Tomorrow is the day!! North Texas Giving Day September 19th

Please read below explaining why tomorrow is so special.  I have been blessed to be accepted as one of the leaders to serve with e3 Partners.  However, I am still raising monthly support so that I can focus here full time.  There's still a large deficit and I can't proceed forward into full time ministry until it's met.  This day will double all donations and further me towards this goal.  It also allows you the opportunity to partner with me in sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ to the nations.  Please read below for instructions.  Thank you all so much! :)

Nothing is more strategic than providing the mission support and infrastructure necessary to keep all of the vital ministries of e3 Partners advancing. From core evangelism and church planting, to strategic initiatives such as preventing human trafficking, providing medical teams, or facilitating community transformation - all require building capacity. 

We can't do that without your help and your gifts to e3. 

Please maximize your giving and help build our ministry capacity to grow by making a special gift on September 19th, from 7am to midnight(Central). Your special gift will be multiplied by a match from a $1.5 million matching fund. Go to www.DonorBridgeTX.org on September 19th, find the e3 Partners page, and select any e3 Partners initiative or even an e3 staff person you may support - You would put my name Franny Lowry in the "other" drop down as well as my staff number #624.

Because of your gift, lives around the world will be changed through e3 Expeditions, I am Second, EvangeCubes, and other e3 strategic outreach tools, training and teams. 

SEPTEMBER 19th!!! IMPORTANT DAY

As many of you know, I'm still working on raising support to be full time in missions.  The organization I'm with has an amazing opportunity coming up on September 19th.  

Each year e3 Partners participates in the Communities Foundation of Texas “North Texas Giving Day” campaign (they’re based in Texas).  What this means is each gift of $25 (the minimum is $25) is multiplied by sharing in a match from a $1,500,000 matching fund provided by North Texas foundation, for over 600 North Texas non-profits.

Ok, so what does this mean exactly for me.  Well on this day, when you click on the link I’ll provide below, every $25 you give, this organization will match it!  So all funds are doubled on this day.  And what’s great is this year, they are allowing you to designate to a fund within the organization.  So, when you click on the link, you look for e3 Partners, then select “other” and put my name (Franny Lowry) and support number #624

Here’s the link you’ll need:

www.DonorBridgeTX.org

You will need to go through the link above on September 19^th from 7am to midnight (CST) and then it’ll take you to the e3 Partners webpage to make sure they get the information they need to be able to match all donations.

Thank you all so much for your support thus far.  I’m praying September 19^th is just the jump I need to be able to get going in full time missions.  Let me know if you have any questions.

Sold for Sex

Got your attention didn't I. :)  Well our attention should be to this subject.  We can't close our eyes to those suffering all over the world.  This is a brand new Cube that our ministry has created to help prevent and assist those in sex slavery.  Please watch the video under prevent.  I'm so blessed to know Jenni and her heart for those in slavery.  So much that her and her whole family moved to Thailand.  Please watch and let me know if you'd like more information on how to help me in this war against slavery.  

https://www.pricelesscube.com/

Ok, today's the day

Well, today is the day for me to finally step out of my "comfort square" and talk to people about partnership with me through e3 Partners.  So, if you're reading my blog, you'll be hearing from me soon. :)

I am so honored and humbled that God choses to use this cracked pot to do His work in the nations.  I just want you all to see God in my work with e3 Partners, not getting hung up on the cracks in the vessel.  I'm so thankful that the Lord has made it so that I can go into the nations and be the hands and feet of His children here that maybe can't physically go.  I want God passion and compassion be displayed in all that I say and do....even in this support raising phase of my faith walk with Him.

So please, pray for me as I step out this week and talk to ya'll about joining in with me.  Pray that God's mission to reach the nations with the TRUTH of His gospel goes forth and that this wave of raising support passes quickly so I can get out into the field to do His work.  People are waiting to hear.

Thanks everyone!

Starting on Week 2 of my support raising journey

Some of you have already received my letters (I'm about to be calling you soon, I promise) :)

I'm excited to say that my prayer supporters are growing and I'm also working on my financial support as well.  Feeling very blessed!

Please continue to pray as I reach out through phone calls and emails this week to follow up on my letters.  Pray that the passion behind what I'm doing comes out and that God speaks to the hearts of those I'm talking to.  I want it to be clear what I'm doing on mission and how God is already ordaining my steps even as I type this.  It's hard not being able to go in country until this part of my mission is through (the support raising part) but I'm confident that God has this all worked out and His timing is always perfect.

Sooooooo, in my efforts to make things as easy as possible for current and future supporters, I created my fundraising page through e3.  This way, you can track my progress and make it real easy now to give online (it's a secure site I promise).  Here's the  URL friendly link:

www.e3partners.org/franny_lowry

Hope this works easy for you all and thank you again for your prayers and support.  ;)

e3 Medical in Peru

Here's a link to some of the holistic work going on with e3 Partners. Not only are we meeting the needs spiritually across the globe, but physically as well. 

http://280living.com/businesses/chelsea-dentistry-aims-to--bring-smiles-and-faith-from-home/

Riding the wave - Story behind the name

I'm so excited that this is my first blog post!  I felt this was the best way to keep everyone up to date on the current "wave" that God will have my family and myself on.  :)  Riding the Wave is basically how I feel life is for me.  I trustingly get on the board and trust the Lord where the wave will take me.  This blog will be the updates on the current "waves" God has me on and where they're going.

First of all, as some of you know (and others may not) God has called me into full time mission work.  Does this mean I'm packing the family up and moving out of the country? No, at least, not yet anyways.  I've been working with a ministry called e3Partners.  They're also known from their US outreach called I Am Second (check it out here at www.iamsecond.com).  For the past 8 years I've taken a few trips with them but mostly was helping through my administrative and organization gifts as logistics coordinator.  I helped many leaders throughout the year to get in and out of the countries successfully by making sure all their paperwork and details were in order.  About a year and a half ago, my full time administrative position at e3 changed to doing the same work but as a contractor.  Which basically boils down to getting paid per trip I helped out with instead of a steady income from month to month.  So this "wave" just meant I needed to trust the Lord a hole lot more with the finances.

I asked the Lord what to do at this point.  I couldn't imagine not being a part of mission, I truly loved what I did.  I loved being a piece that helped teams successfully share the gospel throughout the world.  how could I leave this?  God's answer was very simple.  It wasn't to leave it, but to go full time into it.  So all that to say, I'm riding the next wave into full time ministry with e3 Partners.  Now comes the fun part, riding the "wave" of raising support!

The "wave" God has me on now is a big one, but I know He's in control.  This may scare some people but honestly, I'm excited about it.  I get to invite all the people that maybe supported me one time here and there for my yearly trips with e3 Partners to now partner with me on a monthly basis on an even greater scale of God's calling and moving throughout the nations.  I will have the opportunity to share stories upon stories of how God's spirit drew many to His name and that miracles were happening for His glory, and how they can be a part of all of it with me.  It's not just asking for money, it's so much deeper than that.  It's giving them a chance to be a part of the great commission, with me being their hands and feet through out the world!  Seeing God change lives, there's nothing greater anyone could be a part of.

Our family decided about 2 years ago that we were in ministry together.  This mean sacrifices at times but we all know God is greater than any obstacle we could experience here on this earth.  I'm so thankful that my boys understand at their age that God can and will overcome the evil one.  Not just because my husband Jeff and I have told them, but because they've seen it played out in our lives.  It's a stretching place to step out in faith and trust God for all things, but it's a beautiful place to be as we see God's plan unfold in front of us and to see His provision constantly throughout our lives.

So, here's the blog where I will keep everyone clued into the current "wave" our family is on and my progress as I have stepped out in faith with full time mission work through e3.  I will try to blog at least once a week if not more.  If through reading this you want to partner with me in ministry, please email me at franny.lowry@e3partners.org and we can talk more.  I'm currently in need of financial supports AS WELL AS prayer supporters.  I want to build up a prayer team as quickly as I can to help fight against the enemy during this time as well as praying for the future Americans I will be mobilizing to go on trips with me and the nationals we will be ministering to. :)