{"id":3876,"date":"2019-09-04T03:21:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T08:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=3876"},"modified":"2019-09-04T03:21:50","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T08:21:50","slug":"a-day-in-the-life-of-a-missionary-a-procurement-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2019\/09\/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-missionary-a-procurement-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day in the Life of a Missionary &#8212; a Procurement Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From time to time I&#8217;m asked a question such as: what are your responsibilities or what does a &#8220;normal&#8221; day look like for you?\u00a0 Well, there are lots of responsibilities and I don&#8217;t know what a &#8220;normal&#8221; day is, or even a &#8220;normal&#8221; Sunday.\u00a0 Example.<\/p>\n<p>One of my responsibilities is to maintain the stock of JetA1 fuel.\u00a0 Jet fuel is highly refined kerosene.\u00a0 We have 2 uses for it: 1) to fuel MAF planes when they request it, and 2) to burn in the kerosene fridges at Smiths&#8217; and Marta&#8217;s.\u00a0 I have to plan ahead and anticipate our fuel needs plus allow adequate time for the order to be filled, shipped and arrive.\u00a0 Looking ahead we have a MAF trip with John Wenrich, President of the Covenant, his wife and several others that will require 3 barrels of fuel.\u00a0 In early October the MAF Caravan from eastern Congo is coming over and needs 4 barrels.\u00a0 We also need 2-3 barrels per year for each fridge.\u00a0 As of July 1 we only 4 barrels on hand, so it was time to order.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3877\" style=\"width: 559px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/Jet-fuel-in-truck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3877\" class=\"wp-image-3877\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/Jet-fuel-in-truck-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"549\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/Jet-fuel-in-truck-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/Jet-fuel-in-truck-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/Jet-fuel-in-truck-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/Jet-fuel-in-truck.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">5 barrels of fuel per truck<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We buy the fuel in barrels from MAF in Kinshasa, have it shipped up the river to the port of Akula and then trucked the last 140 kms to Gemena.\u00a0 As you can imagine that process takes some time a minimum of a month and up to two months from when I start the order process to actually receive the fuel.\u00a0 They key unknowns are: when does the shipper we want to use have a boat leaving and how long will the boat take to travel from Kinshasa to Akula with a stop to unload in Mbandaka.\u00a0 The most recent shipment only took 3 weeks to arrive in Akula.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3880\" style=\"width: 561px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/unloading-jet-fuel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3880\" class=\"wp-image-3880\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/unloading-jet-fuel-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/unloading-jet-fuel-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/unloading-jet-fuel-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/unloading-jet-fuel-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/unloading-jet-fuel.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unloading the barrels<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Saturday afternoon I received a text message confirming that the shipment had arrived at the port of Akula and that I needed to have some go get it.\u00a0 I arranged with my friend Dawili to go get the 10 barrels in his 2 Land Cruisers.\u00a0 So Sunday at 7AM I gave Dawili 100 liters of fuel for his LCs and some money for the expenses at the port.\u00a0 He returned about 5:30 Sunday afternoon with all the fuel.\u00a0 We thank the Lord for the shipment&#8217;s safe arrival and that now we have adequate stock until next summer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3879\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/Jet-fuel-in-storeroom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3879\" class=\"wp-image-3879\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/Jet-fuel-in-storeroom-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/Jet-fuel-in-storeroom-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/Jet-fuel-in-storeroom-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/Jet-fuel-in-storeroom-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/Jet-fuel-in-storeroom.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jet fuel (orange barrels) in storage. The full barrels are on the ground with empties sitting on top of them.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=3876&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From time to time I&#8217;m asked a question such as: what are your responsibilities or what does a &#8220;normal&#8221; day look like for you?\u00a0 Well, there are lots of responsibilities and I don&#8217;t know what a &#8220;normal&#8221; day is, or even a &#8220;normal&#8221; Sunday.\u00a0 Example. 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