First of all, I want you all to know that thanks to your amazing generous selves, I am down to only needing $946 to be fully funded!! Whoop whoop!! Will you help me finish strong?
Meet Linus the Van
Yes, we named him. Specifically after the Peanuts character. Our van is well….. kind of pathetic. We want your help to raise the funds to purchase a new van for our hosts.
Our ministry hosts were able to buy the van at an extremely discounted price. At the time they bought it, it was already old and breaking down, but they needed a vehicle for ministry purposes and Linus was the only feasible option.
In the two weeks with our ministry, the van has broken down at least twice a day. Once leaving us stranded at a gas station for over an hour. Every morning it takes about six tries to get it started. The van will randomly shut off while driving, and often dies while it’s in reverse, or just in the middle of the road.
But, to our ministry hosts, Linus is the only option. Our ministry hosts consist of a married couple, Pirot and Meow. Pirot is a pastor and as a pastor, he does not take home any salary. He fixes air conditioning units on the side and Meow sells handmade purses. They make just enough to pay the bills.
They are a couple who have dedicated their lives to God. They have given everything they have to Him and aim to love the people in their community. Their passion is in evangelizing and sharing the Gospel in their area, which isn’t very common here.
They spend their time reaching out to children at risk, running English camps, visiting schools to teach English and the gospel, handing out Operation Christmas Child boxes, running Bible Studies and worship out of the building next to their house, and being a safe space for children in the community to come and hang out. For more about their ministry visit: http://caitlinhunter.theworldrace.org/post/english-camp
In order to run their ministry and be effective, they need reliable transportation. The church Pirot pastors is a twenty minute drive from their house, they visit schools within a thirty minute radius all the time, and evangelism is a huge part of their calling. Since good ole Linus isn’t holding up his end of the bargain, we feel compelled to help them get more reliable transportation. This new van would also transport future World Race and other ministry teams that come work with them.
Pirot and Meow would never ask for anything, but they have become family to us and we want to bless them. They have no idea that we are trying to do this!
What we are asking is a tall order, but we believe that God will provide.
A new van costs about $45,000. The pastor has said that a nice used van goes for about $15,000.* So this is our goal! This is what we want to raise, in order to ensure that they can continue running their ministry. We only have until May 25th to raise this money because we leave our ministry site on Sunday, May 28th!
In the first four days of our fundraiser, we’ve raised over $4,000!!! Crazy!!
Every little bit helps, whether it is $1, $5, or $10. All donations are tax deductible! Whether you can or cannot help financially please share this post to help us spread the word as we are under an incredibly tight deadline.
To donate please go to: https://give.adventures.org/campaign.asp?campaignid=4119
— Team Bamboo
*The crowdfunding site used by Adventures in Missions has a 15% fee, making our actual goal $17,250, in order for the Pastor to receive the full $15,000
