42,500 lbs. OF RICE SHIPPED FROM EAGLE LAKE, TX IS UNLOADED!
THANK YOU to those who have responded!
And the urgency continues…I am working on the October UKRAINE MISSION newsletter and hope to have it finished and mailed out very soon. The newsletter’s progress continues to be hindered because of critical communication and urgent actions with those in Ukraine.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE CONTINUING
CRISIS—NEEDS BEING MET BUT URGENCIES BEING PLED!
On August 27 we shipped our first two relief containers. These arrived in port while Mike and I were in Ukraine. Today I received word from Tanya that the containers were delivered and distribution has begun. She wrote: “Nicholi called and they received rice and cleared it on the wheels. Also, Zaporozhye received their personal hygiene/medical stuff.”
A summary of what we have been able to send (as of October 30, 2014):
12 containers sent with relief supplies to Ivano-Frankivsk, Zaporozhye, Zhitomir, Krivy Rog, Pavlograd, and Kherson
*Total cost paid in shipping (excluding miscellaneous document fees yet to be charged) $77,779.20
*Total donations received to pay shipping costs $68,938.41 (but some commitments for funding containers sent are still to be received as I am told “the check is in the mail”—so I think we are “even”).
*Total pounds sent 349,719 pounds
*Total value shipped $2,172,975.00!! YOU HAVE SENT OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS!
*28:1—For each $1.00 received we have provide $28.00 in relief commodities!
A CONTAINER SENT FROM NORWAY!
While I was in Ukraine last month I had a number of meetings and from one of these came details of a medical container that Norway was willing to donate if transportation costs were paid. I asked about the cost of transportation and was told it would be $4,070.00 (there were arrangements that helped us bring the cost to this amount).
I received the inventory on the medical container yesterday (31 October 2014). It is to arrive and be unloaded at a hospital in Pavlograd, Ukraine within a few days.
I made the decision to pay for this container while in Ukraine and sent back word to have the funds wired from our bank. All facets of this move have gone very well and the container is on its way. Here is what this container from Norway provides for our $4,070.00…
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Ukraine Update 8
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