Strategic needs update...

From Director Lee Bradley, July 30, 2010:

2008-2009 Students and Staff

There are three major ongoing needs at the school that require sponsorship by churches or individuals. Please read this list below and see some of the major needs of the school and how you may help the ministry of our school.

Ongoing needs

1. INVESTING IN TRAINABLE CHURCH LEADERS ...This is our student sponsorship program. It costs approximately $5,000 per year to educate one student. The students themselves pay $750 of that, thus putting 85% of the cost on the shoulders of the school. We are attempting to find 60 sponsors who will donate $500 a year to cover the costs of our students which they are not able to pay. Could your women's group or Sunday school class sponsor a student this year? Maybe your church or you as an individual would like to sponsor a student?

   PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW! God working through your generosity provides for ABI. Over the last 36 months, your blessing has brought: Special Needs - MET! Video projector for enhancing teaching - $1,350 Overhead projector - $575 New books for the school - $500 Two new computers and a printer so students can do research and type their own papers - $3,000 New beds and bedding for our dormitories - $5,140 Furniture for married student apartments - $700 Chairs for dining room tables - $500 Furniture for offices - $1,000 Replacement Furniture - $3,000 Floor tile - $5,500 Paint - $3,500 and so much more! God bless everyone who helped! Ongoing - your support counts every day of the year! Food - $5,500 a year Energy - $4,000 annually ($2,800 required for heat alone) Each student's education - $5,000 annually

2. FEED THE DISCIPLES ...This project helps us cover food costs for the school. When students are on campus we feed them three meals a day since they are not able to cook meals in their dorm rooms and cannot afford to eat in restaurants. It costs us approximately $5,500 a year to feed our students. This is about 10% of our annual school budget.
3. HOW ABOUT SOME HEAT? ...This project helps us fill our 1,000 liter tank with butane gas to heat the building in the winter. We anticipate that it will cost us approximately $2,800 to heat our building this winter. On average we have to spend $400 every two weeks in the winter for the filling of the tank. That can be very expensive and frequent in the winter months.

If you or your church would like to donate money to these strategic projects, please send your donation to the International Mission Board and designate the check to "Albania Strategic Project: (Title 1, 2 or 3 above)". The money will be designated for that project and not go to anything else.

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