You’re at coffee with that potential donor of yours. You even ironed your shirt.
And then, right over a matcha latte, they launch the one question you didn’t prepare for.
Like, “So–why are you going with an agency and not on your own?”
Month: July 2019
Bonus! 6 Side Benefits to Fundraising
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1. Continued maintenance of relationships.
Let’s be honest. Support-raising propels you to still cultivate relationships with that friend from high school; that relative you usually only see once a year; that couple you’ve talked with only a few times at church, but you know they love the country you’re going to.
At times, this may feel false to you: I wouldn’t be pursuing this if there wasn’t money involved.
But you realize this is about more than money–and that the mission is greater than your discomfort. You also realize you’ve gotta persist in asking until the goal is reached.
#BestoftheBestFriday: I Wish I’d Known; Africa’s Evangelism Challenges
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We’re back with current need-to-know missions thoughts from around the web.
What I Wish Missions Had Told Me
Remember our posts, What do you wish you’d known before you went? Parts I and II? Some great minds over at A Life Overseas have collaborated for Dear Missions, I Wish You Had Told Me…as well as 7 Questions to Ask during Your First 7 Days on the Field.
Embracing Limitations: When Moving Overseas Kicks Your Tail
Reading Time: 5 minutes
Our family’s support raising journey chaos adventure fell around the birth of our first child. By the time he was 13 months old, we’d hauled him to 13 states. We’d lift him into his carseat again, and he’d start wailing. Poor kid.
I know that for a lot of us, the path is long and uphill.
10 Ways to Make Sure Conflict Pulls You off the Field
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Personal conflict is a notorious bad actor splintering great work being done overseas. Too often, it lands once-starry-eyed global workers back in their home countries…wounded, bewildered, and even angry.
No one sets out on the field anticipating that broken relationships will take us under. But for a lot of global workers?