Lack of Impossible

The Value of a Buck:

(Represents True Costs)

For $20 a missionary can pay for the Internet bill that allows them to communicate with their friends, family, and supporters back home.

For $20 a missionary can pay for a doctors visit and the prescription medicine that saves them from cauliflower throat (the nastiest thing I've ever seen in my mouth), the endless war with food poisoning, and routine eye/dental procedures.

For $20 a missionary in India can go on a date in a country where cross cultural relationships demand extra attention and effort.

For $20 a missionary can buy one or two ethnic outfits a month in a country full of grease stains, dirt, rough edges that tear holes, and seats that are nothing more than a dirt floor or a dirty rock.

For $20 a missionary can buy one week's worth of groceries, including a few of the western treats that bring a little bit of home to an otherwise foreign place.

For $20 a missionary can keep the electricity on in a country where a fanless night is not only sweltering but full of blood sucking mosquitos that could care less whether or not you sleep peacefully.

For $20 a missionary can pay a cell phone bill that keeps them connected to the people they serve.

For $20 a missionary can share with others in a communal culture where splitting checks is unheard of.

For $20 a missionary can buy trash bags, zip lock bags, foil, plastic wrap, dish soap, shampoo, bath soap, tooth paste, and most important of all in this country, TOILET PAPER!  All of these things, though seemingly insignificant, slowly eat away at a small budget.

For $20 a missionary can put gas in a scooter in a country where the threat of kidnap or rape makes walking or riding in an auto (at certain times) a dangerous proposition.  For that same $20, freedom, independence, and a small bit of self sufficiency are purchased.


You don't notice how much the $20 expenses add up until you don't have $20.  These pieces of everyday life are things that make my life here possible.  They are what connect me to my family, bring comfort, and make living in a foreign country more like living at home.  Things that one would be tempted to take for granted at home are things that I cherish, value, and thank God for every day.  I'm looking for 10 people who are interested to commit $20 a month to making these things possible, 10 people to keep me connected to my family, healthy, full, dressed, and safe.  10 people, $200/month, it makes all the diffence in the world!

I also wanted to take this opportunity to thank the people who have been faithfully supporting me on a monthly basis.  Your support has paid for my transportation(scooter), my monthly rent, my 10 month deposit (that's the norm here and it is quite expensive), my visa travel requirements (mandated international trips), helped to pay a portion of my monthly obligations to student loans (without which I couldn't be here), purchased a bed, dresser, desk, refrigerator, and a multitude of other every day life expenses that arise.  The need has been great and your contribution has helped me to live a life that is as close to stable as living in a foreign country can be.

If you are interested in supporting monthly, you can email me at tiffbro@gmail.com for more information.