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| Pastor Danny Cunningham |
As with any
ministry, 4 Him In Africa depends on receiving our support through the giving
of others in order to accomplish our mission.
For years I have shared our story with anyone who will listen making
sure that they understood the financial needs we have. Twice a year our mission
team leaves the United States for Uganda, while at the same time God continues
to grow the ministry obligation here at home. At the beginning of 2013, we
found ourselves on the threshold of a new and exciting chapter in this ministry.
In addition to all our usual and ongoing efforts we are also looking to find
sponsors for 400 Ugandan children to attend school. Even though that is a lofty
goal for the first year our team realizes that God has always provided for our
needs, and we are always able to testify about how His provision has allowed us
to continue participating in His work.
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| School motto proudly displayed |
We all give to
some charity almost on a daily basis. Whether we drop money into a jar sitting
on the counter at our local convenience store to help a cancer patient, or drop
money in the slot located under the pickup window at the fast food restaurant,
Americans give. People will send money to Jerry’s kids year after year without
hesitation and then write a check for cancer research the very next day. It
seems that more and more opportunities to give our money keep popping up each
year. There always seems to be a new charity, a new organization or another natural
disaster in some remote region of the globe, yet we continue to give. When people
see all the good that is being done because of their giving they are inspired
to keep giving; its the feeling of making a difference that helps them to be
more giving. A quick glance at several sources on the Internet shows that
Americans give close to 300 billion in charitable donations each year. Overall
people are far from being stingy with their money.
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| Lifesong Primary students outside the rented school building |
Faced with the
goal of finding 400 school fee sponsorships this year we have started trying to
learn how to get our website noticed. We continue to study and try new things
to promote our site. Some might see us as being in competition with the rest of
the non-profits for the dollars people give. That is not true with us, and that
is exactly the point I want to make. We know that people give for many reasons.
Some give out of a heartfelt need to give, and others because they need a tax
break, and some give just because they want to further their own cause. But
then there are those who give out of their love for Christ, not just giving as
a tithe or offering, but giving simply because they love the Lord. We don’t
compete for those dollars although we do ask people to give, but ultimately we
know that the money we collect is provided by God because we pray and ask him
to meet our needs. Ours is not a competition; our need is no greater than the others
who have a mission in this world.
What we
believe about our funding is biblical: “I have received full payment, and more.
I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a
fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.” (Php 4:18 ESV)
It is the giving of many that provides for the mission God has given us and no
matter how well we advertise our need, whether over the internet or by word of
mouth it is still those who give to God that God uses to supply our needs. And
it is for that reason we testify God has provide all we need for His glory.
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