision.

Through the sale of our products and services, we want to create the resources and opportunities that will allow us to grow. We want customers who appreciate what we offer, partners who recognize the potential of the mission, and supporters who want to help us take the next steps.

I do not expect the entire world to contribute. I do not expect anyone to give money they cannot afford to give.

I am asking people to consider whether they can participate in a practical way.

Buy a product. Use a service. Introduce us to someone who might help. Contribute supplies if you are in a position to do so. Help organize a meal. Explore a partnership. Help us develop a housing concept.

Each of these can become part of a larger effort.

The objective is not simply to raise money for a good cause. It is to build something sustainable that can continue creating opportunities to help people.

We want the business to support itself, grow through the value it creates, and use that growth to expand its ability to make a humanitarian difference.

Why I Call It Kawartha Hill Asylum

The word asylum to you might mean loonie bin or crazy house to you but it has an older meaning that speaks to refuge, sanctuary, and protection to me.

That is the meaning I want to bring to this name.

I envision Kawartha Hill Asylum as a sanctuary for those who need one: a mission built around the belief that people deserve safety, dignity, and a genuine opportunity to rebuild their lives.

The name is not intended to label people as broken or to define them by their circumstances. It is meant to represent a place of refuge — a place where someone who has nowhere else to turn might find a path toward stability and independence.

I want to work toward a future in which the idea can become something tangible: food shared directly with people in need, practical support, innovative housing, and eventually communities designed to give people a safe place to live.

The vision is ambitious, but it begins with a simple principle.

People matter.

And if we truly believe that, our actions should reflect it.

An Invitation to Help Build This Mission

I am sharing this story because I cannot make this vision a reality on my own.

I can develop ideas, build a business, create products and services, seek opportunities, and do what I can with the resources available to me. But if Kawartha Hill Asylum is going to grow into something capable of making a larger difference, I need people who are willing to get involved.

I need customers who see value in what we do. I need business owners who recognize opportunities to collaborate. I need people with knowledge, skills, resources, and connections who might help us move the vision forward.

And I need people who understand that the work of helping others does not always begin with a major financial contribution.

Sometimes it begins with asking a simple question: What can I do to help?

If you share the belief that nobody should be left hungry, that people deserve a safe place to sleep, and that homelessness should not be accepted as an unavoidable part of life, I invite you to become part of this mission.

You do not have to share my personal experience to understand the purpose behind it. You do not have to agree with every part of my spiritual interpretation. You only have to believe that people deserve compassion and that practical action is worth pursuing.

Help us provide meals today.

Help us develop housing solutions for tomorrow.

Help us build an action plan capable of sustaining this work.

Help us create opportunities for people to move from surviving to living.

The Meaning Behind the Mission

When I look back on those three days in the light, I return to the sense that I had been given tasks of righteousness and that I should have faith enough to begin.

I have come to understand that message through the work I want to do: not simply to talk about compassion, but to practise it; not simply to recognize suffering, but to respond to it; and not simply to imagine a better future, but to work toward building one.

I do not know how far this mission can go. I do know that there are people who need help now, and there are practical things we can do to help them.

I believe we can begin small without thinking small.

I believe a business can be more than a way to earn a living.

I believe people working together can accomplish things that would be impossible for one person alone.

And I believe that a future with fewer people experiencing homelessness is worth working toward.

Kawartha Hill Asylum began with a name that became deeply meaningful to me. Kawartha Hill Asylum is my effort to turn that meaning into action.

If the message is about righteousness, let us put it into practice.

If the task is to help people, let us begin with the people who need help.

If the vision is a world where everyone has somewhere safe to call home, let us start building toward it together.

Kawartha Hill Asylum

A Sanctuary for Those Who Need One.

Help us turn faith into action, compassion into practical help, and a vision into homes.

End homelessness, one home at a time.

I am not religious, I do not go to Church.

What I do believe is that there are an estimated 45,000 to 47,300 distinct Christian denominations worldwide, according to data from the Center for the Study of Global Christianity.

There are approximately 2.67 billion followers of Christ worldwide. This means about 32.2% of the global population—roughly one out of every three people on Earth—identifies with a Jesus-based faith.

This means there is still only one Word, one God, one Jesus, one cross and one empty tomb. They all certainly can’t be wrong. Even Me never read the bible at all in my life. I can tell it to you as if I lived it. 

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