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“Highways” Fund Statement*
for the Two Months Ending May 31, 1999
| Category |
Worker
Support
|
Special
Projects
|
Open
|
Total
|
|
| Balance, previous report |
571 |
7,143 |
5,194 |
12,908 |
| Correction in donation categories |
0 |
(4,571) |
4,571 |
0 |
| Balance, March 31, 1999 |
571
|
2,572
|
9,765
|
12,908
|
|
| Donations from: |
|
|
|
|
| Individuals |
114
|
0
|
457
|
571
|
| Churches |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Fields and Unions |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| General Conference |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
| Total Funds Available |
685
|
2,572
|
10,222
|
13,479
|
|
| Amounts funded for: |
|
|
|
|
| Category 1–Worker Support |
400
|
0
|
5,843
|
6,043
|
| Category 2–Special Projects |
0
|
0
|
531
|
531
|
|
| Total Amounts Funded |
400
|
0
|
6,374
|
6,774
|
|
| Balance, May 31, 1999 |
285
|
2,572
|
3,848
|
6,705
|
* All figures are given in US Dollars at an exchange rate of DM 1,75 per Dollar.
“Highways” List*
May 31, 1999
Field/Union/GC Department
and Project Name |
Category |
Approved |
Previously
Funded |
Funded This
Period
|
Needed |
%
Achieved |
Disbursed |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kenyan-Ugandan Union
Uganda Building |
2 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
0 |
0 |
-100- |
0 |
Cameroon Field
Building |
2 |
20,000 |
6,870 |
0 |
13,130 |
34 |
6,870 |
Indian Field
Land for Chapels |
2 |
8,000 |
1,609 |
0 |
6,414 |
20 |
1,300 |
Yugoslavian Field
Church |
2 |
5,714 |
572 |
0 |
5,142 |
10 |
0 |
Indian Field
Headquarters Building |
2 |
8,000 |
0 |
0 |
8,000 |
0 |
0 |
Rwandan Field
Headquarters |
2 |
3,600 |
1,800 |
0 |
1,800 |
50 |
1,800 |
Tanzanian Union
Headquarters |
2 |
32,000 |
0 |
0 |
32,000 |
0 |
0 |
Ghana Field
Worker Support |
1 |
2,400 |
1,274 |
1,126 |
0 |
-100- |
1,200 |
Ghana Field
Land for School |
2 |
2,000 |
1,468 |
531 |
0 |
-100- |
0 |
GC Finance Committee
Worldwide Building Repair and Maintenance |
2 |
30,000 |
6,286 |
0 |
23,714 |
21 |
0 |
GC Youth Department
Youth Manual and
Youth Leaders' Training |
2 |
7,500 |
7,013 |
0 |
487 |
94 |
1,500 |
GC Education Department
Educational Materials for Children |
2 |
5,000 |
1,570 |
0 |
3,430 |
31 |
0 |
GC Education Department
Women's Mobilization Project |
2 |
30,000 |
0 |
0 |
30,000 |
0 |
0 |
Indian Field
Worker Support |
1 |
12,000 |
6,000 |
1,500 |
4,500 |
63 |
6,000 |
Tanzanian Union
Worker Support |
1 |
10,000 |
5,006 |
1,257 |
3,737 |
63 |
5,000 |
Kenyan-Ugandan Union
Worker Support in Kenya |
1 |
13,250 |
6,633 |
1,763 |
4,854 |
63 |
6,625 |
Kenyan-Ugandan Union
Worker Support in Uganda |
1 |
1,200 |
603 |
597 |
0 |
-100- |
400 |
| Categories: |
1- Worker Support |
| 2- Special Projects |
| 3- Open |
| * All figures are given in US Dollars |
“Highways” contributors may send personal checks, bank checks, or money orders made payable to International Missionary Society with a notation that they are for "Highways" to the General Conference, Postfach 1310, 74803 Mosbach/Baden, Germany. Please indicate how you wish your “Highways” contributions to be used by specifying Open (decision to be made by the “Highways” Committee) or giving the Field/Union/ Department and Project Name from the above list. In Europe, funds may be sent to Sparkasse Mosbach, Bank No. 67450048, Acct. No. 3081783, or Postbank Account No. 33654756 (Bank No. 66010075) in Karlsruhe. For further information about “Highways,” write and ask for the brochure, “A Full House.”
“Highways” is in transition. New project Requests are being examined more closely than before to see if the submitting fields and unions understand the management principles presented in the new “Highways” Request forms (see the article in the May-June 1999 issue of The Sabbath Watchman) and are beginning to implement them. Early indications are that much more education is needed. Furthermore, communication giving instruction by letter is very slow.
It is logical that in countries with unstable economies–and unfortunately this is becoming the case in more and more places around the world–the local organization is having increasing financial difficulties, especially where the society has been living on foreign credit for a long time. We pray for wisdom to make plans which God can bless. To take care of the most urgent financial needs is necessary, but means are limited and will become more so as the last prophecies are fulfilled. Therefore, education in principles of management needs to be done now so the fields and unions can be strong, even if their countries’ economies become weaker. God is not unmerciful; He asks us to follow His ways and trust that He will intervene for us. We are confident that He will bless everyone today who follows His principles, as He has done down through the ages.
The “Highways” Committee will be working closely with the Foreign Missions Program to help coordinate efforts to train people who can go and teach. We solicit your interest, prayers, expertise, and financial assistance not just for the completion of “Highways” projects but for wisdom and divine guidance.
–Rudi Guldemeester, Holland, “Highways” Director
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