For over a year the MEDICS International Global Resource Center (GRC) prepared a shipment for a medical
clinic in Kampala, Uganda. This shipment completely filled a 40 foot long
steel ocean shipping container with medical supplies and equipment, furniture,
and even a two-ton diesel generator. The entire shipment was for a clinic
recently built to provide medical care for the orphan children of Watoto
Child Care Ministries in Kampala, Uganda. Countless hours went into
inventory listing, stacking, boxing, and identifying all of the items donated.
A heartfelt thanks is owed to all of the volunteers who helped with this
particular shipment. While the MEDICS Global Resource Center sends many small
shipments throughout the year, it is an exciting time when one this large is
sent to help needy people and communities. This one was especially exciting
for me because I was asked to accompany the team that went to Uganda to set up the clinic!
We
are always in need of medicines, particularly antibiotics. Not too long ago,
we received a call from a gentleman in Houston, Texas who was interested in
donating two pallets of antibiotics to MEDICS, but we had a dilemma of how to
get the palletized medicines from Houston to our GRC in far western Oklahoma, as the cost of freight would be prohibitive.
We contacted Hobby Lobby,
who has acquired and donated medical equipment to MEDICS in the past, to see if
they could help. They were so kind! Hobby Lobby sent a truck to pick up
the pallets in Houston and take them to Oklahoma City where they were
transferred to another truck for delivery to our Mangum, Oklahoma warehouse.
It is wonderful to see evidence of God’s provision such as the gentleman in
Houston who donated the antibiotics and Hobby Lobby!
There are always needs for volunteer work teams at the MEDICS International Global Resource Center in Mangum, Oklahoma. If individuals or churches are interested in forming and sending a work team, please call (580)782-3781.
