“No! It can’t be. It’s December already? How is that possible?” Telephone poles are becoming fence posts and I don’t like it. It’s true isn’t it? As you get older time flies. It was just last week I was dreading my 50th birthday…oh that was 9 months ago. But that’s not possible I just graduated from high school 30…make that 32 years ago. The next thing you know I’m going to walk into a room and forget why I…now I don’t remember why I’m writing this! Oh yeah – Christmas. It is time for the Lottie Moon Offering for International Missions. Over 50% of the operating budget for our International Mission Board is supplied by this offering. Your gift enables some 5000 missionaries to take the Gospel to the nations.
I’m going to ask you to prayerfully consider how much you can give this year. I know that times are tough economically. But the need is great and the time is short. There are over 2 billion people on the planet who have never heard the Gospel, have no access to Scripture and are heading to a Christless eternity. How can they hear without a preacher? How can they believe without a witness? Your gift will go a long way in helping to secure that witness. Money invested in the lives of people through the International Mission Board is money well spent.
What can my gift do? How much does it cost to support a missionary?
• $43,845.86 a year
• $3,653.82 a month
• $843.19 a week
• $120.13 a day
• $5.01 an hour
• $.08 a minute
As you consider your gift list this year how about supporting a missionary for a day or a week?
It’s worth considering. I’ll see you Sunday.
Rod