Testimonies
Letter from Jay Tenbrink, Christian Missionary
to Mexico
"For the past 8-plus years my family
and I have worked here in small villages in Mexico as missionaries.
As missionaries one of our biggest challenges has always
been raising and maintaining our financial support.
For years we were struggling through the cycle
of returning home to itinerate and promote our ministry
and present our needs only to return to Mexico and find
that a portion of the promised support never came. When
one of our supporters, health club owner George Eusterman
presented the idea of creating a way for our supporters
to give electronically I was excited, yet a bit skeptical.
In my own mind I came up with numerous objections why our
supporters would not want to sign up. I didn’t want
to lose a supporter because they were wary of the electronic
system.
With encouragement from George we eventually decided
to try the system and made the decision that we would only
give other options if and when a supporter objected to giving
electronically. Putting our doubts aside, we began presenting
Egiving as our preferred channel for support. After sharing
our needs at one church George asked me if I had given anyone
options in the ways they should support us, I replied, “No
way! That would be a lower commitment; I don’t need
a lower commitment.” Since going to Egiving
the dependability of our support has been dramatic. We have
never found that people don’t want to give, but they
do forget to, and if they don’t forget sometimes it
is one of the first things to go when it is decision time.
Now that we are using Egiving our supporters are signing
a paper saying that they are committed to us.
To be honest at first I questioned how many
“normal” people would want to sign up for Egiving
support, but I have found that the vast majority embrace
it if we present it right. If we confidently explain that
we need their support and the best way for us is that they
use Egiving, no one thinks twice about it. Well, actually
I have a relative that does not use Egiving! We
have the same number of supporters we have always had, now
we consistently get the money they pledged, and that makes
a big difference."
– Jay Tenbrink, Christian
Missionary to Mexico
Letter from
a Pregnancy Choice Director:
"Dear Fellow Care Net Affiliate,
My name is Emily Schaap and I am the Executive Director
of Pregnancy Choices in Mount Vernon, Washington.
Due to unforseen circumstances, I was unable to attend the
Care Net Conference with you all. I hope and pray you are
learning and growing at the Care Net Conference. I
know it will be a wonderful time of fellowship and spritual
growth.
I want to share with you how much Pregnancy
Choices has benefitted from working with George & Louise
Eusterman of Egiving Systems. Since we began offering
the option of Egiving Systems to our donors, we have
seen tremendous growth in our donor base. With Egiving,
everybody wins! Our donors are happy, our ministry
is growing, and we're spending less and less time working
on fundraisers.
There is a distinct difference between setting
up electronic funds transfer through your bank and setting
it up through Egiving Systems. The Eustermans have
a deep desire to see your ministry grow, and they will bend
over backwards to help make that happen. Your bank
won't do that. George and Louise are available for
support and encouragement along the way. They provide
us with e-giving updates and helpful tips on gaining more
e-givers. They also pray for our ministry on a regular
basis. (I'm guessing your bank won't do that, either!)
Egiving is the number one best way to keep our center in
operation. Knowing we have a steady flow of income
each month helps us be more effective in ministry to our
clients. I want to encourage you to be in prayer about
making Egiving an instrumental part of your ministry.
I know it will bless your center as it has ours.
Please feel free to contact me anytime if you have further
questions about EFT and how it can help your ministry.
May God bless you and your ministry team as
you continue to make a difference for the Kingdom."
– Emily Schaap, Executive
Director
Letter from a Pregnancy Choice Board President
"As both the board chairman and technical
support of the Care Net Pregnancy Center of Rockland (NY),
I can say without question that Egiving and George Eusterman's
guidance have revolutionized our ministry's financial support
foundation. We have successfully begun to re-focus
our ministry leaders and supporters to think of the many
blessings to our ministry of making a monthly commitment
through electronic giving. Our goal is to raise over
80% of our budget through Egiving and we are well on our
way to that goal thanks to George's wise and experienced
guidance, and the simplicity and power of the Egiving internet-based
system. Thank you George, and God bless all Centers
you guide this way."
– Bob Daino
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