How do you turn $1 into $2!?

Hello all!

As families back in the US start to settle into the Thanksgiving and the Christmas Season, our feeding programs are getting ready to gear up in Carrillos.

As you all know, your support has been helping to feed 50-60 children 5 nutritious a week at our sites in La Carpio and Los Guido. As the kids in Costa Rica get ready for their summer break (December and January) the need for nutritious meals increases because kids no longer have access to a meal provided by the schools. With that in mind, the Evangelical Methodist and the Pentecostal Churches in Carrillos are getting ready start their summer feeding programs.

Last year the Pentecostal Church provided 5 noon meals a week to roughly 70 children and the Methodist Church provided 5 dinner meals a week to 30 children. Those numbers have steadily been increasing and we expect this year to be feeding roughly 150 children in Carrillos, 100 in La Carpio, and 100 in Los Guido.

Your support has been instrumental in providing the resources that have allowed these programs to grow, reaching more children every year. Based on these projections by February 1^st, with your help we will have fed roughly 145,000 meals since the feeding programs started.

At this time of year, with additional programs come additional funding needs. At current, the feeding and education programs are seeing a budget deficit of roughly $35,000. That money would be used to help us meet the budget of feeding 350-400 meals a week for the summer months.

However, through the General Board of Global Ministries(GBGM), God has given us a great chance to turn $1 into $2! Starting at Midnight EST on December 3^rd GBGM will be doing a matching funds campaign. This means that every dollar you give will be matched by GBGM as a donation. So your Donation of $50 becomes $100, or a donation of $100 becomes $200.

As you have heard many times, just $35 feeds a child for a month. If you pledge to feed 1 child on December 3^rd through your generosity combined with GBGM you will actually be feeding two children!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS. Because the funds are limited to a total of $500,000! 

SO on December 3^rd simply follow this link - http://www.umcmission.org/Give-to-Mission/Search-for-Projects/Projects/3021552 and click the “Give Now” button on the side row. Every dollar donated will be matched by GBGM. Turning 1 into 2 is as simple as that.

Thank you all and God bless!