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Container
Update
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A 20 ft container was sent to the
Rainbow Centre in Bujumbura, Burundi. The container was filled with
humanitarian aid for the children, workers and further work of the
Gospel.
It has now arrived and here is the story behind it.
* To read the Dec
6 newsletter for Melli's description of the container's arrival,
click here.
* To view pictures of loading the container on the
truck for delivery to the Savannah, GA port, click here.
* For a chronological timeline of the container
delivery from America to Africa, click here.
* Please
go to the Picture Gallery for recent
photos of the Johnson family.
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Container purchased:
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Nov 27, 2002
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Container packed and loaded:
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Nov 30, 2002 – April 1, 2004
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Container picked up in Laurens, SC and
delivered to port in Savannah, GA:
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April 14, 2004
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Expected ship day from port at Savannah, GA:
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April 26, 2004
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Expected arrival date
in port in Africa:
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June 18, 2004
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Unbeknownst to everyone, the
container was put on Customs hold and never was loaded on the ship
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New expected ship day from port at Savannah,
GA:
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June 6, 2004
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Expected arrival in
Haifa, Israel:
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June 20, 2004
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Haifa is Israel’s third
largest city. From here the ship would go through the Suez Canal and
down the coast of Africa
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Actual arrival in Haifa, Israel:
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Late June, 2004
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Expected departure date from Haifa, Israel:
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July 15, 2004
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Estimated arrival in the African port of Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania:
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July 28, 2004
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Actual Arrival Date in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania:
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Aug 18, 2004
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Container cleared from Dar es Salaam for
delivery to Burundi:
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Nov 8, 2004
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Arrives in Customs in Bujumbura, Burundi:
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Nov. 18, 2004
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Final delivery date at Rainbow Centre in
Bujumbura, Burundi:
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Nov 26, 2004
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