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If you’re like me, you sometimes get tired of hearing the bad news. Reports of crime, wars, natural disasters, and economic woes always seem to make the headlines, but the good news of people helping people, economic success, and improved lives seldom gets mentioned.
But, as you’ll discover in this issue of Harvest, there is good news to report! On page 1, you’ll read how your generous response to our appeal in May helped SIM prevent a devastating, widespread famine in the Kaffrine area of Senegal.
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Wise Stewardship
By investing in a self-sustaining business venture, SIM provided an ongoing source of income to support “fishers of men”
like Eli Caro. |
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As the old Chinese proverb says, “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for today. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” That philosophy underlies SIM’s Mototaxis for Missions program in Peru -- but we take it one step further: give a man a fishing pole and he will feed himself for a lifetime.
To help the Peruvian university student group have the tools to fish with, SIM has used donations from friends like you to purchase nine mototaxis. These three-wheeled motorcycles are by far the most utilized, economical, and versatile mode of transportation in the Peruvian jungle.
Currently, by renting these mototaxis to drivers, we generate enough income to cover operational costs as well as supply 50 percent of a Peruvian staff worker’s salary. With the purchase of additional mototaxis, we hope to increase that support to 100 percent.
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By creating a self-sustaining, income-producing venture like the mototaxi program, SIM hopes to keep more university staff workers like Eli Caro sharing the life-transforming gospel of Christ in Peru.
We are well on our way toward that goal, and for this we thank God and the faithful friends like you who are helping these people “learn to fish”--and even giving them tools that will help them be fishers of men for a lifetime.
Project Number – 91547 |
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