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Published on: 10/26/2006
Last Visited: 3/5/2007
I mentioned to my assistant, Dee Smith, that it would be great if we were at $2,000,000 by the end of the day - so we could go into the weekend rejoicing that we had reached that mark.We stood in the office and prayed that God would do His work in His time.I got on the phone and began to call some people who I had talked to earlier about their partnership with us for the campaign.One of those donors said "Yes" to a $5,000 pledge.That was wonderful and brought us to only $28,000 more needed for the 2 million mark.After a few more calls that went to voice mails or answering machines, it was time to go teach Bible class.I left the office telling Dee that God hadn't done it yet, but it would come in his timing.After Bible class was done, I was walking through the front office and the man I had been trying to reach was sitting there.He said that he had was dropping off lunch to his child and got my message - "Could we talk?"he asked.When we sat down in my office and he asked how the campaign was going and where we were at, I told him we were a little bit away from a big number.He said, "How far away?"When I told him $28,000, he said "Well, you got it!