Fundraiser Auction: THANK YOU!

Our Auction Fundraiser was a success! We would like to thank all those who showed their support by attending the auction and all the businesses and individuals who donated items for making this fundraiser possible. We raised $3,127! Thank you! These funds will go directly toward supporting our ministry in Malawi.

The best selling item was Andre's hair! $450! The headshave was a lot of fun [facebook video] and Andre has a brand new look!
We would like to say a special thank you to:

• Candace Tropeau and her assistants from Epicure Selections who provided some great snacks and sold fundraiser packages (~40% of sale price to our Malawi mission)
  
• local songwriter and musician Debbie Fortnum who provided music for the evening and sold CDs (50% of sale price to our Malawi mission)
• Ann Hanson from Aloette Cosmetics for her support

If you are still interested in taking part in some of these fundraising options, please let us know. These dips and CDs make great gifts!

The Triple Dip Fundraiser is a set of three Epicture dip mixes, recipe booklet and accompanying, reusable presentation bag with velcro closing. $20 (40% for Malawi)

Debbie Fortnum is a local singer/songwriter/pianist with a heart for missions who has produced 5 wonderful CDs. Listen. CDs $20 each (50% for Malawi)

poverty perspective on the environment

I came across an interesting Malawian response on all the hype about global warming and CO2 emissions. I thought I'd share it here because it shows some global perspective from the poor.

From Malawi's "The Daily Times" Kofi Bentil [06 June 2008]:

People who have a stake in the success of a thing are less likely to destroy it, so property-owning people are less likely to destroy by pollution the life they enjoy. But to the poor, life is a struggle: they care little for anything but daily sustenance, much less the environment.

To get out of poverty you need economic development. To get economic development you need a stable economy with property rights, the rule of law and economic freedom: so why don’t we focus on how we can lift everybody out of the mud of poverty? Poverty is neither quaint nor environmentally friendly, whatever eco-tourists might think.

This is the dilemna we will probably face in promoting sustainability. The people of Malawi are living in survival mode. How do we lift the poor out of poverty toward sustainability? I believe extending the Kingdom of God has something to do with it...