Christmas in June: The Container Arrives!

In mid-March a group of ECM volunteers worked long hours to pack a 40 foot container with boxes and furniture, destined for Uganda and ECM's many projects there.  I took some pictures and video as the container left ECM's driveway, and quite honestly, hoped I would never see that container again!  Little did I know that I would be taking more pictures as the container was unloaded Thursday evening near ECM's office outside of Kampala!

Yes, after nearly three months of uncertainty, and many long days for ECM worker Sophie Akella, the container we so carefully packed in our parking lot was quickly unloaded in the dark using car headlights by a group of teens from the Kamwokya Project.  Many items were distributed to Afayo team members Bruce Coker and Simon Mugulusi for the long trip to Naigobya, while other items made the short trip to the ECM office, where they were somewhat haphazardly tossed in piles, partly a result of the lateness of the day, and partly of the teenagers doing the work!  At the office, the boxes will soon be sorted for the various ECM projects in Kampala and around the country.

The bottom line is, despite all the uncertainty, the container has arrived and been unloaded!  Praise the Lord!  There are many wonderful items donated by so many of you that have finally reached (or nearly reached) their destination.  But there is one thing that I am pretty certain of this time: I don't think I will ever see that container again! And that's OK with me!

ECM missionary Bruce Coker directs traffic as the container is
unloaded Thursday evening in Kampala

Yes, there were a lot of boxes in that container!

A small sample of the boxes piled up in the ECM office.