Changes for Change One - Please read

Dear Friends,

We cannot begin to thank you for your support for Change One over the past few years. It has been such a blessing to partner with you and ministry projects in Sierra Leone. Thank you for your faithful and generous giving to our brothers and sisters across the ocean.

Since founding Change One in 2006, your donations have provided:

• two water wells (one in an amputee community, another for a home for mentally ill)
• many families business opportunities through micro-loans
• two communities with bathroom facilities
• many children the opportunity to attend school through sponsorships
• support for a community Christian school with materials and supplies
• support for International Missionary Center and their operating expenses
• materials for two pastoral training conferences which reached several hundred pastors in rural parts of Sierra Leone

About 95% of all our donations have gone directly to projects in Sierra Leone. We have worked to see that your gifts have had the maximum benefit – each dollar counts!

We also wanted to let you know about some changes that are coming soon. We have decided to close the books on Change One over the next couple of months in order to partner with an organization called Touch the Nations (www.touchthenations.com). This is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that also works closely with Pastor Menyongar and projects in Sierra Leone, very similar to what we have done through Change One. By turning over the administrative responsibilities to another organization, we feel we can be better advocates for the ministry in Sierra Leone.

Many of you have met Pastor Menyongar and have been encouraged by his testimony and the work that he does in Sierra Leone. We would like to encourage you to continue giving by sending your support to Touch the Nations, rather than Change One.

There are 3 ways to give to Touch the Nations:
1. Paypal through their website: http://www.touchthenations.com/
2. Send checks to Touch the Nations, PO Box 4922, Omaha, NE 68104
3. Set up automatic bill pay through your bank (many banks provide this service through their online banking)

In the meantime, we have one final fundraising drive through Change One to help build an orphanage in an amputee community. This entire project is estimated to cost $12,000, and we would love to be able to fund as much of this as possible. If you would like to contribute please send a check to our PO Box before March 15.

If you have any questions, please leave a comment and we'll get back with you.

With love,

Keith and Laura