Church project
God has loaned our church 32 acres outside of town for Christian camps, outreach, and church activities, on the condition that we care for it. Right now we do that work by hand. Three machines would change that for years to come.
$115,000 goal
The story
God allowed our church to use 32 acres of land outside of town for Christian camps and church-wide activities, with the condition that we maintain it.
We have done the work by hand. Two men once worked a full day on a pile of about 4 cubic yards of rock and still did not finish.
Our family bought a small house right in front of the land and moved in.
Lord willing, we will hold our first camps here.
What takes two men about three weeks by hand, these machines can do in a single day. Owning them means we stop spending ministry funds on hired machines and can do the work when it needs doing.
The same machines will help with church construction. We are also praying about 71 acres of land that could become the church’s permanent home, and these machines would help prepare it.
The need
Three machines, each a project you can give toward. Prices are our best current estimates in U.S. dollars. We will confirm final prices before we buy.
$25,000
The everyday machine for the camp: mowing and keeping 32 acres, hauling, and moving dirt and gravel.
Pictured: an example of a compact tractor.
$35,000
Digs foundations, trenches for water and power, and drainage. Pulls stumps and moves rock.
about $55,000
Clears land, moves rock and dirt, and grades building sites, for the camp and for building the church.
We may start with a Rippa RS06 mini skid steer (about $20,000) and keep saving toward the full-size machine. Pictured: a skid steer at work.
“So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work”
Give
Give the way that works best for you, then tell us the gift is for Camp Equipment so we can put it to work here.
Tax-deductible
Card or bank transfer through Central Missionary Clearinghouse (CMC). Choose Benjamin George as your missionary, then email us that your gift is for Camp Equipment.
Give onlineTax-deductible
Make it payable to Central Missionary Clearinghouse and write Camp Equipment on the Special Instructions line of the donor form.
Download donor form (PDF)Not tax-deductible
A quick card gift that comes straight to us. Please email us that it is for Camp Equipment.
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