The following is a summary of the expenditure of moneys the Lord’s people have contributed towards our ministry as missionaries in Chad among the Kwong people during this last term of service. (Length of term was 49 months: June 1, 2000 - June 30, 2004)
Contributions During Term
|
|
Regular support1 |
Special Gifts2 |
Total |
|
Average per month |
$4,042 |
$241 |
$4,283 |
|
Average per year |
48,504 |
2,892 |
51,396 |
|
Total over term |
198,071 |
209,896 |
- Contributions
received during term: $80,823
($63,796 regular
support; $17,027 special
gifts)
- Average
over term (per month): $2,607
($2,058 regular support; $549 special gifts)
- Average
over term (per year): $31,286
($24,695 regular support; $6,590 special gifts)
- Notes:
- 1.
Regular support consists of those gifts given on a more or less regular, predictable
basis.
- 2.
Special Gifts are either a) designated by the donor for some special purpose (e.g.
radio station) or b) given on a unique one-time basis. Sometimes distinguishing
what is intended as regular support and what is a special gift is difficult.
Regular Expenditures During Term
Total expenditures for the maintenance of our presence in Chad during this term amounted to $179,778. The breakdown of this expenditure is as follows. (Line items given are per month.)
Personal Salary
and Benefits (monthly averages over term)
|
Personal Salary |
$1795 |
|
|
|
Housing Allowance |
271 |
|
|
|
Health Insurance |
475 |
|
|
|
Pension |
160 |
|
|
|
Total Salary and Benefits |
2701 |
/mo |
32,412 /year |
|
Home office services |
$334 |
|
|
|
Chad field operations3 |
220 |
|
|
|
Vanderkooi ministry operations fund4 |
|
|
|
|
Furlough airfare fund |
118 |
|
|
|
Total average ministry expenditures |
968 |
/mo |
11,616/year |
|
Total average expenditures (salary and benefits plus ministry expenses) |
3669 |
/mo |
44,028/year |
- Notes:
- 3.
Chad Field Operations pays for field
administration expenses and various projects that the Chad field undertakes as a
group.
- 4.
Vanderkooi ministry pays for such
expenses as newsletter distribution, translation seminar expenses, training
Kwong pastors, and on-field transportation for ministry purposes.
Special Expenditures During Term
Contributions exceeded regular expenditures by $30,118 this term (209,896-179,778). $11,825 of this amount were special gifts, and $18,293 were “regular support”. The disbursement of these moneys is detailed in the following section. All these expenditures were made with the approval of TEAM’s Field Council in Chad.
|
Credit
balances for term |
|
$30,118 |
|
|
Expenditure
of credit balances |
|
|
|
|
|
Chadian
residency permits and US passport |
$1,262 |
|
|
|
Grants
to Chadian church work1 |
5,385 |
|
|
|
Scholarship
and resettlement of Kinamati2 |
746 |
|
|
|
Grant to
Chageen clinic for purchase of medicines |
231 |
|
|
|
Renovation
of Kwong Translation office |
467 |
|
|
|
Low
Power FM radio station 3 |
8,038 |
|
|
|
Help
fellow missionary - stolen vehicle |
1,538 |
|
|
|
Conferences4 |
1,466 |
|
|
|
Church
leader visit to Chageen5 |
937 |
|
|
|
Set
aside for depreciation on Land Cruiser |
2,307 |
|
|
|
Improvements
on our home, water and electrical systems |
1,977 |
|
|
|
Construction
and outfitting of Chad field workshop6 |
2072 |
|
|
|
Total
special expenditures |
$26,426.00
|
(26,426) |
|
Unused
credit balance: |
|
$3,692 |
|
Notes:
- 1.
Grants
to Chadian church work is our way
(with TEAM’s permission) of spreading your generosity around to our less
fortunate Chadian brothers and sisters of the Evangelical Church of Chad.
- 2.
Scholarship and
resettlement of Kinamati -
We helped sponsor a promising Kwong fellow through seminary in N’Djamena and
then provided for his resettlement in Chageen on completion. Included in this
amount are special gifts to purchase a pair of oxen for him.
- 3.
Low Power FM radio
station. This FM station will
broadcast in Kwong and other native languages. It is a means of doing an end-run
around the illiteracy which is proving to be a tremendous obstacle to the gospel
in Kwongland.
- 4.
Conferences
- Most of this was a trip to Thailand for a leadership
consultation with TEAM in July 2004. ¾ of our tickets were paid for by TEAM and
this represents the other ¼, as well as a small amount for another conference.
- 5.
Church leader visit
to Chageen -
You will remember from our last newsletter that we were obliged
to call on the top officials of the Chadian church to intervene in a
serious situation that threatened our ministry. We had to fly them in on MAF and
it cost a lot of money - but was money very well spent as it turns out.
- 6.
Construction and
outfitting Chad field workshop - These power tools and welding machine will stay in N’Djamena so
all the missionaries in Chad can use them when the need arises. It was sort of
gift from all of you to all of them with us in the middle. This equipment has
already proved very useful.
Vehicle Purchase
In addition to the aforementioned special expenditures, we purchased a used Toyota Land Cruiser 4x4 with moneys which both of us as singles had laid up for the day when the need would arise.
|
Set
aside by Mark for vehicle purchase before marriage |
$8,562 |
|
Brought
over by Diane from AIM after marriage |
|
|
Special
contribution designated for vehicle |
$1,000 |
|
Total
available for purchase of vehicle |
+26,562 |
|
Purchase
price of vehicle paid to rightful owner |
-25,000 |
|
Purchase
price of vehicle paid to bogus owner |
-13,600 |
|
Outstanding
deficit awaiting court case 7 |
-12,038 |
7.
The TEAM office in N’Djamena handled the purchase of the vehicle before
our arrival in Chad in 2000. They were “taken” and paid
$13,600 to somebody who was
not the rightful owner of the car. The case against the bogus owner is still in
court. We are not particularly optimistic, but are still trusting the Lord to
work this out in our favor.