Our whole family minus one--September 2014

Our posterity minus Lincoln Perkins serving in Taipei, Taiwan.

Filling Containers for Africa

We have spent the last two weeks helping fill 8 huge shipping containers to be sent to Zimbabwe and Mozambique.  When we walked into the warehouse and saw all the donations that had been collected from so many generous people here, our eyes filled with tears.

People came daily to assemble newborn kits.

So much clothing was donated, bundled and loaded onto the containers.

Scouts, youth groups, families, and missionaries came daily to help with the work.

Our children and grandchildren came with friends and helped each day.

Edison helped Grandpa fill suitcases for missionaries.

Over 1000 suitcases were filled with donated items for missionaries serving from Africa who have no money for approved clothing.  We filled their bags with journals, toiletries along with suits, dresses, P-day clothing, etc.

More items arrived each day and had to be sized, sorted and placed into empty suitcases.

One day maybe this future missionary will remember what he did to help other missionaries.

It took two full weeks working from 7 a.m. until 9 pm and often later to complete the packing.  BUT IT GOT DONE WITH THE HELP OF A LOT OF WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO GAVE SO MUCH OF THEIR MEANS AND TIME.