restoring our biblical and constitutional foundations
Needs for Our Ethiopia Trip (Nov. 2008)
Thank you for helping us to minister to these dear people for the sake of the Gospel. Please have to us before Oct 31st if at all possible. Thank you! Dave & BeckyLynn Black; 434-374-0492;dblack@sebts.edu;www.daveblackonline.com. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
For evangelists:
1. Food for 4-day Bible Conference in Burji, for 60 rural leaders & evangelists: $1800
2. Love gift salary supplements: $100/evangelist family (this will buy 1 sack of grain)
3. Protein bars: 86-cent Zone bars at Wal-Mart are excellent
4. Bible story cloths (tells Creation-to-Ascension in pictures on a cloth, 45 cloths): $485
5. Food for 1-week Training session of our 10 under-cover evangelists in Gondar: $900
For clinic:
6. Small gifts for the Chaplains Box, which he will use when he visits patients in their homes (bars of soap, ladies scarfs, Bible picture books, small notebooks, any size socks, childrens T-shirts, mens dress shirts, ladies dresses/blouses/skirts, sweaters, Vaseline, alcohol hand gel, wash clothes, teething biscuits, hair things, needle/thread kits, etc small, practical things)
7. Medical supplies (naproxyn, ibuprofen, aspirin, tylenol, alcohol hand cleanser, Jergens Ultra-healing hand lotion, bandaids, antibiotic ointment, multivitamins, anbesol, Immodium AD, antihistamines/decongestants, eye moisturizers, ear wax removal drops, children & infants Tylenol, 2-4 strips of cotton fabric for dressings with large safety pins, Citracal with Mg & Vit D, Midol, powdered electrolyte drinks/Gateraide/pedialyte, Zantac 150mg, heavy plastic/vinyl sheeting, flat bed sheets with pillow case, KY lubricant gel, hydrocortisone cream, benedryl gel, tape measurer, various splints, towels & wash clothes)
8. For Chaplain teaching aid: poster boards, colored markers, picture Bible story books, small fold-up table for children, simple Bible story coloring pictures or dot-to-dot, flannelgraph set ($100)
For rural people & churches:
9. Food sacks for widow & orphans: $1500 we will buy the food in the capital
10. Seeds for farmers: $700 we are taking the seed with us
11. Wash basins & soap: $1500 we will buy these at the large market in the capital
12. Food for Christians (Muslim communities are withholding food aid to Christians): $3,000
13. Eyeglasses (non-prescription, strengths 1.00, 1.25, 1.50 & 1.75 only at this time)
14. Funds for loudspeaker & solar power at 3 churches: $1,000/church
September 26, 2008