All About Money

As missionaries, we feel a deep need to be transparent and available to those who are so kind to support us as missionaries. While we know that if God called us to someday be "tent-makers" (providing our own incomes), we could make that transition, we are so grateful to be able to use 100% of our time in ministry now because of the amazing people and churches that giving their hard-earned money to support us. For those of you who would like to know, in-depth, where that money is/has been going, and how much is/has been received, we have made these nifty charts. For the rest of you--feel free to ignore this blog post:).

All that to say that our expenses and donations over the past couple of years have been around $24,000 each year. This year, the costs were much more, but that is because of the added expenses of a car (which we had been saving up for over the three years) and extra ministry training (which is always worth the investment). In the end, both giving and spending are balanced, and both going up. 

Our plan is to be in Brazil until the end of 2018, and we are hoping to not have any big surprising costs on the horizon: our finances seem to be going just fine if they continue as they have. While we are in the USA for the first part of 2019, we will be able to see what fundraising needs to be done, as costs rise with a growing family. 

Thank you thank you thank you, and if you have any other questions, feel free to e-mail me personally. We value your input, and will work hard to show you that we appreciate your giving, and will use it wisely. If you would like to donate to us, click the "support us" button at the top of our website: FiveMinutesOfFergie.com