A common thread when talking to visiting team members is how they want to hold onto their enthusiasm about continuing to be involved with the Sowers4Pastors ministry, even after they go back to their daily lives. It’s easy to be excited when you’re actually in Honduras--building bridges, feeding children, handing out backpacks, etc… It can be difficult to maintain a focus on the ministry when you go home to your regular job, bills, and problems. Sometimes, even with the best of intentions, regular life gets in the way. The best way to stay excited is to stay informed!
We’ve come up with a few specific instructions to help you keep up with the ministry happenings:
1. Read the blog! We’re faithful in blogging, usually posting two or three blog posts a week. The blog is where you will get the most in-depth information about what’s going on with Sowers4Pastors. Unfortunately, a lot of people don’t read blogs. They want to be involved, but they are busy and don’t think to check a blog for recent updates. There’s an easy way to receive the blog posts by email. On the blog, there’s a place to enter your email address - it's at the very top of the right column. After you enter your email address, you will be sent a confirmation email, and… Voila! You will receive the blog posts, including all of the pictures, directly in your inbox. Even if you don’t read every one, it’s a great reminder that we’re still here!
Not everyone is a Facebook user. If that’s you, you can still visit the Sowers4Pastors Facebook page. All posts on the ministry page have been set for public viewing. To visit the Sowers4Pastors Ministry Page, just click the "Join us on Facebook" button, which is the second item in the right column of this blog.
3. The Sowers4Pastors newsletter is the place to read about things the Sowers don’t necessarily want to share on the internet. In the newsletter, you will get more inside information about how to pray for the ministry, and for the Sowers family personally. The newsletter mailing list is also how we contact people to pray during urgent difficulties - such as when Trish and Ben were kidnapped, or when there are turbulent political situations. Trish has committed to writing more frequent general newsletters in the future - not just writing during emergencies - hopefully one each month.
If you do not receive the newsletter, you may be able to sign up here, on the Sowers4Pastors blog. There’s a pop-up that asks if you would like to subscribe, and you can fill that out, to be added to our mailing list. The problem is, after you’ve visited the blog a few times, the pop up stops popping up, whether you've signed up or not! In that case, you can contract Trish via email (trish at sowers4pastors dot com). Simply put “Add me to the newsletter” in the subject line. Easy peasy!
4. The BRAND NEW Sowers4Pastors Instagram account is now open for business. Get in on the ground floor, by clicking this link to follow us on Instagram!
You know the Sowerses are hard at work in Honduras. It encourages them when the people "back home" make the effort to stay informed - and it helps you know how you can be involved! It's a win-win, and hopefully, it's easier than ever now!
- posted by Christi
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