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Sponsoring Church Receives
Financial Miracle
Received Windfall After Making Donation for Feeding Center in Northeastern Mexico
 

It was an introduction like any of the other times that we had the pulpit turned over to us. But this night was going to be very different. It was a Sunday night in a church near Lake Charles, Louisiana. Donna and I were on a short itinerary through the U.S., raising funds for our mission works in Mexico.

Before the pastor handed the microphone to me, he began to talk about their church’s building fund. The church had been raising money to make some needed improvements. As we stood by him he then turned his attention to our building project.
 
As you know, we were needing to rebuild one of our children’s feeding centers in a city in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico because the wooden structure was literally crumbling to the ground due to repeated flooding and termite damage.

As the three of us stood before the congregation that night he explained that the board had met before service and agreed that they should pay tithes on their own building fund and give the money to help us with our rebuild project in Mexico. We were overjoyed as we heard the news. We could envision how much help a couple thousand dollars would be to get us along on our project.

But our joy at the news turned to pure astonishment as the pastor announced how much the gift would be: $22,000!!!

We could hardly contain ourselves. It was a gift beyond our wildest dream. We were speechless; we didn’t know what to say. And we were very humbled by the outpouring of generosity, knowing full well that they could have certainly used the money to take care of their own needs.

And now, construction on the feeding center is moving right along. I have deliberately slowed the progress of construction to keep down suspicion that there is money that someone would want to extort from us. As you may recall, an extortion attempt was made against us last year over funding for a church building project. We don’t want a repeat performance!

Recently I received a call from the pastor who had made the donation for our project. He called to share with me a testimony:

A few years ago Hurricane Rita ravaged south Louisiana. Insurance rates skyrocketed. The church began to have to pay over $20,000 per year for insurance! There was talk that the church had been placed into the wrong bracket, but nothing was done. Not long ago the church found an insurance company that offered them a much lower rate, saving them $9,000 a year! So immediately they cancelled the policy with the other insurance. And then the first company discovered their mistake. Yes, it was determined, the church had been being overcharged all those years. And would you believe, they refunded the church $32,000?!

Imagine the joy of the church as they received the news. And then they remembered us and the sacrificial gift they had made to our ministry. That old saying still stands true today: You cannot out-give God! Their gift had been doubled in refunds and savings.

I rejoiced with the pastor as he shared the news with me on the phone. It just goes to show you that good seed placed in good soil will bring a bountiful harvest. Praise the Lord for His mighty works!