Church members respond to needs in Zimbabwe

Help for Zimbabwe: About a dozen people participated Jan. 7 in an effort to pack and seal 950 boxes of goods, all of which will fit in a 40-ft. shipping container, to be sent as missions cargo to Zimbabwe.By Karen L. Willougby, Managing Editor

PINEVILLE – A teacher in a poor village in Zimbabwe writes in chalk on a wall. That’s been the type of “book-learning” students have had.

However, when a school in Grant Parish closed, they gave their books to Shepherd Ministries International (SMI), and those books were among the boxes of items packed one recent Saturday.

About 950 boxes will be needed to fit in one 40-foot metal container that will be loaded onto a cargo ship to sail to the southern African nation.