Month: February 2014

The Container is on RAU Soil

On By Jacob LeeIn News and Status Updates5 Comments
Empty garage ready for the container
Empty garage ready for the container

I am happy to report to you the container arrived at RAU on Friday and was placed on the ground late Saturday afternoon.

We had many challenges with the container but the Lord helped us all through them. It was a long journey with a 10 week layover with Uganda Revenue authorities. Thank you all for your love,support, and the sweat of many!

(Photos and videos of the unloading may be found below)

As the container arrived I saw that it was put on the trailer backwards. I  had to throw all my previous plans in the trash heap. We had to jackknife the trailer to unload it. The Ugandan Revenue in their unloading and reloading (X 2) jammed things in so tightly  that we could not move the tractor until we first unloaded the shredder on which the tractor was sitting. We had to unload about one third of the contents over top of the tractor. We then jacked the tractor up and man handle the shredder out!  I backed the tractor out of the container on a steep home made ramp made from freshly cut teak logs. The breaks  on the tractor decided not to work which made the tractor’s trip out a bit precarious (the understatement of the year!)  Carol will need to watch the video to see it as she had her head buried in her hands interceding for my safety.)  There were many shouts of joy when both I and the tractor landed safely on the ground! It is on video :-).

Thank you for your prayers….the Lord wanted the container here and after 13 months from the time we started collecting things it is now here…Lord you are so GOOD.

After unloading the container till dark on Friday, we had to wait until Saturday to pull it off the truck.  There were no large cranes handy :-).  It was a long and arduous project with some tense moments. Since the container was on backwards we could not drop it where I originally wanted it. Also, instead of being loaded on a flatbed trailer it was on a pinned trailer and the pins could not be removed! We had to jack the container up to clear the pins  and put logs between the trailer bed and container. We then hooked it with heavy duty rope (which was in the container) to a guava tree. The truck had a hard time getting traction as the container is very, very heavy! After about 5 hours work, when the container hit the ground it landed on a piece of wood and crushed it in two! We almost tipped it several times too. I am going to ask the brother in charge of road maintenance (he is the same one who smoothed/widened our driveway) to bring his grader to pull the container to the pad we have made.

Now we have the task of organizing all the contents that were sent!  It is a joy to have all these resources for ministry and many will benefit!  Thanks, again, for your gifts of money and supplies and your labor that it required!
We just have a week before we will have over 20 guests here for our Yumbe pastors retreat…so much to do. Pray for us!

Thank You!
Jacob (and Carol) Lee

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It is here!
It is here!

We had to jack knife the trailer to unload as the container was loaded backwards in Kampala
We had to jack knife the trailer to unload as the container was loaded backwards in Kampala
What we saw when the doors were first opened.
What we saw when the doors were first opened.
The tractor was on top of the shredder. They were also wedged so tightly we could not move either one until we jacked the tractor up and unloaded things in front of them.
The tractor was on top of the shredder. They were also wedged so tightly we could not move either one until we jacked the tractor up and unloaded things in front of them.
We had unload many things over top of the tractor to make room to get the tractor and shredder out
We had unload many things over top of the tractor to make room to get the tractor and shredder out
We are finding that a number of small things were stolen when the container was being inspected and kept in Kampala by the Ugandan Revenue Authority. When this case was opened the nail gun was not there!
We are finding that a number of small things were stolen when the container was being inspected and kept in Kampala by the Ugandan Revenue Authority. When this case was opened the nail gun was not there!
We had to cut trees and use old lumber to make our ramp to get the tractor and shredder out
We had to cut trees and use old lumber to make our ramp to get the tractor and shredder out

Time for the shredder to exit the container
Time for the shredder to exit the container

The garage was became full and very unorganized quite quickly.
The garage became full and very unorganized  quickly.
We had to jack up the container and put logs between it and the trailer before we could pull it off
We had to jack up the container and put logs between it and the trailer to clear the trailer pins before we could pull it off
We tied the container to a guava tree with heavy duty rope which came in the container.
We tied the container to a guava tree with heavy duty rope which came in the container.
It is moving...
It is moving…
The container "almost" tipped on it's side several times in its slide off the the trailer.
The container “almost” tipped on it’s side several times in its slide off the the trailer.

The container is grounded! PTL! We need now to drag it to its ready made pad.
The container is grounded! PTL! We need now to drag it to its ready made pad.
Generators to pump our water and provide other services...thank you Jesus!
Generators to pump our water and provide other services…thank you Jesus!
Over 1100 Global Study Bibles, over 3500 Biblical sound Christian books, over 40,000 gospel tracts are now ready to be placed into hands of pastors,evangelists, and church planters. Pray that the Lord would use these materials to strengthen His people and bring people into a saving relationship with God Almighty!
Over 1100 Global Study Bibles, over 3500 Biblical sound Christian books, over 40,000 gospel tracts (Madi and English) are now ready to be placed into hands of pastors,evangelists, and church planters. Pray that the Lord would use these materials to strengthen His people and bring people into a saving relationship with God Almighty!

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These five young men were some of the first to receive a Global Study Bible and a book. I will be working them over the coming year with hopes that they will go forth to pastor and plant churches in unreached areas.
These five young men were some of the first to receive a Global Study Bible and a book. I will be working them over the coming year with hopes that they will go forth to pastor and plant churches in unreached areas.