1+542 = 1,000
over 10 years ago
– Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 08:21:02 AM
Weird math, right? But it's true. I'll tell you what I mean in a sentence or two. But first, we did it. We reached the amazing goal of $35,000 and now The Jesus Story will be published and we'll get our copies. I can hardly wait to look at it for the first time. I'm so thankful you helped make this happen. I've dreamed about it for a year. Now this beautiful book will be there for people to read.
Plus we reached the goal of 500 backers. As I write this we're up to 542 backers. My dream is for this book to get into as many hands and minds as possible. I know reaching 1,000 backers by August 30th would mean 458 more backers in less than two weeks. Quite a challenge.
And that takes us back to my weird math. So here's the deal. If you find one person who backs The Jesus Story and so do the rest of us, we'll have over 1,000 backers—1084 to be exact. That's a light load for everyone.
I wish I had the space to tell you the comments I've gotten from people about the video. I posted about the campaign on a Rivals.com college sports board where I've been a member for eleven years. I had no idea how everyone would respond. But after watching the video they rallied behind The Jesus Story. Guy after guy praised the video. One poster said he had been in the video business for 19 years and he was blown away that a 19-year-old could produce such an artistic video. I had someone say he didn't like Christians or the church but he liked Jesus and so he backed the campaign and forwarded the link to friends. By posting on that one site the project picked up 27 backers. And that doesn’t even include the people they sent the link to who backed it.
While things have slowed down we could change that in a few minutes. If each of us sent the link to our friends urging them to check out the video, some would become backers and forward the link. Plus, we could post the link on social media. Let’s give it a try now and see if we can move the number of backers over 600 in the next day or two. Let’s go for it, all 542 of us and see what happens. And pray God favors our efforts.