I sent out about 8 letters to churches/ministers asking for support on my El Salvador mission trip. Basically there’s a set amount which we have to pay for ourselves. My goal has just about been reached. I am VERY grateful for the finanical support.
I had been really pondering this. I have the money in the bank for this trip. However being unemployeed I don’t exactly have money pouring in anymore. I asked alot of people about this…whether is it ok to ask for support for such a mission trip when you do have money saved up? The general feeling was that it was perfectly fine to do this. So I did.
I definitely wouldn’t have asked for support if I did have a job. I do realize that there are plenty more people more deserving than me. Yet I realize that there are church people out there looking to support mission work, yet just don’t have the time to go themselves. So I guess I’m giving them a chance to support someone they know personally.
So it is ok to do this? Am I treading on thin ice? This has all been a humbling experience. I hope I’m doing an ok thing. I realize that my money isn’t even really my money at all. It’s God’s money. And I hope my request hasn’t cost me any respect.
Then again I’ve wondered why people like me. I don’t do anything extraordinarily special that would tend to attract people. Is it specialized knowledge? Knowledge that causes someone to come up to me and start asking random internet and computer questions?
In case you haven’t realized it, when I make reference to the “Big Giant Screen” at church, it’s actually a subtle throwback to that campy sitcom “3rd Rock from the Sun.” Whenever they had a direct command from the higher ups, Harry Solomon would stand up and yell “Incoming Message from the Big Giant Head.” Ok, I’ll stop explaining myself now.
Todd implimented the Blogamp thingy on his website. So now you can see all that weird music he listens to on a regular basis. Well, it’s not that weird.