When visiting a really poor country awhile back I found myself interacting with several career missionaries. These guys were living it up! I mean eating out almost every day at places the "locals" would never dream of being able to afford, having servants, and basically living the life of Riley......
I asked them how they were able to afford such a life and they told me that the organization gave them a good living wage plus lots of benefits such as paid housing, travel expenses etc etc. I was told that the average missionaries cost is over 100K a year. I thought that they were pulling my leg, I mean, really?? really?
I asked around and seems this is not far-fetched at all, more the norm than the unusual.
Someone just sent me this link:
http://www.crcna.org/site_uploads/uploads/crwm/Expense_Breakdown_Missionary_Costs_2009-10.pdf
Perhaps it is me? But something just really rubs me the wrong way about this!! I mean these were nice people and all but this just seems excessive for some reason to me
I asked them how they were able to afford such a life and they told me that the organization gave them a good living wage plus lots of benefits such as paid housing, travel expenses etc etc. I was told that the average missionaries cost is over 100K a year. I thought that they were pulling my leg, I mean, really?? really?
I asked around and seems this is not far-fetched at all, more the norm than the unusual.
Someone just sent me this link:
http://www.crcna.org/site_uploads/uploads/crwm/Expense_Breakdown_Missionary_Costs_2009-10.pdf
Perhaps it is me? But something just really rubs me the wrong way about this!! I mean these were nice people and all but this just seems excessive for some reason to me