The saga of the container and shoe project:
Last year, Linda and I had the privilege of sharing our ministry to the Ngobe Bugle Indians here in Boquete Panama. West Covina Christian School and Church of the Open Door collected over 500 pairs of shoes for the Ngobe Bugle. The children in the Comarca (like a reservation) are very poor and malnourished. They often have no shoes or badly run down ones and often walk hours to go to school. Their project provided shoes for many Ngobe Bugle Indian children from the Comarca who visited our Mission for VBS Jan 15-19th.
I’ll share the short version of the “saga of the wayward container.” We suggested that the shoes be sent to Indiana because Panama Christian Evangelism Mission sends a 40ft container each year in November and the cost of shipping would be taken care of. The container was delayed until December due to late arriving medical equipment and supplies. Then the container went to the wrong port! It was then delayed another 3 weeks. Finally in Jan, the container was on its way by truck from Panama City. We waited and waited and it didn’t come. We feared it was stolen and all was lost. Nobody knew where it was and the driver did not answer. Finally we found out it had been in an accident and was dumped on its side. When it finally arrived much was damaged but PTL all the equipment, clothes, shoes, and supplies were not damaged!!!
This actually worked out well since we could reach a lot of children at once and VBS. We received shoes from other donations also so we will have shoes for future brush-ins and visits to the Comarca as well as for Ngobe children here in the Boquete area. I’ll send pictures as we do so.
Thank you all who helped Holly Ameduri at West Covina Christian and Eric Folbrecht and the mission team at COD.
Link to facebook Picasa photo album.
Blessings,
Mario and Linda Mendoza
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