{"id":410,"date":"2013-08-16T14:18:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T20:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bj-sanders\/?p=410"},"modified":"2013-10-24T09:31:12","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T15:31:12","slug":"you-asked-how-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bj-sanders\/2013\/08\/16\/you-asked-how-much\/","title":{"rendered":"YOU ASKED: How much?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

After we tell people what we are doing and the amount of time and energy it will take to reach a tribe, they inevitably ask…how much will this cost?\u00a0<\/em> Our answer…$8,500 a month!\u00a0 When we first got asked this question, we would sheepishly mumble “a lot.”\u00a0 Now, we confidently say it, knowing that no amount is too large for God to provide (Psalm 24).<\/p>\n

So why does it cost so much?!\u00a0 Well…simply put…everything is EXPENSIVE in Papua New Guinea!\u00a0 First of all, most things are imported from other countries.\u00a0 Then, we not only have to pay for these goods, but also to have them flown into the jungle.\u00a0 Here are some examples: $10 for a gallon of milk, $6 for a jar of peanut butter, $75 for a gallon of paint, $23 for a quart of oil (and don’t forget about the price of flying all these items out to our location)…are you starting to understand?\u00a0 (If you want a broken down spreadsheet of our budget, we would be glad to show that to you!)<\/p>\n

So how close to this number are we?\u00a0 We are sitting right at 36%!\u00a0 It’s been so great to see our monthly support level increase 29% since January!\u00a0 And we know God has a lot more up his sleeve!\u00a0 We always say, “We don’t know who the Lord is going to use to provide, but we know He’s going to do it!”\u00a0 We definitely cannot reach this tribe alone.\u00a0 We need people praying for us EVERY day!\u00a0 We need people encouraging us through email, phone, or care packages!\u00a0 We need more\u00a0monthly supporters like the ones pictured below!\u00a0 We cannot do it alone!!\u00a0 And it’s so exciting to see who else God is going to use to bring HIM glory!<\/p>\n

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After we tell people what we are doing and the amount of time and energy it will take to reach a tribe, they inevitably ask…how much will this cost?\u00a0 Our answer…$8,500 a month!\u00a0 When we first got asked this question, we would sheepishly mumble “a lot.”\u00a0 Now, we confidently say it, knowing that no amount […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":956,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-ministry","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bj-sanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bj-sanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bj-sanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bj-sanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/956"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bj-sanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bj-sanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bj-sanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bj-sanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bj-sanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}