What We Do

For those of you wondering what it is Caid and I do, and plan on doing, we officially have our job description (approved by all the leadership!):

Caid and Rachel Ferguson Job Description

1. Oversee the Living Stones programs in Brazil/ give leadership/training leaders, workers, volunteers, helpers. Living Stones needs to be run by local leadership, we are just assisting/working ourselves out of a job
2. Raise awareness and funds for Living Stones (goal: $1,000 monthly per program or as budget is set at individual locations by WRB). A Living Stone program is one that runs 4 days a week, has church leadership directly involved, and has an educational component.
3. Create resources/get information about Living Stones out where it is needed by:
• Keeping blog updated monthly, with a once a month e-newsletter
• Monthly Finance report and updates ( working/shared with Tele, Steve, Jeff)
• Records of the children (photobooks/calendar, reports, videos on each program, each year)
• Thank you letters/contact with current/new/past donors (at least once a year)
• Sending out a bi-annual prayer letter to donors/people interested in summer/winter
• Promote annual activities:
1) Jan: Winter newsletter/new year goals/packet/donor thank yous
2) Feb: Carnaval (wribrazil.com/carnavalcamp)
3) Mar/April: Easter (wribrazil.com/kitsforkids)
4) May: Mother’s day (wribrazil.com/momentsformoms)
5) June: Trek (wribrazil.com/trek) VBS in USA churches/STM trips in Brazil
6) July: Summer paper newsletter and donor thank yous
7) Aug: Father's day (wribrazil.com/dayfordad ?)
8) Sep: Foundation builder focus (wribrazil.com/foundationbuilder)
9) Oct: Literacy and Children’s day (wribrazil.com/literacy)
10) Nov: Thanksgiving (wribrazil.com/5for5)
11) Dec: Christmas and ornaments (wribrazil.com/10forthem)
12) Birthdays and calendar (wribrazil.com/10forthem) (once a month in each community-train others to take over)

4. Keep in contact/make sure each program in Brazil has the resources it needs, when it needs them (especially for special projects and celebrations). Meet with each program to set up a yearly budget and present it to the WRB board.
5. Visit/call new/existing churches/individuals and share/update/present Living Stones when in the USA, or when Brazilian churches/ programs like Living Stones (to network with) show interest
6. Raise personal funds as Living Stones/WRI missionaries
7. Be point people for Living Stones short mission trips, and assisting with other short term trips as needed. Make sure Steve has a list of items needed for LS to bring with STMTs
8. Maintain g-mail calendar shared with WRI, WRB, Steve/Tele, and Jeff
9. Teach at the international school, also community outreach with sports, music, and English
10. Be Living Stones liaisons to the International school (plan activities to involve them, share what is going on in the communities)
11. All outgoing communications need to go through WRB, Tele, Steven, and Jeff for approval before sent out or acted on, no less than 7 days before they will be send it out.
12.        Daily schedule will be determined by WRB board as needed in the areas of the International school, Living Stones, and Glory sports.