The Price is "Fright" Game

I’ve put together a little game called, “The Price is “Fright!” to give you a fun way of comparing prices between the USA and Slovakia for some common household items. Check it out below. I tried to create a simple web page for it, but that’s getting out of my ability-zone. So, just select the answer you think is right and drop me an email with your answers. I’ll publish the right answers next week.

In the past 2 years, the drop of the dollar (36%) and the rise in prices here in Slovakia has caused over a 50% drop in buying power. Basically, that means that 2 years ago, we could buy an ice cream cone on the square for about 60 cents for a triple scoop cone. The same cone today costs about $1.42. No biggie when you consider that B&R costs about $4.50 for a triple scoop (at least the last time I was there!), but when you figure that’s true across the board whether you’re buying gasoline, detergent, food or whatever. That hurts.

Anyway, check out “The Price is “Fright!” for a little fun insight to our lives here in Slovakia!

1. A 1.35oz-sized Dove Deodorant Roll-on in Slovakia costs:
        a. $4.68 or 89 crowns
        b. $5.26 or 100 crowns
        c. $5.99 or 114 crowns
        d. $7.84 or 149 crowns

2. A gallon of gas in Slovakia costs:
        a. $3.50 or 67 crowns
        b. $5.25 or 99.75 crowns
        c. $6.33 or 127 crowns
        d. $8.84 or 168 crowns

3. 6.6lbs of charcoal (3 kg) in Slovakia costs:
        a. $4.00 or 76 crowns
        b. $5.26 or 100 crowns
        c. $9.95 or 189 crowns
        d. $15.84 or 301 crowns

4. 13.2 lbs of laundry detergent in Slovakia costs:
        a. $4.00 or 76 crowns
        b. $12.26 or 233 crowns
        c. $16.95 or 322 crowns
        d. $31.50 or 599 crowns

5. Gillette Mach 3 razor blades (pack of 2) in Slovakia costs:
        a. $4.60 or 87.5 crowns
        b. $5.99 or 114 crowns
        c. $9.95 or 189 crowns
        d. $11.95 or 228 crowns

6. Nescafe Instant Coffee (200g/6.76oz) in Slovakia costs:
        a. $4.50 or 85.5 crowns
        b. $4.99 or 95 crowns
        c. $6.95 or 132 crowns
        d. $17.85 or 339 crowns

Just email your answers in the form of 1a, 2b, 3c, 4d, 5a, 6b and I’ll let you know how you did! Here’s my email address:

Freebies in missions?

I am struggling with something. I have a friend who is a Slovak. He has a degree in theology, lots of experience in evangelistic kinds of ministries and is a generally nice, hard-working kind of guy.

He decided to pursue missions in his home town, so he decided to find support outside of his church so as not to burden the church with financial issues.

So, here is the situation:

He is a fully-supported, missions-minded worker for the local church.
The church provides him some space for an office and some other amenities like copying, etc.

Now, the confusion. Is there any church that wouldn’t want to have at their disposal a full-time Christian worker reaching out to their community, expanding the Kingdom of God?

But it appears that this church is having some trouble with making the adjustment to having a full-time paid (by others, not by the church) missions worker.

Can you shed some light on this? I have some thoughts, but I’ll hold off on that ‘til later.