So this morning, our director Ryan texted in sick with stomach flu. Eek. it’s our crunch week to raise money. we need just under $18K by THIS Friday to make our matching grant goal to cover just some of our budget. Broadly speaking, we totally have more open doors than we can walk through, but we’re still seeing some closed doors that we know should be open. Also, we’ve all missed work a lot lately for unplanned health reasons. So, when my favorite-admin-justice-coalition-league-member, Vanessa, walked into my office first thing this morning and said,
“we need to pray and fast”, we said YESSSSSSSS.
I can’t tell you how fantastic it is to occasionally be spontaneous and (hopefully more than occasionally) follow the Holy Spirit’s lead where I work…it’s both a privilege and responsibility I don’t take lightly! (side note – so glad this can be done wherever we happen to work, whether “faith-based” or not!)
So, Freedom Fast is happening starting tomorrow!
We invite you and your people (small group? family? parish?) to join with us. pray, give and act with us! It’s apparent to our team that this is urgent in more ways than one. I can honestly tell you, money is only one of the central issues we will pray about…it’s about praying for freedom.
But I will never hesitate to say that money simply has to be used as part of the solution to modern day slavery, instead of the problem. We have that power!
1. Pray: please join us and pass this link about our Freedom Fast on to any people you know are specifically gifted or called to pray. Just forward this email, message them… send them a gif basket etc
2. Donate to Freedom Fund today! Share this opportunity any way you can
TODAY, we are 28% of the way there!
3. Act: Join us this week in in person:
Pray for Freedom
Friday Oct 19th, 12:30pm to 1pm
Meet in front of Fresno First Baptist (Worship Center area) at 1400 E Saginaw Way
We are taking 30 minutes to walk and pray in the place our organization first started, in the heart of one of the well-known human trafficking street spots in Fresno
Gazebo Gardens Friday, October 19th, 5pm-8pm
Hang out with us! Nothing is planned. (Many of our favorite conversations usually happen when we don’t plan, right?). We’re available to answer questions, and of course we are accepting donations during the last few hours of our Freedom Fund campaign!
~Jessica Pittman
Founder/Associate Director