death is gain

I have now been a full-time missionary for a whole year! I want to thank everyone who has supported me through prayer and finances, it's been a huge blessing and the hundreds, maybe even thousands of peoples lives that were influenced by God through me wouldn't have happened if it weren't for you. So thank you! :)

Now, with one year behind me, you're probably wondering what I'm doing next. Well, God has made it very clear to me, my parents and Doug and Debi Tunney (YWAM boston founders) that I should stay and work here with YWAM in Boston.

Staying on with YWAM means that I'm going to continue to need the financial and prayer support that I have been receiving this past year...and even more! You're probably thinking "oh no, he's asking for money again". I would like to make it as clear as I can that I am not a lazy mooch-boy who doesn't want to work. Trust me, if I could work another job, I would! But, I am already working a full-time job, it's called being a missionary! I work just like everyone else, 9-5, weekdays, and weekends even, and most the time working more than 40 hours a week. God has called me to do this, and He will provide the means to continue to! So I would just like to ask you to start thinking of ways you could maybe help out, whether that be by joining my prayer partner team, or financial team, but I'll expound on those two things in another paragraph. :)

Before I go on, I'd just like to share some biblical references about what I'm asking you to do. In Numbers 18:20 it says, “And the Lord said to Aaron, 'You priests will receive no inheritance of land or share of property among the people of Israel. I am your inheritance and your share.” God is their share. Let's continue: (verse 21) “As for the tribe of Levi, your relatives, I will pay them for their service in the Tabernacle with the tithes from the entire land of Israel.” Cool! So you see, the Levites did not inherit any land from God. In that time, if you didn't have land you might as well be dead, because with land you plowed, tilled and harvested different crops and then traded and that is how you survived. So God decided to pay the Levites with the tithes of the people of Israel. So, in my life right now, I'm a Levite. I haven't inherited land to work on. So I'm just asking those who calls themselves the Body of Christ to help me live! (There are more biblical references, but I don't want this to be a long note, so I'm not putting them up..I'll leave a list at the end of the note if you're curious.)

I do have a budget made for myself, a simple one, just to keep a long-term goal of my support. I have decided that if I can get $1000 a month I could live like a normal person. $400 of that goes to staff fees, the rest of the $600 goes into groceries, savings (for taxes), traveling, and other odds and ends that I have to pay for. I realize this isn't going to happen right away so my short-term budget is $700 a month. Think about it this way: Most people spend about $6-$10 a day on coffee. A day. And that's just coffee, what about eating out, or seeing a movie? Instead of doing one of those things, you could be attributing to the work of God in my life, and ultimately helping YWAM reach Boston for Christ.

So this is how you can help. I have done some math (crazy, I know) and if I can get 40 people to support me $10 a month, then I will meet my staff fees every month. Or if 80 people give me $5 a month, or 10 people $20 and 20 people $10, and so on (that was a lot of math for me haha). Or, if you would like to just give a one-time donation, that works too. I'm in serious need of monthly supporters though, because I currently only have 1.

Also, you supporting me does not necessarily take the place of the tithe to your church! I'm just asking you to please pray over each tithe and see if God would have you partner with me financially and give a certain amount a month.

Of course, If you do decide to support me financially I will send you newsletters, updates of my blog, and a phone-call every now and then as well, just to let you know what is happening with the work of God in Boston! Currently my financial status is quite sad..I'm 3 months behind in staff fees (which is $1200). So I need support, fast. I will always need prayer support as well! Please continue to pray! I will be updating my blog [hopefully] every week, and there will be guidance on there of how you can pray.

I just want to say that above all of this is the relationship built between members of the Body of Christ is so much more important to me than money is. Getting people "in" on what God is doing in my life is high priority for me, because He is doing a lot in me, and through me, and I want to be able to share it with you!

So please, see if God wants you to give up that trip to starbucks, or McDonalds or a movie once a month and support me with that money instead!

if you're gonna send a check, send it to: 23 Emerson St, Newton, MA 02458

Thank you so much and God bless

Aaron (Destructo) Reeves

list of some more biblical references for missionary support: Acts 4:32-35; 1 Chronicles 29:1-29; Luke 8:1-3