We are looking for 4 qualified individuals to come with us oversees to launch the program in early 2009!

We are recruiting the following:
   – Business Training Coordinator
   – Business Development Coordinator
   – Microfinance Coordinator
   – Discipleship Coordinator

We are also hiring an administrator for our Colorado Springs office as a part time position.

See our "Employment Opportunities" page under "About Us" to download job descriptions and find out more.

If someone you know comes to mind… please send them the link and encourage them to apply ASAP.

WE ARE RECRUITING AND INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES NOW!

Our time was cut short in the Philippines and tickets to the Marshall Islands were about $2,500 each! So, we decided that we would come back to the States about a month earlier than planned and put together the plans for the rollout of the pilot program.

After being in each of the ten countries we visited, it comes down to Brazil or South Africa for probable pilot locations. We are still deciding and working out the details on both ends, but each country holds bright hope and incredible possibilities for the church to really make a meaningful impact in the lives of the poor. Over the next few blogs we’ll describe the draws to both countries.

Don’t know if you’ve seen this site before: http://www.globalrichlist.com/ but it’s quite interesting- you put in your annual income and it calculates based on statistical information from the World Bank where you salary stands on a global level. When you start comparing yourself with people all over the world, it really helps put things in perspective and thankful at the rich blessings we have in our lives and birds-eye view of those living around the world.

It also has random facts like this:
The world’s 225 richest people now have a combined wealth of $1 trillion. That’s equal to the combined annual income of the world’s 2.5 billion poorest people

The past two weeks have been a whirlwind of activity and a flurry of meetings. We finished our time in Thailand meeting with the Asia Pacific Director for Opportunity International then headed South to Jakarta where we met with the third largest microfinance NGO there. They have 25k loan clients in 14 branches throughout 3 of the islands. We had an in-depth look at their operations, staff and motivations for their work. We came away from the last two countries fully content in how God has been leading us each step of the way. Then we made our way to Manila.

We arrived in the Philippines last week and its been great to connect here with our friends Dan and Esther who are pastors at the church, Cathedral of Praise. We were overcoming our disappointment though in the first few days when one of our meetings with the co-founder of Opportunity fell through. What we know of him encourages us all the more: here is a guy who helped co-found the largest Christian microfinance NGO in the world and walks away at the height of its "success" because doing microfinance in Jesus name became more of a mantra than a reality. Not to say it can’t return to its former ambitions, but at this point it is not making steps to correct their priorities. This is forever at the forefront of our minds- creating an outreach that is unwavering in its mission and purpose. This year has been an eye-opener as to groups starting in the right direction, only to get sidetracked and stumble somewhere along the way.