Helping Hands Eastern European Ministries 2022 Budget DONATIONS received $63,272.67 (this includes $20,000 of funds from Lutheran Church Charities that were designated for the Ukrainians) Interest: $7.78 Thrivent Choice dollars: $643 Total: $63,923.45 EXPENSES: Bank Fees: $555 Publication of devotions, prayers and articles in the Bulgarian and Ukrainian newspapers based Read more…
Expenses for the year: Salaries for Babas, Accountant, nurses, administrators: $16,040 Employer-paid income tax: $785 Food and medication donations for nursing home, disabled kid’s families, orphanages, shut-ins, etc. in Bulgaria, Romania, and Ukraine: $7,311 Office expenses: travel, phone calls, postage, copies, books, etc.): $736 Dubbing of a Christian movie for Read more…
Dear Lutheran Grade School and Sunday School Teachers, Welcome to Eastern Europe, in a vicarious sort of way. I hope the stories I wrote will help you and your students understand and imagine what it is like to live in Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, and Ukraine. I’ve included a few stories Read more…
Expenses for the year: Salaries for Babas, Accountant, nurses, administrator and employer-paid income tax: Total $8,775 Food and medication donations for nursing home, disabled kid’s families, and those enrolled in home visits program: $4,327 Travel including mileage, meals and hotel, mostly to northern Bulgaria: $160 Office expenses (phone calls, postage, Read more…
Our largest expense for Helping Hands is the salaries of the women who care for the children in the orphanages. In 2017, we paid $7,000 for the salaries of our five babas (Bulgarian for grandmother). Three of them work at the Vidin orphanage, caring for children ranging in ages from Read more…