Thursday, May 13, 2010

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.

1 comment:

Ever Evolving said...

Just noticed that the YWAM Montana address is actually 501 Blacktail Rd. Thought you'd like to know as that's important for people sending money there. What a wonderful idea to raise the money for the kids to go to school! I hope that you all are doing good and transitioning to life in Taiwan. Thanks for all that you give and do!
-Danielle Hanson