“Blessed to be a blessing” is something I have always reminded myself during my lifetime. I have so many blessings from God, the best blessing being called to faith in Jesus Christ and living my life as a Christian woman. I am blessed that God led me to work in the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League.

This Tuesday, LWML—Lutheran Women in Mission across the United States have the opportunity to share their blessings during our participation in “Giving Tuesday”. www.lwml.org/givingtuesday I know you’ve been reading our posts about Giving Tuesday and how to participate. One thing that is very exciting and makes you feel so good about it is that two donors who wish to remain anonymous have provided matching funds of a total of $20,000. What that means is that anything you give up to $20,000 will be tripled. If I give $10 dollars, LWML mission grants will receive $30!

These donors trust the LWML to use their hard-earned dollars, their blessings from God, to bless the recipients of our mission grants. They are saying, “I want to support these grants and I want all the other LWML women to contribute what they can, as well.” We should jump on board with them. If two people can give $20,000 shouldn’t the rest of us be able to pull together and contribute that much?

If we raise $40,000 we can fully fund a grant like the Tanzanian Sewing Center for $25,000. Or, we could fund Nursing Students Serving with Mercy Medical Teams for $25,000. We could also fund Prison and Jail Ministry Synod-wide Conference in 2018 (August) for $36,500!

Giving Tuesday income can fund a complete mission grant!

Our delegates in Albuquerque said they wanted to fund all these grants by March of 2019. Let’s get out there and tell our friends and family about Giving Tuesday. If you can’t donate on Tuesday or don’t have computer access, you can mail a contribution and mark it for Giving Tuesday until November 30.

Let’s show our faithful matching fund donors and our mission grant recipients that we stand behind our vote and our promise and that we consider ourselves,

Blessed to be a blessing!

Excited to serve!

Patti

Our mailing address is:
LWML
3558 S Jefferson Ave
St. Louis, MO 63118