Ok, I thought it was time to update all of you on how my support raising is going and explain a few things. First, along the left side of this blog I am constantly updating the running total of how the support raising is coming. If you want to know, check there. Second, I want to thank everyone who has given me financial support, prayer, encouragement, and help on support events! Y’all have been awesome and I feel very blessed to have such great family and friends to help me meet this goal.
Support raising is going very well so far. It’s kind of an overwhelming process at the beginning, but it’s been very encouraging, fun, and faith building to see the total chip away every week. We’ve only been at this for a little over a month and we are already doing very well.
The most recent positive update that I have to share is our garage sale weekend. Three weeks ago we had a garage sale at our house (see previous blog post) and raised $570 in one Saturday! This weekend we had another sale on Friday and Saturday and raised another $890, bringing my World Race garage sale total to $1,460!! That’s a tenth of the total support that I need to raise for 11 months all from random stuff that was laying around our house and donations from friends and women from church. Counting all this money, donations I’ve already received, and gifts that have been promised for the future, I’m only $203 short of being halfway funded!! In one month!! The goal is to be fully funded before I launch at the beginning of January so that this blog can be used for ministry, information, and encouragement, and not support raising updates:)
I couldn’t have done all this without tons of help from my family and friends. My mom and Aunt Barb sorted through things for hours while my dad and I were at work. My dad, Barb, and my Uncle Steve helped me do the first sale. My mom, dad, Barb, Steve, and one of my best friends, Kaylan, helped me with this weekend’s sale. Having all of them to help made it doable and lots of fun! I got to hand out fliers to people and talk about the Race. And I even got to use my Spanish, which I miss a lot! We met so many nice people, some of whom might be reading this blog now:)
Here are some pictures from this weekend’s sale
My mom and me at the garage sale
Me with my Uncle Steve (also note my stylish World Race T-shirt which can be purchased for $20 from my teammate Joy Robertson to support her race)
Yes, that’s right, Tony Little’s Gazelle finally paid off…not in exercise, but at least we could sell it for the WR. And yes, I’m wearing socks with Keens…I’ve decided to embrace all manner of fashion faux pas for the next year:)
My lovely little friend Kaylan
So where does the money go??
This is a finances breakdown that my team leader, Tiffany Prater, posted on her blog…I liked it so I’m stealing it:)
Your $3.00 donation will pay for my transportation (from my housing to my ministry site) for one day.
($21 for one week and $93 for one month)
Your $3.75 donation will pay for my meals for one day.
($26.25 for one week and $116.25 for one month)
Your $5.25 donation will pay for my lodging for one day.
($36.75 for one week and $162.75 for one month)
Your $460 donation will pay for all of my personal expenses for one month. (This includes all of the above plus important stuff like translators and necessary things like toilet paper)
Adventures in Missions has perfected the art of sending hundreds of us around the world on an extremely tight budget. Here’s an incredible statistic for you: all our international air travel for 11 months to 11 countries on different continents around the world is only going to cost $4,300!! That’s the cost of a lot of week-long missions trips.
Why would it be awesome to be fully funded before I launch?
When we need to fundraise on the field, that means time away from our ministry sites to focus on calling/e-mailing/blogging to try to raise funds. I would like to spend every day while I am gone ministering to those in need. When I call/e-mail/blog I want to be able to share stories of healing, restoration, and ministry, not asking for money. I want this blog to be an extension of the ministry that I am doing around the world and to be something that will bless all of you who read it. So please help me live and write these stories by helping me get to $14,300 by December 31, 2010. Every penny helps! Click HERE to make a donation. Donating online is quick and easy, but unfortunately it takes 5% for the credit card company, so if you want to avoid fees you can make checks out to Adventures in Missions and send them to P.O. Box 534470 Atlanta, GA 30353
Thank you so much!!
