Loving a stranger (Update on helping our friends beat foreclosure)

Vincent van Gogh - The Good Samaritaan

Late last year I invited my friends and family to join with me in helping save a family’s home from foreclosure. It was an amazing experience to see money come in from literally all around the world.

So many of you reached into your pockets and shared love with a stranger.

Thank you!

My friends are now totally clear with the bank. They finally received all the paperwork and approval from the bank, restructured their loan and are now doing great as she’s started her new nursing job.
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Making your message relevant

Jim Wallis and Jon Stewart are such a great combination…

Wallis was on the Daily Show Wednesday night talking about his new book, “Rediscovering Values: On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street.”
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Beating foreclosure

We’re so close to reaching our goal!

Over $4000 raised in just over a month!

Take a look at this map – it shows every city represented by at least one donation.

friends map

Awesome!
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Helping our friends beat foreclosure – update

Stockton, California

It’s been two and a half weeks since I put out a plea to all my blog readers, Twitter friends and Facebook peeps to help our friends beat foreclosure.

The plea was simple — can we get 450 people to donate $10 by Nov 1 to help them keep their house.
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With a little help for our friends

I was looking over the totals that have come in to help our friends beat foreclosure this week.

It’s encouraging to see.

Folks from 2 different countries, 5 different states, people that have never met my friends, are all pitching in to help in a time of need.

To help illustrate this, I put together a quick map highlighting the cities represented thus far.

friends mortgate
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