SO FAR - $1500

It has been approximately two weeks since we began to raise funds for the current phase of our project and we are pleased to inform our friends and family that we have raised $1,500 so far. If you have not yet contributed, please make your contribution right now so that we can raise these much needed funds as soon as possible. If you have already contributed, recruit someone from your network of friends to participate. 

Excavation, Drainage and Perimeter Walls

Currently, we are finishing up some much needed excavation and drainage work on the property and we need to begin rebuilding some of the deteriorating perimeter walls to secure the property before we proceed into our next phase of property development.

We have big plans to further develop the property for ministry use in 2010, but first we need to finish this phase of the work. Our goal is to have the property “job-site ready” by the end of December 2009, and we need your help in reaching this goal.

I cannot stress how important it is for us to finish this phase of our project by the end of this year. We need to move forward and put the property to use, and that will only be possible once we have this phase of the work behind us.

We are trying to raise $3500 by the end of this year to help offset the total cost. We are not asking you to give this full amount; rather we would like to ask you to help us with a gift of any denomination to help us reach this goal.

 

HELP US REACH OUR CURRENT GOAL OF $3500

 

140 people contributing $25 = $3500

70 people contributing $50 = $3500

35 people contributing $100 = $3500

 

We will update this post weekly with the # of people who have contributed and the % raised. Send Jonathan or Josh an email when a contribution is made so that we can update our figures. We cannot give you a tax-deductible receipt for donations made through palpal. If you need a tax-deductible receipt please give through our mission organizations (visit http://www.brazilforchrist.com/ or http://www.danielstobrazil.com/ for more information).

A Brief Introduction

Jonathan Mathews and Josh Daniel work together as missionaries in Cidade Tiradentes, a district in east zone of Sao Paulo, Brail.

A few years ago, through a unique opportunity, one of our supporting churches purchased a sizeable property in Cidade Tiradentes for our long-term ministry use. Since the property aqcuisition we have mainly focused on other projects, one within the same district and two in Bahia (Northern Brazil).

We are now turning our focus to fully developing the property for ministry use. At present, the property is unusable. We have done some excavation and drainage work to prepare the property for the first phase of development, but there is still work to be done. Once we are done with the excavation, and drainage we will begin rebuilding some of the perimeter walls before launching the first phase of developing the property for use.

The first phase of development will consist of building two basketball/soccer courts, and a small pavilian area attached to a structure housing locker rooms, bathrooms, a kitchen, and a storage room.

What will this property be used for when it is fully developed? We hope to create a mini-campus that houses a Church, a Christian Pre-School, a Leadership Development Institute, and a Youth Outreach Center.

This blog has been created to chronicle this property development from start to finish and to recruit financial partners who are not part of our existing support base. Many have asked about partnership opportunities and this blog serves as a conduit of information to that end. You can donate through paypal on this blog, through paypal on our personal websites, or through our non-profit mission organizations (visit personal website for more information).

Our projects are fully funded by contributions. If every one gives a little, fewer will sacrifice more.