Many of you have heard that I recently got an internship with ISMNZ In New Zealand. This is going to be at least a two year commitment starting this year in January to be trained and to serve in a full time ministry position. I am super excited to tell you all about my new upcoming adventure with Jesus, but before I get ahead of myself let me tell you about the organization I'll be working with.
ISMNZ (International Student Missions, New Zealand) Is an organization that ministers to and trains international students for the progress of the gospel. New Zealand has a proportionately large foreign student population because it's both close to Asia/S.E. Asia, and easier to get into for studying English (since 9/11 and other attacks) than the US and UK. They use this as a strategic place to spread the gospel. It works like this: Students from Japan or China hear the gospel while they are going to school, then they get saved and take it with them home to their friends, family, and influential places of business and culture in their home countries!
This will be a full time cross-cultural and multi-cultural missions assignment and training. I'll also be taking block courses at Pathways Bible College as a part of the internship program (which is fully accredited). The beauty of that is that I will qualify for a student visa, and this will allow me to cover most of my living expenses while there with work, but I will still need help accomplishing this goal.
Total cost per year according to my budget is around US $17,076 per year all together. The cost breakdown goes like this; $1,000-$2,000 for a plane ticket, training cost is $5,292, and cost of living is estimated at $11,786 per year. I was recently accepted as an official lakeside Term Partner, so my home church will be helping me out with the plane ticket and part of the tuition. $1000 a month total monthly living costs will be the only immediate need for support, and that can definitely be padded with a job once I get all settled in country.
The ministry and school schedule will allow for 20 hours a week for work, but I will need people to come along side me, and invest in the work God is doing in and through me as partners to accomplish this goal. So I'm asking you to prayerfully consider becoming a partner with me as a new chapter opens in ministry, both in prayer and in monetary giving. If you believe in what I'm doing, I would love and appreciate either one. With this should be a full budget breakdown.
If you are interested in giving look at the upper right corner of this page. You will see instructions and a link to click on. Thank you for prayerfully considering supporting me and the work I'll be doing while I'm over on the other side of the world. and want to be on my official mailing list please reply or send me an email at the address below.
Sincerely,
Joshua Kling.
Email: klingbot@gmail.com
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