My Last Days Blogging
So today is my last day of blogging, because I’m going on vacation tomorrow, and I’ve decided not to bring my computer with me for the festivity of rest. This will be the first time I haven’t blogged for more than a week since I started blogging in early October 2007, so it will be a welcome break. Who knows, maybe I’ll come up with some fresh ideas for the blog.
Thank you to all of you who read, subscribe, or just take a looksy at Martyholman.com. I love writing stuff, and sharing back and forth.
Todays Friday afteroon at the Internet Video will be my last blog until Monday, August 25th.
Until then, a few thoughts:
My height is not 5-2, It’s actually 6’3″. 5-2 is my people/week ratio.
Wanna help Claire? Some crazy awesome people already have!
I will be microblogging using Twitter, which connects to my Facebook account. You can follow me here.
I want to read two books, though I don’t know which ones yet, on vacation. Any suggestions?
I’m so excited to be a part of Fellowship Church in Holden, Massachusetts! I believe this fall is going to be one of the most amazing seasons we’ve ever seen at our church. Just like I believe this summer has been. We’ve been building community like never before, seeing people growing in their relationship with Jesus Christ, and I believe God is preparing us for something big.
My cousin, Jake is going to be playing at our church on Sunday, September 7th. You will want to be here for that!
So that’s all for now. Thanks for reading and enjoying or not enjoying my written communication via the internet.
A Car for Claire
In July, we had an event at “the FC” where the church gave out money to the people attending the service. The money was in increments of $5, $10, and $50, and those who were given the money were asked to decide what the best thing was to do with the funds that they were given. They couldn’t spend it on themselves, and they had to pray about their decision. I was so encouraged to see many of the stories here.
But I never decided what to do with my money, and I’ve now decided what to do after much prayer and thought. There is a elderly lady in my church (who I know will never read this, so please don’t tell her), named Claire. Claire has an amazing story and she is a faithful attender of Fellowship Church. I’ve been fortunate enough to be in a life group with Claire, and know what an incredible woman she is, and how she is growing every day in her faith. Claire was the first female in Worcester who owned her own cab as well.
Years have gone by, and now Claire makes do with what she has on a limited budget, and what has recently occurred is that her car is about finished. She really doesn’t have the money to get a new or even used car, and I fear that one day she is going to break down, be stranded, and after that, not be able to get out like she does now. Though Claire is well into her 70′s, she is quite mobile and often gives rides to people who live in her building.
I could have done this as a church, like announced it or something like that, but I felt that I should just do this personally, as a person who received $5 for being at the service that day. I want to be able to do what it is I suggested everyone else did too. So here’s my question:
Will you help me raise money (my goal is $2,000) for a decent car for Claire?
I’d love to answer any questions you might have about the endeavor. This is not a scam, and I really am her pastor. Please email me at martyholman@gmail.com with any questions. If you’d rather just give it to me than you can do that too. I’ve had this blog for about 11 months now and this is the first time I’ve done this. I think it’s that important. I’ll leave the donation button up through the rest of August. At the end of the day…
I’d love to be able to say that Claire has been taken care of.
