Support News

The primary reason for our being in the States instead of Puerto Rico is our financial situation. To raise the needed funds we have visited about 50 churches in the past 6 months (and driven more than 20,000 miles). Recently, we received news from PR that our own church has voted to support us for $200 per month!

When Paul wanted to stimulate the Corinthians to give, he told them about the Macedonian Christians' sacrificial attitude. In 2 Corinthians 8:2, the apostle declares, that "in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality." In verse three he adds that they gave beyond their economic power. Incredibly these poor, suffering saints were so eager to give that when Paul expressed concern that they were giving too much, they begged him to be allowed to give (v. 4)!

Maybe it's hard for you to imagine that some believers actually want to give so generously, but we know that this is not an exaggeration. First, because 2 Corinthians is inspired by God and is therefore an accurate statement of the situation in Macedonia. Second, the example of the church in PR is of the same sort.

The Corinthians responded with a generous gift when they knew of the sacrifice of their brethren. May God use the testimony of the believers in Ponce to motivate the churches we visit to support our ministry so that we may return to PR by the summer of 2008. Will you join with us to make this goal a reality?