{"id":283,"date":"2012-09-27T13:43:22","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T18:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/susie-l\/?p=283"},"modified":"2012-09-27T13:43:22","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T18:43:22","slug":"100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/susie-l\/2012\/09\/27\/100\/","title":{"rendered":"100%!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"100%!\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Yes, I am at 100%!\u00a0 People, including many of you, have promised to get involved in God’s work in West Africa by working together to meet 100% of my “ongoing financial needs.”\u00a0 That means that as these people give so generously and faithfully I will have 100% of my budget and will be able to put 100% of myself into the work God has for me in West Africa.\u00a0 That is so amazing and a great answer to prayer.\u00a0 Thank you so much to those of you who are part of that (and you know who you are).\u00a0 Thank you!!<\/p>\n

I am also at about 80% of my set-up costs, which is getting there!\u00a0 That’s for expenses such as shots (which I’ve found are both painful and expensive), a plane ticket, the things I will need to buy when I first get to West Africa, possibly a moped or other way to get around, and my house that I will have built in the village in a few years.\u00a0 To be perfectly honest, though, I don’t really know how much those things will all cost and, as I’m getting closer to my departure date (read on to know more), I’m realizing that things will likely cost more than I was expecting.\u00a0 So I will continue to save the gifts I receive for set-up costs for those things.\u00a0 If I receive any other ongoing gifts I plan to use those for increases in set-up costs that will come up\u00a0or to be able to meet some needs of the tribal people I will be serving.<\/p>\n

So now the big question – Since you’re at 100% of your ongoing financial needs being met, when are you leaving?<\/em>\u00a0 And the answer is: I’m not really sure.\u00a0 As of today it’s looking like it will be in January or February, 2013.\u00a0 Several of those who have promised to partner with me can’t start until December or January.\u00a0 This also gives me time to work a few part-time jobs to save more\u00a0for my start-up costs, buy supplies and pack, learn more to prepare myself better for future ministry in West Africa, and (this is my mom’s favorite) stay home for Christmas.\u00a0 The missionaries already in West Africa also have a lot of work to do to get ready for me to come, so a big factor in when I can go is when they’ll be ready for me.\u00a0 I’ll keep you posted!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yes, I am at 100%!\u00a0 People, including many of you, have promised to get involved in God’s work in West Africa by working together to meet 100% of my “ongoing financial needs.”\u00a0 That means that as these people give so generously and faithfully I will have 100% of my budget and will be able to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":945,"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":[24123],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-283","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-preparation-for-moving-to-west-africa","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/susie-l\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/susie-l\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/susie-l\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/susie-l\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/945"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/susie-l\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/susie-l\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/susie-l\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/susie-l\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/susie-l\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}