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Support letter template

A sample letter your Racer can adapt when inviting friends and family to partner with them in prayer and financial support.

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Sample support letter

Use this as a starting point — swap in your Racer's story, dates, fundraising goal, and benchmark. Personal details make the biggest difference.

Dear Friends and Family,

I hope all is well with you! Since I last saw you, so much has happened in my life. Spring semester, I went to school online and worked at Kelly Elementary School in Grand Forks, ND as a paraprofessional in the Autism Resource Room. This summer, I have been nannying and preparing to go on this wild adventure ahead. I am a little less than a month away from going on this trip and couldn't be more excited but frightened at the same time. I have had a great time living with my sister, niece, and nephew in East Grand Forks, MN and will miss them dearly. That is a short little snippet of what I have had going on in the last 8ish months — but if you would like to hear more, just reach out to me.

My next adventure is what I am going to be talking about and it starts in September. I am planning on going on the World Race, an 11-month mission trip to Guatemala, Romania, Albania, Turkey, Jordan, and South Asia with an organization called Adventures in Missions.

The World Race exists to mobilize a generation of radical Christ followers, discipling and training them to establish the Kingdom of God. While on the field, I will have many different ministry opportunities ranging from evangelizing to teaching English to children's camp (VBS) and many more. I am confident that the Lord is going to work in us and through us. I am so excited for this opportunity to learn more about the Father and to bring the Kingdom to the places we will be.

To go on the World Race, I need to fundraise. I have full confidence and assurance in the Lord, knowing that as I walk in faith of where He is calling me, He will also provide everything I need. Through this trust, I am developing a team of partners who are willing to walk alongside me through this process.

I would love to ask you to pray about joining my financial support team. In this, not only would you be partnering with me, but you would be partnering with the Father in the calling of bringing the Kingdom to some of the most unreached places in the world. I need to raise $19,700 by December 30th, 2023, but my first benchmark is $7,880 (or 40%) by September 2nd, 2023. I currently am sitting at $2,218 — a little over 10%. This is an incredible opportunity for me and I would be honored for you to partner alongside me.

I am wondering if you will consider joining my team with a gift of $10 — or whatever the Lord is leading you to. It would truly be an honor to have you join my support team and invest in the Kingdom in this way.

I will be giving you a phone call in the next few weeks to share more about what I am doing and to see how God led you in this. Thanks for your time, and may God bless you.

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Email:

Phone #:

Blog: name.theworldrace.org

*Adventures In Missions is a tax-exempt organization under IRS code 501(c)(3) and is a member of the ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability). Due to IRS and ECFA regulations governing the administration of tax-deductible donations given in support of a particular trip/program, support contributions given on behalf of an individual will be used to offset the costs of the trip/program you are involved in. All contributions are non-refundable and non-transferable regardless of the participant's success in completing the program.