41259 Day 219

the_sf_giants_and_fundraising

i love this story...

i have a good friend from california who has been a part of several groups i've led over the years and who has a tremendous propensity to find himself in the middle of great stories.  seriously, spend an hour with this dude and you will wonder at his incredible tales.

he's a super generous guy (actually one of the best people i've ever had the privilege to know) and is always interested in what i am doing, but when i began fundraising he didn't have the means at the time to join our financial support team (in fact, he was working for the state of california, which had no money and had to pay him in i.o.u.'s...no joke!).  anyway, he's been super supportive in a ton of other ways and keeps close tabs on our progress.

well, apparently a few weeks he was driving around listening to KNBR (the flagship radio station of the san francisco giants) and heard a promo offer for a ball signed by tim lincecum (who is really, really good at pitching).  naturally, he called in and it turns out he won the ball.  except they screwed up somehow and sent him season tickets instead of the ball.  

unfortunately, he’s not able to make all the games (as awesome as that might be) and so he’s been selling the tickets and wants to use this new revenue stream to help support us.  how cool is that!

it just goes to show that there is no end to the creativity of God’s economy.  plus it’s cool to think that somehow the giants are actually supporting college ministry in boston =)


ps. if you know who i'm talking about don't make a big deal about this to him...story used with his permission on the condition of anonymity =)