One step closer
Today, I sent off 14 packages. They were filled with all the things I think I want to have in Zambia ~ eventually. They are things I won't need right away, but will want to use over the course of my time there. The packages included things like a small Christmas tree, crafting and scrapbooking supplies, books, winter clothes, framed pictures, cooking utensils, and other assorted goodies, mostly sentimental stuff.
Getting this out has really been hanging over my head. I got everything packed up yesterday, and today woke up feeling so free. I feel like I really am one step closer to getting to Africa. Some of my stuff has already been there for a year now (shipped with another container in January 2007). Now the only thing holding me back is a lack of financial support. I know God has a plan for that as well.
I did all kinds of research to find the cheapest way to ship them. Turns out that FedEx Ground would get it to Michigan for the least amount of money. I was expecting to pay about $500 or $600, but after punching in all the dimensions and weights of my boxes, I was only charged about $275!!! Praise God!!
So my boxes will go from the Kinkos at Ina and LaCholla, to Kentwood, Michigan where another Flying Mission couple will throw them into a trailer along with their things. They'll then drive the whole kit and caboodle to Maryland to a shipping container. The container (one of those 40 foot jobs) has some equipment for a Christian hospital in Zambia and is bound for a village in western Zambia ~ after it makes its way around southern Africa and back up to Tanzania on the eastern coast. Then via land back south to Zambia. The man who organized the container said that we could put some of our personal belongings in it and simply make a contribution to the total amount of the cost. So with gas money for the other couple, and shipping costs here in the US as well as those in the container, I'm getting my stuff to Zambia for around $500. God is so good!!! Without this opportunity, I'm sure I would have paid over $1000, and probably closer to $1500 or $2000. Wow!!
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Posted by: joannmski | August 12, 2008 08:34 AM