An Update 21.7.11
Published July 21, 2011 | Dear Sisters, Brothers, Friends, and Family;
Thank you for coming back to my website if you don’t already know I have been posting pray request under the supporters tab if you need access to them and or my newsletters let me know via email. I am so blessed to have all of you in my life – a quick money update for ‘Orientation and Training with LAM (A personal found raiser) total 8% of the total 2,500 has come in : However this number is a little off due to PayPal processing fees but, as soon as I am able the number will be at its full 8% or 200.00 USD. As fare as PayPal fees go I’ll be adding them back to the founds as I have the money to do so but, it is possible that the amount of money that has come in at some point will be off by a good 2 or more % and If this happens I’ll let you know if it becomes a need but, it’s my hope that it will not become an issue as PayPal fees are so low it should be easy to add that money back into the founds. If you have any question about PayPal or the fees let me know and I’ll do my best to answer them. If you want to add the fee into your PayPal payment feel free to go over to http://www.gregledet.net/ppfcm.html and enter the amount you would like to send in the top and it will let you know what you need to send in order for me to get that amount ; Do not feel like you have to add to an amount to pay the fees they come out of the transaction I am just giving you the website so you can see what is left after the fees and so if you wish to add the fees in – I don’t want anyone to feel they need to use the tool it’s just there so that you can see what PayPal is getting when you use your credit or debit cards.
LAM update on 3rd of Aug I will be moving on to the next step of the app when I have the founds need to do so at this time I do not wish to take the money I need for the next step out of the funds that have come in because I don’t feel like that would be right for I need to invest my own money too. If you have any question about what money I am investing or have already invested send me an email and I’ll be more than happy to fill you in but I don’t feel like that info belongs here on my public blog but, if I get lots of email I might add a post to the supports area of my website.
Projects I’m working on ; Well I’m now working on a number of projects some which I’m not ready to say much about but, I can say this much. Yes, I am working on a book , Yes I am working on new content for my website , and Yes I am reworking my website. At this time I don’t have any dates for anything that i am working so sorry about that. However, it is my hope that by mid-October I’ll be able to post the concept for my manuscript and by the end of Feb 2012 it’s my goal to have the first 10 or so pages available for limited restricted preview but, like with most things these goals can change as events happen in life that I have yet to expect so keep an eye on this blog for more info. As far as the rest of the project they too are works in progress and when I am ready they will be add to the website.
English teaching at this time I do not have any students and therefore am now spending my time on other things but, this does not mean that I will not teach a class here or there at the request of anyone because, I am more than open to doing just that.
Blessings and peace
Chris
Mexico city , update ; updated !
Published May 5, 2010 | Days become weeks and weeks become months and months become years and time does not stop yet there are times where it would be nice to stop time, even for a moment. As a few of you might have notice it’s been over a month from the last time that I posted to this site and for that matter is has also been a moth from the last time I rely sat down and wrote anything that consisted more of a few brief words. However, after a very crazy month it’s the time has come for another update from Mexico City. About one year ago after I graduated from university I moved to Mexico city, Mexico to start a ministry or at the time that is what I thought I was going to do but, I quickly learned that most people did not want to talk to a 24 year old kid who just graduated university and I also learned that without a lot of money doing what I thought I was called to do was just not going to happen. After about 4 or so months it became clear that starting a new ministry for “street children” was just not going to be able to get off the ground. At this point I began the search for a missions organization which I found one that I thought I would be able to work with and that I thought would be able to work with me. However, at the end of many months of back and forth and a few issues that I had with the main office; It became clear that this was not the time to become a part of this organization but, I still support their work as they are doing wonderful things for the Kingdome. It’s also my pray if God wants to open a door for me with them I am more than open to re exploring the possibility of joining them in the work they do but, at this time I feel that that door is closed but, not locked so its possible that the door could be cracked open but, I don’t see that happing anytime soon and if your thinking why don’t I knock on that door ; well I will leave you with this I don’t feel that it would be right to knock on a door that God has closed for the time begging. About a month or so latter I was looking online and found the Latin America Mission website a site that I had visited in the past but, I never summited a request for more information as at time I was looking for organization I was still a student and had some time before graduation but, this time I requested that they send me more information about becoming a full time missionary with them; well that was a number of months back and the application is still on my desk. If you have been reading my blog for some time or if you just found me and have read through a number of my back post you will know that I have been working on this application for some time now and its just taking me a long time to get everything to gather that I need for it but, I am happy to say that the time is coming where I think I’m almost ready to send it back to LAM which is exciting. It was my hope that I would have been finished with it last week then my laptop died and I was unable to get the easy part of the application written but, now my computer is running again it’s my hope that within the next week or so that I will be able to get this application finished and put into the mail. In addition to applying to become a missionary with LAM; I am also applying for Seminary and if things do not work out with LAM or even if they do I might just start working on my master degree in the Fall or maybe in the Spring depending on money and if I can get any to pay for classes and materials. As most of you know that I have also been working on this application for some time as well but, unlike the LAM application this one requires parts that I have no idea how I am going to satisfy but, I know that everything will work itself out its just getting to that point. Please pray that I will be able to get these applications off my desk and into the mail also pray for a number of money issues that I am facing this month. If your interstate in know more about the money issues that I am dealing with or just feel that God is putting it on your heart to help me out a little then I would ask then you contact me via email or blog chat; or you could always use the “donate” button on this page to send me a financial gift. However, I know times are not easy for all of us so at the very least I ask that you pray with me as I ask God to pick me up and carry me through these crazy times. If you read my update on twitter or Facebook and you got two or three copies of it I’m very sorry I had an issue with FB/ Twitter earlier today and my post got reposted like two or three times then it did not go to my FB account so I posted there and then it showed up on FB from my twitter post so if you got a few copies of my update message I’m very sorry as there was and issue with the FB/ Twitter link between my two accounts. Thank you for reading my blog / visiting my website and I it’s my hope that these updates will come a bit more often than once every month or so but, if nothing is rely happing I don’t rely have much to say and don’t feel like posting.
pray request
1. That I will be able to sit down and get all the applications for missions organization off my desk with the next few weeks and that I will also be able to get my application for seminary in the mall and that all its parts will come together in the next few weeks.
2. That the issues that I am having with the federal and state governments will be taken care of in due time and that everything that needs to be done can happen with out issue.
3. That after a year of begging down here in Mexico city I will be able to start to see clear what God’s call is for my life as I continue to explore working here in Mexico city or in other parts of the world.
4. Pray for the local church and the youth the attend it from time to time.
My monthly expenses list Rent 5,500 MEX Clean fee for apt (ever other month) 250 MEX Food / transportation / Ministry 2200 MEX Compassion International Child in peru$38.00 USD Credit Card Payments $136.25 USD Student Loans (deferred for the time begging) =809.49 USD at a rate of exchange of 12.2 In normally = 852.00 USD – 809.49 USD from above est =42.50 USD but this month in was 631.5 USD – so thats what I have to work with for the month at the moment. Extras not included above as they are not monthly put are paid out from time to time ever 2 months or at other times. Land Phone 30.00 MEX 60 days Cell phone 100.00 MEX 60 days Website / Blog / Domain renewal 69.31 MEX per month paid in 3 or 6 months out , Domain 134.07 MEX per year good till 5.10.2012 – Website / Blog hosting good to 7.10.2010 then these fees will be due again.
Blessings and Peace,
Chris
Note the exchange rate from USD TO MEXICO PESOS is about 12.2 at time of post.