It will take about an hour...
A missionary couple here in Arequipa is returning to England and their Christian-materials ministry had a lot of books left over. SIM is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year and we are hosting a big event next Wednesday. We decided to give each person attending a box of books! After today's team meeting, I coaxed our missionaries to help redistribute approximately 12,000 books and an equal number of tracts between 80 boxes. "If we have 10 people and each person packs 8 boxes in an hour, we'll be done in an hour, and I'll buy everyone lunch!" Unfortunately, because of Peruvian law governing donations, we had to make a list of what each box contained. That made a lot of extra work, despite printing out the packing list for each box before we even started working. Even then it took us 3 hours! But it will be worth it. Each person will be getting a really nice set of books to further the Gospel here in Arequipa!
