It’s that time of the year. You know…post Christmas and pre-tax refund. The time of year when many of us are just barely making ends meets after spending too much on Christmas gifts and getting ready to watch our mailboxes closely for that long awaited W2 (unless you usually owe, in that case, I am SO SORRY!) The last thing you want right now is someone asking you for money for their cause. I get it. Really, I do.
Too bad I’m going to ask anyway, but at least I have a little incentive (thanks to a generous supporter).
In case you haven’t heard me shouting it from the rooftops yet, I’m going to Uganda in March. In just 12 weeks. (Give me a moment while I recover from that statement. As if I’m not freaked out enough by flying to Guatemala often, yes, now I’m going to get on a plane and go to east Africa….deep breaths…..). Want to know the crazy thing? I have NO IDEA how I’m going to get there. I just know I will…somehow, someway. And that’s where I hope you come in. I need sponsors in a BAD way. One to sponsor the whole trip or lots to sponsor small portions of it. Either way works for me, but whatever it is, I need $2500 for this trip and I need it pronto.
I’ve been praying and thinking and praying and thinking some more of how to raise the cash. I’ve gone through every option that I tell people to try when raising money for Guatemala mission trips. (I may have to rethink some of my suggestions because when it comes down to it, some of them have just been dumb and I would never even try it….sorry past AAB team members who have been on the receiving end of bad suggestions!)
A bake sale won’t work. My cookies always come out as crispy as potato chips, my cakes always split and (not to share their secrets or anything), but most of my local friends just aren’t the baking kind. I can’t have a yard sale because I’m yard-saled out. If you’ve been in my house lately, you’d see that I really just don’t have anything left to sell except my really old TV and I better hold on to it because Danny needs entertainment while I’m in Uganda (not to mention it would only get me five bucks.) I thought about doing a raffle, but I don’t have anything big enough to raffle off and really, does anyone want to see another person standing in front of Wal-Mart selling raffle tickets? So here’s what I came up….
We’ll give away money (ok, really a Visa gift card, but if it works like cash, it’s really the same, right?). Anyone that helps me get to Uganda by sponsoring me with a $10 donation will be entered to win. For every $10 donated, you get another entry. $10=1 chance, $20=2 chances, $100=10 chances….you get the idea. We will announce the winner at 5pm CST on January 15th. If you can’t donate $10, can you sponsor me with $5, even $1? Seriously, any amount will help. And PLEASE PRAY. And again, if by some chance more is raised than what is needed for the trip, all remaining donations will be turned over to AAB to be used for programs to assist families in Guatemala. So by all means, if we make it to 100% and you still want a chance to win, keep donating.
It’s easy to donate. You can ChipIn on the top right of the blog using your credit card, you can send it directly through PayPal to terry dot bracey at gmail dot com (be sure to say it’s a donation for Uganda, please) or you can mail me a check or money order (let me know if you need my address).
Now, you have until January 15th, but don’t wait until then to get it done. Go ahead and do it now before you forget (like I usually do in situations like this).
In all seriousness, I really need your help. Without sponsors, this trip will not happen. I can’t wait to see how God is going to work this out.
OK….enough babbling…thanks in advance for helping me finally get to Uganda!
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