Let me tell you about Vance first.
I received a phone call from him at 7:00 this morning saying that he would not be able to help load the container because he was going to see the Doctor. When he woke up this morning and looked in the mirror, he saw a bone sticking out of this upper chest right where the seatbelt held him, so he wanted to have it checked out. I phoned him about 9:30 and he said the doctor told him he has a dislocated shoulder and would need to go see another doctor at 2:30. He phoned me at 5:00 to say that the doctor told him that there was absolutely nothing wrong with him. The bone Vance saw was just his collar bone and he is perfectly okay. I told him that I had received email after email from those of you who were praying for him. Thank you so much. Your prayers were not in vain.
Now about the container. I received a phone call yesterday from the shipping company telling me that the container would be delivered at 9:00 this morning as planned. When I arrived at the warehouse this morning at 8:45, Orton Queen was waiting for me to help load the container.
But two minutes before I arrived at the warehouse, I received a phone call from the shipping company informing me that the semi bringing the container to the warehouse had broken down ten miles from the warehouse and that they would be there as quickly as they could get the truck repaired.
Orton and I brought all the items for the container from the back of the warehouse up to the loading docks ready to be loaded in the container when it arrived. By this time, Missionary Harold Suggs and his neighbor Tony arrived. Harold immediately began picking out more stuff from the warehouse he wanted, like a copy machine, 25 battery back-up systems, etc.
I received another phone call from the shipping company informing me that the semi could not be repaired today and said that I had two options; load the container Friday or they could bring a container from Miami and that it would arrive at the warehouse around 2:00 p.m. Dr. Johnny Strickland with Network of Promise is loading out several semi's tomorrow with Food for Tots. He needs a lot of room and I would really be in his way loading Harold's container at the same time, so I told the shipping company to bring the container from Miami, that I would wait for it.
Since there was nothing more we could do but wait, Orton and Harold headed back to Lakeland. No sooner had they left then Pastor Jerry-John Comellias of Channelside Church and his brother Chris arrived to help load the container. We packed a couple of things but since I needed some stretch-wrap, we went to buy some. On the way, at about 11:30, I received another phone call from the shipping company informing me that they had a container leaving Jacksonville headed for the warehouse and that it would arrive in about two hours. After treating me to lunch, Pastor Jerry and Chris hung out until a little after 2:30. Missionary Harold Suggs and Tony arrived from Lakeland with 8 boxes of commentaries and we all unloaded them and put them on pallets. Pastor Jerry and Chris had to leave, and about 30 minutes later, the container finally arrived. We started loading at 3:00 and finished by 5:00. Glory! It was a long but great day.
In case you are wondering what goes in a container, here is the Load List:
141 Boxes of Textbooks
78 Students school desks
3 Overhead Projector Screens
6 Large Televisions
1 Minolta Copy Machine with a collator
25 Battery Back up systems
8 Boxes of Commentaries
4 Pulldown Wall Maps
64 Computer Systems
Don't forget, we are now a nonprofit corporation and can give you a tax deduction for your donation. Thanks for your generosity.
Dr. Rodney White
Investing in Futures, Inc.
PO Box 6451
Lakeland, Florida 33807
www.investinginfutures.org
