Our container is almost packed & loaded and will be heading to Mombasa, Kenya in the very near future. It will leave San Antonio for Houston on Tuesday!!! :-)
I wanted to personally thank everyone for their donations, assistance and prayers. After much consideration, due to increased costs, we decided NOT to buy the container but rather rent it. Unfortunately, the total shipping costs will exceed $10,000 by the time it is unloaded @ our ministry site in Mombasa. Because of this, I am making one final request concerning the shipment costs of these much needed ministry items. If you or anyone you know would like to join those who have already given financially, please go to www.real4christ.com to make a donation (via Check, CC or ACH or Paypal). If you like, you may designate it as "R4C shipping costs".
Thanks once again! I know I say this a lot, but it is true, "without you THERE, we could not be HERE"!
Please take a sec to read the note below from Bob Nicol, our Water Ministry Missionary. He is the person that has worked the hardest on all this and will certainly be glad to see it heading this way. Our ministry is so blessed to have him on board!
Today we counted 56 boxes of meds, enough to fill my entire truck bed, back and front seats (with barely enough room for me to drive (and see the mirrors), with the heaping boxes in the bed tied down, so as not to blow away (in the gathering storm and threatening rain) All this the night before the load-out.
Oh yeah, one more thing....it rained all day!! But we did not let this slow us down. Alan had the great idea of dropping the trailer right in front of the overhead door. So we worked in the dry, and with good light, all day! Now he did this knowing that it would block one of only 2 entrances to his warehouse until next Tuesday, when they come to haul it to Houston. Just one of many incredibly graceful gestures.
The container load-out day could not have gone smoother. "Mungu ni mwema!" God is Good! Had 5 guys to help. 3 experienced movers, an ex-warehouse guy, and a forklift operator that Alan Pyle, President of Steelhead provided for the whole day. See photos for details. A HUGE thank you to all of them - Scott Adams, Jim, Cody, Greg, John Henderson, and Javier (fork lift operator).
Started at 9:30, when container arrived and everything was loaded, except for a handful of odds and ends that I need to palletize and shrink wrap, loaded out at 3:30 PM! Today, Saturday, I only need to go back and tie down the trailer better and secure the load with more straps, etc. But we still have lots more room! I'm picking up more meds on Monday, as I could not carry any more on Thursday night. Tell everyone they still have one day to get any last minute item to me before we close the doors.
I am so thankful for God's provision. The Load Day was nothing short of a miracle, at least in my mind. How could I ever doubt? God never ceases to amaze me, the way He works in our lives just blows me away. Once again I am in awe of His love, His grace and compassion. He REALLY does care for us!!!
I am confident that God loves Real 4 Christ Ministries and what we are accomplishing together both here in America and there in Kenya.
MANY BLESSINGS TO ALL OF YOU!!!!
Chris & Lisa Moore
Real 4 Christ Ministries
Photos by Bob Nicol
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