Trucking medical and nutrition supplies

 Greetings all, 

Loading the truck this morning

I wanted to let you know that we are shipping some medical supplies to another base. This will take several days or longer. And the truck will go through a couple of areas where it will have to stop to proceed in convoy with other trucks led by a military escort. It may have to stop for a couple of days at a time to wait for the convoy. 

We don't do such a thing lightly. We had to get approval from HQ in order to move forward with this shipment. The pros and cons were weighed, and we eventually got approval. These are supplies that will literally save lives. 

I would simply like to ask that you pray for this shipment to get through without incident and without harm to anyone. 

We got approval to move forward on Thursday. All day Friday we were working to get the phone number for the driver as we had talked about loading on Friday. I left the office a bit dejected Friday because we had made no progress. But I and the principal staff member working on this decided to simply leave it in the Lord's hands. 

Then he got a call this morning from the driver, and the truck got loaded!

Prayer changes things! So thanks for accompanying this shipment in prayer!

Praise: 

• We should be getting our passports tomorrow!
• For the truck getting loaded and starting on its way!
  
• For peace in Butembo - there has been terrible unrest there over the last couple of days. 
• For getting a better handle on the puzzle that is procurement of health and nutrition commodities - still need 

Prayer:

• For safety on the road as the truck travels - for God to undo any schemes of the devil to bring harm to anyone because of this shipment.
• For a peace based on justice in Eastern Congo and with its neighbors
• For Medair getting their customs convention signed in Congo - since coming I have learned that this is a problem for most non-governmental organizations (NGOs)