Tickets

The responsibility for trips like these usually are the responsibility of the people going on the trip. Countries like Cameroon rarely can pay the speaker enough to cover the ticket price. This is true in our case. The tickets are around $2,000 each. Additional costs are immunization and obtaining visas to enter the country. I prayed about finances for this trip. Originally, Peter Fitch from St Croix Vineyard in St Stephen NB said we should do this trip. He was the origonal person that was asked but couldn't and when they asked him who could take his place, he prayed and felt like we should. He felt like his church should help us with one ticket and that River City should help out with the other. I didn't believe that River City could come up with a ticket but, with his encouragement, I appealed to the congregation for assistance. I felt like to state that we needed $5,000 to put this trip off. In my mind I had thought of going myself to save costs but did feel to bring my wife.

So after I asked River City, we recieved $5 the first week. Then a man on a low income gave me $30 cash. So now we had $35. So now what was I to do? As time marched on I felt like I was to just order my tickets anyway. So I called up and used Visa to make it happen and ordered 2 tickets. After I hung up the phone I recieved a phone call that $5,000 had come in towards this trip. I was pretty elated as I had told my wife that I felt like it was going to come in. The source came indirectly from the appeal I made to the congregation even though the source was not from our congregation. Faith stories are always great after they happen, but suck when you are in the middle of it.

The cost of the tickets, taxes, visas and immunization shots came to $4,995 plus $4.50 for parking.