Support Letter...It's Official...Email Style

After much thought and mental wrestling, we decided that for this mission trip, we would forgo the costs of printing and mailing support letters and go the email route.  While I'm a little nervous that some might think it's lame, I feel good that we are saving money this way and now that people can donate online, it just makes sense to provide them with a link they can click on.

So, here's what our support letter looks like:

And if you didn't receive one by email...make sure to sign up for our email newsletter group in the upper right hand corner.  Sorry that I missed you!

Here's what it said...

"Dear Family & Friends,

As we head into the holidays, it's time for the Suiters to start thinking about the summer.  Greg and I have decided to partner up again and lead a trip back to Pawley's Island, South Carolina this coming July. 

Pawley's has a very special place in both our hearts.  This will be my (Shannon) 3rd time back in Pawley's and Greg's 5th time returning.  We spent two weeks there together the month before we got married and returned for another week the month after we got married.  Last summer Greg took a team of amazing underclassmen to Pawley's to continue the wonderful work going on there.  While in Pawley’s Island, Greg and the team partnered with LeaderTreks to continue the mission of healing the division between the white and African-American communities.   The team helped with the construction of homes to improve living conditions in the neighborhoods as well as ran an outreach program to the children living there. 

We are so excited to continue what the students started last year and are asking for your help to do that.  First and foremost, we would ask for your prayers.  We believe in the power of prayer and need prayer support to help us as we are traveling, working, and sharing the gospel.  These communities are in desperate need spiritually and it will take lots of prayer to prepare our hearts and the hearts of the people in South Carolina.  If you head to our blog - teamsuiter.blogspot.com - you can join our email update list to receive important prayer requests and updates on the progress of our team.

We are also needing to raise $1300 for our travel costs.  If you would please consider donating to our trip, we would greatly appreciate it.  You can donate 2 different ways.  First, you can donate online.  If you go to www.morethan2hs.com, there is a tutorial explaining how to donate.  You can select either Greg or I to donate to, but both go to our account.  You can also donate by check.  You can mail a check to us at the address below.  Please make the check payable to Sun Valley Community Church and DO NOT put our names on the check for tax purposes.  All donations are tax deductible and you will receive a tax receipt at the end of the calendar year.

Thank you so much for taking the time to learn more about our upcoming trip to Pawley’s Island and for considering to support us prayerfully and financially.  Please let us know if you have any questions.

We are so thankful for you all this holiday season and wish you and your families all the best!

Love,
Greg & Shannon Suiter"