These past few days I've been thinking about what I'm doing and how much it takes to make this possible for me. I was also thinking about missions in general, the great financial cost involved, and the tremendous lack of support. As I was thinking about these things, I began to think that maybe the biggest reason why people like myself (when I say that I am meaning anyone who is involved in missions in such a capacity that they CANNOT work a paid job to provide for their EVERYDAY needs and expenses) lack financial support is simply because there is a lack of information.
I am not writing this note to ask you for money. I am simply writing this to inform you of what I am doing, what the GLOBAL need is (not financially, but spiritually) and how you can make a difference.
To begin with, I would like to tell you what I am doing and why I need to raise money for what I am doing. I know that many people think, "Why would I give you money to go to school? There are quite a few young people going to college that I know and they are not asking for my money. What makes your situation different?" Well, there are a few things that make my situation different. The first thing is that the school I am going to is not your normal higher education school. I cannot get grants to pay for my tuition. I cannot get student loans. There is no form of financial aid available for the school I am attending though it is an officially recognized university (University of the Nations). Most people can just fill out a form or two and receive money in the form of loans or grants to help pay for their tuition, I cannot. I also cannot work a job while I am going to school here. I have class around 30 hours a week, I have work duty (ever staff and student at every single YWAM base is required to do a work duty. This is because there is no such thing as paid staff for any position in YWAM and there are things that must get done to maintain the schools/bases) 10 hours a week, I also am required to be in the prayer room 8 hours a week for my school. In addition to this I have homework every week. That is a load of almost 60 hours. There is no way I could also maintain a job and actually get my work done.
So, you know why I need money, let me tell you why I think you should invest me and this school. I am not attending this school just because I want to gain more knowledge. I am not attending this school so I can come home and say, "Look what I did." And I am certainly not at this school so I can be in Hawaii for three months!!!!! I am this school because I have a burning desire to advance the Kingdom of God through the means of missions and church planting. I am here to gain valuable training that will equip me to be more effective in my efforts and more efficient in seeing the dreams and vision that God has given me realized. I am here because I want to make a change in this world for the better. If you choose to support me financially, you are supporting the Kingdom of God. You are investing in something ETERNAL. You are not just investing in a few months of my life. You are investing in the lives of countless of people who will be reached with the Gospel because of my involvement with this school.
Now..... for the bigger picture. Why should you invest in missions? Simply put...... Jesus has commanded you to. I'm sure we all know the Great Commission. "Go into all the world and make disciples." There were no conditions on this. He did not say, "Pray about going into all the world." He did not say, "Go into all the world if you can make it fit into your life." He said Go. Now, I know that there are times in our lives where we literally cannot. What do we do then? We help those who can go. If you cannot go, you must be sending. How do you send? By making it possible for others to go. You do this through prayer, you do this through encouragement and you do this through the giving of your money. If you cannot go, you MUST be doing something to facilitate the advancement of the Kingdom on a Global scale. I am including a link to a video that you really must watch. It will give you a better idea of the need for world missions. My prayer is that it will convict you and inspire you. That it will cause you to look a little more closely at the idea of mission. And do something about it.
You do not need to give your money to me. Do I need the money? YES! But, I don't care if you give money to me or to another person who is also working to advance the Kingdom. Please just invest your money in missions some way! And it does not have to be a significant amount. I know there are a lot of people who don't end up giving to missions simply because they think that in order to make a difference it must be a large amount. If every single person on my facebook friends list gave me five dollars, I would have enough money to cover my school fees and most of my outreach. FIVE DOLLARS!!!!!!!!! You don't have to give hundreds to missions. A million drops in the bucket add up to an overflowing bucket!
You can be a part of what God is doing globally, and you can do it now!
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