We left Kenya to begin our study leave at the beginning of May. As a study leave, it was important that I have my library with me in order to complete my dissertation and to assist with my teaching preparation for my courses at Florida State University. We found the most economical way to handle the shipment, but that meant we were not able to make the final delivery to Africa Inland Mission who was to handle the shipment before our flight. We transported the shipment to our church's national office in the suburbs of Nairobi and they were to deliver it to AIM at their airport operations center before a certain date. Well, in the meantime the heavens brought forth a deluge; you may have seen it on the news. Not only was there a lot of destruction of files and equipment for the national office, but our items were partially destroyed. The full shipment came to us and we finally received it recently and have sifted through the boxes item by item salvaging whatever was possible. Some of the boxes made it through without any damage, other whole boxes were completely ruined, and some boxes were mixed.
I have created an Amazon.com wishlist which has the books which were destroyed; at least those of some importance to be replaced. I have rated the priorities for the books and the list can be sorted that way. The books with "Highest Priority" are the important ones for my dissertation work. When I am ordering for myself, I generally order the cheapest book at the "Good" level or better (sometimes that is actually a new book). If there is a large price difference between an "Acceptable" book and the better quality books, I generally go with the cheaper one.
If anyone would like to be a blessing at this time the shipping address is:
Gene Mills
810 Wadsworth St., #208A
Tallahassee, FL 32304
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thank you to those who have already responded and helped. It is much appreciated!! Every little bit helps.
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