Well, it is time, isn’t it.

After countless ad hoc fundraising efforts – often to some success (thanks!) – I have decided to build a platform to facilitate donations to help BUILD WEALTH IN THE MISSIONS.

We KNOW that throwing money into the jungle doesn’t work. It gets squandered. It gets “misplaced.” It gets presumed upon, destroying motivation to work. Why would you try to run a farm, or make clothing, or repair houses, if some big NGO is showing up and doing all that stuff for free?

But it’s never free. There is a trade off. It means collective dependence. Long-term stagnation. Corruption. No bueno!

The idea of the non-profit is to be the first fully “lay-run” group dedicated to building revenue-generating projects in Catholic mission areas (and other underdeveloped regions) that simultaneously create jobs and give the local Church a source of revenue. There is a lot to figure out still, but that’s the core of it. (And yeah, I will still do athletics stuff for clinics – won’t be giving that up, it’s too much fun!)

It is the path forward for me. I hope you will join… More info coming soon. Next week I will tell you about one of our “starter projects” in the Pacific, on an island that is becoming a new country… Yours truly is one of the few white foreigners who is really trusted there in a “grass roots” way. Crazy but true.

In the meantime, would you consider a $100 donation to the Catholic pink salt project? We are making great progress but are hitting a plateau. You can donate here. THANK YOU!