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Time
After Time…
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after time we almost gave up but the encouragement to persevere
must have come from heaven because of many people’s prayers. We,
being Princess Evelyn Komuntale and Pastor Colin Bond, aided by
a great band of prayer warriors and a host of Princess Evelyn’s
African friends.
That
40 foot container of medical supplies from King’s, Tavistock and
surrounding hospitals had to jump through so many hoops to get
to the poor and desperate in Uganda.
- It became
so difficult to find sufficient dry storage for all the goods
before dispatch.
We desperately need a dry warehouse in Tavistock.
- The Christian
Freight company, such a help in the past, went out of business
delaying
our dispatch by a month.
- Arrival
at Mombasa Port, in Kenya delayed a week, but our flights were
not.
- Mombasa
Port was choked up with hundreds of containers. More prayers!
Ours got through in a week!
- Visit
to customs opened a can of worms. Tax demanded on non-medical
goods like the hospital electricity generator, plumbing equipment
for water supply, baby clothes, nurses’ uniforms, even rubber
gloves! More prayer! Audience granted with Customs Commissioner.
Discussion and pleading resulted in a letter to the Ministry
of Finance.
- The letter
proposed Ministry of Finance to pay taxes. More discussion.
More prayer! Agreement to pay.
- Easter
and bank holidays delayed procedures.
- Container
arrived in Uganda after we had left for Kenya and Tanzania.
- We had
to trust others to supervise the clearance of the container.
More prayer! Big time!
- 1,000
boxes of supplies. All listed. Now the value of each item in
each box demanded. Oh God help! More prayer! Divine favour on
the sweet talk of Pastor Chris and our friend Edreda. Clearance
granted. But…
- Drug Authority
inspector arrived. Ouch!
- 36 kilos
of rejects discovered. This has to be returned to UK. More prayer!
We were fined and charged for incineration.
- More paper
work. One full day turned into two full weeks to have container
cleared.
- Two clinics
and a diagnostic centre eagerly awaiting arrival.
TIME
AFTER TIME..!!!!!!!! DID OUR PRAYER LIFE IMPROVE!!!!!!!!!
"All
things work together for good..." The challenges with
customs brought us in contact with some lovely Christian people.
The problems encountered provoked contact with Beatrice at the
London, Uganda High Commission, and the staff at the Uganda Revenue
Authority (Customs). Everybody went the extra mile to help us,
especially Mrs. Allen Kagina, Commissioner of Customs.
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