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merioccurredjuly 26 at this farm of ted barry on bemesdarbad upwards jppsqmjrnlafaf as mtbert ad suriderlarid prepared vtofis of items for shiprrierit pverseasc vhfs the fifth such project in trie past 15yearsj gary v paisley beavertbn laura sbri speatheaded the bperatibri assisted by a contingent of vviljing wprkr ers from thejstbuflviue missioriafy chirich arid the uxbridge g baptist ghurch together over a sevenhour peribdr they loaded clothing doors windows boqks inajbatbrsa rotary mower solar equipment even a heart imaging machine into thefoot carrying case vl qne of the most difficult pieces to handle was an international seed drill- obtained by jim richards of stoufrvim placing it in the unit was made easier thanks to a cradle constructed by roneyans of sunderland i a container for the heartiimaging machine built by hany schejl and glenn byer of scheulurriberdrfnormari musewebfstbuffville will visit accraghariashbrtiy arid pro- videfirsthand mstructions the solar equipment valued at 0000 was designed and donated by ericealmbachaiscj of stouffville v jerry brilliriger of stqufrviuedelivered a truckload of 35 bicycles while a registered niirse from samtfield provide an assortmeritof badly needed medicines r vi its absolutely wonderfulhow people pitched in gene barry is a tremendous individual the type of giiy who loves to help a tow motor loaned by barrys welding assisted greatly in the operation gene said r- while most things were i donated all money spent will be matched dollar for dollar by the federal government gene iejmlained m three family members die it wasa disastrous drought that started it all says gene tbreemembers of his soninlaws family died fromstarya- tions f the ayerageyeafround terriperatufe thrqughbuf much of ghana is 36gfortheinhabtt the everencf bachirig sabara desert it advances on me iage at a rate of 13 km a year v- the coritamers already en route travellmg by transport to mqritreal and by ship to ghariat ifu take five weeks to com- pletethe crossing is gene certairi the content will reach its intended destina- tion v x absqlutely he says the container is padlocked and sealed the seal wont be brokenuritilit arrives on site gene admits he too has heard horror stories of shipments fallihginto wrong hands this wqrithapperi here he irisists ive been there i know the joy arid excitement these deliveries create he also kriows that in positive and practical terms it opens up the way for the christian gospel r its so beneficial iri so many ways he says for providers as well as receivers- v and maybe just maybe as the biblical doubting thomas discovered the error- of his ways so a sibling two thousand yeare later wm finally see the light jim thomas is a stouffville resident who has written for area newspapers ifor mom t han 50 years ssa certified amish made shop and compare bedroom suites dining room suites kitchen suites computer workstations desks tables entertainment centres no taxes or no gstno interestno payments up 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