Hey
guys I know it’s not Friday but I thought this might be helpful and encouraging.
I stumbled on this the other day on Justin Taylor’s blog. This is what he wrote,
enjoy:
Here are 15
post-office-free ideas to get you started, most of which you could do right now
from your desk, written by an anonymous 30-year-old missionary:
1. Pray
specific Scripture for them and their ministry, and then email it to them.
2. Call or
email their parents—Christmas might be just as lonely for the ones at home as
the ones away.
3. Purchase
credits on Skype so they can stay in touch with family and friends.
4. Donate
frequent flier miles to them.
5. Ask them
if you can host an evening of prayer of them and the local people who work with
them.
6. Purchase
an iTunes gift card for them. You can send these through email or if you buy a
physical card simply email them the code on the back.
7. Commit to
pray for them on a specific day of the week for a year.
8. Write a
song or poem or story for them. Email them the text and a recording of you
reading or singing it.
9. Get
friends and family together to create a holiday video greeting for them on
YouTube or Vimeo. Include lots of people you know they miss. (If people are
working in sensitive locations you may want to make this a “private video.”)
10. Make a
year-end gift through their missions board or agency.
11. PayPal—the
fastest and easiest way to send money.
12. Call
their local florist (not everyone is in the jungle these days) and have flowers
delivered, or their local Pizza Hut and have pizza delivered—with corn and
shrimp as toppings!
13. Send
them a gift card for a Bible Study platform like OliveTree or Logos.
14. Donate
to a charity that means a lot to them.
15. Make a
monthly commitment to support them financially.
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