Wednesday, April 11, 2007

The Container is on its way to Malawi



It's official, the container has been shipped! Thank you to everyone who sent items, helped pack and load, sent funds and prayed for this container to get to Malawi. This is the heaviest container Brother Gentry has shipped, weighing in at 290,900 pounds! It contains a dump truck (pick-up size), 1 million Gospel tracts!, 40,000 books of John and Romans in Chichewa, school supplies, books, clothes, industrial mixer, pop corn machine, bicycles, linens and countless other items desperately needed in Malawi. The container left Louisville on April 10th. It is now on its way to Charleston, South Carolina. It will be loaded onto a cargo ship on April 19th and will finally arrive to Malawi Africa on June 5, 2007. We are rejoicing that this container is finally on its way, but we know the work isn't over. Prayer is still needed for safety as it travels by sea and for all the items to make it through customs with little to no fees and taxes. And there is the small task of unloading, sorting and distributing 290,900 pounds of items! And if that isn't enough, there is another empty container on Brother Gentry's property that is waiting to be loaded and shipped. And a barn full of more supplies! Praise the Lord!
Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. (KJV)

1 comment:

Doug of course said...

Wow that container looks familiar....

And to think I got to put one of the last things in it! A Tire!