Help Your Filipino Brethren Attend the Feast

Fundraising campaign by Daniel Macaraeg
  • US$7,137.00
    raised of $7,000.00 goal goal
101% Funded
51 Donors
Raised offline: $1,133.37
Total: $8,270.37
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Dear brethren around the world:

We all know that the Feast of Tabernacles is the highlight of the year...

It pictures the wonderful world tomorrow — the peaceful reign of Christ on this earth.

It reminds us of our blessed hope — the triumphant return of the Messiah in the Kingdom of God — inspiring and encouraging us to faithfully hold fast amidst the trials and the bad news we hear about every day.

It strengthens our relationships with our families and our brethren — by bonding and building each other up, even as we see the Day approaching.

It is in this spirit that I am writing to you about an urgent need in our country.

THE PROBLEM

You see, our scattered brethren in the Philippines (many of whom are impoverished) need help to attend this year's Feast of Tabernacles (October 14 to 21). Their second tithe faithfully saved isn't enough.

Out of approximately 120 brethren, about half are in need of festival assistance.

Many of those employed or have regular income make only a minimum wage of $7.50 per day. (Of course, the take-home pay is much less.)

Many of our members, especially those with big families, cannot afford to attend the Feast — much less keep it for the full eight days. Not to mention the elderly and those who are just scraping by to survive.

Also, since we are just a small, scattered flock — meeting in homes and not belonging to any big church organization — general Feast funding is not available.

However, despite the poverty, God has blessed us in many ways. He has shown us great favor in the form of a huge discount at a beautiful mountain location here in Davao City.

THE SOLUTION

To solve this problem, several individuals in our group who are capable of paying their own way have pledged to shoulder the expenses of an additional brother or sister in the faith.

Still, we could only do so much. This is why we are reaching out to you in this letter.

We're working directly with the Festival Coordinator in putting on this fundraising campaign. All funds will go towards lodging and food expenses for approximately 60 brethren in need.

WILL YOU HELP?

If you are able and moved in your heart to give, please donate ANY amount that you can — it will be much appreciated! Your donation will bless your Filipino brethren by making their Feast attendance possible.

A tiny amount of $120 can pay for food and lodging for one person for the entire eight days. So even a small amount can go a long way here in the Philippines!

HERE'S A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU...

As a token of our appreciation, we will be sending you a beautiful "Limited Edition" Feast of Tabernacles T-Shirt that we've designed and produced ourselves.

For every person you sponsor ($120), we will give you one T-shirt. If you sponsor two people ($240), we will send you two T-shirts, and so on.

We have the shirts available in 10 colors and six sizes (please refer to the table below). Just specify the color/s and size/s — my email address is [email protected].

NOTE: If you want your shirt/s to be delivered before feast-time, please donate on or before September 4* — to allow time to process and send them before the Feast.

If we receive your donation after September 4*, we will process and send your T-shirt/s after the Feast. The last day to donate is October 2.

* UPDATE: We are extending the deadline to September 10, as some have expressed interest in donating, had they seen this announcement much earlier.

May God our heavenly Father bless you and your family. May you also have a wonderful Feast of Tabernacles this year!

Gratefully yours in Christ,

Daniel Macaraeg
Davao City, Philippines

P.S.

Please watch this 2-minute video to get a glimpse of last year's Feast (2018): https://www.facebook.com/meryl.macaraeg/videos/10157622448154179/

Here's another 2-minute video of our Feast of Tabernacles in 2017:
https://www.facebook.com/meryl.macaraeg/videos/10156568743464179/

If you're considering attending the Feast with us here in Davao, please let us know! :-)

…Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.
(Mathew 25:40)

Rewards

$120 can pay for one person's food and lodging for eight full days. For every person you sponsor, you'll get one Limited Edition Feast of Tabernacles T-Shirt.

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Donors

  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Sep 29, 2019
  • A great initiative and I wish you all a wonderful Feast of Tabernacles!

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  • Lucy Laton
  • Donated on Sep 29, 2019
$1.00
  • MICHAEL ORTH
  • Donated on Sep 27, 2019
$120.00
Dec 15

Update: Delay of Last Batch of Feast Shirts

Update posted by Daniel Macaraeg at 02:18 am

To those who haven't received their Feast shirts yet: We encountered a problem with the printing of the last batch. It’s scheduled to be shipped before the end of this month. So it should arrive sometime in January.We sincerely apologize for the delay. Thanks for your patience! ~Daniel

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Oct 03

Funding Successful!

Update posted by Daniel Macaraeg at 01:38 am

Our fundraising campaign has just ended — and it was a huge success! We thank our Father in heaven for moving the hearts of so many people around the world to give generously to this cause. A big "thank you" to all of you who donated and prayed for us,. . . . .

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Sep 21

Feast Shirts Sent. 11 Days to Go!

Update posted by Daniel Macaraeg at 12:23 am

Hello everyone! Thank you very much to all who have donated so far.To those who have chosen to avail of the souvenir, your Feast shirts are on their way.As of this morning, we are already 65% funded! But we just have 11 days left to raise the balance of about

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Sep 02

Feast T-Shirts Almost Ready To Ship!

Update posted by Daniel Macaraeg at 02:21 pm

We are about to process and ship the T-shirts of those who have donated to our fundraiser thus far.If you would like to avail of these colorful Feast shirts and wear them at the Feast, please make sure you send in your donations via PayPal or Stripe (credit/debit card) on. . . . .

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Aug 22

Crossed $2,000 this morning!

Update posted by Daniel Macaraeg at 11:52 pm

We’re very thankful to God for the additional $120 donation we received this morning. It bumped us up to over $2,000. We're now almost 30% funded! Yesterday, we also received almost $500 in offline donations (sent via local bank transfer). Please continue to pray and share our fundraiser with those

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Aug 20

Almost 25% Funded!

Update posted by Daniel Macaraeg at 04:31 am

Thanks be to God, we've just crossed $1,000 donations this morning and we're now almost 25% funded! Thank you very much to those who have donated so far. Please help pray that we reach our 100% goal very soon

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Donors & Comments

51 donors
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Sep 29, 2019
  • A great initiative and I wish you all a wonderful Feast of Tabernacles!

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  • Lucy Laton
  • Donated on Sep 29, 2019
$1.00
  • MICHAEL ORTH
  • Donated on Sep 27, 2019
$120.00
  • Vy star
  • Donated on Sep 27, 2019
$1.00
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Sep 27, 2019
  • May God bless your efforts in making this year's feast one to remember!

$100.00
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Sep 26, 2019
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  • Rita Freed
  • Donated on Sep 26, 2019
$1.00
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Sep 26, 2019
  • Happy Feast!

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  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Sep 25, 2019
  • Thanks for doing this for our brethren! We used to send our Donations to David Dobson when he was our Pastor and I was just thinking this week about sending him some money!

$200.00
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Sep 25, 2019
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raised of $7,000.00 goal
101% Funded
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Raised offline: $1,133.37
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