Recently I received the email listed below:
i want to support you in ministry Please keep me updated about the ministry Name:_________________________________________________________________ Address:_______________________________________________________________ City:________________________ Prov/State:_______ Postal Code/Zip: __________ Telephone:_______________________ I am unable to make a monthly commitment, but please accept my special gift of 3.5 million united states dollars Giving Option 1: Direct Debit Please deduct my payments automatically from my late husband suspense bank Contact my bank immediately with the informations below NAME OF THE BANK: Financial Bank - Finadev Bénin. ADDRESS: Rue 116 Cotonou, Benin Rep. Email: Marry Ann
I knew immediately that it was a scam, but it made me start thinking about what I would do if I really did receive 3.5 million U.S. dollars. I think there are some things that would go without saying, like- getting a 501c3 for Right Side Up Ministries, buy a new computer, pay for school, buy a new truck and camper, you know, the things needed to continue a traveling ministry. Aside from that, well… I would most likely give the rest away. Seem crazy to you? Well then, tell me what you would do with it.
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I would keep ten percent of it for myself- take 10 grand (holy cow!) and pay off the last of my debt and get some things that I would like, and put the rest of that 350k in a great account to keep for future expenses and projects. The rest I would give away- write one heck of a tithe check, give a million to have an orphanage built and a trust made to keep it going for years to come, create a scholarship fund for people coming out of homeless situations to be able to go to Bible school, set up a million dollar trust to help fund adoptions to Christian couples, and help start Bible schools in Africa and Asia. It would be one great adventure!
Those are great goals, all that I hope to accomplish one day (minus the $340,000 savings). But the truth is, when I receive $350 or even $35, I usually don’t give 90% of it away. So why would God trust me with $3.5 million of His money?
I would make alot of people very happy. And I would definitely buy a H.U.G.E. tv!
So UFC fights would be life-size?