DECEMBER 2012 FUNDING DEADLINE REMINDER!

The deadline for our December 2012 Trip funding is Nov 1!
Christy and I each need approximately $1000 each. If you are planning to support us financially now is the time to make your donation. Visit our team funding website (link below). and click Christy’s name, my name, or the link to the General Team fund and make your tax-deductible donation today.

Online Donation Link: http://youthreach.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=1039820&lis=1&kntae1039820=698DEF498132439CB5089E2802F6D460&supId=0&team=5252418&cj=Y

Christy Blazer: Eyes to See the Essential

Christy and Anastasia

Each time I prepare to go to Ukraine to minister to orphans in Simferopol first, I seek God’s help. Second, I seek the help of others. My December 2012 teammate Christy Blazer is committed to seeking and saving the lost children who have been abandoned and left to be cared for by the Ukrainian government. She has witnessed first hand in December of 2011 the needs of these children and just how critical our mission is to their emotional and spiritual survival. 

She has eyes to see what is essential, and it's no longer invisible to her eyes.

I say “emotional” because without the life-giving mentoring relationships that she will help to establish and cultivate between orphans and local YouthReach 12-3-1 Mentors, many will lose hope. One-in-seven will take their own life within one year after leaving the orphanage system at age 17.

Christy typically works with the 11-13 year-olds. I say she is committed to their spiritual survival because she knows she works with a group of children who will more than likely decide whether or not there is a Creator by the age of 14. In terms of sharing the good news of Jesus Christ, her kids are age-critical.

As Christy’s team leader, I’m committed to helping her achieve her goal so that she can focus on her commitment to living out her faith before these kids. She needs your help to raise the funds needed for the trip in December. The deadline for our funding goal of $3400 is November 1.

Please click the link below and make a secure online donation in Christy’s honor. You can also mail a check to the address below along with a separate note containing Christy’s name.

Peace and Grace,
Joel

Christy’s funding website
or copy and paste this url in the address field of your browser:
http://youthreach.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=1039820&lis=0&kntae1039820=89DB1D326C8D407C977D06BDD3F29623&supId=335904595

Mail a check along with a note containing “Christy Blazer” to:
YouthReach International
1911 Grayson Hwy, Suite 8-344, Grayson, GA 30017