{"id":5549,"date":"2019-04-18T19:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T18:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=5549"},"modified":"2019-04-18T19:00:01","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T18:00:01","slug":"bookkeeping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2019\/04\/18\/bookkeeping\/","title":{"rendered":"Bookkeeping!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/Jeff-and-Carolyn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5550\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/Jeff-and-Carolyn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/Jeff-and-Carolyn.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/Jeff-and-Carolyn-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jeff S. is our field accountant, and he recently ran an internal audit on my CAR bookkeeping.\u00a0 Since Roy and I are the only Covenant missionaries in CAR, one of us has to be treasurer.\u00a0 Guess who gets the job?\u00a0 Roy gets to be the country coordinator, so I\u2019ll take the treasurer position any day!!\u00a0 Dealing with 3 currencies with their bank and petty cash accounts with their varying exchange rates are enough to make me go crazy, but Jeff is always understanding and patient, helping me navigate through what I don\u2019t understand.\u00a0 I must say the same about our mission\u2019s main office accountant and dear friend, Gretchen D.\u00a0 I confess I love to put numbers in their proper boxes in order on a spreadsheet, but these two help me to wrap my head around the bigger picture.\u00a0 I thank God for the unique gifts he gives each one of us!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=5549&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff S. is our field accountant, and he recently ran an internal audit on my CAR bookkeeping.\u00a0 Since Roy and I are the only Covenant missionaries in CAR, one of us has to be treasurer.\u00a0 Guess who gets the job?\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2019\/04\/18\/bookkeeping\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ministry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bookkeeping! 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