December Newsletter
December 2011 Newsletter
By the Numbers:
112,544
NUNBER OF PEOPLE REACHED TO DATE WITH WATER AND THE GOSPEL!
107
NUMBER OF WELLS DRILLED
3
Number of ongoing, in-country partnerships
20
NUMBER OF CURRENT, ACTIVE WELL AND BIO-SAND FILTER PROJECTS
150,000+
MONEY EXPECTED TO BE RAISED BY YEAR’S END (2011) IN CONTRIBUTIONS AND MONTHLY COMMITTED PLEDGES…
MAKING 2011 THE BEST YEAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE MINISTRY!
1 MILLION
DOLLAR GOAL FOR 2012 – REALLY!
3
NEW FUNDRAISING INITIATIVES FOR THE COMING YEAR
A MUST READ from our Founder and Executive Director, Todd Phillips
MOMENTUM. Momentum is the word that best describes what TLW has experienced in the last six months of 2011 and what we have on our side moving into the New Year. What was once a local ministry supported primarily through the passionate pursuits of young adults in Frontline, the young adult ministry of McLean Bible Church in Washington, D.C., is now an expanding, multi-state movement of people of all ages and walks of life moving toward one clear, compelling goal – provide clean water to the entire nation of Liberia and share Christ with those we serve.
Not only has 2011 turned out to be our most productive year in terms of moneys raised and wells drilled, we’ve also worked to improve the information on – and look of – our web site, developed several new church partnerships who have supported and will continue to support TLW financially in the coming years, and we’ve developed several new, creative fundraising initiatives. The initiative I’d ask all of you to pray about for 2012 is:
ONE BIRTHDAY: ONE WELL
It’s simple. You decide to give up your birthday in 2012 in order to raise awareness and money for the mission of The Last Well. I gave up my birthday this past August and asked friends, family and co-workers not to send me gift, but to give instead directly to The Last Well! I sent 17 emails out and raised over $3000 for The Last Well! Amazing! Imagine if we all gave up our birthday in 2012 for the purpose of saving lives and altering the eternal destinies of men, women, and children in Liberia.
I’m praying daily that we’ll have one hundred people become part of ONE BIRTHDAY: ONE WELL in 2012. Will you prayerfully consider being one of them?
All you need to do is click on the email address below:
jenniferh@lakepointe.org
and send us the following info about you…
NAME AND BIRTHDATE
Our team will contact you via email to help you set up a web page on one of several fundraising websites we currently use (like www.crowdrise.org). Don’t worry…you don’t have to be tech savvy to do this…we’ll take care of you! Then, you let everyone know about your page. They’ll give online directly to The Last Well.
Lives saved with clean water!
Destinies altered by the Gospel!
God gets the credit!
All because you decided to celebrate your birthday in a different way.
Here are several “to dos” for 2012:
1. Pray for the momentum to continue in the New Year
2. Be a giver on your birthday – sign up for ONE BIRTHDAY: ONE WELL
3. Read the monthly newsletter. We’ll likely announce an exciting national fundraising and awareness initiative in the first quarter of next year. You won’t want to miss this!
One last thing…please consider THE LAST WELL for your end-of-year giving. Go online to www.thelastwell.org , click on “DONATE” and give.
Press on!
Todd Phillips
Founder and Executive Director, The Last Well