MICHEALS’ MEMOIRS Dear Friends and Family, Over the years we have served with Wycliffe, we are amazed as to how the Lord meets our needs. In our last newsletter we noted the need to buy a newer, more dependable vehicle and we praise the Lord for the generosity of people who helped supply funds to help us purchase one. We were able to find a really nice 2008 Honda Odyssey van that meets our needs and will be great for our trip to Virginia, Michigan and Nebraska to visit supporters, supporting churches, family and friends in October and November. Thank you to everyone who gave toward this vehicle! required to raise and that usually amounts to a minimal adjustment each year. However, because of new government requirements we are no longer able to raise funds in the manner we have done before such as we just did for this vehicle. Thus, such small increases do not factor in things like purchases for vehicles, medical bills or the like. In the past, we have used a general appeal to supporters to help cover those needs. However, that is no longer possible. Thus we have a need to raise our regular monthly income to cover these expenses.
Our trip up north is for a two-fold purpose. First, we had planned the trip last year, but were told by our mechanic that our previous vehicle was not road worthy to use for that type of travel. So, now that we have a reliable vehicle we are planning an overdue trip to visit and report on our work to those who support us. The second reason is that we have an urgent need to significantly increase our monthly financial support. A normal question would be why do we have this need for an increase in support? Over the years, Wycliffe has adjusted the amount of money we are
As this news was being received by Wycliffe, Wycliffe took the opportunity to do a very thorough evaluation of the amount of money each missionary family was assigned to raise. That evaluation showed that the amount per family was significantly lacking and its missionary families were falling further and further behind in funding real needs. Therefore, with the new reality we need to now raise over $ 1,000 in additional monthly support! In all our thirty one years with Wycliffe, this is the first time we are faced with the huge task of raising an additional amount of money. Our minds go back to the time in 1985 when we had no support and then how the Lord provided the monthly funds to serve in Papua