{"id":24309,"date":"2023-03-14T14:19:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T20:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/?p=24309"},"modified":"2023-03-14T14:19:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T20:19:32","slug":"sarkar-deputation-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/news\/sarkar-deputation-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarkar Deputation Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2019_Sarkar_Pictures_Most-Recent-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21858 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2019_Sarkar_Pictures_Most-Recent-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2019_Sarkar_Pictures_Most-Recent-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2019_Sarkar_Pictures_Most-Recent-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2019_Sarkar_Pictures_Most-Recent-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2019_Sarkar_Pictures_Most-Recent-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2019_Sarkar_Pictures_Most-Recent-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2019_Sarkar_Pictures_Most-Recent-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2019_Sarkar_Pictures_Most-Recent-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>D. K. and Choity Sarkar have been serving with EFM since 2003 and lead a growing church planting ministry in the state of West Bengal, India. Their last deputation in the United States was about ten years ago. We are pleased to announce that they will arrive to the U.S. for deputation next week and will remain here through the middle of June. Their primary purpose on deputation over the coming months is to express their deep gratitude to those of you who are partnering with them in prayer and financial support. They also hope to find others who the Lord might lead to partner with them in prayer and\/or financial support.<\/p>\n<p>Here is their general schedule:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oregon: March 21 through April 17<\/li>\n<li>Northern Idaho: April 19 through April 31<\/li>\n<li>Indiana: May 2 through May 8<\/li>\n<li>Colorado: May 10 through May 28<\/li>\n<li>EFM Board Meetings: May 29 through June 1<\/li>\n<li>Personal Vacation Time: June 1 through 14<\/li>\n<li>Depart for India: June 15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you would like to schedule an opportunity to meet with D. K. and Choity, please email <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"Mailto:kimberly@friendsmission.com\">Kimberly Mer<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, our Director of Operations and Communications, or fill out <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/dWSmkvYNkm\">this form<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. You can also contact D. K. directly at <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"mailto:dks@friendsmission.com\"><strong>dks@friendsmission.com<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #c8ced6;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>There are two ways to partner with D. K. and Choity:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer:<\/strong> At this time, they have 272 prayer partners and have a goal to raise it to 350. Please share this link with anyone that you believe may want to sign up to partner with them in prayer &#8211; https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/sarkar\/.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Financial:<\/strong> They are currently at 63% of their need for ongoing monthly support and will need to raise it before going back to India. If you are a current monthly supporter, thank you. It is important to let D. K. and Choity know that you plan to continue or increase your giving. If you are not currently giving, would you prayerfully consider joining their financial partner team? There are four ways to give:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Online.<\/strong> Visit <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.friendsmission.com\/sarkar\">https:\/\/catalog.friendsmission.com\/sarkar<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span> You\u2019ll be given the opportunity to indicate whether you are making a recurring or one-time gift.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Credit Card.<\/strong> This may be given online (as stated above) or by calling the EFM office (303-421-8100) to give your information to a live person.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Automatic Bank Transfer.<\/strong> Download the form here and email it Debby McElroy (EFM Bookkeeper) at <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"mailto:debby@friendsmission.com\">debby@friendsmission.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. Please note that ACH payments are processed on the 10th or 25th of the month.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Check.<\/strong> Mail a check to EFM, P.O. Box 771139, Wichita, KS 67277. Make sure to mark your check \u201cSarkar Support\u201d and note if you will be giving on a recurring basis (monthly, quarterly, etc.). Pay to the order of \u201cEFM.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Thank you for being part of this journey with D.K. and Choity. You are not only a blessing to them but also to those who are being reached for Christ through their ministry. The Lord bless and keep you as well!<\/p>\n<p>Your fellow servant in Christ,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1514 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Dan-Signature-e1552946689697-300x56.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"56\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Dan-Signature-e1552946689697-300x56.png 300w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Dan-Signature-e1552946689697-768x143.png 768w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Dan-Signature-e1552946689697-1024x191.png 1024w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Dan-Signature-e1552946689697-600x112.png 600w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Dan-Signature-e1552946689697.png 1109w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dan Cammack<br \/>\nField Director<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D. K. and Choity Sarkar have been serving with EFM since 2003 and lead a growing church planting ministry in the state of West Bengal, India. Their last deputation in the United States was about ten years ago. We are pleased to announce that they will arrive to the U.S. for deputation next week and [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"full","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24309","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24309"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24312,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24309\/revisions\/24312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}