The Form Letter

If this is your first time visiting, I encourage you to read the post "My Mission" first.

Below is the form letter that we've been supplied with to raise funds. It will tell you everything you need to know if you'd like to make a donation to support the trip.


I hope this letter finds you well and enjoying life. I am writing to ask if
you would join me in caring for the sick, poor and those left behind: the
victims of AIDS in Nigeria. A small group of friends, associates and I are
planning to travel to the Faith Alive AIDS clinic in Jos, Nigeria this
winter. I am asking for your support through prayer and finances, which are
two equally important needs of our group.

We are trying to raise $4,000 for the seven of us to spend two weeks at the
AIDS clinic in Jos, Nigeria. The funds we raise will be used to contribute
to our airfare. With the remaining donated funds, we will buy medication for
some of the thousands of patients at the clinic who are waiting for
antiviral drugs. I ask you to join our mission by contributing whatever you
can.

* Each traveler carries much needed medications and supplies to
the AIDS clinic in Jos, Nigeria. Since postal services are quite limited in
this remote area of Africa, the clinic and its related facilities depend
upon volunteers to hand-deliver most of these necessities. To learn more
about the FAITH ALIVE FOUNDATION, I have enclosed a brochure from the Faith
Alive Foundation. Also, please visit
www.faithalivenigeria.org.

* All financial contributions should be made payable to First
Presbyterian Church ATT: Tona. Please write "Nigeria" on the memo line when
sending a check and please do not include my name. Your donation will be
100% tax deductible. All contributors will receive a from the church,
declaring your donation as a tax deduction. Please send your check in the
enclosed return envelope.

Our team is also looking for people who will support us by routinely taking
some time to pray for our group and the wonderful people in Jos. We will be
leaving on January 25, 2008, for two weeks. We need your prayers during our
preparation as well as during the actual trip.

Our time in Nigeria will be spent shadowing doctors, visiting and counseling
patients as well as spending time in the orphanage and schools. We are
seeking to learn from the workers and the clinic, and develop a sense of how
we can grow into life long servants of Jesus Christ and the poor. Our most
important role will be caring for and spending time with the impoverished
and neglected people at the clinic. I would like to thank you in advance for
considering these requests. I look forward to updating you upon my return
with the personal learning and growth that occurred, as well as all that God
did in the lives of the people I met there.