He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it. I Thes. 5:24
Greetings All,
Praise the Lord!!! Or to say it in Luganda, the national tongue of Uganda, Mukama yeba Zebwe!!! Why am I so excited and what am I praising the Lord about?
We have reached our goal and now have the entire $10,000 to get our shipping container on its way to Africa!
A big thanks to all of you who prayed, donated equipment and supplies, and sent in contributions! Little by little…or as they say in Uganda, “Slowly by slowly,” we have been gathering in the needed funds while accumulating the container’s contents.
The story: When we moved into our new ministry office in the fall of 2007, we wondered what we were going to do with the huge empty building outside. But even before we began moving our desks and computers into the office, I started to get calls from all over asking if we could use this or that for the hospital or the children in our program or the church in Uganda . Before I knew it, we were filling that building up with school supplies, shoes, clothes, medical equipment, medical supplies, wheel chairs, exam tables, surgical lights, teaching materials, toys, and a myriad of other things. We even have everything to set up a dental office!
All of these donations came unsolicited, making me feel a little like Noah when the animals began showing up at his ark. His ark wasn’t built yet, and neither was mine. After researching the costs of sending a shipping container, we were a bit overwhelmed at the $10,000 price tag. However, considering the value of the ultra sound machine, the x-ray machine, and everything else, it was well worth the shipping costs. The hospital is in great need of the wonderful high-tech ultra sound machine...a real God-send. And just the surgical lights alone, which are very hard to come by, are worth $50,000!
So now that we have the shipping costs raised, everyone is asking, “What’s next?” The plan is to gather in the last of the donated items from a medical mission warehouse in Tulsa, a nurse in Baltimore, and a missionary in Florida. In the meantime, we will be building special crates to protect the sensitive equipment in transport, and put everything else on pallets. Once this is done, we will contact the shipping company and our ark will be on its way to Uganda!
Mukama Mulungee! God is Good!
In and For Him,
Terri Clark
