Affordable Travel and Medical Insurance Plans
Travel With Assurance: Affordable Travel and Medical Insurance Plans Mrs. Joyce Sechrest, a pastor’s wife and mother of missionary children, understands all too well the challenges of finding affordable insurance on a ministry family budget. With more than 15 years experience as an Independent Health and Life Insurance Agent, Mrs. Sechrest desires to help save Read More
Map Tools for Deputation and Furlough
One of our missionaries shared a new website tool with us: FreeMapTools.com. One feature specifically that may be a real help to missionaries who are traveling to many different churches is the “Measure Distance From Central Point To Many” tool. Anyone who wants to know how far away a list of addresses is from home Read More
Travel Agents
Bob and Leonor Schmidt are travel agents who are willing to help missionaries find discounted international flights. They do not charge for their services. If you are a missionary in need of international travel assistance, please contact them at 850-983-3954. Read More
Travel Agent Recommendation
Andrew Smith at High Point. High Point has a specialty in missions airfare. Direct phone line: 972-284-1357 Email: asmith@highpointgo.com Address: 12160 Abrams Rd. Suite 320, Dallas, TX 75243 Read More
Vehicle Leasing for Furloughs
Missionary TECH Team (located in Longview, TX) is now leasing vehicles for missionaries on furlough. Their rates for rentals are listed below, and more information, as well as the lease application form, can be found here. • Short-Term Lease (60 days or less) $17 per day, unlimited mileage. • Long-Term Lease $6.50 per day + mileage. – Car Read More
Car Rentals
Missionaries are invited to use World Wide New Testament Baptist Missions’ corporate discount when renting cars from Enterprise and National car rental agencies. Reference account number OSMB53A whenever you are booking a rental. Some perks to using the corporate account: Receive your corporate discount when you use your Emerald Club number. Bypass the counter at Read More
Skip the Airport’s US Customs Line
This article from Apple Insider introduces a new mobile app that can expedite reentry into the US via certain airports. The app, Mobile Passport, has been authorized by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and can streamline an entire family’s customs process. Without the app the typical wait time averages over an hour. From the article: Read More
Prophets Chamber Information
The Ruwersma family (missionaries to the United Kingdom) has created a database of Prophets Chambers in the Northeastern and Southeastern U.S. They also include links to other resources for places to stay. You can view their database by clicking here. The password for the site is rest. Another resource for Prophets Chamber information is a Read More
Travel and Credit Card Tips
Brother Gabriel Eiben has sent us some good tips for travel and credit cards. 1. We have been double-charged repeatedly on our credit cards since arriving here on Pohnpei. Thankfully we were able to dispute the charges electronically, and all the charges were removed. Having frequent internet access to your credit card account is important, and double-checking Read More
Iowa Missionary Home
A missionary home in Iowa is available June 1, 2016. It is a fully-furnished 3-bedroom, 2-bath, ranch-style with 2,400 square feet living area. HOME DESCRIPTION Fully-furnished, well-kept, well-insulated, 3-bedroom, 2-bath, ranch-style home with 2,400 square feet living area, deck and attached garage. RENT $490 per month plus 80% of utilities (which is much less than similar Read More