No More Blogs!!!
Many of your inboxes are probably trashed after this month full of my daily blogs. I know they are, because many of you have told me: “Wow James you’ve really been blowing up my inbox this month! I just about unsubscribed from your blog!” Thanks. Thanks a lot. Lol. If I could have not received all my alerts and blog receipts I would have unsubscribed too!
The explaination was that this month was a practice in blogging. I really haven’t blogged enough over the race so far, the unofficial AIM goal is twice a week. Also, since we’re going off to a country where we won’t be allowed internet accesss for a month for security reasons, I also wanted to make sure you were all blogged up so that this next month would be a little break for you! I’ll resume blogging in April, but not daily. However, you may see a short flood of March blogs once the month is over, just so you can be kept informed of what we and God have been doing.
Lastly, I was hoping that a little more communication to you, my supporters would have resulted in more financial support to help take a chunk out of the $4,000 I have left to raise, and whatever remaining balance of which I’ll be paying out of pocket at the end of the race. Unfortunately, my final support deadlines we not met, and I was in danger of being sent home. But after chatting with AIM finance department they were gracious enough to keep me on the race with the promise that I’ll pay any balance at the end. I have no idea what God’s plan is in this but I’m not launching any complaint about it, either. Complaining is shallow and empty.
I understand that times are hard in the states. They’re just as hard or harder everywhere else. Alex Kuhlow, whom God used to start Threads of Hope, has made a super cool offer that I’d like to share with you. You see, Threads of Hope bracelets are often sold at fundraising events, and in fact many World Racers have sold ToH bracelets to raise support. So, money may be hard to come by, but if you have a little time on your hands and would like to help support me, you can email Alex at [email protected] and let him know you’d like to help sell some bracelets as a fundraiser to help me. He will ship bracelets to you for free, you don’t have to pay shipping or pre-buy them. If you want to have a booth or something he can also include banners and DVDs and signs for free. They can also pay any event booth fees. The bracelets typically sell for $1 or $2 and half the proceeds go back to ToH. The bracelets typically sell so well that some racers have even funded their entire race by bracelet sales.
So, if that sounds like something you’d be interested in, please contact Alex at [email protected]. Not only will you be helping to support me, but also helping to keep young women out of the sex trade by supporting their bracelet business, as well as providing an open door to share Christ with anyone who inquires about them.
God bless you and keep you. Once again, I’m going dark for a month so expect to hear from me next in April. Thank you for all your prayers and support!
By the way, if I can gank some pictures from my teammates’ cameras I’ll post a photo blog. But besides that, you can check out their blogs with photos and video at
jonathanbunford.theworldrace.org
cinthiaramirez.theworldrace.org
derekbegin.theworldrace.org
bethsaidaportalatin.theworldrace.org
amandaburkett.theworldrace.org
sarahgaddy.theworldrace.org
