GoodSeed Canada is changing the way we do our books. Not our printed books – the evangelism resources used around the world – those will stay the same. I’m talking about our bookkeeping and accounting!
It is always a challenge for a ministry to find someone qualified and up-to-date on bookkeeping and accounting, especially if they are volunteering or have to raise support. Yet the rest of the ministry can’t go on without this important work. A few months ago, a friend told us about an organization that exists to help other ministries with these tasks.
We are outsourcing our bookkeeping and accounting to The Great Commission Foundation (GCF), a Christian organization that helps ministries with back office support. Their goal is to free people up to do the ministry of the great commission, and not have to keep up to date with the ever-changing charity laws and regulations.
GCF will be able to help us with accepting donations, tax receipts, payroll, annual auditing, and Canada Revenue Agency compliance. This will also make our bookkeeping arms-length for greater accountability.
As part of their service, GCF has created web pages for GoodSeed Canada to accept donations.
For Canada: https://53997.thankyou4caring.org/goodseed-donation-page
For United States: https://53997001.thankyou4caring.org/goodseed-us-donation-page
This is a big change for us at GoodSeed, but this service will be a huge help for our ministry as we move forward. One of the changes will be that we will now have a 5% administrative fee deducted off all donations received. In the past, GoodSeed has not had an admin fee on donations, as our bookkeeping staff have been volunteers or missionaries. We have found this 5% to be very reasonable, as most missions charge quite a bit more. Please pray for GoodSeed Canada as we make this change and for Troy as he is in tasked with making it happen.
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The month of March brought us to a milestone in our family. Our eldest daughter, Ellie, turned 13 – a teenager!
Typically, we do a family birthday adventure where we all go and do something fun together to make memories and celebrate as a family. For this milestone, we decided that we’d take Ellie on a parent/teenager trip, just the three of us, for the afternoon and evening. We spent some time hanging out in Calgary, wandering a mall in the district, and finished off a gift card with some clothes that Ellie picked out for herself.
Ellie has also developed a liking for sushi. Not sure where that came from, but we took her out for supper at a Japanese restaurant.
Ellie saved up her money to buy herself a ukulele. She has been picking away at learning how to play it. (See what I did there?)
We love this young lady deeply and appreciate your prayers for us as we guide her through another stage of life into womanhood.
