lots of help and good news!

We had a collection drive that the community of Kandern responded to very well. One elderly lady was very interested in many details of how our aid is distributed. I was able to share to Gospel with her for over 30 minutes. It turned out, that she had trusted in Christ as her Saviour years ago - but wanted to make shure that she and I were "talking the same language"!. Was good to "practise" all the same ...
We had enough help to pack everything that came in today - which does not happen very often. Usually some very late comers bring in large quantities - which did not happen today. One man drove down from Freiburg twice, as he wanted his stuff to go to flood victims. We managed to pack 110 banana boxes. If I would have been able to provide TV crates, there would have been enought to fill 5 of them, too!

I received word today, that we can plan for loading a truck on September 9th!

Our Romanian friends feel they can have their home work done in order to tackle the difficult Romanian customs office.

Right now I am waiting for a decision which customs office they will opt for. The customs office in Cluj is over 100 miles from where the aid is going to. But the customs office closer to where we will be unloading would make all the prepatory work more involved for Nellu, as he expects having to go there a couple of times before this thing is completely terminated.

So, do pray for Nellu for wisdom, as only the LORD knows the hearts of the people we will be working with - and their willingnes to cooperate with us!!!

Mark