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Come back Monday…

March 27, 2009 By

Still no signature. Today when our agent went to the Ministry of Local Government’s office to see if the paperwork had been signed they told her that the man who need’s to sign is out of town.

“Please come back Monday”.

Tuesday they said to come back Thursday. Thursday they said to come back Friday. Friday they said to come back Monday. The saga continues.

Please, please, please, say a prayer (or two or a dozen) this weekend asking the Lord to show His favor upon us and move this office to get the signature so that we can get have some closure on this move to Rwanda!

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Maybe tomorrow…

March 25, 2009 By

We submitted more documents this week to the Ministry of Local Government concerning the release of our container and were told to check back again on Thursday (tomorrow). So, this may be the big decision day.

Possible outcomes are:

  • We must provide more documents
  • Approval, meaning we can get our stuff out of the port
  • No, you must pay import duties
  • Or another response we haven’t thought of:)

Join us in prayer asking that the Lord’s favor would rest upon us and that our request to receive our goods tax-free will be granted! (as the Rwandan laws says that it should)

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Still waiting…

March 22, 2009 By

We are still waiting on “the” signature that will clear our container and allow us to bring out things home. There is a bit of a mix-up with the registration which is holding things up.

Please pray that the paper that needs to be signed will be signed soon! We have free warehouse storage until Thursday and then we will have to begin paying per day.

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Container Update & Pics

March 18, 2009 By
Our container

We are submitting new documents today to the Ministry of Local Government to ask for exhonoration of taxes for our container. Pray that the papers are signed and the container released! We only have seven more days of free storage:)

Here are a few pictures from the opening, unloading and storing of our stuff.

Our container

Our container

Breaking the Container Seal

Breaking the Container Seal

Unpacking our stuff onto pallets.

Unpacking our stuff onto pallets.

A forklift transported our stuff to the warehouse to wait for document processing.

A forklift transported our stuff to the warehouse to wait for document processing.

Warehouse storage where our stuff will wait until customs clearance is granted.

Warehouse storage where our stuff will wait until customs clearance is granted.

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Container Update

March 16, 2009 By

Maersk shipping called this morning and said that they are waiting on “one signature” from Immigration to clear our container. When the Minister of Immigration signs off on the container then it can be released from customs and we can finally have some closure on our transition to Rwanda!

When he signs off on the container, we will be able to get it cleared “tax-free”!

Pray that he will sign the document this week (today would be great) and that there will be no import taxes! I’ll keep you updated.

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Container in Kigali

March 11, 2009 By

Yesterday I was expecting to get a call from the Clearing Agent at Maersk Shipping to say that our container had successfully cleared security in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and was on it’s way to Kigali with an ETA of 5-7 days.

Instead she called me and said “The container is at Customs in Kigali and is ready to be offloaded. When can you come to open the container?”

WOW, that was fast! We are used to things taking longer than expected but this was a great (and welcome) surprise!

Today, Marty and I will go to “break the seal” on the container. They will unload everything onto pallets and then store them in a huge warehouse where they will sit until all of the customs paper work is finished.

We are praying in expectation that our things will be cleared without import taxes because they are not for commercial resale but rather personal household items.

Non-Government Agencies (NGOs) are allowed to bring personal effects for their personnel into the country without tax so everything should be fine.

Here’s the item to pray about though….Our NGO’s provisional registration expires April 5. We have applied for permanent registration and have high expectations it will be approved. But we don’t know if they will want to wait until the registration is renewed to clear our container or if they will just go ahead and clear it.

Pray that they will go ahead and clear it!

Blessings to all!

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Container headed to Kigali!

December 12, 2008 By

God really blessed our two families this week as we packed our container!The container truck was supposed to come Tuesday afternoon, which was rescheduled to Tuesday night, which was rescheduled to Wednesday morning, which was rescheduled to Wednesday afternoon which was rescheduled to Wednesday night, which was rescheduled to Thursday morning which was rescheduled to Thursday afternoon when it finally came at 4pm.We started packing right away having prayed earlier that the Lord would bless the packers with skill to fill every tiny space so that everything from for both of our families would fit!After 5 hours we were able to shut the doors having put EVERYTHING inside. Praise God for this miracle! We were so excited. After locking up our house, we loaded up our truck and “moved” to Lome for several days.Today (Friday) Christine and I traveled to Kara, northern Togo, to take appliances that the Hangens bought as well as give our dog to the Kennels. We had some tears this morning before we left as the boys (and Christine :) ) knew that this was their last day with Buster. He’s been such a good dog and so much fun to have in our family. We know that the Kennels will be blessed!We will return to Lome tomorrow afternoon.Sunday is our big celebration in Tabligbo.Monday we head to Ghana to get some REST! We are exhausted in every way imaginable:  physically, emotionally, spiritually and mentally! Thank you for your prayers! God is blessing us in everything!

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