I studied accounting in college and God wired me to
think in numbers so naturally I like measuring growth this way. Numbers are black and white; they are neat
and organized. Here at the MF site, it
is easy to look on paper and say that we have 11 more associates than we had at
the beginning of the year. Growth!
Yet while quantitative data is definitely an
important aspect of growth (especially in relation to Microfinance), it is
often not the ultimate measure of success here at the MF site. How do we quantitatively measure whether the
communities we work in are being transformed into the likeness of Christ? When a woman thanks you because she has
learned the power of saving, do we rate the associates growth on a scale of 1
to 10? When an American student working
in the site realizes that the business world is often an overlooked mission
field, do we somehow give that a number and throw it onto our income statement?
Over the past several years, the MF site has grown
slowly and steadily in the number of associates that we have had. We are proud to say that we will be serving
over 100 associates by the end of the year.
However, as the number of associates increase, we don’t want to lose
sight of our qualitative goals. We
continually want to see that men and women within our site are being
transformed into the likeness of Christ in all areas of their lives, that the
American students on short term missions trips are being stretched and
encountering God in a new way, and above all, that God would be glorified in
every aspect of our lives. Continue to
pray that God would give the MF Site growth in all aspects of the site.
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