I've sent out about a billion support letters, if I missed you, here you go:
If you keep up on facebook you already know, I am going back to Africa this summer. I’ve never been more excited. This trip is like the beginning of my future ministry. I’m going to Uganda for 2 weeks by myself to learn more about ministry in Uganda. I’ll be staying at an orphanage recently opened by a nurse from Texas, Sara. Someone I can well relate to. Then, I have a team that’s still growing and shaping that will join me in Uganda for a week. I will be able to show this team what makes me passionate about Uganda. I look forward to showing them the hand of God in action in obviously tangible ways in the lives of the kids there. Then we’ll be traveling to Tanzania to spend time with the Forrest Family who recently moved there to be missionaries with YWAM.
They were the pastors in charge of the internship I did last year. The purpose of this part is to love and encourage them, but also to help with their ministry in any way we can. This whole trip is a little different then trips I’ve done before because instead of having a list of objectives we will complete, I know generalities of where God is calling me but I don’t really know what I’ll be doing, but I trust that there are needs I will be able to meet that God already knows about.
PRAISE THE LORD! 24 of you have already committed to support me in prayer for this trip, breaking the record for any of my previous trips. That alone gives me confidence that God is moving here. If you haven’t jumped on board with this prayer movement, don’t worry it’s not too late, either shoot me an email or send back the prayer response paper and let me know you are standing with me as I go ready to serve as the Lord leads.
I still need financial support. I am so grateful right now to have a great job that will significantly help in gathering funds but I still feel it’s just as important to have you, supporting me because it gives me confidence I am not alone. It also gives you an opportunity to not just say you are supporting me in this by praying but making it YOUR ministry by taking ownership in it and supporting financially. I am not sure I ever shared this but my goal for every trip is to earn 1/3 through work or some personal effort of my own, 1/3 through my amazing team of supporters, and 1/3 through fundraisers. I thought rather than the same old “please send me money” plea you may be used to from support letters I would instead challenge you. Go look in your closet and count the number of shoes you have. For each pair you have, send me a dollar. If everyone does this I will have easily covered a 1/3 of my costs. The grand total of costs is $3600. That equates to a lot of opportunities to join me in Africa this summer through your financial support.
I’ve re-written this letter about 4 times now, because stuff keeps changing. So I’m putting my foot down and mailing it out, but please check in on the blog for updates.
Hit reply and let me know how you want to be involved
- You can pray, I’ll send you monthly updates
- You can pray and I’ll add you to my list to be updated while I’m gone by text or email
- Or just let me know you’ll pray
- You can give a one-time gift and send a check made out to Rafiki Africa Ministries to 659 Gehr St. Wenatchee, WA 98801
- You can give a couple of gifts over the coming months
- You can ask me to check in with you later because you want to give but can’t right now.
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