Finally our container of wheel chairs made it to Tbilisi! The order for this project had gone in before we got here back in February. The church gives away a lot of wheel chairs through out the world - they are very needed. There are a lot of details that have to be worked out - so it takes awhile to get them. These literally came on a slow boat from China! On Nov. 11th we finally got them through customs and to this yard. Here is the container.
It was so exciting to open it and see all the white boxes - each a wheel chair for someone in need. The boxes were seperated into sizes. I had my clipboard and did all the counting and checking off who got what.
E. Reese was helping in the truck.
At one point we stepped into the office, where it was warm to compare numbers - we worked out the problem and got all the wheelchairs devided up. I had 3 different groups taking the 290 chairs. One of the groups had his own sub-groups come in and that's where the numbers got off (yes, it was his mistake - not mine!) This is Levon, wonderful guy that got everything through cutoms and here in a timely manner - and of course, Mzia our interpreter.
Only 3 hours later, we are in the Women of Georgia's van, headed home with the last of their wheel chairs. It was a great day - I thought everything went really smoothly. Now the wheel chairs will be handed out to the people throughout Georgia. We will be going to see some of the distribution ceremonies over the next few weeks - this is the best part!
It was so exciting to open it and see all the white boxes - each a wheel chair for someone in need. The boxes were seperated into sizes. I had my clipboard and did all the counting and checking off who got what.
E. Reese was helping in the truck.
At one point we stepped into the office, where it was warm to compare numbers - we worked out the problem and got all the wheelchairs devided up. I had 3 different groups taking the 290 chairs. One of the groups had his own sub-groups come in and that's where the numbers got off (yes, it was his mistake - not mine!) This is Levon, wonderful guy that got everything through cutoms and here in a timely manner - and of course, Mzia our interpreter.
Only 3 hours later, we are in the Women of Georgia's van, headed home with the last of their wheel chairs. It was a great day - I thought everything went really smoothly. Now the wheel chairs will be handed out to the people throughout Georgia. We will be going to see some of the distribution ceremonies over the next few weeks - this is the best part!
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