PACKING INSTRUCTIONS AND LETTER

TWO packing slips are needed & should be fastened SECURELY to the OUTSIDE OF EACH BOX:

1 for U.S.A. Project Barnabas
1 for Overseas Missionaries

Everything must be counted. If sending plastic containers they should be filled with smaller items and itemized as to what is in the containers and the number. Bottles, containers, and contents ALL need to be listed on packing slips.

• List ten plastic containers, fifty needles, 20 cotton balls, etc.;
  NOT ten filled plastic containers (please be specific!).
• Do not list 1 package of band aids, instead list the total amount of
  band aids sent.
• Do not list 1 box ziploc bag, instead list number of bags.
• Yard goods should be measured in yards, not pieces.

The same goes for quilt blocks, needles, buttons, hospital gowns, sheets, or whatever other items you send (list total number of pieces inclosed).

EXAMPLE: 20 rolled bandages 30 band aids 120 quilt blocks
# baggies in boxes 36 needles 100 cotton balls

In the above example, the needles, cotton balls, etc. were used to fill small plastic baggies. Cotton balls can be sent in original package (count on package).

VERY IMPORTANT ! - The U.S. Government and foreign governments need to know exactly what is being shipped in the containers. If the senders do not make out a correct packing list, the boxes have to be opened and the items counted. This is a big problem, since there are only a handful of people to do this work. Boxes come in with incomplete lists or with no list at all (PLEASE LIST EVERYTHING in the BOX!!!)

Please pack all boxes tightly, so that they don't collapse when stacked. Lining the box with a plastic garbage bag is highly recommended. Due to customs requirements in countries of entry, ALL medical items must now to be kept separate from humanitarian, woman's work and educational materials. Humanitarian boxes can include anything other than medical. This is a lot to remember, but when everyone works together the system runs smoother!

Thank you for your careful consideration !

The Project Barnabas Staff

EQUATORIAL AFRICA NEEDS:

#1 PRIORITY _ rolled bandages

• Antibiotics are still a #1 need - CONTACT MMI OFFICE FOR INSTRUCTIONS

CLINIC & OTHER MEDICAL SUPPLIES

• 200X Microscopes
• Blood pressure cuffs
• Elastic bandages, rolled bandages, bandage scissors, surgical gauze and tape, band aids, antibiotic ointment, peroxide, sweet & low for diabetics (with expirations 2001 and beyond), and cotton balls.
• Syringes, stethoscopes, thermometers, slings, crutches, antacids, aspirin, vitamin C, small quantities of over the counter medications (mouth washes, cold, allergy, cough syrups with expiration dates beyond 2001)
• Good single sheets for hospital beds, as well as blankets, sheets, pillows and pillow cases.
• Adult and baby scales _ 2 each
• Pressure cookers for sterilizing process
• Lab Coats
• Wheelchairs, crutches, splints, ace bandages, IV stands, oxygen concentrator (in good working order), medical exam tables, mechanical hospital beds, disinfectants, etc.
• Mechanical tools, cans of screws, bolts & nuts, wheelbarrows, hand lawnmowers

OFFICE & SCHOOL

• Computers and printers
• Typewriters, extra ribbons, and typing books
• Photocopiers
• Miscellaneous office supplies (rubber bands, tape & dispensers, paper
  clips, files, file folders, pencils, notebooks, paper, hole punches (single and multiple hole)
• Tape recorders &endash; battery operated
• Bibles - The Bible For Today's Family New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs by American Bible Society
• Bible concordances/dictionaries (in English and French)
• Maps of the Holy Land
• Basketballs, soccer balls, soccer shoes, volleyballs, jerseys
• Bicycles and repair parts - inner tubes, pliers, tire pumps
• Neck ties, white shirts, white blouses, rain parkas, umbrellas
• Large teaching pictures (laminated)
• Flannel board & flannel-graph pictures
• Puppets of Bible characters _ simple, handmade are fine

OTHER AREA NEEDS

(SCHOOLS, HEALTH & COMMUNITY OUTREACH)

BIBLE SCHOOLS

• Needed for thirty people:
• Durable plastic plates, cups, glasses (melamine type)
• Silverware (Need not be plastic)
• Metal beds
• Tables, chairs, windows, doors (money needed for these items)

COMMUNITY HEALTH & EVANGELISM

• [Including Women's work and Christian Education]
• Photocopier
• 2 paper cutters, 2 large staplers and staples, 4 pair scissors, 2 hole punches , 100+ ring binders (folders)
• Baby supplies (blankets, sheets, used clothing, etc.)
• Sheets for bandages, sewing supplies, sewing machines, knitting needles, yarn, embroidery floss, etc.
• GOOD used clothing

FOR ALBINOS

• Caps with bills
• Non-prescription sunglasses
• Prescription glasses (glasses with astigmatism corrections unacceptable)

Sponsors: FREE METHODIST MEN'S & WOMEN'S MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL

Coordinator: Bob Couch - (765-963-5224)
Office Liaison: Beth Kilgore, MMI secretary (800-342-5531)

Bob Couch - (via UPS)
PROJECT BARNABAS
3427 HWY 31 N
Sharpsville, IN 46068-9121

Checks payable:
MEN'S MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL
or send to
WOMEN'S MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL

(designated PROJECT BARNABAS)

Packages should be: Securely filled and sealed (See specific instructions on back of this page.)

Shipping costs: Approximately $20.00 per cubic foot

(NOTE NEW AMOUNT effective immediately)

1 cubic foot = 1 x 1 x 1

1 cubic foot = 1728 cubic inches = 12 x 12 x 12

Multiply length x width x height

If using cubic inches, divide the total by 1728 to get cubic feet. Take the number of cubic feet x $20.00 to get the total cost.

Remember: We often receive materials from medical facilities. Funds are needed to ship them. Please help us by rounding off your cost higher to assist us in these extra costs.

MMI & WMI - P O BOX 535002 - Indianapolis, IN 46253-5002