Missionaries have been support raising in some form or another since Paul and Barnabas were sent off from Antioch.  But God leads different missionaries to go about this in different ways.  Below are some of the unique ways that Bruno and I believe God has led us to go about this process. 

1) We have raised 24/7 prayer support.  To our knowledge, this is very rare.  We are very grateful to the Lord for how He has provided this so miraculously, and to all those who have been a part of this miracle.  We have divided a week into 336 half-hour slots, and have 336 individuals who have committed to praying for us for half an hour a week at given times for the next five years. 

2) We have raised our support interdenominationally.  We want to have supporting churches from every major Christian denomination, so that our support network will (in a small way) represent the universal body of Christ that we all affirm in the Apostles' Creed.  So far we have supporters that are Lutheran, Baptist, Presbyterian, Pentecostal, Independant, Evangelical Free, Redeemed Church of God, Methodist, and Non-denominational - to name a few.

3) We are raising some of our support in Cameroon, as well as in the US and Canada.  We are doing this because we believe that Cameroonian churches should participate in supporting the ministries that are reaching people in their own country.  While most Cameroonian churches are poor, we believe that it is important for them to participate as much as they are able.  They participate by praying for our work, but also by giving financially.  Their gifts are a fragrant offering to God, and show that they too are taking part in what He is doing in thier country.

4) We believe that support raising is a two way street.  We believe that it is not only about us gaining partners who will pray for us and/or give financially to the work God has entrusted to us, it is also about our ministering to the churches where we share, and us learning from them and the ministries God had given them.  We hope to encourage the believers in each church to inspire them to think globally and to dream big dreams of what God can do.  If we do not get any prayer or financial support from some of the churches where we share, we are fine with that so long as we are able to minister to them.

5) We believe that prayer support is actually more important than financial support.  Really.  We need financial supporters, but we need prayer partners even more.  We believe that prayer is absolutely crucial to effective ministry because it is through prayer that we learn dependence upon God.  And without Him, we can do absolutely nothing!