A Necessary Evil

Fundraising... Oh... how I wish that word didn't exist! Yet, I count it a blessing that it does. Can you imagine how many ministries would just be dead without it? And how many could never be born without fundraising? The best ministries like "Make a Wish" and "Compassion International" all need money to do what they do. And when the economy get hard, raising much needed money becomes a grueling task.

Carpenter's Kingdom is no different. We have a project, a plan, a mission given to us by our Lord Jesus and in order to begin it, we need about $9000. This is not money for plane tickets, nor money for salaries, or to file for non-profit status. No, this is money we need to buy a car.

A CAR??? Why in the world would we need to buy a car? Well, the answer is simple. So we can do much less fundraising! You see, this car will be a taxi in Addis Ababa. This taxi will specialize in driving from the city to the country towns and back again. This is where the highest fare and the least risk can be had. Our in country ministry partner, Beki, is planning to pay for half of the car, and we are responsible for earning the remaining portion.

So... fundraising it is... knowing that the key to less fundraising is making the ones we agree to do a success. So there are three on the calendar right now.

We are hosting a garage sale on Oct 16th in the Arrowhead area of Glendale, AZ. We are currently accepting donations to be sold. We are selling the Entertainment coupon books for $30 each and asking for additional volunteers to make an effort to join with us and sell 10 books each. We also are sending away for celebrity autographs that we will be auctioning on Ebay for funds over the next several months as they come in. All great ideas, but only as great as the people that help to make them a success. Will you join with us? Do you know 10 people at work, church, or family that could buy an Entertainment book? Do you have stuff piling in your garage that you could donate to a garage sale? Will you repost our needs on your Facebook account to see who you know that could really help out??

We appreciate your consideration and can not wait to see what God will do with the funds He provides for this great ministry!