INTERNATIONAL FUND RAISING

Well, we have sunk to a new low. We are hitting up family and friends for help to raise money from half way around the world. Maddie’s school is having a fund raiser and they are requesting that all the kids raise money from their family and friends. The problem is, that all of Maddie’s family and friends live a long way away and she can’t swing over to Grandma’s house and give her the puppy dog eyes while asking for a donation to her school. So, I am asking that you close your eyes and picture Maddie standing in front of you asking for a donation.

Each year, Maddie’s school has a big soap box derby and the kids sell parts of the cars to raise money. A complete car costs R 250 (that’s not in dollars, it is in Rand). It comes to about $36 for a complete car. I will translate the car costs into dollars to make it easier.
· Wheels: $3 each ($12 for 4)
· Axle: $2 each ($4 for 2)
· Seat: $4
· Frame: $4
· Steering: $2
· Body: $10

If you are willing to help, please send us an email (there is a link in the blog) to let us know how much you are willing to help with. We are a bit late asking for this, so by the end of next week we will make the donation to Maddie’s school. I think that the best way to make this work is for us to pay the school and have everyone pay us. You’re going to have to trust us. We will email you back to let you know where to send your donation.

We hope that this does not seem too weird. We are trying to make Maddie’s days at school as normal as possible in the beginning here.
We hope all our friends back home are safe, healthy, happy and are trusting in the Lord especially during the good times.

Scott, Lia, Maddie, and Alex