About a month or so ago I began the exciting task of fundraising for my year in China. ELIC has been really great providing resources and training for this endeavor, and one of the things they provided was a book called Funding Your Ministry by Scott Morton. I highly recommend the book for anyone who has to raise support for any type of ministry. It's full of helpful information and Morton writes in a way that is both biblical and practical. Well anyway, at one point he writes about praying for your donors and even praying for people to give without asking. He gives examples from his own life, where he just prayed people would give and sure enough the checks came in. I remember reading that and thinking, man it sure would make my life a whole lot easier if people just gave and I didn't have to do anything. Kinda like manna falling from heaven or something. But really I thought, he probably prays a lot more than me and he's even written a book so that kind of stuff only happens to people who are super spiritual - it won't happen to me. Honestly, my whole perspective on fundraising was a lot like pulling teeth. Necessary, but not enjoyable. People don't just give, you have to coax them.

4 comments

1. Sarah on October 6, 2009 at 8:32 PM

   praise God for manna from heaven! ;)

    
2. MindyRuth on October 6, 2009 at 10:48 PM

   and so it is

    
3. gsthomas on October 7, 2009 at 10:21 AM

   you should have a bake sale! and by bake sale i mean make me cookies.

    
4. Ruth on October 8, 2009 at 8:46 AM

   woo-hoo! I love how the Lord constantly exceeds our expectations =)