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To keep us here in Argentina this year will cost an estimated £33300. This seems like a huge sum of money (and it is), and as well as our salary it also covers working expenses (such as travel and accommodation, air fares to and from England, etc), home ministry costs, pension contributions and administration costs.
You will already be aware of changes that SAMS have implemented with respect to support for Mission Partners, and this affects us.
Each Mission Partner needs to be responsible for raising his own support, through link churches and individual supporters. We believe this is a positive move, leading to stronger links between supporting churches and Mission Partners, and enabling SAMS to administer more effectively their resources.
However, in our case it will need some hard work. Let’s look at the figures:
Last year (2007) SAMS received a total of £14923.02 given towards our support, which is a large increase compared to 2006, and for which we are extremely grateful and give thanks to God. However, this amount represented less than 50% of the funds needed for our support during the year.
We have some big challenges ahead, if we’re to reach our target of £33300 for this year.
Please take time to ask the Lord how he wants you to respond to this critical situation, and how you can help us to complete the final stages of the translation of His word into the Toba language. The Toba churches are desperately keen to have the New Testament in their language, and your partnership with them through SAMS can make this happen.
We are always most grateful to all who give sacrificially to SAMS towards our support. God bless you! Without you, we couldn’t be here!
To keep us here in Argentina this year will cost an estimated £33300. This seems like a huge sum of money (and it is), and as well as our salary it also covers working expenses (such as travel and accommodation, air fares to and from England, etc), home ministry costs, pension contributions and administration costs.
You will already be aware of changes that SAMS have implemented with respect to support for Mission Partners, and this affects us.
Each Mission Partner needs to be responsible for raising his own support, through link churches and individual supporters. We believe this is a positive move, leading to stronger links between supporting churches and Mission Partners, and enabling SAMS to administer more effectively their resources.
However, in our case it will need some hard work. Let’s look at the figures:
Last year (2007) SAMS received a total of £14923.02 given towards our support, which is a large increase compared to 2006, and for which we are extremely grateful and give thanks to God. However, this amount represented less than 50% of the funds needed for our support during the year.
We have some big challenges ahead, if we’re to reach our target of £33300 for this year.
Please take time to ask the Lord how he wants you to respond to this critical situation, and how you can help us to complete the final stages of the translation of His word into the Toba language. The Toba churches are desperately keen to have the New Testament in their language, and your partnership with them through SAMS can make this happen.
Once the New Testament is completed, we can move on to producing a Toba-
For further information, please contact SAMS (see our Contact page).
GOD BLESS YOU!
