Fund Raising

One of the weirdest parts of being here in Peru for me (David) is that we have to rely on donations.  Without the help of family, friends, and churches, none of what we are doing here would be possible.  When we left to come here, we were a long, long way from meeting our cost estimate.  It was a step of faith, and it has been amazing to see how God has provided.  While we've been here, we have experienced some setbacks in our finances.  Living here costs far more than we expected, as we have realized that we can't eat only the orphanage food like we were planning too.  More importantly, our student loans are refusing to behave.  We were planning to defer them due to "economic hardship" or "unemployment," and were informed by the people we talked to at the Department of Education that that wouldn't be a problem.  However, they've now decided that we don't technically qualify for these options, for reasons we won't bore you with.  This means that while we're in Peru, we'll need to pay a bit over $2000 in student loans.  Lucky for us, you have all been incredible in continuing to support us even though we've been off the radar for a while now here in Peru, leaving us only $700 short of meeting our costs.  If you'd like to help, feel free to use the widget on the blog here, to send it to my parent's address (7128 Rolling Hills Dr Hudsonville Mi 49426), or to the David and Courtney Busscher Mission Fund at Hillcrest CRC.  Your donations, care packages, prayers, and encouragement have made our time here possible, and we thank you from the bottoms of our hearts.  -D and C

PS--someone took care of this within 24 hours of us writing this post, which is absolutely amazing.  The minimum amount for our student loans will now be covered, but if you would still like to contribute, we will be sure to put it to good use!