This is why i love my dad . . .

So many people think that to be able to do mission work you have to be a doctor or pastor or construction worker, that you have to go to seminary and do something like church planting or preaching. My dad proves everyday that it takes all kinds of people to do mission work, even business men. There are probably dozens of projects running through his head on a daily basis and what i love about him is that he doesn't just think them up and then put them on the back burner until someone donates money. He raises the money himself.

We recently finished a new orphanage in the rainforest region, which is about a one hour plane ride out of the city. Our house parents have just moved in and it is a very remote area so, along with wanting to visit, there are lots of supplies that need to be flown in. The problem is, the plane ride costs about 400 dollars for the trip.

My dad, the crafty man that he is, has found a way to get every plane ride for free. Because the area is so remote, he is able to buy an entire cow for less than the price that it would be in the city. He has figured out that if he has a cow butchered, and quartered every time he flies to the rainforest then he can fly down with all the supplies needed and fly back with the meat, sell it in the market in the city and make up for the cost of the flight. Now, anytime we want to visit this home or bring them what they need, we can do it for free.

But he didn't stop there. The orphanage is right on a lake that is full of a fish called Surubi, very popular in the city. He is having a live well built and put in the river so that the house parents can fish and fill up the well and every time he flies down he will also bring fish back to the city with him. The fish would make a profit because it is so popular and hard to get and the funds would help support the orphanage.

There are so many new things happening here in the ministry every week that its hard to keep track sometimes and keep people up to date. But its ideas like this that get me really excited and make me want to tell everyone about.