Record Family: 2019 Financial Update

This picture/diagram shows our ministry and vision at a glance. If you have any questions please e-mail darryl@sgwm.com.

The Record Family,  Serving In Cambodia with Saving Grace World Missions

Please take a moment to read these two poemish creative writings, which Darryl wrote during some personal retreat time.  It will help you understand his heart. 
1. www.internationalfishers.com/eternal-impact/we-stayed-so-that-others-could-go-a-missionarys-tribute-to-those-who-stay-behind

2.   www.internationalfishers.com/eternal-impact/i-went-so-that-you-could-stay-you-stay-so-that-i-can-go

• Ways to Give:
  • To Donate By Debit/Credit Card/Funds Transfer please visit (www.egsnetwork.com/gift2/?giftid=68B5973053CB489)
  • Send Checks to: Saving Grace World Missions, 17451 Bastanchury Rd #203, Yorba Linda CA 92886, 714-993-4801 (Please include a note: "For the Record Family in Cambodia).
  • From outside the USA, please e-mail darryl@sgwm.com for instructions. 

Ministry Summary: 

• Personal/Social Media/Church-Based/Bible-School Based/Christian Organization/Magazine Based evangelism, discipleship, encouragement, training, equipping, and apologetics tech-support ministries to: Cambodians, Japanese living in Cambodia (and Japan), Chinese living in Cambodia (and China), and Pakistanis living in Cambodia. 
• Developing/Producing/Distributing Christian Apologetics/Evangelistic videos (one Cambodian language video has gotten more than 23,000 views), audio dramas, blog posts, magazine articles, and books to Cambodian Christians (Bible School Students, Pastors, and Church Leaders), Non-Christians, Chinese Christians and Non-Christians and other missionaries of various nationalities.
  • www.sgwm.com/record
  • www.internationalfishers.com
  • www.facebook.com/internationalfishers
  • www.youtube.com/evidencecambodia
  • lighttimes.co
• Kayo also volunteers with Precious Women Organization, which evangelizes and retrains women who are currently working in night-clubs and are at risk of being pressured into the sex industry so that they can have new lives and new careers. preciouswomen.org
• Darryl is a board member for Kone Kmeng Children's Ministry, which partners with hundreds of rural Cambodian churches to evangelize, educate, and equip children and their families in the local communities in such a way that prevents child abuse and gives the children bright futures. kone-kmeng.org  

Current and Upcoming Financial Needs and Challenges: 

• We are trusting God to raise up new or increasing monthly Great Commission Business Partners (Senders) for us to cover our $500 monthly rent and utilities budget, by November.  Our main sending church in the USA has cut their $500 monthly donation because they are going through a financial crisis.  Thank God that $2,500+ in special 1-time donations have come in unexpectedly to push our financial need for housing funds back 5 months!!!  We cannot realistically downsize, too much more to save money, because we currently live in a one-bedroom apartment and Benjamin sleeps in the living room.  Eventually, we probably need a two bedroom apartment, for Benjamin’s sake and because Darryl may need a home-office again as International Fishers apologetics expands, so this is a concern.  Cambodia also has daily 6 hour black outs for 2-3 months each year.  We are blessed that our current apartment has stable electricity!  
• Due to the changes in the laws related to our visas and work permits we will need to pay nearly $900 for visas each year.  We will also be required to pay another $600 for work permits for Kayo and myself.
• We are concerned about the funding for Benjamin’s tuition at Hope International School, which is currently $568 per month.  Kayo's parents are retiring and have been covering that amount so we need to cover that amount with new investments (donations) by September.  Homeschooling would be difficult for Kayo in her second language and also for me.  As an only child, Benjamin really benefits from the interactions with his teachers and friends at school. If we have to either do homeschooling or take secular jobs in Cambodia to meet Benjamin's educational needs it will force us to reduce our ministry activities, just when our ministries are expanding.  
• We are also need to start saving up some funds for Benjamin’s return to the US  to start college or a career in eight more years.  We also need to start saving for retirement again.  We haven’t been able to save anything for several years.  But we praise God that we have remained completely debt free.