Re: A Letter from a Financial Supporter

Thank you for your gracious and open letter. A letter like this makes us have a stronger than ever sense of your partnership. It is a great encouragement to me to have you share like this. As Americans we tend to be very private about our finances. Rarely would one "spell it out," like you've just done, in order to let us know where you stand in regards to being our partners in ministry with your finances.

We are so blessed to have friends and supporters like you who trust the Lord in how He's going to provide and lead in using us all in small ways for the sake of His glory!

Praying for your blessing and Joy from Singpaore today,

K!Mberly

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To: K!Mberly Creasman

Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 11:10 AM

Subject: Expanded ministries

Dear Jim and Kimberly,

Thanks for your regular reports as well as your special, personally written letter from Jim. We like the reporting of activities and prayer requests related to calendar events for yourselves, the ministries, and the kids. And we thank God that we can participate in a small way and share your vision for reaching CHINA. What a wonderful calling!

I know that you are looking for supporters to back your ministry expansion, and we have every intention to continue to support you in prayer and via semiannual contributions. However, I guess its time for you to become aware of our financial situation. I, ____ have been retired for 12 years and this is the main reason we have reduced the rate of our giving to twice annually for all of our charities. We give once in the springtime in anticipation of God’s blessings and once in December, reflecting the state of our finances. The money comes from our IRA’s.

____ is also retired, but she works from time to time when she has a special request from a known former associate, primarily to provide her with some discretionary money, spending money for gifts. We both drive OLD cars.

So, the bottom line is, don’t expect additional resources from us unless the Lord does something extraordinary with our finances. We are largely dependent on second guessing the stock market with our IRA’s and can report that God has kept things relatively constant for us over the last decade while things in the financial markets were going up and down rather dramatically.

Although our contributions may not seem like much, we consider you both, and your special gifts and ministries, as one of our favorite investments, along with five other missionary families and other outreaches. We love you and desire God’s blessings for you, your family and your ministries.