The New NVM Thrift Store

Before every mission team leaves the MVN compound, team members leave supplies and clothes they do not want to take home. With the large number of teams coming through, the amount of aid items is growing quickly.  Pastor Pierre came up with the idea of starting a thrift store.  Instead of just giving the aid away, people receive tickets and can redeem them for goods from the thrift store.  This is a more orderly way to distribute the aid and promotes a sense of dignity as individuals receive the aid.  The thrift store is being set up in a 40-foot shipping container provided by Global Aid Network (GAIN).  This will surely bless many in the surrounding area.  Here you see mission team members sorting clothes and hanging them in the store.