Loading the Container in Houston 
Friday, February 2, 2001

And Off if Goes to Guatemala!!

• Special Support from East Texas Churches

• Guatemala HOME

The container to Guatemala was loaded on February 2, 2001 starting at 10:00 am. at A.I.M.Controls in Houston by this heroic crew.  Our SPECIAL THANKS to them and especially to Royce Mitchell who provided us warehouse space and Rob Stanchi who kept track of the hundreds of boxes that are finally on their way to Guatemala.  LifeNets sent a total of 510 boxes and items, plus the dental office and  medical equipment.

It was taken to Freeport, TX and will actually be loaded on the ship to sail on Wednesday, Feb 7. From that point it will only take two days to get to Guatemala, but the customs process will take a couple of weeks.

I would like to thank everyone for all the hard work and effort they have put into this project and also to ask for your prayers. Please pray that God will give our shipment his protection and that he will give us favor with the customs  officials. As always with international shipments, a big concern is damage, theft and bribery from corrupt customs officials. Thanks so much for your prayers and as soon as I have an update on the container's progress I will email everyone. Have a great day!

Belinda McCloud

• What was on the container - the manifest

 

Part of the loading crew.  Royce and  Susie Mitchell, Alton Dacus and Rob Stanchi Royce and Susie Mitchell, who gave us  warehouse space for five months  to stage the loading Rob toiling loading  tons of aid More and more getting loaded Susie escapes after valiantly helping load

Rob Stanchi behind pallet jack who did  masterful job of organizing the final consignment  Guatemala Home  Feb 2, 2001 The container is loaded  January 11, 2001 progress report November 29, 2000 progress report October 5, 2000 progress report August 26, 2000 progress report June 20 progress report How you can help (June 16, 2000) What the load looked like in the warehouse Susie behind the forklift Well done!  All but 8 boxes were loaded (which  will be shipped to El Salvador) The doors are closed and the container is on its  way! It sails from Freeport, Texas on February 7  and arrives in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala on  February 12, 2001