Mission Superhero: Steppin’ Out
Ron - Down and Out in Texas and I say to you, Make to yourselves friends out of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when ye may fail, they may receive you to the age-during tabernacles. (Luke 16.9, Young’s Literal Translation)
Some time ago, my wife and I had a fundraising idea (I secretly dubbed it Mission Superhero) for a ministry that feeds the homeless in town. I called the ministry and explained the idea in broad terms. Frankly, they weren’t too thrilled about it. In fact, the ministry leader quickly brushed aside the idea and hinted that they would like to use our services (for free) on a wholly unrelated matter.
Despite this ministry’s brush-off (not a criticism, just an observation), we decided that we’d go ahead and do the project on our own and find a ministry to lend it to later on. About half way through our “Down and Out” project, another minister contacted us out of the blue and asked us if we’d consider doing the very thing we had called the other ministry about. We plan to have that project done by the end of the year.
Yesterday we received word from a foreign ministry that they’d like us to do our idea with them. We’re thrilled with the opportunity and have begun making travel plans to go this fall. Once we nail down all the details, we’ll tell you what the project is all about and give you the opportunity to help lend a hand with some of our out-of-pocket expenses (we want to do this cost-free to the ministry and also have all the profits go to the ministry).