From the Memo Board: December 2022

Dates to Know

December 1 – November Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

December 1 – October Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

December 5 – Those who normally receive funds on the 5th will receive their deposit(s) as usual.

December 5 – All prayer letters the Office assists in mailing via Prayerletters.com should be submitted to our staff in order for your recipients to get them before Christmas.

December 10 – Those who normally receive funds on the 10th will receive their deposit(s) as usual.

December 15 – Missionaries on an R-1 Visa will receive their deposit(s) as usual.

December 15 – Please contact us by this date via Signal if you will need funds in your account before Christmas or if you will need a deposit between Christmas and the end of the year. This allows us time to schedule your deposit around bank holidays and the office being closed.

December 20 – All prayer letters the Office assists in sending via Mailchimp should be submitted to our staff in order for your recipients to get them before Christmas.

December 22-28 – The office will be closed in celebration of Christmas.

January 1 – November Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

January 1 – December Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

January 10 – All Missionaries will receive their statements of December Support Received.

January 12 – All missionaries (except those on an R-1 Visa) will receive their final December support on this day, regardless of the day they normally receive support.

January 15 – Missionaries on an R-1 Visa will receive their deposit(s) as usual.

January 15 – December Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries, along with any remaining receipts or financial paperwork for 2022. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

January 29 – Those who normally receive funds on the 29th will receive their deposit(s) as usual.

February 1 – 1099 Forms and other tax documentation for the 2022 tax year will be available on Secure Cloud.

February 5 – Those who normally receive funds on the 5th will receive their deposit(s) as usual.

Special Support Dates

Due to the holidays, and to allow sufficient time for year-end contributions and necessary tax procedures, coming support days will be adjusted. We have taken proactive steps to assist you, should you have a need. Please note that all regular deposit dates after December 15 will be adjusted. Please refer to the dates above for special support dates.

Please note that during a typical month, we close the books on the 25th, and any checks received after that date are posted to the following month. This gives us several days to process month-end items in preparation for a 29th or 5th Deposit. However, due to year-end receipting requirements, we cannot do this in the month of December. We are unable to close the books for December until January 10, to allow time for donations postmarked in 2022 to arrive in our office. As a result, we do not have final December income totals until January, and without those totals, we are unable to make the regular support deposits for December 29, January 5, or January 10. Therefore, all missionaries (except those on an R-1 visa) will receive their final December support on January 12, regardless of what day they normally receive funds. This deposit will likely be higher than normal. However, this means that deposits at the end of January will likely be lower than normal. Please be sure to plan ahead for this!

Upcoming Financial Reports for US Missionaries

Please prepare now to ensure that your year-end financial reports are submitted on time. October reports are due December 1, November reports are due January 1, and December reports are due January 15. If it is possible for you to submit reports before the due dates, that would greatly assist our staff. Please note, it is fine to submit a report without waiting for the Line 1 income figure. We can add that for you as needed. Reports should be submitted to [email protected]. Please be sure to include all receipts for expenses $75 and over at the same time you submit your report so there are no delays in processing. Thank you for your help in these areas.

New Baby!

Daniel Timothy Inboden was born on September 7, 2022. Daniel is the son of Matthew and Jennifer Inboden. He joins four older siblings: Julia-Anne (13), Gabriel (12), Alivia (10), and Virginia (6). The Inbodens are church planters in Butte, Montana.

 

 

 

Uplift Podcast

The following recordings were recently published on uplift.wwntbm.com. You may access the site by entering the username: wwntbm and the password: gospel. We hope they will encourage your heart.

God’s Blueprint for the Home by John O’Malley

Blessing in Distress by Tim Daniel

Pause for Revival by John O’Malley

A Great Burden by Jim Davidson

When Grace Influences a Life

by John O’Malley

Grace from God to man is amazing, inspiring, and uplifting. His grace gives us the ability to stand. His grace sustains us. His grace comforts us.

Man is challenged to give grace to others. When wronged, my flesh wants to speak as it wishes, act as it wants, and do as it pleases.

Paul used an interesting phrase in our English Bible. He mentioned to the Corinthians on two occasions that the grace of God bestowed on him was not in vain. He later mentioned that he did not want them to receive the grace of God in vain.

Grace must not just arrive in me, but it must also flow from me. What a shame if we got such grace and never displayed and distributed such grace with any other.

We receive grace like Niagara falls, and we let grace out by the thimble. Perhaps, some do not even show or give grace at all. When I read the Bible, I learn:
• Grace does not retaliate when our dignity is sacrificed.
• Grace does not retaliate when our liberty is threatened.
• Grace does not retaliate when our security is challenged.
• Grace does not retaliate when our property is at stake.
• Grace loves the haters.
• Grace blesses the cursers.
• Grace prays for the users and abusers.
• Grace means I love the hard ones and greet everyone.
• Grace means I look like Him perfectly in my actions
• Grace means I sound like my Father with my words.
• Grace means I look like my Father when I act.
• Grace means I sound like my Father I speak.
• Grace means I respond like my Father.

The following are examples of grace in the Bible. If you could ask the Bible characters below, they would each add to this list above in the circumstances they faced.

Abraham would say: When strife arises, unity is better than strife; give away your rights. Genesis 13
Grace says unity is better than strife, even if it costs me something. When I seek my own and not another, I lose.

David would say: When you can hurt your oppressor or pursuer, don’t. Honor them. 1 Sam 24
Grace respects the anointing of God on a man’s life, even when their prime is past.

Elisha would say: When you can help your enemy, do it. 2 Kings 6:8
Grace remembers how I treat my enemies is more important than what I could imagine I could do to my enemies.

Joseph would say: When God vindicates, love and forgive your enemies — Joseph when he kissed his brothers. Genesis 50
Grace responds with love. It does not grow bitter. When given a moment to retaliate, just love your enemies.

David would say: When your critics publish your failures, tell God and keep moving — David with Shimei.
Grace responds in silence. When my enemies publish bad news, leave it alone. Take time to rest and refresh. Let God avenge. Let him requite how he wants.

Stephen would say: When you are attacked in ministry, keep your eyes on Him; forgive — Stephen with the stoning. Acts 7:54-60
Showing grace means I keep my eyes on Him when assaulted.

When grace influences your life, your world changes, and you change others.

Yours for the harvest,
John O’Malley