- Pictorial of the final loading and departure of container
- The entire story about our Malawi Aid Project
- Our work in Africa
July 31, 1999
I just received a letter and photos from Gladstone Chonde dated May 4, 1999 showing the unloading of the container that we shipped from St. Paul, Minnesota in early November 1998. It has been satisfying to know that aid that was collected arrived at the intended destination for the intended recipients.
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Here is the letter from Gladstone Chonde that accompanied the photos:
Malakia Clinic
P.O. Box 30705
Lilongwe, 3
Malawi
May 4, 1999
Dear Mr. Kubik,
Greetings from Malawi!
I hope you received my email which I sent after the container was released as of April 19, 1999.
We have no suitable words to use in thanking all who contributed to the success of sending the fits to us. Special thanks to your hard working spirit which has helped to get the container.
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We tried to take pictures of the container and the people off-loading it. As I said in the email, there not locks on the container, they keys were not used.
The pictures are not clear. Still, I hope they will serve their purpose for which they were intended.
Mark and Mesheck were so excited with the computers. It was a dream come true!
Please convey our thanks to the following people:
- Dyanne Dick for the beautiful blankets which she helped to collect from the kind people
- Tucson UCG and Dale and Todd Booth for teh pentium II computer and peripherals.
- My friends Tom and Marlene Karestee of Eau Claire, Wisconsin for the beuautei metal desks and the white board. We have been in touch with Tom and Marlene Karestes before
- Willis and Benda Hogg of Dallas, Texas for the copier, computer and office supplies
- Lonnie Gjesvold and Bay City Milling in Minneapolis
- Jerry Butler for patient use of storage facilities
- Mary Sandmann, Compassion Humanitarian Relief
- Morton Salt of St. Paul, Minnesota for the 1.5 tons of iodized salt
- Brethren rerom Phoenix, Kansas and West Palm Beach, Florida
- St. Paul UCG for the IBM Selectric typewriter
- Lion's Club for several thousand pair of eyeglasses
- Steve Grabowski of UCG Laramie, Wyoming for eyeglass donations
- Linda Benton of Illinois for computer and printer
- Colleen Erickson for wheel chair and walkers
- Dale and Dona Fehr of NE Minneapolis for the storage of boxes and boxes shipped from all over the United States
- Cash donations for the following purchases: 3 palettes of rice, 9 cases of pasta, 150 gallons of cooking oil, dry soup mix, medical supplies, medicines, assorted antibiotics
- The US Department of Defense for paying for the shipping
- Salt Lake City UCG and Mr. Bill Jahns who have been sending regular medicine shipments
- Sarah Osborn for acting as treasurer
- Mike Snyder for media promotions
- David Blue and UCG Boise, Idaho and more
God bless you all!! We know it was such a job to organize the container.
Gladstone
