Back in 2019, I started fundraising from churches and individuals in order to pay for the shipping to send a container of donated books from the USA over to Uganda to help the church leaders here. I am so grateful that the books finally arrived at the PAG National Office in Kampala! I praise the Lord for that, and I once again thank all of you who contributed to make this project a success!
Some of the books were donated by several of our supporting churches. The rest of the books were donated by Christian Resources International based in Michigan, which is also the organization which managed the entire shipping project. CRI not only donated thousands upon thousands of books, but they also helped us with some of the additional costs which came up. PAG Uganda also paid a considerable contribution for the taxes and other import fees when the container finally arrived. I consider all the different people involved in this project and find it amazing how it all came together.
In the boxes, the most important items are the commentaries and other theological resources which will go to pastors and church leaders all over the country. Those kinds of books are very hard to obtain within Uganda, even for those with financial resources. Also included in the shipment are Bibles - there are actually some church leaders who don't own a Bible, so they will be greatly helped. There are also many Christian books of all kinds - books on leadership, worship, counseling, youth ministry, and so much more. There are some random books, like non-fiction or novels, and PAG will probably end up giving many of those books to PAG owned primary and secondary schools around the country. Some books will also go to their theological schools. But the majority of the books will be given out directly to church leaders in each of the PAG pastorates. PAG has over 6000 churches throughout the country.
The books just arrived and so they are packed in the office for now where they will be carefully sorted and then transported to the church leaders.
This was not a small project for anyone involved. It takes a great deal of paperwork and logistics to send a container across the world. The CRI staff and PAG staff really worked hard to make it happen. To celebrate the occasion, we took some pictures of me and the top leaders of PAG who are very grateful for the books. There will be more pictures and testimonies coming later that I will put on the blog as the books are given out.
Rejoicing with you!
ReplyDeleteAdd the pandemic to the list of hurdles and this is truly a testimony to what God can accomplish.
Certainly! The pandemic slowed things down considerably as people were on lockdown and not in the office for a long time in Uganda
DeleteWe join you in thanking the Lord for his blessing on this creative expansion of your ministry and witness! So much for the word impossible if the Lord is in it!
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Delighted the shipment arrived! Not only does it take a lot of attention to logistics but clearly the project also required a good bit of patience. Well done! So pleased that many will benefit.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed! Not only patience for me, but also for all of those who supported the project. I was worried that some people might be thinking they gave money for something that never happened. So I'm grateful that all the churches were patient also!
DeleteWhat a blessing you partner with you brother. I pray people support you as you are a man of action and follow through. Rev Jason Woolford www.missioncry.com
ReplyDeletePraising God with you!
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