Zero to 955 in four days
Last Wednesday, I had a pledge or two, but not a penny in actual contributions for my Costa Rica trip.
Well, after sending out a partner newsletter a week or so ago, I got two contributions on Thursday, one in the mail on Saturday, and two at church on Sunday, and I’m now up to $952 in money raised.
The trip is estimated to cost about $1,650, half of which is the estimated air fare (and therefore subject to change).
A big chunk of the money raised is actually left over from last year. My Sunday School class had a luncheon for me during the build-up to the Bolivia trip, and raised more than I needed at the time. I told them they could apply the rest to some other mission project, but they felt that since they’d told the church they were raising money for “John Carney’s mission trip,” that was how the money needed to be spent. There was $502 left over from that event last year, and the class has now given that to me for this year’s Costa Rica trip.
Our class treasurer made out the check to me, so I had to turn around and write a check to LEAMIS. I rounded it up to $505, meaning that I’ve now submitted a total of $955 towards the trip. This is more than the estimated cost of the airline tickets, and so if LEAMIS needs to go ahead and book my ticket, to lock in a good price, they can do it.
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April 7th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Way to go! Lord willing, this will be the best trip yet.