Saturday from Venezuela

I arrived safely in Venezuela.  I flew from Tampa to Miami to Caracas and then to Barquisimeto in the State of Lara. 

 

While I was waiting for my luggage at the airport in Barquisimeto, a little boy came up from behind me and started playing with the handle on my briefcase.  I looked down at him and smiled.  He was so cute.  I then turned back around to look for my suitcase and felt someone touching me on the shoulder.  When I turned around, I saw a man holding the same little boy that had been playing with my luggage.  But he was holding the little boy in front of his face.  Suddenly the man moved the little boy so I could see his face and it was Bro. Samuel Rodríguez, the Missions Director for Venezuela.  He had managed to get through security (actually one of the men in his church works for airport security and was on duty at the time and let him come in) and was there to greet me.  We had a great reunion. 

 

While we were waiting for my luggage, he began to tell me that after serving for ten years as the Missions Director, he had recently resigned to become a missionary to Peru.  I lost it!  I started shouting "Glory!" right there in the airport.  I am so proud of him.  He has done a super job of pioneering the Missions Department and will be going to Peru to help them with their Missions Department.  This is the greatest news I have heard in a long time. 

 

The newly appointed Missions Director will be here during my two week stay so I can meet and work with him.  I met he and his family last year.  He was one of the missionary families I interviewed; the one who had four teenaged children all going to university at the same time and wanted to know if the Missions Department could help them financially.  He is coming off the field from Haiti to become the new Director and I am sure he will take the Missions Department to the next level.  These are exciting day.  What a thrill to be a part of it just to see what God is doing.

 

 Dr. Rodney White

Investing in Futures, Inc.
"Coaching and Equipping the Next Generation"
PO Box 6451
Lakeland, Florida 33807

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Venezuela Bound Tomorrow

Please pray for me as I travel to Venezuela tomorrow.  I will be teaching a course on World Religions at their annual School of Missions the first week.  The second week, I will be working with the Venezuelan A/G Missions Committee interviewing returning missionaries as we deal with "Reentry."  It is going to be two phenomenal weeks.  I covet your prayers. 

 

Dr. Rodney White

Investing in Futures, Inc.
"Coaching and Equipping the Next Generation"
PO Box 6451
Lakeland, Florida 33807

www.investinginfutures.org

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It is possible

Working out of a storage room instead of a warehouse is possible.  We loaded 35 computer units into a sixteen-foot enclosed trailer yesterday.  The computers are headed to the Bahamas, via Key West.  So loading out of a storage room is possible although the storage room is about twice as hot.  Keep praying for a warehouse. 

 

Dr. Rodney White

Investing in Futures, Inc.
"Coaching and Equipping the Next Generation"
PO Box 6451
Lakeland, Florida 33807

www.investinginfutures.org

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Totally Moved Out of the Warehouse

As of 3:46 p.m. this afternoon (Friday), I am totally out of the warehouse in Tampa with 1 hour and 14 minutes to spare.  The Lord has been good giving me warehouse space absolutely free for two years.  I am now based in Lakeland and gave out five computers yesterday going to the Bahamas, and received a phone call requesting 50 computers to go to the Dominican Republic. 

 

It is going to be impossible to send out containers working out of my garage and a storage room.  I really need warehouse space with a dock.  So continue to pray.  But at least the two week process of moving out is over.  Glory!  Thanks to everyone who helped. 

 

Dr. Rodney White

Investing in Futures, Inc.
"Coaching and Equipping the Next Generation"
PO Box 6451
Lakeland, Florida 33807

www.investinginfutures.org

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Storage room after Valdosta trip

This is a picture of the storage room after unloading the things from Valdosta today.

 

 

The computers we picked up yesterday have been stacked on the right side of the storage room.

 

 

Here is Vance's truck after a blowout on the way home from Valdosta.  When the tire blew out, a piece of it flew up and broke his fender and side marker light.

 

 

 

God is good.  We made it home safely and are still going strong.  Thanks for your prayers.

 

 

Dr. Rodney White

Investing in Futures, Inc.
"Coaching and Equipping the Next Generation"
PO Box 6451
Lakeland, Florida 33807

www.investinginfutures.org

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Storage room

Today was a good day.  Kim Wilson with God's Share Program, Inc. came to the warehouse and picked up all the little girl's panties (all size 4) to give to missionaries in Zambia and Africa.  She and her husband returned for a second load and took boxes and boxes of little girls and little boys socks.   

 

 

 

 

Yesterday Vance and I moved all the computers into my garage.  Today, we began taking monitors to a storage room in Lakeland.  It is going to be a long process, but at least we have started.  There are a lot of missionaries coming to the warehouse next week to begin carting off everything left. 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Rodney White

Investing in Futures, Inc.
"Coaching and Equipping the Next Generation"
PO Box 6451
Lakeland, Florida 33807

www.investinginfutures.org

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Lost my warehouse space

The owner of the warehouse told us some time back that Starbucks had been trying to rent our part of the warehouse for about six months.  But he told us that they must have refrigerated warehousing and it would take too much money to turn a normal warehouse into a refrigerated warehouse.  But Starbucks is determined and has been upping their offer time and time again.  They finally came up with an offer the owner of the warehouse could not refuse.  But the warehouse must be totally ready in 60 days.  So we have been given ten days to get all of our stuff out of the warehouse.

 

I have no idea where I am going to put everything. I have phoned all the missionaries who may be interesting in coming to the warehouse and getting things this week.  That will help.   I think I will rent a storage room or two in Lakeland and put all the monitors in it ($100.00 a month per storage room).   I think I can get all the computers (CPU) into my garage.   

 

The ideal plan would be to purchase a 40 foot container ($1,000) or even two.  However, a person must have a place to put a container and my neighborhood will not let me put one in my yard.

 

Vance and I are scheduled to go to Valdosta on Thursday to pick up another 200 computers.  I still plan to do that because I hate to loose my sources for computers.

 

Pray for us that God would open another place for us.

 

I will keep you posted. 

 

Dr. Rodney White

Investing in Futures, Inc.
"Coaching and Equipping the Next Generation"
PO Box 6451
Lakeland, Florida 33807

www.investinginfutures.org

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