Confession. I subscribed 259 email addresses to this blog.
So that’s why you’re reading this email! You may or may not already be aware of my adventure. If you’re not aware, check out the first post on this blog, just a few back, called “My support letter.” (if you haven’t read my support letter, you really should – it explains my heart and vision behind this trip)
I’ll catch you up quickly. God is sending me to Asia for a year. Sounds crazy, huh? 😉 I will be backpacking and camping all over Asia. 11 countries in 11 months, to be exact: India, Nepal, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Japan, China, Mongolia, and the Philippines, in that order.
Half of the people I tell are so jealous and think it’s incredibly awesome (which it is). The other half think it’s insane and dangerous and that I need to settle down. Well, settling down looks differently for me, I think. 🙂
All right, now back to the point. I subscribed you to my blog because I thought you may be curious about my trip. I leave in 5 weeks. I will be posting along the way: meeting our ministry contact, our missions activity for each month, the church we partner with. Not to mention these kinds of posts: stories about people I meet, food I taste, tourist attractions I visit, music I hear. And there will be pictures! Not too many… just the right amount, ha.
Another reason I braved adding you to my blog without your consent (you can always unsubscribe yourself, but I hope you don’t) is that I need money. Shameless plug, I know. I sound pretty desperate, don’t I. Well, frankly, I am…
I have to raise $3,275 basically in the next 5 minutes. Not really. But close to it. The money has to be in my account by Friday August 27.
HOW TO GIVE / DEADLINES: (all donations are tax-deductible)
— Checks have to be postmarked by THIS FRIDAY August 8. (Checks payable to Adventures in Missions, Mail to: Adventures in Missions, PO Box 742570, Atlanta, GA 30374-2570 – with Whitney Vines in the memo line)
— Online donations have to be submitted by Tuesday August 19. (click the “Support Me!” link on the left side of this page for credit or debit)
— Although money has to be in my account by Friday August 27, I don’t actually leave for Atlanta until September 4 and then to India on September 7. IF YOU WANT TO GIVE BUT YOU MISSED THE CHECK DEADLINE OF AUGUST 8 AND THE ONLINE DEADLINE OF AUGUST 19, please email or text me a picture of your check ([email protected] or 469-569-7092), and then mail the check. (rush payments, checks payable to Adventures in Missions, Mail to: 6000 Wellspring Trail, Gainesville, GA 30506 – with Whitney Vines in the memo line)
This is just my second of four total deadlines. You will be hearing from me again! If you cannot give now, I understand. There will be more opportunities. Just let me know if you win the lottery, will ya.
I appreciate you. So, so much!
Whitney
