Friends, we have a very special opportunity to help a church in England love their neighbors (or their neighbours… as they weirdly spell it!).

There are 15 women interested in learning “How to Love Your Neighbor Without Being Weird” together. However, neither the church nor the women can afford to purchase the books and have them shipped to Honiton, the ‘gateway’ to Devon and Cornwall, on the main road and rail route to London and Exeter.

Here’s how you can love your British neighbors: for every book you purchase, we’ll donate one to the church in England! It’s a one-for-one matching offer until every woman has a book in her hands to ignite the flame in her heart. 

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Our connection in Honiton is Kirstie Parker, who became friends with Sara Edwards when Kirstie’s family spent a few years living in Michigan. Kirstie writes,

 

“Our church is a community church that takes an active role around our town through our food bank, furniture bank, drug abuse counseling, and helping the homeless. We have open doors and help anyone we can.

“The town is a mixture of thriving neighbourhoods and government housing. My neighbourhood is nice and modest but definitely not part of the best neighbourhoods… but I’m hoping God has placed me here to be an example and open my door to those who need Him.”

 

It’s like Toms Shoes for Bible studies!

Simply email a copy of your receipt for the purchase of How to Love Your Neighbor Without Being Weird from any bookseller (online or brick-and-mortar store, paperback or ebook – here’s where to buy) dated between February 15-29 to amy@howtoloveyourneighbor.com. We’ll ship the matching books across the pond, and we’ll connect you with these women so you can support one another in prayer and encouragement.

 

Text to Give

 

Many of you have asked if you can support these women financially since you already have a book. Life Church Ohio, Amy’s church in Ohio, has offered to collect tax-deductible financial gifts for this cause! Anything raised in excess of the cost of their books and international shipping will be send directly to their church to be used for neighborhood outreach.

To donate, simply text an amount and the keyword LOVEUK to 30131.

text to give

That’s it! Here are several examples, just substitute the amount you would like to give:

  • Text “10 loveuk” to 30131
  • Text “$20.00 LOVEUK” to 30131
  • Text “5.00 loveuk” to 30131
  • Text “$15 LOVEUK” to 30131

Dollar signs, decimals and capitalization are all optional; all you have to do is put the amount and the keyword LOVEUK on the same line in your text message. If you’ve never given to Life Church Ohio, you will receive a secure link to set up your debit or credit card. Charges will appear on your credit card bill or bank statement, not your phone bill.

Thank you for your gifts to our neighbors, even if they are on another continent! Since we shared this need with our email subscribers, we’re well on our way to supplying each woman with tips, tools and techniques to love their neighbor in a whole new way. We have a ways to go, though, and we thank you in advance for your help.

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