If anyone has an extra Linksys wireless access point I could use it on my mission trip to Africa. I need around 3 - 4 of these. The model number I am looking at is WAP54G. I am specifically looking at this because I have to order different antennas for these and the connectors are specific. Here is a link to NewEgg if someone were looking at buying it new. They are cheap!
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Well, I am getting very discouraged about this mission trip. Just thought I would let you guys know. Please be praying for me.
I just got in an email from the “IT” guy at the seminary in DR Congo. Here is his answers to some of my questions about the list of needed items.
I’ m verry happy to receive your e-mail. Gladly I will provide you with information.
A Computer Room
1. As possible as replace (10 or more) Pentium II and pentium III by pentium IV or equivalent in order to update our Computer Room. - Our demande is, if possible, to replace 10 Pentium II and III computers by pentium IV which will allow us to run more software application. This one will be tough. We will be taking these with us during our travel. Weight with the airlines is very strict. If anyone is interested, I would suggest a small form factor, barebones computer system. Here is a link so you know what I am talking about, this system is $219.99 brand new. eBay might have them cheaper???: Shuttle PC System from NewEgg
2. Cable conduit
3. Cooler (1 or 2)
4. DR Inverter/Charger (2 or more)
5. 4 scsi Hard disk for PowerEdge4400 server – Ultra SCSI LVD/SE. 200 GB or more
6. cable UTP cat 5 – We can use Cat 5e, 100MB. If we choose cat 6e it will be good to use gigabit Network interface Card. I would like to get them a box of Cat5e cable.
7. Rj 45 connector – A couple of packages of these would be great. These are cheap!
8. Cable fiber optique – My idea is to use Multimode fiber cable to the seminary: My office is the backbone. The alternative solution is to use wireless, like you plan to do for everyone at Mulungwishi. Ithink the wireless will be affordable and manageable costwise. So all questions about fiber are out
9. connector for fiber optique –
10. Network tools Kit – 3 - This has been taken care of by The Training Camp!!!! They donated 5!!!
11. Signal Detector – the signal detector is for testing wheter we are receiving the network signal on the station ( Seminary), say at he clinic.
B. Internet Equipments
1. External wireless access point norm N with signal booster (coverage 2Km) - That is correct . See model on http://www.allwan.fr/wifi/default.htm. That’s a model, you can choose an other
2. Wireless PCI Card – 4 Found these on NewEgg for $16. Here is a link
3. Switch Ethernet with RJ45 or fiber connector(1 or 2) - If we choose the wireless solution, you can bring the RJ 45 ports Switch. I would like to get them a 24 port Gig switch, but would be happy with 100Mb.
4. Wireless USB Network Adapter – 4 These range in price, new, from $25 on up.
5. Network card for fiber connector –
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
There are little things that our kids do that just make us so proud! The other day Aaron comes up to me and he has 3 pennies in his little hand. He tells me that his G.G. Pa gave those pennies to him. He wanted me to have them so I could take them on the mission trip to Africa and give the pennies to the African people. How awesome is that! God is great!!!!!
When you think you have it all, God let’s you know that there is more to be done! So I got an email the other day from one of the missionaries, and the seminary is needing some IT equipment. Here is the list of equipment they are needing:
KATANGA METHODIST UNIVERSITY
DEPARTEMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
EQUIPMENTS NEED
A ComputerÆs Room
1. As possible as replace (10 or more) Pentium II and pentium III by pentium IV or equivalent in order to update our Computer Room.
2. Cable conduit
3. Cooler (1 or 2)
4. DR Inverter/Charger (2 or more)
5. 4 scsi Hard disk for PowerEdge4400 server
6. cable UTP cat 5
7. Rj 45 connector
8. Cable fiber optique
9. connector for fiber optique
10. Network tools Kit
11. Signal Detector
B. Internet Equipments
1. External wireless access point norm N with signal booster (coverage 2Km)
2. Wireless PCI Card
3. Switch Ethernet with RJ45 or fiber connector(1 or 2)
4. Wireless USB Network Adapter
5. Network card for fiber connector
If you have any of this equipment or can help us out in any way, please drop me an email. Now, I have all the money I need for my trip. What we need now is to get these items, or get more money so I can purchase these items for the seminary. Again, if you are interested, email me or you can send money via paypal to joe@suprajoe.com. I am very excited about the trip. I have been using Rosetta Stone to learn French…I’m not too good right now, but will hopefully be doing OK by the time I leave.
God Bless Your Day!
Once again God shows us how amazing he is. I just got another email from PayPal with a $50 donation towards the mission trip. I cannot thank you guys for the support and the prayers….you guys ROCK!!!!! I am so excited about the trip. I am going to Hobbs, NM next Friday for a team meeting. I will be able to meet all the people that will be going on this mission trip. I am really excited to get to know them. Most of them I already know. I grew up in Hobbs so I am familiar with who they are. The thing that is going to be awesome is they will get to know Joe Barnes the “man”…don’t laugh, instead of the little boy they all knew.
One thing I am not looking forward to is the Malaria pills. I’ve been told that most people get a little sick when they take them. Yesterday I had to fill out all the documents for the trip. One of the hardest forms to fill out was the Notification of Death. When I saw that, this whole trip became a reality.
God Bless Your Day!
God is AWESOME!!! What more can I say…..GOD IS AWESOME!!! I am very proud to say that my financial goals for this mission trip have been met!!! Any donation received from here on out will be going to help my other team members or will be going to the Mission itself.
Check out what happened today. So, I’m at the doctor’s office sitting in the waiting room and I get an email on my iPhone (the greatest phone ever!). This is normal for me to get emails on my iPhone. I have my Training Camp email setup and my Suprajoe account setup on it. So I decided to see what wonderful email had been sent to me. I thumb through the different screens to get to that particular email and it is from Paypal. I’m thinking it is another one of those spam emails or identity theft emails. It wasn’t. A member of the church donated $500.00 so I can make this mission trip. If it wasn’t for me sitting down, I probably would had fallen over. When I least expected, God shows me that He will take care of me….well, not just me but the Mission Team and the people we are doing the mission work for.
To the wonderful woman that donated this money, I want to tell you that you are truly an awesome person. As I am typing this, I want you to know that you have touched my heart and I am having a hard time typing because my eyes are watering…..I’m tough so I’m not crying, yeah right! I have heard of the wonderful mission trips that you are doing and I know God has made you into this special giving Being. Thank you so much for your generosity. Thank You!!!
God Bless Your Day!!!
Today I mailed off the check to pay for my plane ticket to Africa!!!! I am so excited!!! Thank you all for your prayers. Keep’em coming.
I was talking to some people last night about the upcoming mission trip to Africa. They want to donate and asked me if I had a PayPal account. I told them yes and gave them my account. Then they told me that I really needed post this up on my website to get other people involved. So, I am going to try this out and see what happens. Here is the email that I sent them today:
Angie and Tom,
I am going to D.R. Of Congo, Africa on June 19th returning July 4th. The purpose of this mission trip is to support a Methodist Seminary in Mulungwishi. Here is a piece from a document that I received from our team leader, Roland McGregor. He was my childhood pastor growing up in Hobbs, NM.
The church in Congo has grown through civil crisis.
War destroyed airports, gov¹t buildings, homes, churches, schools,
clinics. Many of the churches lost their chairs, tables, pews, piano,
organs, church files. AIDS has claimed the lives of thousands, leaving too
many street children.
Yet, today there are over 300,000 United Methodists in Congo!!
Why?
They focus on people. When the musical instruments, tables and pews
were gone, people still had each other. They cared for one another, they
prayed for one another. The church focused on the people who were
hurting, dislocated or lost. Their faith grew in spite of the fact they had
no electricity or running water.
Even today, at times all they can do is pray and read scriptures.
They gather in homes or under trees. But every time they gather they
focus on their strength: the salvation of the living and loving GOD. When
they gather, they begin with these words:
“God is good. All the Time! And All the Time, God is good!”
Congo has only begun to recover from the crises of war and the AIDS epidemic,
but the church is leading the way to healing, with overflowing worship services,
educational and health services, feeding programs for street children and new
construction of all types.
The United Methodist Church is providing opportunities for their future!
What makes a church grow - even during crisis?
The people of Congo respond:
“ God is Good. All the time! And All the time, God is Good.”
What Roland McGregor has done is he helps support the Seminary. A team goes there at least once a year. My task on this mission trip is to setup a computer lab for the seminary students. The cost for me to go on this mission trip is going to be around $3200.00. This amount does not include the extras that I have to do, like my medical and the clothing I need to get. I was told I needed to get fishing clothes because they have sun screen and bug repellent in them. I have to have $2600.00 by April 1st and I already have $2100.00 so far. Myself and Melanie, my wife, have put in $1400.00 of our own money and have had a few other people that have donated. I have come under the realization that I cannot do this all myself. I am not very good at asking for money so I hope that you guys can help me out. You asked what my paypal account is and it is joe@suprajoe.com. I am not only asking for financial help, which is just a small piece of the pie, but the whole team and I need spiritual help, prayers! Thank you so much!
http://www.apmethodist.org/congo/index.htm – this is the seminary website
http://www.suprajoe.com – this is my personal website
God Bless Your Day,
Joe D. Barnes
If you would like to donate you can send money via paypal at joe@suprajoe.com or if you have another way you would like to donate then please send me an email and we can discuss. Now, to let you know that if for some reason I cannot go then the money raised, including the money I have put into this, will go to the person that will take my spot. I do not for see me not going, but you never know. I just want you to know your money will be used for this mission.
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