Tuesday, February 16, 2010

New application fee introduced...

Upon the recommendation of IAM's Adhoc Advisory Committee, this years M2M 2010 will ask it's applicants to accompany their application with a refundable fee of $50.00. This is not the usual way of handling application fees. In this case, applicants will be refunded their $50.00 fee upon their successful completion of the process. In other words, when the missionary arrives at the event they will be refunded their money. Unsuccessful applicants are those who withdrew their application after they had been selected for reasons such as being unable to come up with their transportation costs, change of plans, etc. However, consideration for refund will be given to unsuccessful applicants who can prove a family death or health reasons which prohibits them from attending M2M. Also, if an applicant is declined by the M2M committee, they too will be refunded their full application fee.

The refund of the application fee to successful applicants is unusual but it falls in line with our hearts desire to keep the expense of this experience as low as possible for the missionary. Also, it helps filter out non-serious applicants thus improving our capability to administer the selection process. We use a rule of thumb, first come - first served, but we hold the right to be flexible on that rule at our own discretion. For example a missionary who has been in the field for 10 years without a break, and one who is in missions for three years.

Mission to Missionaries events depend on generous donations from churches, organizations, and individuals to pay for the operational expenses i.e. event activities, food and accommodations. Ninety days prior to the event start date, donations for the event will be calculated and the number of attendees we can invite will be determined. The minimum number of attendees for any one event will be fifteen (15).

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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Heads-up... M2M 2010

Well how time flies... so goes the saying. When I look back to September 2009 M2M it surprises me that it was just 5 months ago when we held our first M2M. It seems like time is not flying when we are into doing things for the Lord. We should be able to do a lot in a short time then. So lets take this time and make it count for His Purposes.

Folks... I am excited! And I am full of faith believing that the Lord is going to meet the needs of this years M2M as well as He done last year. But we must do our part and put plans in place for another successful, Holy Spirit guided M2M for 2010. I cannot take it for granted that we can just let things fall where they may and the Lord will take care of it all. He NEEDS all that we are willing to give to make this another successful time of refreshing for our missionaries. You only need to listen to the testimonies of last years attendees that expressed their appreciation, and know that this is a ministry worth repeating. If you haven't done so here is the link: >>>view video