Can you give up going out ONE Friday OR Saturday a MONTH?

[Goat Blower]

I like the idea, but I've got my own kids to sponsor. Unlike a previous poster I would only give my sponsorship through a Christian organization, because I know several missionaries, and they don't live much better than the people they work with and frankly they don't want to, being a missionary is all about service, kinda like a lot of pastors. Their reward is in heaven, not in their bank account.

Anyways, good idea. Helping someone else ends up helping yourself more.

[mlomker]

Originally Posted by Goat Blower

they don't live much better than the people they work with

I've been in some of these countries and have seen 1st hand that your friends are not representative. Was best friends with a family that were Baptist missionaries in Ecuador. People are people, sorry to say. My point is that there are local charities (people native to the country in question) that would cost little to no money to hire. The assumption that Americans can go to another country and solve problems better than the locals can is a bit elitist, imo.

Originally Posted by Forced Fed

$20 a month can do SO much in other countries.

Exactly. That's why I send money where I do.