First off, thank you so much for all you do for our children! We couldn’t be the hands and feet of Jesus in Kenya without your financial and prayer support. We are so thankful that you’ve listened to God’s tugging on your heart to do something and that you've chosen to support Give Amore.
We have an upcoming full supply distribution on October 29th. Our children LOVE receiving your letters/photos/drawings and some really enjoy drawing/writing back. Some, maybe not so much. :) If you’d like for your child to receive something from you, we will need these by Sunday, October 23rd at 8pm.
Secondly, our newsletter is written and produced by our team in Kenya and is the best way we can provide you all with the highlights of the month as well as our needs and updates/changes, etc. In this month’s newsletter which came out today (link to it below), we briefly discuss some of our huge financial needs that are approaching.
The biggest financial need is the fact that on January 1st we have to register our children (35 of them) for the 2017 school year and pay their school fees UP FRONT in addition to their school supplies, school uniforms and shoes. Add that we’d like to gift them with something small for Christmas and our hope to provide each family with a chicken for their Christmas meal and we find ourselves with a huge bill.
While our sponsorship program covers the cost of most of these items (everything except Christmas) most of our sponsors pay monthly. When we started our sponsorship program in 2015 we used every single dollar that came in to keep the children in our program that didn’t have sponsors at the time. Our plan for 2016 was to use the sale of Made with Amore bags to help us get to the point that we had a cushion in our account to cover the up front costs that are due in January, but our first shipment of 140 bags is currently lost at sea and therefore we have not begun a second shipment as we had hoped because we don’t feel confident those will ever arrive either. So, we find ourselves EXACTLY where we were last year…praying for God to stir in the hearts of others to help us meet this lofty need by December 15th.
I ask that you prayerfully consider a couple of options:
- Pay your 2017 sponsorship in full or in half or in a quarter by 12/1 (plus this gives you maximum tax savings for 2016)
- Make an additional one time donation for Christmas by 12/1
- For a minimum $25 donation I will provide you with one of my scenic prints in a 5X7 or the digital image for you to print in any size. I have a gallery of these items on my Facebook page and/or I can send options to you.
- Beautiful African Safari pictures
- Tuscan hillsides
- Montana mountains and bear grass
- Reflections in rivers
- Church Steeples
- Beautiful Doors
- Magnificent sunrises and sunsets
- And more!
- On the back of each print (which when framed will make an excellent gift!) will be a sticker that will state the location and that the purchase of this print helped feed and educate orphans in Kenya.
- Be on the lookout for a listing of business/products that when purchased the company will donate a portion of their sales to Give Amore.
Thank you for reading this and for your support. We couldn’t be the hands and feet of Jesus to this community in Kenya without your financial and prayer support.
We wait with eager anticipation to see God move in the coming days and provide above and beyond our expectations.
Please share Give Amore and what we are doing with others! And if you haven’t read the newsletter, (link below) please do so! If you aren’t receiving it, please let me know.
http://us11.campaign-archive2.com/?u=08a906edd6244718320951da8&id=7337b50da6&e=60c7f097e7
