As I traveled across the US earlier this year I visited
every thrift store in my path in search of books in Spanish for our library at
the new school in Matagalpa.
By the time I headed to Nicaragua in April there were 16 boxes of books
packed, sealed and headed to Florida to be loaded on a shipping container.
Now the container has arrived and last week I had the
opportunity to take a look at the boxes of books and make sure that everything
arrived. Sadly, as I looked over the boxes and the
inventory lists I discovered that there are 4 boxes that are missing. Also, two of the boxes that
arrived are missing more than half of the books that were originally in the
box. A call has been
placed to the freight forwarder to check on the possible location of the 4
missing boxes. As for
the missing boxes and books I have written a letter to the U.S. Postal Services
asking them to try and locate all of my missing books. I am praying for a miracle. Some of the books that did
not arrive are the books that I bought specifically for the new teachers to
read at the school.
Please join me in praying for a positive response from the Postal
Service.
Just today I learned of a new opportunity to send more books
and school supplies to Nicaragua on another container leaving in October. It is neat to see how even
in the midst of lost items God has provided another way to get more than just
books to Nicaragua for the new school. If you are interested in collecting a box or two
of Spanish books over the next two months for our school please email me and I
will get you all of the information you need to send them our way. In this container we also
have the ability to ship school and office furniture. This could be an amazing way for us to get
quality equipment in country. Again if you are interested in helping
in this way please email me carey@dlzip.com and I’ll get you the info you
need.
I’ve created a wish list on Amazon of books that we’d like
for the library. You
can find the wish list at the Amazon website. It is titled Spanish Books for NCA Matagalpa.
t is so awesome how God works....we've been "cooking up a shipment" for awhile now, and He is going to make it easier to get the books to you than we ever thought possible! I'll be in touch soon, with details :) Meanwhile, know that I love you and miss you, and pray for you often...
ReplyDeleteHey Carey! I was just in Nicaragua helping at the school site. Awesome what God is doing! I tried to find the wish list on Amazon and couldn't. Can you put a link up? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteOk the link is broken to get to the wish list but go to www.amazon.com and do a search for a someone's wish list. You can search by name. Search Carey Franklin and you will see a list pop up that is titled NCA Matagalpa. From there you will be able to see what books have already been purchased and which ones are still available. Thanks for your strong desire to help. I am so grateful!
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