Newsletter – May 11, 2022

Newsletter
Links:  Why change…change is uncomfortable!
It has become evident that Links, alone, is not enough…the program, as we’ve known it for many years, is too small & restrictive to efficiently care for all Nazarene Missionaries.  
Please read this newsletter carefully.  It contains a LOT of new information.

As always: Newsletters are archived at  http://etnmi.org/category/newsletter/

In the last 3 years (present Links assignment time period), 47% of USA/Canada had one or more Links assignment change.  E TN “lost” Norma Brunson, our retired missionary, since retirees were only given one year on the Links program after retirement; we “lost” the Webbs when they accepted a church assignment in TX, on US/Mexico border.  Even though Norma Brunson & the Webbs were no longer “official” Links, we have kept connection:  birthday card shower for Norma Brunson, and Valentines for Jesus project connected to South Border District  in Mexico, where the Webbs served.  That left us with Chad Dickerson, with whom many on our district formed a beautiful bond. 
                       PRAY FOR CHAD AND LINDSEY…TOMORRROW, MAY 12, IS THEIR WEDDING DAY!
E TN also had the amazing privilege of sending Joshua & Katie Haun to Bulgaria as Global Missionaries, so we were blessed to adopt them as Links missionaries…because we sent them, not because they were assigned to us.

NEW GLOBAL LINKS POLICY
1.  The [new] Links cycle length will follow the calendar year (January-December).
       All districts, all over the world (not only US) will receive Links assignment sometime this month (MAY)           Then, new Links policy goes into effect.  This FIRST year of the new Links program, all districts will have
       the same Links missionary from July 2022-January 2024.  After January 2024, all districts will be on
       the 12 month cycle, and will receive new Links assignments each January. 
 
2.  Each district will automatically be connected to SENT missionaries from their distirct (HAUNS, from E TN)
      What a blessing!  E TN is in the minority of districts with SENT missionaries from their district, and           
      oursare  GREAT!  The Hauns are some of the best communicators in Global Missions.
 
3.  In addition, each district will be assigned ONE globally deployed missionary.
        As soon as we are assigned our new Links missionary, E TN NMI will contact them to learn birthdays,
       etc., family  connections, and facts about their assignment.  That will be shared with you ASAP.  The
        fact that, unlike most  other districts, we will have our NMI convention AFTER receiving our
         assignment, will be helpful!  Retired missionaries, who meet Global Missions requirements as a
         retiree, are to be provided care from their home district. 
 
4.  All financial gifts will go the through DEPUTATION account.
        There will be no Links accounts, due to issues with US tax laws. 
 
5. All personal gifts will be processed directly between the missionary and the giver. Tax laws & procedures will be the  responsibility of the giver and the missionary.  
        I have shared, on weekly newsletters, how to send personal gifts to the Hauns. I will do that with new            Links as  soon  as we have the information.  
   
6.  Each Global missionary will have an assignment that will rotate around the six regions every cycle.
       This means our newly assigned Links missionary could be a missionary sent from a country other that
       the US! 
 
NEW GLOBAL LINKS POLICY IS

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