Mark 15:15

Mark 15:16 (AKA the Great commission) "And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature"

Many years ago as a teen I went to Mexico on a mission trip. It had a profound impact on my life and I knew that I wanted to do short term missions as often as the Lord would allow. I have since been back to Mexico and also to Honduras. Many of you who will read this know the desire to serve in short term missions and have done so at least once and many have gone several times.

Whether you have accepted the call to serve in this way or not you can understand that the financial requirements are often the reason why many people don't go and it is why I can't go more often. I have had a desire to serve in a different area than South America and in a ministry format as most of my trips have been labor focused.

God has provided the opportunity for me to spend two weeks in October in India with our national missionary and the Baptist missionary we support there, assisting them with teaching the local pastors to better equip them to do the work of Christ.

There are many things I could say about this area of the world and the need for the light of Christ to shine but I will save that for a later post.

The reason for this post is to make a request for assistance with funding for this trip. I am not the type person to ask for help but in this case I very much need the assistance. The plane ticket has been purchased by our church but I need to pay that back with donations. I also have to get my visa soon. All in all I need approx. $2500 for the two week trip.

If anyone reading this feels a call to help with these expenses please let me know or you can simply mail me or the church a check made out to Buncombe Road Baptist Church. Send it to my work address at 339 Miller Road Mauldin, SC 29662 or to the church address at 111 Courtney Circle Greenville, SC 29617 with a note that it is for my trip to India.

I of course would never ask for money that would belong to your local church but if you feel you can afford $5 or $500 it doesn't matter, any amount will be greatly appreciated and will be money well spent and of course will count for your savings account in heaven.

Thank you in advance.

In Christ,

Clay