Dear
People I Love,
I hope this letter finds you well and that the holiday season has been joyful for you so far! This Christmas season has taken a turn towards something exciting for me and I wanted to tell you more about it.
I hope this letter finds you well and that the holiday season has been joyful for you so far! This Christmas season has taken a turn towards something exciting for me and I wanted to tell you more about it.
This past
year I have been doing a lot of reading about how the “rest of the world” lives
and it has concerned me greatly. Just a couple months ago, I felt God was
telling me that I needed to move from just reading about all the suffering to
actually doing something about it.
In February, a group from my church will be going on a mission trip to the country of Haiti, a country where there are over 400,000 children without parents; a country where 96% of the population lacks regular access to basic health care; a country where 40% of the children will never go to school. With much prayer and thoughtful discussion, I have decided I will be going with them!
While in Haiti, I will have the opportunity to:
In February, a group from my church will be going on a mission trip to the country of Haiti, a country where there are over 400,000 children without parents; a country where 96% of the population lacks regular access to basic health care; a country where 40% of the children will never go to school. With much prayer and thoughtful discussion, I have decided I will be going with them!
While in Haiti, I will have the opportunity to:
·
Work on
construction teams
·
Spend time
ministering to children living in a number of villages
·
Share Jesus
with a country that has very little
·
Make a real
difference by supporting Mission of Hope
We are making the trip February 16-23, 2013, down to Mission of Hope (www.mohhaiti.org), an organization that has worked for over 12 years in Haiti giving orphans a home, helping Haitians develop income producing skills, spreading the gospel, and providing food, medicine and education for Haitians in desperate need. The total cost of the trip is $1700, all of which I have pledged to raise myself.
In order to make this trip a reality, I need to raise all $1700 by February 1st, 2013. I’m writing you to ask you to prayerfully consider if God is leading you to help support me in this endeavor. Any amount you feel led to give will be received with the deepest gratitude, not just from me, but also from the people at Mission of Hope who rely on these mission trips to continue all the good work they are doing.
If you are not feeling led to support me financially at this time, I completely understand! I sincerely desire your prayers of support as I begin to plan for this mission trip. As you can imagine, raising support can seem daunting, but I know that if it is the Lord’s will that I make this trip, then He will provide. “..All things are possible with God.” Mark 10:27
There are two ways you can make a tax-deductible donation to our trip. Either message me with your address and I will mail you a donation slip and a pre-addressed envelope for you to send in a check, or donate on-line by going to the following link: www.kensingtonchurch.org/global/haiti_feb.php , making sure to put pick the Haiti Trip on February 16-23 and choose my name (Jessica Wheatley) as the trip attendee you are donating for. A reply by February 1, 2013 would be appreciated as all details of the trip must be finalized by then.
My desire is to allow God to use me to impact others for Him while allowing Him to change me at the same time. Please continue to pray for me as these plans fall into place. I am truly grateful for your support.
God bless you!
Jessica
P.s. Feel free to comment with any questions you have, I'd love to answer them!
