May 8, 2020
So, this is the final update regarding Kitchener. It is attached in the email but I will also put it in the usual section 'Latest Mission'. For the next while all information regarding the ministry, will be sent through the email as usual.
Thanks to a few more people I can update the picture below.
If you remember from last week we started off with the goal of $2,000 to finish off the hotel payment from the Kitchener expense. We managed to get $835 since the last plea and we now have $1,165 remaining. Thanks so much to everyone for prayer support and all other kinds during this unstable time and struggle to make sense of this 'new normal'.
It was suggested a while back about an option for helping out instead of giving towards hotel costs etc. and offering towards the 'office supply fundraising' (like in the past we couldn't fix the photocopier and instead bought a printer and also we got the sound card so that we could record sound for the videos etc). So if you are inclined we are in need of updating the computer. This past week it crashed again and was almost impossible to get something to show on the screen. It is a 10 year old computer and was state of the art at the time and has great bones; but still needs a few upgrades. If we are to do anymore fancy work for the blog and record and edit videos etc. it will definitely need these upgrades. The way it is now you can barely write a word document without issues. If there is anyone out there interested regarding the details in the spirit of transparency, the updates involve upgrading the computer's ram (from 6GB to at least 32 or 48), a graphics card (GPU), SSD hard drive, the bluetooth/wifi card and a few other peripherals etc. We already purchased today a program that the Lord recommended called "CleanMyMac X" for Apple computers. STAY FAR AWAY FROM SOMETHING CALLED 'MACKEEPER' it is a scam and it will infect your computer. Obviously the Lord didn't just say this out of the blue, 'by the way I recommend this software"...No, it was because I was complaining for the last year and trying to fix it and I showed Rachel on the screen what it is and God said that 'this will work well'. Also we are to get a yearly subscription of it instead of buying it outright. I'm putting it 'out there', because I know there are quite a few people who use Mac computers and this program gets rid of all kinds of viruses, malware and also looks for duplicates and junk that is hidden and it knows how to uninstall everything dangerous or duplicates. It will free up lots of storage as well. Sorry for rambling on but I know if it is good enough for the Lord's computer, than it will be good enough for yours. We can get by with me using my own laptop but even that is acting up after 8 years of lots of use. It is not an absolute necessity like the hotel is because obviously the email is more than enough for keeping people updated and for the usual prayer requests etc. For those small business owners out there you can relate to this analogy. If you owned a restaurant and only had 3 or 4 customers on a particular day, and it was a consistent pattern, you would weigh the cost versus profits and probably close for that day. In this environment we are all adapting and learning.
Thanks for your time and here is the updated version of my graphic masterpiece! As you can see we are still $1,165 short but we have made great progress.
