Thursday, March 25, 2010

One Very Good Week!

Thank you so much to each of you that had a part in this great week of fundraising!

Oak Street Baptist Church - The breakfast was great! Thank you so much!
Calvary Baptist Church - Thank you so much for having me! It was nice to meet all of you. You are too generous!
Valley Forge Church - You guys are awesome! I want to thank you guys as well! Go do something crazy this week!

As a result of all of your gifts, I now have enough to pay for my tuition and receive my enrollment packet as well as order a plane ticket!!! I can't thank you guys enough. God is good! He's using each of you. =D

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Support Update

Hello everyone. I want to say a big thank you to all of you who have given. I received way more than I thought I would for just the first month and now I'm only about $1000.00 away from sending off for my official certificate of enrollment! I have two families committing to sponsor me for the duration of my trip and boatloads more who gave a one time gift. And a special thank you to everyone for committing to pray with and for me. Each of you are so special, and I greatly appreciate everything. To those of you who gave, be looking in the mail soon for your Thank You letters. I want you to know just how important all of this means to me.

As for March, I have a couple things lined up. On Sunday the 21st at 8:00am, my home church, Oak Street Baptist, will be putting on a fund raising breakfast in the gym. Please invite everyone you know to be there and enjoy a good southern breakfast for any size donation. Also on the 21st at Calvary Baptist Church, I will be leading their evening service and explaining all the details of my trip. We'll be having a time of praise and worship, maybe a short word, and a question and answer time. Please come out and hear all about it!

I'm Going To Hillsong College!

That's right! On July 10th I'll be flying out, headed to Sydney, Australia to study under some of the greatest ministers and worship leaders of the day. I found out right before Christmas that I had been accepted to the college and have been in a frenzy trying to raise support in order to go. Hillsong doesn't actually offer any type of finanicial aid or student loans, so I have been asking friends, family, and churches to partner with me and to help relieve some of the financial burden. Chances are if you are reading this, you received a letter from me, asking for just that. You obviously are, or were, a big part of my life and influence(d) me in some way. So if you are stopping by to read this, I want to say thank you... Thank you for being a friend. Thank you for joining with me in prayer. Thank you for giving your hard earned money to send me off to do God's will for my life. Thank you for helping me chase my dream and aspire to be a worship leader of the highest quality, reaching as many as possible for His kingdom. Thank you for aiding me in living out what it means to be a "follower of Christ." Hope to hear from you soon. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to call me at 423-213-1928 or email me at xchris.vaughnx@gmail.com