"Last year, migrants from poor countries sent home $300 billion, about three times the world's foreign aid budgets combined. ...
But banks have failed to fully welcome migrants, he said, while Western Union and other money transfer firms have more locations, better hours and agents who know their customers' language and culture. ...
'You could say they were ripping people off or you could also say they're providing a service that poor people desperately needed and were willing to pay for,' Terry said. 'Any consumer company in the world would like to have the customer loyalty they have. They're doing something right.'"
14-15 Tue-Wed l'ship retreat (+ below) 14 Tue (7:15pm patch prayer mtg) 15 Wed 6pm dinner w/ Peter T & HE + poss. stayover 16 Thu SL 17-19 Fri-Sun church-plant camping trip - Killbear 19 Sun 5pm fun dinner w/ VT - Burlington 20 Mon 8pm Malkutha oversight mtg (VS) 21 Tue 9:30pm time w/ JVDB (+ patch prayer mtg) 23 Thu poss. time w/ DonM/S 24-25 Fri-Sat writing training wknd - Hamilton 28 Tue 10am CCWM board mtg 31 Fri eve time w/ J/BA+
SEPTEMBER 2-3 Sun-Mon new-staff retreat - Faith Mission 3-7 Tue-Fri VT retreat - Faith Mission 21 Fri MI in-person board mtg 22-23 Sat-Sun poss. visiting AR/UJ+ 27 to Oct 3 Thu-Wed Dollar-a-Day
OCTOBER ... Oct 3 (see above) Thu-Wed Dollar-a-Day 5-8 Fri-Mon Thanksgiving long weekend (Mon stat. hol.) 15 to Nov 15 Mon-Thu poss. Europe + India
NOVEMBER
(speaking at Pastor Y's church) ... Nov 15 (see above) Mon-Thu poss. Europe + India 17 Khev's conf 23 Fri MI online board mtg 29 ~J's dad's b'day (poss. party on 30th)
DECEMBER 29: KH/S wedding
2019 on
Feb 15-18: MIer conference
Feb 16: Sat - 10-yr anniv
Feb 18-22: VT retreat
Feb 22-30: time off (poss. Southern Africa)
Apr 1-3: poss. First Chair retreat
May 10, 10am: CCWM board mtg
Jun 15: poss. Prayer Journey (poss. Australia); poss. visit supporters
Jun 25-29: poss. marketplace conf. - Manila
Dec: likely Indonesia
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