Our shipment from MFI arrived!!

Hope and pray all is well with everyone.  Yesterday we received our boxes from Missionary Flights International.  We are very thankful to all who gave and sent us boxes and letters.  Some sent baseballs and we were able to hand them out last night to some of the children in the area.  They were very thankful to receive a baseball.  One Haitian boy's eyes lit up so bright when I gave him a baseball.  We also handed out some candy and lollipops to the girls.  It is a great joy to be able to give to these young children and it couldn't be done with out you all and your generosity.  Thank you for giving! 

We are also thankful for MFI and the work the do for the missionaries down here on this island.  The plane was originally supposed to come in on Tuesday, but the tower at Barahona would not give them clearance to land.  They were working on the runways and would not clear off, so MFI had to wait till Wednesday morning to come in.  There is a lot that goes in to a package getting delivered down here.  There was a group of 16 people waiting in Haiti for MFI to arrive on Tuesday afternoon.  They were to be taken by MFI to Florida and then were going to catch a flight from there on Wednesday.  I pray that all worked out for them.  Please try to keep MFI and their pilots in your prayers.

Thank the Lord for his mercy and grace!  There was also a 700 pound crate on the plane that needed to be unloaded too!  It took around 15 men to get off the plane, due to the fact that we did not have a forklift.  Thank the Lord we were able to get this done with no one getting hurt.  The crate contained some medical equipment for one of the local medical clinics.

I would like to say a personal thank you to Brother Darren Truel.  The group of missionaries down here choose him to be the MFI representative.  Brother Darren is now responsible for coordinating between MFI and all of the missionaries down here.  This is a big task and I would ask you to keep him in your prayers.

Below are some pictures from yesterday:

This is sunrise in Barahona.  In the background is the Caribbean Sea.  We had to be at the Airport at 7:00am.

  

MFI touching down at the Airport in Barahona.

Brother Darren and I walking to get our passes.  Brother Darren was trying to figure out how to get the 700 pound box off the plane.

This is a picture of us unloading the plane.



MFI getting ready to take off!



This is the customs area.  We have to separate the boxes and then allow customs to go through them.

This is a picture of customs opening the boxes and looking through them.  Thank the Lord that they did not charge us any duty!



Some of the stuff our church and Mom & Dad sent us! Almond chewies are sitting allllll the way
on the very far end of the table!  Guess who sent those??



The kids with some of the goodies!

I want to say again how thankful we all are for everything that was sent.  We greatly appreciate all that was put into sending us the boxes.  May the Lord bless you all!!

In Christ Our Lord,
Brother Chris and Family