Wednesday, June 29, 2011

2 Days and Counting!

Yesterday alone I received more than 10 texts, emails, or Facebook messages from friends, family members, and pastors letting us know that they were either sending in their pledge, increasing their pledge, or filling out the form online!!!  We are so honored to have them partnering with us to get us to the mission field!

Then, this morning, an old college friend sent Brad a message that he is sending in a pledge!  And he is not even on our email prayer team list!  How did he know our deadline was this week?  I think it is God answering our prayers.....that he will STIR hearts....call people to GIVE so that we can GO and do the WORK that desperately needs to be done!

We are now at 93% and only need 14 more monthly pledges before the end of the day Thursday!!!!
Our needed pledge amounts have been adjusted to these amounts:

Pledges Needed
Monthly Support
2
@$100 
4
@$50
6
@$25
2
@$15

Scroll down to the post titled "9 Days until our Deadline" to see our list of current and pressing prayer needs!
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If God has been tugging at your heart to join our support team - Here's how:


You can CALL Nancy Dickerson at AG World Missions at (417) 862-2781 M-F  between 9AM-4:30 PM and do it all by phone....


Or you can EMAIL Nancy Dickerson the pledge you would like to make at ndickerson@ag.org

Or you can click here to do it from our website:  
Support the McMath Family to Spain

Then click on the BLUE link that says: Click here to fill out a pledge form
.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Prayer focus

Just wanted to say I know it may seem like all we ask for prayer about is raising our budget!  But we are at a crucial point where we can NOT move forward and begin the WORK of the mission - until the budget is raised! Once the budget is raised - we will move into prayer focus for the next stage in this journey!

Monday, June 27, 2011

3 DAYS!

We have reached 90% of our budget!  We are so thankful for the blessing of God this week!

However we only have 3 DAYS to get the remaining needed monthly pledges in!  Our deadline is THIS Thursday, June 30th!  We are definitely feeling the CRUNCH!  Please pray with us that GOD will stir hearts of family, friends, pastors, and churches to get us to the mission field!  4.4 Billion people are waiting to hear an adequate witness of WHO Jesus is.  We need to get on the field so we can produce the media needed for these people groups!

We only need 16 more monthly pledges!


Pledges Needed
Monthly Support
4
@$100 
5
@$50
5
@$25
1
@$15

Scroll down to the post titled "9 Days until our Deadline" to see our list of current and pressing prayer needs!
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If God has been tugging at your heart to join our support team - Here's how:


You can CALL Nancy Dickerson at AG World Missions at (417) 862-2781 M-F  between 9AM-4:30 PM and do it all by phone....


Or you can EMAIL Nancy Dickerson the pledge you would like to make at ndickerson@ag.org

Or you can click here to do it from our website:  
Support the McMath Family to Spain

Then click on the BLUE link that says: Click here to fill out a pledge form
.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

AMAZING!

Feeling incredibly blessed this morning. Pastor Ronnie P. Freeman had us come back for another service at his church last night - and challenged his people to make personal pledges to help us get on the field. We received 12 new monthly pledges last night totaling $170 a month in sponsorship!  You may say, "What difference can my $15 a month make?" ...Let me tell you!  A HUGE difference!  12 people joined their small amounts together and made a BIG difference!


We are now down to only needing $940 in new monthly pledges in the next 7 days to meet our deadline! We are honored, humbled, and encouraged!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

9 Days until our Deadline!

Ahhhhh!  Are we feeling the crunch?  YES!!!!  We are "this" close!  We have already been given an extension from AG World Missions that gave us until June 30th to raise our budget!  Well....June 30th is now only 9 DAYS AWAY!!!!  In the past 29 days our pledges have only grown by 4%!  We are so thankful for that 4%!  For those new partners that have sent in their pledge forms!  And we have about 6 "spoken" pledges out there that have not sent their forms in yet.....  BUT NEEDLESS TO SAY WE ARE A LITTLE WORRIED!   We are hoping that everyone is just procrastinating thinking they have until the 30th to file their pledge...... but it's making us sit on pins and needles!!!!!   :)  

We have a landlord in place in Spain ready to rent us his recently vacated house - but we CAN not do ANY paperwork until our budget has reached 100%!  So PLEASE pray with us that the pledges will come in!     

We have now officially reached 84% of our budget!  That means we have pledges (monthly giving) filed from churches and friends/families that meet 84% of our required monthly budget!

So now we only need 23 new churches or individuals to partner with us on a monthly basis!!
Here are our new numbers of what we need to get clearance to leave for the field:

Pledges Needed
Monthly Support
7
@$100 
7
@$50
7
@$25
2
@$15

-Please pray that the monthly pledges that we need will come in during the next 9 days! Our deadline is June 30th!  Pray for FAVOR.  Pray for God to move the hearts of the pastors, missions boards, and individuals to join our support team and get us to the field so that we can begin creating the media that is so desperately needed to reach and disciple the lost in more than 53 different countries!!

-Of course if we received 12 new pledges at $100 each we would be DONE! 
Either way - would you please pray that God will provide the monthly supporters? 

-We are STILL waiting for our FBI background checks to come in so that we can make our appointment at the Consulate of Spain to apply for our Visas. Pray that we have divine favor and everything moves according to God's timeline with no delays.  Pray that all of our documents are accepted!

-The matter of securing a house once we arrive in Spain is important.  Please pray that God works out every detail in our favor.

-PLEASE pray that God will prepare our hearts and minds for language school.  Pray that understanding and pronunciations will come quickly for us!  It's a little overwhelming when we think about it!
-PRAY for lives to be changed by the POWER of God's Word as we illustrate it through films.  We are praying for God to use International Media Ministries to bring in a GREAT Harvest during these last days. 



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If God has been tugging at your heart to join our support team - Here's how:

You can click here to do it from our website:  
Support the McMath Family to Spain

Then click on the BLUE link that says: Click here to fill out a pledge form
.



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