2012 Projects

While we are on home assignment this year we have several projects that we are raising funds for.

Medical Fund:

We would like to be able to help the Ga’dang more with their medical needs.  There are many times that people won’t go out to town to seek medical treatment because they don’t have enough money.  It is hard to not be able to help people that we are there to help when we ourselves don’t have the extra money to give them.  There have already been a couple times that we have needed to use the helicopter to get someone out to town for medical treatment.  This costs us $189 US to fly a patient out.  This comes our of our regular support right now.  We don’t want to have to stop and think about whether or not we can afford to fly someone out that needs medical help.

Our desire is to see $200 a month designated for this medical fund.  This is just a beginning.  We don’t really know what the needs will be in the future.  This could be 2 people at $100 each, 4 people at $50 or 8 people at $25 a month.  Or any number of ways.

New digital Camera:

We are constantly taking pictures of the people and things in our village.  We use these pictures for language learning, to share with you all and make copies to give to the Ga’dang people.  We have been getting by with just a cheap camera for a couple years now.  We would like to get something that is good quality so it can last a long time and be able to bless those we come in contact with. Cost: ???

Skeetervac/Mosquito magnet:

We don’t think of ourselves as being in a malaria area but Hala and Jenna have both had malaria in this last term in the Philippines.  We are wanting to reduce the risk of malaria by killing the mosquitos that are around our house.  Hala is also very sensitive to other insect bits and this will help her in that area. Cost: $400-800 depending on the machine.

New laptop computer:

As many of you know the tropics are not good for computers.  When we returned to the Philippines in 2009 we had 2 laptops, one for each of us to use.  While there those 2 computers met there end.  We were able to purchase a new one in August but are still in need of a second computer for Shannon to use.  Cost $1,000

New Generator:

After building 2 houses and powering our electrical needs for a year, our Honda generator died on us in September.  We were thankful to be able to use our co-worker’s generator to meet our needs for the last 6 months we were in the village.

We desire to have solar power but we also need a back up.  When it rains for days on end and we don’t see the sun for weeks, having a generator that can give power to charge our batteries will be a necessity for us.

We would like to purchase a Honda EU2000i, from the US (they have linking capabilities that the Canadian model doesn’t.)  Cost $1,200

Mission Medicine Intensive Training Course:

ways.  One of ways we show Christ’s love to the Ga’dang people is by helping them with their medical needs.  This is sometimes cleaning a cut on a child’s foot and putting a band aid on it but many times we have people coming with different illnesses.  Our desire is to help them however we can.  Shannon would like to attend a 2 week medical course run by Equip International in North Carolina this September.  This course is geared towards missionaries and how they can help their families and the people they minister among.  For more information check out the link: Mission Medicine Intensive. 

Cost $2000 including course fee and airfare.

Return plane tickets:

When we booked our plane tickets to return to Canada we had enough money to purchase just one-way tickets.  We will need to purchase return tickets towards the end of the year. 

Cost $6,000

Solar Power Equipment:

Our desire is to be able to set up a solar power system to meet our electrical needs in the village.  Up until now we have been using our generator to power our needs.  In the long run using solar is much more cost effective.  Cost $8,000

Monthly Support:

Our current monthly support is at about 50% of the mission recommended amount.  We really need to see our support increase before we return to the Philippines.  It has been hard to meet the needs of our family and it has kept us from being able to do more to help the Ga’dang people.  We are also looking at sending Eli, our oldest child, to Faith Academy.  It’s a boarding school in Manila.  We are trusting in the Lord to see our monthly support increase to 75% by the time we return.