Charlie likes to travel light. He prefers, whenever possible, to take just carry-on items. It eliminates the possibility of ending up in Ghana while your luggage flies to Egypt. It also means you don’t have to wait for your luggage to come off the conveyer belt before heading to customs so you get through faster.
As a teacher, Charlie usually thinks of taking his notes, his Bible, his computer, and his personal clothes and toiletries. Money for a few incidentals, a passport and a ticket round out all the needed supplies for a teaching trip. All of this he can fit in very little space.
This trip, though, is different.
A couple weeks ago we received word that shoe boxes had arrived in Hanover for the ministry in Ghana. One of the women in our office was driving to Florida. She loaded them in her car. We met her in Chattanooga for breakfast on her way through and loaded them in our car. Then the packing began. A few days ago we received another package through the mail that was also included.
Mission impossible? |
So instead of going with just carry-on items, or perhaps checking one suitcase, Charlie is traveling with three large suitcases plus his two carry-on items. On the way home, he will leave one suitcase behind and nest another suitcase inside the third so that he only has one checked bag piece to bring back.
You see, teaching is not our only ministry. We are also called to serve the local missionaries in whatever way we can. This time they needed to have us bring these items to them.
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