Prayer: Funds

Again, tonight please pray that as this year comes to an end, alumni, companies, professors, and families will continue in their financial support. The end of a year is opportune time for giving, so we pray that Africa will remain on the hearts of those who have received our support letters. Praise God we currently have about $15,000.00 raised through support letters, but in reality that is about 1/5 of what we need.

We trust and praise God, remembering: "Don't put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there...but happy are those who have God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the Lord their God...He is the one who keeps every promise forever, who gives justice to the oppressed and food to the hungry." (Psalm 146:3-7)

Prayer: Safety

So sorry this is late. I lose all track of time while being home on break and did not even realize it was Wednesday until now. Please, tonight and this week, be praying for safety. For the situation in Uganda, traveling plans to/from/and while we are in Uganda.

We hope you have a blessed Christmas.

Wednesday Night Prayer

Join us tonight (9pm) to specifically pray for our (Westmont Women's Soccer) hearts.

1. That we will deeply seek the Lord in these next 5 months leading up to the trip.

2. We will study the Word, becoming knowledgeable and confident women of God.

3. We will use this time to seek growth.

4. We will put total faith and trust in the Lord.

5. We will be willing and open as God works in our hearts and lives.

Prayer Tonight

It's Wednesday!! Please join us tonight in specifically praying for:

The Ugandan people:

-Those we will be in contact with in the slums, schools, prisons, on the field, etc.

-The Lord will begin softening hearts.

-Sickness & health

-Poverty traps of: government and civil war

Support Letters Sent!

Last week a support letter composed of three letters from Dan Ribbens (Assistant Coach), Dave Wolf (Director of Soccer), and myself was successfully sent out! The letters were sent to Westmont Women's Soccer supporters, alumni, and members of the Westmont family. Along with the letters, a donation sheet and return envelope was included. A huge thank you to Ann Cavalli, Westmont Repro, and girls on the team for helping these letters get sent out.

T-SHIRTS FOR SALE!

T-SHIRTS FOR SALE!

"SUPPORT WESTMONT AFRICA 2010" shirts are now for sale!!

The dark gray t-shirt with turquoise Africa and metallic gold distressed rays come in S,M,L, and XL. We will be selling them for $15 or for a great price $20 you can get a t-shirt and sunglasses! Hurry they're selling fast!!

If you would like to order a t-shirt, email me at: jennelson@westmont.edu

FUNDRAISE ON THE 5TH?

OH MY GOSH...
I FINALLY just now figured out how to do this thing.
Wow.

K. Anyway, I'm flying into Santa Barbara on Tuesday, August 4th. Is anyone going to be around to go to businesses on Wednesday? I'm thinking we can get in a few hours of hitting up local places.

Muskegon fundraising= disappointing...unfortunately Michigan is in a bit of a crisis. Muskegon has been hit hard with the economy (mmm.. 30% unemployment) and the typical reply from businesses is something like: "business hasn't been good lately, we'll have to get back to you" or "we're trying to cut costs".

I'm hopeful for Santa Barbara though! So anyone interested for Wednesday, August 5th???

Jenna-

Great job on the blog! Look great and get's me VERY excited about the trip!!!

I want a pair!

Jenna- Thanks for including my in your blog (even though I'm not technically on the team :) So proud of all your hard work. Let me know how I can help you girls.

And I totally want to buy some sunglasses- probably 4 pairs to be exact- do you still have some?

-Jane

We recently had these awesome RayBan-esque sunglasses made (thank you Roxanne Love) in neon orange and green with "Westmont Warriors" printed on the side. We sold them at Westmont baseball and archery summer camps for $5.

We also had a mid-summer check-in last week where we did some oh so fun fitness, had lunch, played soccer, and were given our first opportunity to fundraise as a TEAM. We went to Von's grocery store in downtown Montecito where we split up and stood outside both entrances selling sunglasses, singing, juggling the soccer ball, and gratefully accepting donations. In just the one hour we were there we made roughly $200! So, THANK YOU to all the girls who were able to come up, down, or out to Santa Barbara and help jumpstart fundraising for our Africa 2010 trip!

create an account & start posting!

hi girls...please sign in and create an account. its real easy, will take a whole 5 minutes, and will make communicating SOOO much easier. so please, please, please make an account and start writing! missing you all!!!!

Hi Team!
Please use this as a way to communicate your fundraising progress and ideas to eachother. Tell us what you've been doing to keep yourself and others accountable. It's also a fun way to provide ideas, show pictures, and encourage eachother to have fun reaching our goal of $1500 by end of summer!!