**The "Dollar for Dollar" challenge is about matching every dollar in our support for The World Race, NOT Threads of Hope bracelets.**
This past weekend we had the opportunity to sell Threads of Hope bracelets at Disciple Now, the annual student retreat at our church. It was a great success! Halfway through the retreat we issued a challenge to the students and leaders: for every bracelet we sold, we'd match the profit dollar for dollar. We'd already sold about 30 bracelets, and then after the challenge we sold an additional 78 bracelets, and at $3 each, that's a grand total of $234! And with us matching that, we made $468 this weekend for our trip! We are so grateful to all of you that have bought bracelets, not only to help us, but to help mothers and fathers in the Philippines who are otherwise struggling to provide anything for their families.
So, we had a thought: Why don't we issue a "Dollar for Dollar" challenge to our supporters? So, here's the deal! From now until March 20th, for every dollar we receive in support for our trip, up to $3,000, we will match! Yes, you read that correctly… for every donation we receive to our World Race account, it will be doubled. We think it's a fun, and challenging, way to keep everyone motivated. And we want to reassure everyone that we, too, are working hard and contributing towards our support. So far we have raised $7,854!!! We are so thankful for all the love and support we've received through this trip. We cannot even begin to express our gratitude for all of you!
So, will you help us this month? We could potentially make $6,000 more for our trip just this month. When you contribute, you are helping make many things a reality: going to 11 different countries and sharing the endless, matchless LOVE OF JESUS with the lost and broken; loving on orphanes who may not otherwise receive love, preaching the gospel; telling women in prostituion that there's more to life; leading people to the Lord; bringing light to dark places…. all of this and so much more.
Thank you in advance for your contribution to the Kingdom work. Your hearts are not taken for granted! We love you all!
