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Do a little dance!

Posted by The Mielonens in Fund Raising, News, Poland on September 30, 2008


So, God is truly a LAST minute God, I know he always has been, and that wont’ be changing it looks like.  We’ve gone from, not sure if Corey and Jenise will be coming to their coming FOR SURE.  In the past two hours over $950 has been secured!  PRAISE JESUS!  From three different donors, who have no idea of each other, AMAZING grace, that’s what this is.

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Almost ready for takeoff.

Posted by The Mielonens in Fund Raising, News on September 30, 2008

Tomorrow night we will receive prayer from our church as they send us off to Kraków.  We are $658 short of buying our last two tickets, and tomorrow night we make the decision as to how we navigate this, as I see it we have the following options.

  1. Pay for the tickets, covering the shortage on our own – leaving us w/o spending money, but with our dear friends.
  2. Buy one ticket – and whatever is left over will be for spending expenses (not much though).
  3. Make the decision for Corey and Jenise to stay behind, leaving us money for trip expenses.
  4. Wait for full provision of the last two tickets and money for spending, as they have about 6 extra days (they will join us on the 10th if all goes well).

Be praying, we’ll see what God has in store!

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Fund raising update

Posted by The Mielonens in Fund Raising on September 12, 2008

We’re VERY close to our next big hurrdle!  On Monday we must pay the remaining balance of our airfare on five of the 7 tickets we need.  We are short by $406, and we have 3 days, we lose our deposit ($3,370) if we don’t pay the remaining balance by Monday.  The last two tickets will hopefully be purchased very soon, but we’ll be purchasing those in whole.  

We are very excited and can’t wait to see God move, thanks for your prayers, support, and love!

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A dream

Posted by Travis in Fund Raising, Poland on September 8, 2008

Last week I had a dream (in my sleep) that when I received the next account balance it was over $7,000, I’m believing it, and holding on to it.   I rarely remember my dreams, and this was fairly vivid.

Another kind of dream that I have, is that our ministry never be there to support a structure, institution, nor any thing that is about something other than God and His people.  Recently Alexis and I have been reading “Unfamiliar Paths” by  David E. Bjork.  David tells the story of his life, from being called/sent from his denomination to “plant” a church in France.  Essentially he has a epiphany that changes his entire idea of “church”, from realizing that The Church is already there, and that his real mission is to bring the living Christ to people, not the church structure.  Because The Church is living and organic.  So our dream is that we be about relationships first, and that as a forest grows, the Church will grow.

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15 days?

Posted by Travis in Fund Raising on August 30, 2008

Wow, can’t believe we have just 15 days left of fundraising!  Yet, we’re a long way off from being finished.  Here’s where we are!

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411 more donations needed

Posted by Travis in Fund Raising on August 25, 2008

This is a very rough count, I haven’t added up all the eggs yet.  But we’re around the 56 donors mark.  We’re gunna need to ramp this up folks!  That’s it, just a quick update, more official news coming soon!

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$15 makes a difference.

Posted by Travis in Fund Raising on August 18, 2008

Hey Friends!
 
Well the first (partial) week of our $15 challenge brought in 20 donors!  How many more this week?
 
We just need 447 more donors (of just $15, or more), pass this along to your missions friends, family, churches.  We have $6,455 more to raise/contribute.  Remember this is for the team, not just us!  Keep contending in prayer!  We’ve been discouraged, but now we’re in God’s hands, and ready!
 
Click here to make your $15 donation.
 
Video, Mission Vission, Why Poland?

Visit our donate page for more donation options.
 
Thanks for your consideration, prayers, and support!
 
The 2008 East Hill Poland Team
Travis, Alexis, Emma Mielonen
Corey and Jenise Roach
Charis Gleason
Brandon Kraft
Aris Maniatis

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457 $15 donations to go!

Posted by Travis in Fund Raising on August 14, 2008

We’ve had 6 nope 10 people donate or pledge so far and it’s been basically just a day since we started this campaign.  Thanks!  The amazing (strange) thing is that for the most part some of our largest, and most responsive donations have come from people we don’t have much contact with… now that could be taken as, well that says a lot about us in a bad way… maybe the people we see a lot are there for us in more than just donations… that’s for sure, they know our Prayer requests!

God is good, not because he brings the money in (although we are thankful for that!), but because he brings life, and has given us a purpose, and through that purpose we learn to be more like him, and bring more people to him.

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The $15 challenge!

Posted by Travis in Fund Raising on August 13, 2008

We know why we’re called to Poland, and we know God has not brought us this far just to turn back and say no. There is much work that has started and is incomplete, our brothers and sisters, our friends, await us to connect in Christ. To bring a message that is not laced with shame, guilt, or politics. To bring what God has equipped us with here to a place that is ready for the harvest.

So we’re taking a leap of faith. We have until September 15th to raise $7,000 needed for our trip to Kraków in October. Watch this video we’ve made, and then, pray if you will be one of the 467 people we need to donate just $15 by September 15th.


We will keep you posted here and via email with the latest numbers, stay tuned!

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Fundraiser dinner canceled

Posted by Travis in Fund Raising, News on August 12, 2008

Hi Everyone,
 
Due to the small number of people able to attend our fund raiser this Friday, we have decided to refocus our resources into (hopefully) a more productive campaign.  The event we had planned for this Friday is canceled.  Stay tuned for the next couple of days while we re-work a new fund raising campaign.
 
Just FYI:  We need $7,000 by September 15th.  Stay tuned to this site for more information!
 
Stay tuned for more ways on how to help us get there!
 
Thanks for your understanding and prayers!

The 2008 Poland Mission Team

Travis, Alexis, Emma Mielonen
Corey and Jenise Roach
Charis Gleason
Brandon Kraft
Aris Maniatis

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We’re leaving on a jet plane…almost

Posted by Travis in Fund Raising on August 6, 2008

Well we have made the deposit on our airfare, we need $4,755 more and we’ll have it all paid off!  That’s better than the $8,125 we needed just two weeks ago!  We are so thankful to God.  We need the remaining balance by September 15th… so we are praying, and seeking God’s will, on finding the rest.  If we had 100 more donors give $50 we’ll be good to go for the rest of the airfare.  If 100 give $70 we’ll have the entire trip paid.

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11 Days to Polish Feast

Posted by Travis in Fund Raising on August 4, 2008

We have just 11 days to our Polish Feast fundraiser… If you are able to attend, visit the events page (under more, above).  If you are unable to make it, but would still like to donate, you may do so on the right. 

THANKS!

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Attention Portlanders

Posted by Travis in Fund Raising on July 31, 2008

Just a quick reminder, that YOU and anyone you think may want to come, is invited to our Polish dinner and dessert night. 

August 15th, 7pm,

Gresham, OR – East Hill Youth Center West (50 NW 5th ST, Gresham, OR)

Come to pray for our team, listen to our hearts, see what we are doing (both past, present, and future)

And you may invite guests, this is an open invitation, so please pass the word, all we ask for is a head count (to prepare enough food) – you may RSVP in the comments section here.

If you are unable to attend but would like to donate, donation information is on the home page.  Thanks!

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Provision

Posted by Travis in Fund Raising, News on July 25, 2008

We are not the self-promoting kind of people, in fact, it is so hard for us to ask for donations, ask people to hear our hearts, yet all at once we know people won’t see it until they hear it. So we humble ourselves and keep a constant focus on fund raising. It is very tiring, and sometimes we feel like we are annoying people, and I’m sure we have – people are just too nice to say anything. As we move forward with our long-term fund raising it will be even more important to spread the word in so many ways.

We are focusing our attempts at the social-web movement, as the cost is great (free), and people seem to be reacting to it fairly well. We’ll still send out snail mail for those that have been responding to that well, but for the most part our support basis is from the online community (of which many are in our physical lives as well). We are creating a video that we hope will express our hearts in a completely new way, for we know that God has called us to this, and we commit ourselves to steward the resources we have.

And then God does some funny things – such as a $2,000 donation from someone you’ve never really had any relationship with. Yep, that happened just this past week, in fact yesterday, which added to all the crazy emotions of the past week. Praise God, he is faithful, and we love to walk forward with him, although we never know how we’re going to get anywhere.

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