The Mina Project

Mom asked about this and I figured that others may want to know, so I thought I would write a little article about it. This project was based on the parable found in Luke 19. The church normally gives a lot of money away in December, but does it mainly through Target and Wal-Mart gift cards. This year they instead decided to give $35,000 to the congregation and they asked us to increase it and give it away. They gave the money away in the form of cash in sealed envelopes. Some people only got $10, some got $20, but some got as much as $500.

Yesterday was the celebration for this. Amanda and I matched our cash and then Amanda used it for a project that Lily's preschool was doing. However, some people did some very exciting stuff. The church has only accounted for about 30% of the $35K given out, but what they do know is that small sum has already grown into about $140K in charity. In other words, entrusting this to the congregation was better in the long run.

BTW, there is a relief fund sponsored by the National Guard. I highly recommend donating to this if you have some extra cash. It really helps a lot of servicemen and -women out.