Financial matters

I am currently 12% funded for Macau!  I have one more donation that is promised, but will not be in until the summer which brings my percentage to 18.6% funded.  Since I need to raise $27,045 all together, I still need to raise $15,690.50 before I can leave, and $22,004 before I am fully funded for this year.

As a reminder, this covers all the expenses that I will have over the next year: food, shelter, EFL materials, Bible Study materials, and more.  It covers insurance (medical and medical evacuation), visas, 2 one-way tickets, and the like.

I am thankful for my current partners,and am looking for more.  If you'd like to become a partner in my mission, visit this website.  You should see my picture and bio.  If not, search for Alissa Asmus in the search box.

On a slightly different note, I received word from some other missionaries who are in the same boat as me: they are excited to start their ministry in foreign countries starting this summer/fall.  Many of them will be at orientation with me, and I know that at least one other is going to Macau.

I also talked this morning with a good friend of mine from China.  I cannot wait to see her again.  She was one of my students when I was there over a year ago, and we became good friends!  Needless to say, we still keep in contact when possible!  I am excited to see her again, and also to make new friends!  I am excited to share the Joy that Christ gives me with the friends that I make there.  This particular friend was baptized soon after I was there because of the Holy Spirit's influence in her heart!  Thank God for the opportunities that He gives us to be a small part in His plan!

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Update!  May 4, 9am

I just got a phone call that a friend's home church in Iowa donated $1,000...WOW!  Thank God for the generosity that people have shown--even those who have never met me before!  I guess that God knows where all the finances are coming from...I just don't know it yet!!  If you are from that church, and are visiting my blog, I would like to extend a sincere thank you!  You'll be receiving another in the mail as soon as LCMS processes the money and sends me a confirmation!

This brings me to 15.6% funded, and with the donation that I know is coming in during the summer, I am up to 22.3% funded!  WOW.  I now have only $21,004 left to go before I am fully funded!