- NEXTRECORD - reports mailed to petitioner in 1992 indicate that petitioner participated in the MBA plan. The DFM has no official policy with respect to sick leave; however, it does recommend that missionaries limit their vacation days to 30 or fewer per year. Missionaries are not required to report to the DFM either sick leave or vacation days taken. Thus, the DFM does not maintain any records reflecting the days and hours worked by its missionaries. Missionaries continue to receive their personal allowance while on vacation and sick leave. d. Communication With the DFM Apart from the monthly deputational and disbursement reports, petitioner and the DFM communicated on an irregular basis during his year of deputational ministry. The DFM did not contact petitioner at all during that year, and petitioner called the DFM only occasionally for information relating to shipping his belongings to Bangladesh. Other than the quarterly field reports and the monthly disbursement reports, there was no regular form of communication between petitioner and the DFM during his foreign field mission work. The DFM requires missionaries to attend the "School of Missions" during their deputation year of each 5-year cycle. The School of Missions is not for training purposes; rather, it is a "spiritual debriefing" for missionaries and their families that have been exposed to foreign cultures for long periods of time.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next
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