Thanksgiving Weekend
2010 we chose the title Empowering
Learners/Stocking the Shelves -- which used as a working title: “The Books
for Namibia Project.”
Our project went up on the Books for Africa web site,
appeals were sent out, and gifts to our project started to arrive. We had set an ambitious goal of raising
$19,200 by May 1, 2010. This goal,
if achieved, would pay for a 40-foot sea container filled with an estimated
19,000 books, 40 computers, and three sets of encyclopedias. It was planned that this total cost
would also cover our container port fees and customs charges in the port of
Walvis Bay, Namibia.
As this sea-container project took shape we also gained a
new friend, Raymond. Through Pastor Henok, Raymond joined our
project as our freight forwarder. (He
also served as coach and customs consultant! We look forward to meeting Raymond
someday to share our thanks!) We
knew down the line, that if all went well, Raymond would meet our container at
the port in Walvis Bay, Namibia, and would get it trucked to the North. Raymond very helpfully estimated what
these trucking costs would be and this increased our fund-raising goal just a
bit.
It must be noted that we desired for our project to cover ALL costs, both planned and unplanned. If this project was truly to be a gift
from us to them, then we needed our brothers and sisters in the ELCIN to not be
adversely affected, in any way, by our efforts.
Empowering Learners
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