How missionaries make a living
AIM is a "faith mission" organization. That means the missionaries who work under the banner of AIM are all individually supported, and the responsibility to raise that support is the missionary's. AIM does not employ us. They simply represent us, and us them. Our mission organization (and the IRS) determines what level of support is reasonable based on our family size and specific ministry overseas. This is our "support target," and monthly contributions from about 50 individuals and 5 churches make up this support structure for us. We rely on these gifts to live and work where we do, and ultimately we trust in faith that God will provide what we need. All money given to AIM in our name goes to us. It then gets allocated for our various needs – A salary, health care, pension, and the various logistics of living and working overseas.

In the years we have been active missionaries, we have seen our support go up and down. Our "target" has changed as our family has grown, we have gained supporters along the way, and lost some too. Although most people make pledges on how they will give, we never know what will happen from month to month. Coming from a culture where securing your own financial independence is supposed to be the key to happiness, we are certainly traveling in a different direction. We are, quite simply, constrained to trust God. Some days this is a struggle, and some days I think we may have stumbled onto the real key to happiness – being involved in something bigger than ourselves, and the pursuit of something far more meaningful than financial success.

How To
If you are interested in supporting us financially, either one-time or regularly, simply send a check to AIM along with a note designating the funds for the "Delorenzos." 100% of gifts designated for us go to our personal support and ministry and are tax-deductible.

Send To
Africa Inland Mission
PO Box 178
Pearl River, NY 10965

Online
Online giving is possible through AIM's website. AIM also offers an option for setting up automatic contributions from month to month – a very practical way to help bring stability to our support structure. Find out more about online giving or setting up automatic contributions through these linked pages.


Special Project: "Media Ministry"
This year I begin working with AIM's On-Field Media team. The ministry is a new one for our mission, and sorely needed. The goal is simple: "Declare His Glory" -Psalm 96:3. Starting out, I will be working with two other guys, both of them full time in this work, and myself only part time. The three of us will begin to tell the stories of missions here in Africa, through writing, video, photography, web, and some other creative means. It's a grassroots effort... three guys telling the stories of some 700 missionaries (and beyond.) Each of us on the team are doing a little of everything, and we each have to come up with our own equipment and tools for the job. For me that includes cameras, both video and still, lenses, software, computers, and an endless array of hard drives among other things. I have opened up a project with AIM to help raise funds and keep me equipped to do this job well. It is an ongoing project in order to supply a ministry which will undoubtedly grow rapidly. All financial gifts are tax-deductible and go directly into our ministry account. If you would like to support our work in this way, just send your gift with a note designating it for the "Delorenzo Media Ministry."

For more information on the ministry, check out www.aim-ofm.org