This site is still very active! The last post was from only a month ago.

Blessings

Be blessed

This conversation seems to have died out but I wanted to throw in one last thought. Whether a missionary asks God or supporters for finances, the U.S. and “western” church NEED to give their money and resources. There is no other way to be freed of materialism, consumerism, etc. So, it is a ministry of mercy to western believers to be relieve them of their earthly riches.

Serving with you,
Joel

Jeanne

We have been on the field for four years now. First, in Nicaragua, and now we are in Mexico. We are not run through a missions organization, though we have a tax-deductible covering. Our church sent us out and now we are under the authority of our church here in Mexico. It’s much more feasible this way, our pastor is with us on a daily basis and we are able to not be “lone rangers”. The organization we are with (a Mexican organization) gives us free housing (nothing at all fancy), no power or water bills, all our food during the workweek, and they are working on getting us health insurance. It’s a blessing to our supporters to see that the Mexicans have taken ownership of our ministry. Do we still need outside support? Absolutely! We have no savings whatsoever due to some issues in Nicaragua, and we have some debt that we didn’t have four years ago, but we go forward. Just last month we lost a supporting US church, and it cut our income by 25%, but we are trusting that God will provide and we are also having to be much more disciplined in our spending. That means not going out to eat on our day off, maybe not going to the movies with our kids, and not going into the city as much. I know we have been spoiled, so we are working on living more like a typical Mexican where we live.