MITES
We are very excited to have this page on our website to keep you informed of the progress we are making in reaching our new goal of $163,000 which was voted upon during our convention in September 2009.
Mite receipts as of October 31 totaled $19,871.97--$4,967.99 for national, $11,923.18 for District mission grants, and $2,980.80 for District in-reach operations. This does not include convention offering #1, the convention mission walk, nor LWML Sunday and Prayer Service offerings, which total an additional $6,630.18 for District mission grants. What a great start for the first four months of the biennium!
Mites total as of November 30, 2008 is $26,658.29. Watch this total grow!!!
As of December 26, our mites are up to $32,061.01!
As of January 26, 2009 the mites rose to $39,254.71.
As of February 10, 2009 the mites total: $41,875.18!
As of March 4, 2009, mites for the biennium now total $48,258.89. "I look forward to them breaking the $50,000 mark with our next deposit!" said Karen, our Financial Secretary.
As of May 6, 2009 the mites for the biennium stand at $66,497.85!
The mites count broke the $70,000 barrier and stands at $70,890.80 as of May 29!
August 10, 2009: I am happy to report that the mites finally broke the $80,000 barrier with this morning’s deposit--$80869.00 to be exact.
As of August 31, 2009 the mites have grown to $83,272.74 : )
Sept. 22, 2009: With the deposit made yesterday, mites are up to $87,79.83. Can we break into $90,000 by the end of September? Should be close.
Oct. 22, 2009: Thank you so much, zone presidents and LWMLers, for helping put out the SOS for mites. I feel we are still behind for the biennium, but the checks arriving these past two weeks make it look very encouraging, especially if there are more "hold-outs" out there. One unit sent in mites for 2008 and 2009! After today's deposit, mite receipts will total $94,961.13. Praise the Lord!
Nov. 23, 2009: As of last week's deposit, mites broke through the $100,000 mark and now stands at $100,738.32. Praise the Lord! Next deposit will be made on Friday. My mailbox has been much fuller lately, so hopefully mites will be rising faster and we'll catch up to where we need to be to make our goal this biennium.
As of the end of February 2010, we have received $122,352.69 . Our goal for this biennium is $163,000. Let's all pull together and reach our goal. The biennium ends on June 30, 2010!
March 31, 2010 - With today's deposit, mites are at $129,829.51. That leaves a balance of $33,170.49 needed to make our goal of $163,000--or $11,056.83 a month for the next three months.
As of the 4/9/10 deposit, mites collected for the biennium are at $131,257.32. They are very slow in coming in. I keep waiting to be surprised, especially by those who had sent in nothing or little so far for the biennium.
May 17, 2010 -
As of today's deposit, mites stand at $141,532.67 for the biennium--$21,467.33 to go over the next 7 weeks to reach goal. Please keep mite giving and the mission grants in your prayers. The Love Scholarship Fund is also seeking funds to help our future pastors and church workers with their education costs. It has been a tough biennium financially, but God has blessed us richly so far with many wonderful mission service opportunities and helped us stretch our dollars and cents to accomplish much to extend His kingdom.
June 18, 2010: Today's total $151,948.68 . We are getting close, just a little over $11,000 needed.
With the Lord's blessings and the women of the district praying for and collecting mite offerings our goal will be met.
MISSION GRANTS
Listed below are the mission grants and scholarships being funded through the 2010 biennium with the mites that are received from units and zones.
Grants are funded as the project requests monies and funds become available.
$97,800 BUDGETED AMOUNT TO FUND ALL GRANTS; AN ADDITIONAL $5567 WOULD BE NEEDED TO FULLY FUND # 8 AND #9
1. Scholarships for Pastoral Students - $15,000 will be awarded
2. Scholarships for Church Worker Students - $15,000 will be awarded
3. Lutheran Church & School Project La Print, Haiti– funds will provide roof repairs and upgrades to the site where the feeding program for the poor children is conducted. $14,800
4. Trinity/HOPE, Haiti - Providing a noon meal for the hungry children in our Lutheran Schools in Haiti is a powerful witness used by the Holy Spirit to discredit the Voodoo teaching that God is unapproachable and non-responsive to Haitians. Funds will be used to feed an average of 125 children. $5000
5. Concordia Food Co-Op, Ft. Wayne, IN - funds will provide for the purchase of food for two months for the Seminary's Food Co-Op, which currently supplies between 75% and 80% of all families' food and household needs each month at no cost to the seminary students. $10,000.
6. Restoring Faith, Home & Community, Camp Biloxi, MS – funds will enable the Southern District LCMS Disaster Response Ministry, Recovery Assistance, Inc. (RAI) to continue their work in the area devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. $12,000
7. Immokalee Lutheran Mission Church, FL – funds will be used to help fund the Immokalee Lutheran Mission Church which was opened in March 2008, the first church in the farm worker community of 34,000 Hispanic and Haitian immigrants. $15,000
8. Feed My Sheep, Woodstock, GA – will provide one-half gallon of milk and one dozen eggs to each family who is helped through Timothy’s Cupboard, Timothy Lutheran Church’s food bank which feed 2004 families in 2007. (Proposed $6037) $5500
9. Children of Hope Peru – funds will enable the workers in Chimbote Peru, to establish a daily feeding program for the at risk children in Hope, the ghetto near the port city.(Proposed $10,000) $5500
(Grants 8 and 9 tied with the same number of votes; the remaining grant fund is divided evenly between the tied projects.)
UPDATE ON OUR CURRANT MISSION GRANTS as of February 19, 2010:
GRANT PAID
1) Lutheran Church & School Project La Point, Hai 14,800 14,800
2) Trinity HOPE, Haiti 5,000 5,000
3) Concordia Food Co-op, Ft. Wayne, IN 10,000 10,000
4) Restoring Faith. Home and Community,
Camp Biloxi, MS 12,000 6,000
5) Immokalee Lutheran Mission Church, Fl 15,000 7,500
6) Children of Hope, Peru 5,500 2,750
7) Feed My Sheep, Woodstock Ga. 5500 2750
67,800 48,800
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