The wire of $4500 went through! We were so elated. We have had a very difficult month and turmoil within the team. I am so thankful that God has given me a vision and a hope! He has been a strong anchor during this time--and a sister who insisted I rest in the Lord. (But I AM resting! No, you are not. Yes, I am resting! No, you need to rest. Oh my, yes, I need to rest. Oh, Jesus, how precious is your peace and how deeply I needed to drink of you.)
So you were checking for news, right?
The container is ready at port and the team of Bishop Titus with TGD team members, Walter and Frank, is heading to Mombasa. Although the NGO status is SO CLOSE to completion that we are at the last step--the container will not wait. If we had NGO status (Kenyan Government Charity Status,) then the container could go through Duty free. We are just trusting the Lord that everything is HIS and He can spend it as He chooses. We had prayed that the NGO process (begun in January but thwarted by a crooked lawyer) would be far completed before the container arrived and that we would have an exemption certificate. It did not turn out that way and so we pay, like everyone else, and in the future, we will not have to do it. We are not dismayed. We are not turning back. These are not "problems" these are opportunities for action steps. We are overcomers and cannot be defeated. We always win in Jesus.
That container is bringing over $100,000 of medical supplies and 36 computers with office equipment to a needy community. Our building has one completed floor which we have finished out for security.
We are going to store it up until we have the funds to complete the second floor. It will not take as much, so we encourage everyone to be generous and donate SOMETHING towards the building! It will be a great center of blessing and will require little ongoing support as just a computer lab. If God provides funding for the clinic, then we will open the clinic--and then, OH BOY, the faith to proceed will need to be strong. Even now we wait to see if God chooses to send faithful regular generous givers dedicated to the community clinic.
It takes strong dedication to serve in Kenya. WE ARE STRONGLY DEDICATED! We love our brothers and sisters there and we long to enlarge the family of believers. But no matter what the faith (or none,) we willingly and joyfully serve the poor and needy there alongside one another there and look troubles full in the eye. We will not leave them in their sorrow or trials. We have come to be a blessing and a blessing we will be.
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