5th 80 for Education Ellis family fundraiser update

Hey everyone!
It is time for the latest update in our 80 for Education Ellis family fundraiser, where our goal was to raise $8,000 by June 1st to send our kids to school while we do missions here in Taiwan. After 10 days, we now have a total of $5,400! Wow! Our total skyrocketed again due to one donor giving $1,600, and many others joining in the $100 campaign. This means we only need 26 people giving $100 each to reach our goal by June 1st (or you can give any amount you would like). Yes, June 1st is only 3 days away, so if you would like to give, please click on "Donate" at the top right of this website, or you can mail your check in to YWAM Montana, 501 Blacktail Road, Lakeside, MT, 59922 and make the check out to YWAM with a slip of paper saying it is for Sean and Katie Ellis (if you need a tax receipt, you will have to send the check to Montana). Thank you all for your prayers and support, and check out our latest video update below!

4th 80 for Education Update

Hey everyone!
It is time for the 80 for Education Ellis family fundraiser update! Over the last few days, we had a few more donations bringing us to a grand total of $3,500! This means we are almost halfway there. We still need 45 more people willing to give $100 each to meet our goal of 80 people and $8,000 by June 1st. The deadline for the children's school tuition is only days away now, so if you would like to give, you can go to our website www.ellisupdateonline.blogspot.com. Click on "Donate" there, or send in your donation by mail to YWAM Montana, 501 Blacktail Road, Lakeside, MT 59922 (make the check out to YWAM and they will mail you a receipt). Also, check out our new update video below!

3rd 80 for Education Update

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This is an update on how the 80 for Education Ellis family fundraiser is progressing. We saw our total DOUBLE since our last update! Wow! One donor gave $1,500, covering 15 people, and adding that to several more donations, our total is now up to $3,000. We are almost halfway to our goal of $8,000 by June 1st to pay the tuition for our 3 children to go to school while we do missions here in Taiwan. Thank you everyone for your generosity! If you would like to give, click on the "Donate" button at the right side of this website. Check out our video update below.

2nd 80 for Education fundraiser update!

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We wanted to give you the latest update in the Ellis family 80 for Education fundraiser. After 4 days, we have had 10 people give $100 each for a grand total of $1,000! We are now 1/8 of the way to our goal of 80 people and $8,000 by our deadline of June 1. This money will be going to pay for our childrens' education while we are here in Taiwan doing missions. Check out our latest update video below, and if you would like to give, you can click on "Donate" in the upper right corner of this site, or mail your donations in to YWAM Montana, 501 Blacktail Road, Lakeside, MT 59922. Thank you!

1st 80 for Education Ellis fundraiser update

Hey everyone!
We wanted to give you all an update on our 80 for Education Ellis family fundraiser. On our first day, we had 6 people give $100 each for a grand total of $600. What a great start! Thank you to everyone who gave to help our 3 children go to Bethany Christian School so they can learn Chinese, make new friends, and see Taiwan as their new home. We now need 74 more people to join in the fundraiser to reach our goal of $8,000 by June 1. Check out our new update video below!

1st 80 for Education Fund Raiser Video!

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80 for Education Fund Raiser!

Hello everyone!
We are beginning a new fund raiser called 80 for Education. When we moved to Taiwan, we knew that we would have to pray and seek God for how to educate our children overseas. God has always taken care of our children as we have served in missions. Always faithful, God provided the $8,000 that we needed to send the children to Bethany School for missionary kids this year. Now, we need to raise the funds to keep our children in the school for next year. We know that $8,000 is a lot of money, so we thought it would be better to ask if 80 people could give $100 each (you can give any amount you can or want to!). The money is due on June 1, and if we pay after this the fees go way up.
Why Bethany School?
We thought originally about home schooling the children here in Taiwan. The challenge we faced is that we wanted them to learn Chinese. Also, our ministry here has no families with children the same age as Max and Sophia. We knew that they were already sad about leaving friends and home, and wanted them to make new friends and see Taiwan as home now. Bethany was the cheapest and the only Christian option that we had. It is a wonderful, godly school for them.
What about Kai?
Kai was young enough for us to put him right into an all Chinese kindergarten. The first month was hard for him, not understanding the teachers and most of the children. Thankfully, there are 3 other missionary, American children at the same school, so Kai has his own translators!
Kai is already counting in Chinese, and learning traditional songs and dances. He brings home his workbook, and practices his Chinese characters.
Would you like to give?
There are two easy ways to give! First, if you don’t need a tax deductible receipt, you can click on "Donate" in the top right corner and give immediately through credit card or debit card on our Paypal Account.
Second, if you want a tax deduction, you can give by sending a check made out to YWAM Montana with a slip of paper saying “for Sean and Katie Ellis” with the following address: Accounting, YWAM Montana, 501 Blacktail Road, Lakeside, MT 59922.