I stole this from a lovely lady who will also be going on the July Route 2 World Race named Brandi Wilcox. However, she said this waaaay better than I could so I'm just gonna borrow her words 🙂 Hope she doesn't mind 😉
Her Blog post was as follows:
IF you file your taxes by way of form 1040, then line #40 can be of great help to you if you itemize your deductions. What better way to add to your deductions than to contribute towards the work that God is doing around the world!
While on the Word Race I will be able to…
Witness captives being set free
Heal the sick
Hold orphans
Share Jesus
Serve as Jesus served
Feed the hungry
Be the Hands and Feet of Jesus
Fight Human Trafficking
Care for the homeless
Live with Gypsies
Your contribution made towards this ministry serves as not only a tax deduction, but you will enable me to go and share Jesus with 11 nations.
Due to my accounting degree, I like to break things down to know the details. Let me share with you some numbers…
$3.75 (food)
$5.25 (lodging)
$3.00 (transportation)
$3.33 (Long distance traveling)
=
$15.33
Excluding intercontinental travel, I will be living on $15.33 a day for 11 months!
Maybe your tax deduction can go towards the following…
One month of daily living expenses for me… $459.90
One month of food… $112.50
One month of lodging… $157.50
One month of transportation… $90.00
One month of Long distance traveling… $99.90
Many of you know how I have used 11:11 in several of my blogs or the whole #11n11. Well, you see, if you double that (so 11 x 2) it is 22! Also, that just happens to be the number of years I have been on this earth!
(SIDENOTE: Yes, I will be on The World Race for 11 months, and these are for 22 months worth of donations. That intercontinental travel that I was talking about above is where the extra 11 months for each item comes from. Sorry if this confused anyone.)
If 22 people supported one month's worth of food…
If 22 other people supported one month's worth of lodging…
If 22 more people supported one month's worth of transportation…
If 22 additional people supported one month's worth of long distance travel…
THEN…I'D BE FULLY SUPPORTED FOR THE WORLD RACE!!!
88 people could be LIFE changers.
88 people could be senders.
Will you commit to being 1 of the 88?
If you feel led to commit to being 1 of the 88, then the following are two options for ways to contribute. 🙂
1. You can click on the "Support Me!" link at the top left of this page under my photo. (NOTE: Contributions made online have a 3% processing fee for Credit cards.)
2. Also, you can send a check made payable to "Adventures In Missions" to Adventures In Missions, PO Box 534470, Atlanta, GA 30353-4470. Please put "Appeal ID: BRINSAMIRANDA" on the memo line. Checks have no processing fee and therefore all 100% of the contribution goes towards my World Race ministry.
Thank you all for your continued love and support of this ministry! Your financial contributions are helping to build His Kingdom here on Earth!
PLEASE NOTE: Gifts must be postmarked by 12/31/2011 to be counted as a part of the 2011 tax season.
Some of that "legal stuff" about Adventures in Missions (the organization that The World Race is run through)….
Adventures In Missions is registered with the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Donors will receive receipts for their gifts with the understanding that the disbursement of those gifts lies completely at the discretion of Adventures In Missions and that the gifts are non-refundable and non-transferable, per IRS regulations. Gifts may be tax deductible; please consult a tax advisor.
So I would just like to say DITTO! This is the same as it would have for me. So if you feel led to donate to support me on my calling from God. Thank you and if you don't thank you anyways. Thank you for taking the time to read this. And thank you for your prayers. They are greatly appreciated and mean much more to me than I can express.
Miranda 🙂
