I've got some fundraising Swag. You guys can now donate to my race by purchasing shirts or bracelets!
For shirts I have partnered with an awesome organization called Fund The Nations. They use their giftings in graphic design to create shirts for causes, like mine. They design the shirts for free and then I take orders in them. Whenever enough people place orders through me for the shirts, I send a little bit of the money raised to Fund The Nations to actually pay for the shirts, and they send me the sizes you guys asked for! It's great because that saves me from having to invest a lot of money into shirts that I don't know if anyone will buy. It's an awesome company that is having a hand in countless ministries across the world. Praise God for the impact they're making on the Earth as well as the way they are bringing the Kingdom. Check them out at http://www.fundthenations.com
So here's the shirts they designed for me. I'll be selling them for $20 a piece. When you place an order for one, please include your name, size, address and email so that I can contact you whenever your shirt arrives, and, if necessary, I can mail it to you. So here it is, buy one…or two...or a lot.
Cool beans.
Moving on…
I also have another cool fundraising shindig going on at the moment, because I know how much you guys like donating to a cause that also provides you with swag. The second amazing ministry with which I have partnered is Threads of Hope, found at http://www.threadsofhope.com.ph/
What these guys do is super cool. They are a ministry in Philippines that employs people by having them make bracelets. Those bracelets are then used as fundraising tools for missionaries and organizations all over the world.
So, in my case, I wrote to Threads of Hope telling them what I was doing, and they agreed to partner with me. I told them an amount of bracelets that I thought I could sell, and they sent them to me for no charge! No postage. No initial purchase. They are trusting me to sell the bracelets for $2 each–that way the people who made the bracelets get $1 and I get $1. When I have sold a portion of the bracelets, I just send their half of them profits back to Threads of Hope and who ever made my bracelets gets paid! Not to mention I get supported as well! And, If I don't happen to sell as many as I thought I could, no worries, I just package them up and send the unsold ones back to Threads of Hope! So when you support me by purchasing bracelets, you're not just supporting me, you are also supporting a family in the Philippines! (I changed to blue because red looked so angry…I'm not angry! I'm excited!)
"Woah! That's a cool ministry!", you're saying.
"I know!", replies Chris, "So get involved!"
Again: What an awesome ministry!
So here is an example of the bracelets I am now selling.
BOOM! …so cool.
If you choose to purchase a bracelet, but you don't see me frequently enough for me to just give it to you, do me a favor and hook me up with your Name, address, and Email so we can get your bracelets to you.
You can give me that information by clicking on that tab over to your left…the one that says "Contact Your Boy".
You could also give via GoFundMe. Check out this link: http://www.gofundme.com/2j7yok
Thank you all so much for your support! Please continue praying. This month you could join me by praying for South Korea. It is in serious need of prayer what with the current state of affairs. Pray for the country itself, the people, that their hearts will be open and ready to recieve the good news, for me and my squad and the time we spend here. Pray for our trip to go smoothly, relationships to be built, bonds to be broken, captives to be set free, stone hearts to be turned to flesh, and an awakening and renewal of the me, my team, my squad, our ministry contacts, the other people with whom we will come into contact, and the country as a whole. Be expecting a blog very soon about ways to partner with me in bathing this trip in prayer.
Also be in prayer that hearts will be convicted to support me financially, and consider giving, whether it is a one-time gift or a monthly donation. We are only 8 months away from my departure and we still have $14,443.20 until I am fully funded. Pray Pray Pray!
I love you guys all so much.
