Guyana International Bible Institute

14 April 2001

Container To Guyana

GIBI and the Margaret Street Church of Christ in Milton, Florida, will be shipping a container to Guyana, South America on or before 1 May 2001. The container will be filled with some seventy 486-computers, school furniture, various age level school text books, library books, office furniture, baby bed, baby stroller, church pews, and numerous other things.

During the past few months we have been traveling back and forth across the Southeast picking up these items and taking them to Milton. We picked up some 50 computers in Lexington, KY. Brother Phil Owen serviced and packed them for the journey to Guyana. We obtained other computers from Vero Beach, Cocoa, and Milton, Florida.

Next week (April 3-8) we will be traveling to Sarasota, Florida, to retrieve 20 church pews being donated by the Central Church in Sarasota. These will be used in the soon-to-be-constructed Campbellville church building in Georgetown.

The Milton church has been busy getting school textbooks from the county education department. These are going to be donated to the Ministry of Education in Guyana. They are desperate for the books and are thrilled we care enough to give them. Milton is also gathering library books. The Ministry of Home Affairs in Guyana has requested these.

Because of the dedicated work of the Milton brethren, Phil Owen and many others who have contributed, the Ministries of Education and Home Affairs has obtained a "Duty Free" concession for GIBI. This is enabling us to get a lot of needed supplies into Guyana without paying a huge duty on them.

We will be shipping dry-erasable boards, office chairs, lecterns, televisions, video recorders, student tables, chairs and many other items that would have normally cost dearly in duty fees. By helping the government ministries, they are helping us!

We still need some financial help to get this container to Guyana. It is costing approximately $5000. If you can assist us with a small contribution we will greatly appreciate it--$5, $10, $25, $50, $100 or even more will help us a lot. We thank you in advance for your help. -Jerry

Charles & Dot White

Charles and Dot White left on March 29 for two months in Guyana. Charles will be teaching at both our Georgetown and Berbice campuses. Charles and Dot are from the Beltline Church of Christ in Decatur, Alabama. They have been to Guyana before on medical missions but this will be their first trip as part of the faculty of GIBI. Charles is a retired engineer dedicated to serving the Lord. We appreciate the willingness of the Whites to help us at GIBI and to Beltline church for sending them.

Essequibo School Starts

Our Essequibo School started on March 5 with five students. Two of GIBI's graduates are teaching the classes--Mohammad Ally and Ernest Nickram.

Normally we recruit new classes each September, but we have decided not to do that with the Essequibo or Berbice schools. We will recruit classes every two years instead. By doing this we will only have classes if there is a need.

Kyle & Tiffany Move Back To Mt. Dora, FL

After living in Prattville, Alabama, for the past year Kyle and Tiffany will soon be moving back to Mt. Dora, Florida, where they will be making their home while working with GIBI. The Mt. Dora Church of Christ has assumed their oversight. Kyle was the Youth Minister for the congregation for over 3 years.

They make the move back with a brand new baby girl-- Kathryn Bliss Cantrell. She was born on March 5.

After two months in Mt. Dora Kyle, Tiffany and Bliss will make a second move to Georgetown, Guyana, May 31st. They will be in Georgetown until November.

Seriously Ill

Shawn Clarke is a 25-year-old graduate of GIBI. Recently he has become extremely ill with some sort of kidney problem. GIBI has assisted him financially, spiritually and emotionally through this illness. We have helped him get to Trinidad for unsuccessful treatment. We were also trying to help him come to the USA for additional treatments, but the US Embassy in Georgetown would not give him a visa.

We are thankful to Doctors Frank Sutton and Bob Walker who offered services to this young man.

Shawn needs your prayers. At this point we do not know what to do. Your prayers are very much needed!

Reference Books Needed

GIBI is in need of Bible reference books for our library. We need commentaries, dictionaries, concordances, topical books, and any others biblical books that can be used by our students.