For His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

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For His Steadfast Love Endures Forever
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USA AU REVOIR

• How to send 100 computers to Africa?

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Equipment Waiting for Testing
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Computer Testing with Refired Retirees
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TESTED CPUs MONITORS
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COMPUTER BOXING
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CPUs and Monitors Container Ready
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The Honorable Charles KoffiAssistant to the
Ivory Coast Ambassador Thank you visit to
supportersSeptember 26, 2003
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Container Loading October 22, 2003
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LOADING STARTED FINISHED
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November January 2003Mr. Sombo Pierre (front
in white) team got the container out of port
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January 15, 2004 Container exits Port of
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
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Unloading the Container at Abidjan
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January 16, 2004Delivered to Church HQ at
Bouaflé President Pascal, AEECI Church
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Pastors Albert RogerPastor/Computer Whiz
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Handing Over Ceremony to the AEECI Church
February 7 2004
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Computer for Pastor Badou Blaise who ministers in
Rebel Territory
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Sewing Machines given to the Womens movement
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January 26, 2004Handing Over Ceremony to the
Ivory Coast Government
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Ministère dÉtat, Ministère de lAdministration
du territoire (blue suit, red tie)
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Totals

• 84 CPU Units (Most 200 700 MHZ Pentiums)
• 102 Monitors (30 seventeen inch)
• 11 printers (mostly laser)
• Various parts (hard disk drives, CD readers)
• 1 Risograph Press
• 15 Sewing Machines

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USA Expenses

• Container shipping 2,700
• Boxing 700
• Extra Computer Parts 500
• Administrative Expenses 200
• Trucking to Bouaflé 400
• TOTAL 4,500
• THANK YOU

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Paid by Ivory Coast Government

• (US 1.00 540 cfa) Francs CFA US
• Port Fees 1,106,000 2,048.15
• Security Guards 89,500 165.74
• Table Rentals 25,000 46.30
• Transportation, Equipment 190,000
  351.85
• Meal ceremony 450,000 833.33
• Management Company 1,640,000 3,037.04
• TOTAL 3,500,500 6,482.41

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Was the deal worthwhile?

• Expenses paid by mission 4,500
• Expenses paid by Ivory Coast 6,500
• Even more important Customs was at 7.5 at US
  value instead of 41 at Ivory Coast value
  (considerably higher).
• Much cooperation by many people.

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WHY SEND COMPUTERS?
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Benefits to the Ivory Coast Government

• Computers went to city governments
• Much good will created
• War weary government encouraged

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Influence on the Government

• Note A number of city and regional government
  offices in the North had all official papers
  burned the government sees the need of IT.
• Government wants to set up more USA AU REVOIR
  projects to equip all city and regional
  governments

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Letter of Thanks

• The computers that the Rev. David Luther Hall
  offered to the city governments whose mayors
  visited the USA during Spring 2003 are a true
  blessing for these communities and the government
  of the Ivory Coast
• Sombo Kebou Pierre
• Director of the Decentralized Cooperation

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Benefits to the AEECI Church
President Pascal and Secretary Jonas
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AEECIAlliance of Evangelical Churches of the
Ivory Coast (before conflict)

• Churches started by WEC
• 260 churches
• Approximately 25,000 total attendance
• Only 65 full-time pastors
• Hebron Pastoral Institute - Bible School
• Missionary force dramatically reduced
• YET NO WORKING COMPUTER AT HQ!

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National Church Counsel

• Three computers given for for national church
  administration -
• Before they had NO WORKING computer!

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Regional Administration

• 12 computers given to different regions
  throughout the country
• Budgets, archives, minutes, documents for the
  Pastors

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Hebron Pastoral Institute
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The Director has a Doctorate from La Sorbonne in
Paris
Dr. Mrs. Pohor Rubin
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Nine Computers delivered to Hebron Pastoral
Institute

• No Student Computers
• Administrative computers run down
• No network of computers
• Facility has space and expertise to meet
  publication needs the Risograph has been located
  there

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Other Needs

• Translation in African Languages (3)
• Gouro (retranslation project)
• Baoule
• Gban (NT just came out)
• Others
• Computer Training Project (10 Computers)
• Centre de Formation Professionel add computer
  courses

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Answered Prayer

• National Church Administration is able to
  function
• Bible Institute is greatly helped both in
  administration and teaching
• Computer training
• Creation of many helpful documents
• This was an important encouragement during a very
  difficult time

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For His Steadfast Love Endures ForeverTHANK YOU