SACRIFICIAL GIVING TO MISSIONS

When our daughter, Emily, was a preschooler she wanted to give something for missions.  All she had was a dime and a penny.  She gave it all.  In the following 35 years, she has found 11 cents (always as a dime and a penny) in many places including on the floor in the house, in the car, on the street or sidewalk, in change after a purchase, etc.  Maybe she is just focused on that amount, but she finds it everywhere. That original 11 cents gained significance to her in her life.  When she was nine years old, we went to the Philippines as missionaries.  We talked with her about how far her 11 cents went when it was combined with the gifts of others.  Her 11 cents paid for our plane tickets, it provided a house and car for us, it paid for furloughs and return trips, and continues to provide for missions in many new and exciting forms.  Never underestimate the power of sacrificial giving to missions.