Well folks, the countdown is on! I leave for the World Race in 25 days! To update everyone, I have $4763 in my account as we speak. Total raised with cash and pledges is around 6400. That means I still need to raise around 7400. If you feel led to support me financially, you can click on the “support Me” link to the left of my page. You can choose to do a one time gift, donate monthly, however you want. Here is a blog that squad leader Allison Johnston wrote. I couldn’t have picked any better words myself. I encourage you to consider the concept less is more. By sacrificing one thing you love, (like that Venti Chai Latte or that amazing Cinnamon Crunch Bagel from Panera) once a week during the 11 months that I am gone, and donating that money to The World Race, you are making a HUGE impact in God’s Kingdom. Venti Chai Latte from Starbucks=$4, Cinnamon Crunch Bagel from Panera=$2, Sending us out to be the hands and feet of Jesus, so we can show and give God’s love bringing new brothers and sisters into relationship with Christ=PRICELESS!!!!
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Each week a bunch of us drive through the handy-dandy Starbucks window and fork over at least $4 for a great cup of coffee. Maybe you are even one of those super fancy people whose Starbucks order takes at least 2 minutes to write down (triple grande, decaf, 4 pumps, white chocolate, soy, no whip, super skinny, whatever….coffee). What does that even mean anyways? Most of the time I pull up to the window and am so nervous I can’t remember my order and just mumble “coffee, with lots of milk” The really nice lady always replies “what size?” and I smile and say “small” thinking I will at least get something right and then she just laughs at me. I swear, this coffee ordering has become an art form. Anyways, I was at Starbucks last week with a friend and we were lamenting that it is so expensive and we are all going to get fat and be poor from all our coffee-drinking habits. Probably true, but it made me think about a few things.
Can we consume one less Starbucks a week?
I did some quick math and figured out that if 50 blog stalkers (i mean, readers) agreed to drink one less Starbucks a week (at approx $4 a coffee) and would donate that $4 per week to supporting the World Race it would make a SIGNIFICANT dent in the support I need to raise in the coming months and would make a long-term impact on the world for Jesus. By supporting the World Race, you are not just supporting me personally, but the 52 teammates I am traveling with this year and all of the people we will come in contact with throughout the year. It is an incredible opportunity to spread the love of Jesus–and all you have to do is drive PAST the Starbucks once a week.
I am astounded at the number of hits the blogs receive and I know that there are 50 of us out there that are passionate enough about the world and the people in the world and we want to make an impact. To think that I can impact a life simply by choosing NOT to drink a coffee once a week is astonishing. This challenge is for me too and I commit to joining all of you in the campaign.
Simply click SUPPORT ME on the left-hand side of the screen to donate on-line, or email me and I will email you a form for automatic bank withdrawls–either way is tax-deductible and simple! Click once a week, or once a month, or maybe all up-front, either way is joining us in the effort to spread the love of Jesus.
ps–I just checked the nutritional information and HOLY COW! Why didn’t I ever look at this before?? Did you know a peppermint mocha was 500 calories and 76 grams of SUGAR! Geez, you guys are going to thank me for helping you lose weight too! Wow, I certainly no longer need any further motivation to drive past and start clicking!
