May 2007

May 2007:
We begin composing letters to be sent to all those on this list explaining what we were doing and to ask them to go to the Lord and see if He wanted them to be a part of this team. We had three primary objectives we wanted to accomplish with the letter:
Let people know what we were doing and the vision God has given the General Baptists in Central America.
To be up front and let people see what was required to get a missionary to the field by including prayer requests and our full budget
To ask people to trust God to guide them about being a part of this team. If He wanted them to be a part of this team then to completely trust God to provide what He wanted them to contribute.
Originally we divided the list of names into two categories and composed a different letter for each category. One letter went into a lot more detail than the other. After many revisions we took them both to Scott Strouse and asked him to read the letters and give us his honest opinion. After talking with Scott and making a few changes he suggested the three of us agreed we should send the same detailed letter to everyone.

We also put together a letter to send to churches explaining who we are, what we are doing, and asking them if they would allow us to come share with their congregation about what God is doing in Central America. The plan was to send letters and then follow up with a phone call.
In May we begin mailing these letters to churches and friends. We mailed about 200 letters to friends and another 100 plus letters to churches.