Helping the Dominican Republic

Defeat Will Not Come Near Us – Ps 97:1Hello WAY Radio Family,   I hope you are doing well and enjoying the promises of God in your life and family. Jack, Daniel, and our team are thankful to call so many of you friends.   Many of you have been on mission trips with Jack, Daniel, or myself in the Dominican or Malawi. I can’t think of a mission trip that I do not have great memories of, even the crazy ones, and there were a few. You have been great friends.   When Terica and I first moved to the Dominican, we had no idea what God had planned. We could only view it on our scale, small. We had no idea that in ten years that it would include multiple missionaries, fifteen buildings, a thousand children in programs, a garbage dump ministry, six sewing and baking schools, multiple churches, a partnering project in Malawi, and now an orphanage on the horizon. Following God on a mission is scary and exhilarating.   A medical condition impedes my ability to work every day in the Dominican heat, so I spend my time leading mission teams back and forth, mission fundraising events, and working a few jobs to keep my family supported. Still, my heart remains in those mountain villages.    As a mission ambassador, I walk a unique path. I invite people to join a mission that I feel is the best, most efficiently successful ministry in the world. God has grown it, and you have funded it. I’m a steward of the resources that people like your family and mine continue to support. So I take my God-ordained position very seriously.   Thus, I study trends in stewardship. Right now, fundraising experts are telling missions to be careful, believing the next few years will see a downturn in generosity. They believe inflation will make people turn inward, and others will be distracted by all the little internet fundraising schemes leaving them with less to share with legitimate missions. These are disheartening words when you are on the cusp of a new project. Stay with me for a minute if you can.   I want to prove them wrong. I want to report an army of God’s disciples committed to making a long-term difference for the kingdom and the rescue of children. Thus, I am going to ask you a favor. There is no pressure, as we are not face-to-face or eye-to-eye. I ask you to make your partnership with The Crossover Cups Mission a priority over the next 12 months. I ask you to double down where you can to compensate for any loss the experts foretell.   Stand with me on Psalm 91:7 in saying with declaration and glory to God, “Though some fall on the left and others on the right, defeat will not come near us!” I know that God has brought us this far to finish the course! Amen?   The water pump on my 12-year-old Ford broke this week, and the cost is over $900 to replace it. My mind wanted to be depressed until God reminded me how blessed I was to have a car. Most of the people our mission serves do not, and most likely will never own a car in their lifetime. I have a credit card to stretch the repair bill out until Jesus returns, while most of those our mission serves will never hold a credit card.    We are blessed. We partner with you to feed the hungry, improve health, employment, education, and the excellent gospel of Jesus Christ. I have been allowed to invest in an eternal retirement with friends. Life has been good to me. Thanks for being on the journey as we save the lives of children.   Thank you for your partnership,   Mike Williams  Our Contact Information Cups Mission: Dominican Republic / Malawi / Mexico2607 Woodruff Rd Suite E #418Simpsonville, SC 29681 877-291-6501  https://cupsmission.com      

Donate now WAY Radio has partnered with Crossover CUPS Mission since 2021. We recently held a one-day fundraiser, thank you for your involvement. The partnership between WAY Radio listeners and CUPS has allowed for the construction of a community center with a basketball court and a kitchen that is teaching life skills to the children. In 2023, the focus is to raise money to provide a sustainable farm, feeding and discipleship program and missionary support for a year. Due to the nature of where the community of Alta De La Jagua is, it’s important to provide a sustainable garden/farm for the people of the village.  Your gift will help to provide chickens and eggs.  This will sustain the people in the village and will also provide a source of income for them per a microbusiness. Your gift will also help provide for the feeding program and the discipleship programs.  It’s important that we help provide for both the physical and spiritual needs of people.  It’s hard to hear about a God that loves you when you haven’t eaten in a few days.  Your gift helps to fund this for a year. To run discipleship and feeding programs, we need missionaries willing to go and invest in the village.  Your gift will also help to fund those missionaries and care for their families as they serve the village of Alta De La Jagua. If you want to give today, you can, at:  https://cupsmission.com/way-donate $83- provides 1 person access to the microbusiness, the discipleship and feeding program. We hope that you’ll pray about providing access for at least one person in the village of Alto de la Agua. You could support a whole family of four for just $332!

A YEAR IN REVIEW WAY Radio Family   Wow, what a year God has blessed us with! Can you believe that it’s already 2023? I know we are having a hard time believing it!   2022 was an amazing year for the Crossover Cups Mission. We had a total of 991 kids in Bible school! What a number! In addition to the number of kids in Bible school getting the opportunity to hear about Christ, over 1,000 people heard the Gospel! We also had a humbling number of 71 Dominican teenagers that decided to follow the call God put on their lives and help lead the summer Bible school program across 6 villages!    Mission trips during the summer are some of our most fun and engaging times as a team! Together, we learn more about the Gospel, how to dive into a deeper relationship with Christ, and how to be a team player all while showing the love of Christ to our friends in the neighboring communities in the Dominican!    T his past year, 211 people decided to say ‘YES’ and come on a mission trip! This year, we are hoping to have even more people decide to come with us and make the decision to have Christ impact their lives in this awesome way.    Our Contact Information The Crossover Cups Mission 2607 Woodruff Rd Suite E #418Simpsonville, SC 29681877-291-6501 https://cupsmission.com/way-donate

Donate now WAY Radio will be partnering with Crossover CUPS once again on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 for a one-day fundraiser. The great work that was begun in 2021, and has continued since then has allowed for the construction of a community center with a basketball court and a kitchen that is teaching life skills to the children. We want to keep pressing on, so in 2023, we’re raising money to provide a sustainable farm, feeding and discipleship program and missionary support for a year. Due to the nature of where the community of Alta De La Jagua is, it’s important to provide a sustainable garden/farm for the people of the village.  Your gift will help to provide chickens and eggs.  This will sustain the people in the village and will also provide a source of income for them per a microbusiness. Your gift will also help provide for the feeding program and the discipleship programs.  It’s important that we help provide for both the physical and spiritual needs of people.  It’s hard to hear about a God that loves you when you haven’t eaten in a few days.  Your gift helps to fund this for a year. To run discipleship and feeding programs, we need missionaries willing to go and invest in the village.  Your gift will also help to fund those missionaries and care for their families as they serve the village of Alta De La Jagua. If you want to give today, you can, at:  https://cupsmission.com/way-donate $83- provides 1 person access to the microbusiness, the discipleship and feeding program. We hope that you’ll pray about providing access for at least one person in the village of Alto de la Agua. You could support a whole family of four for just $332! Give now, or listen on Tuesday, February 7, 2023!

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Here’s a video of the kids in Alto de la Jagua thanking Way Radio listeners for their support!  Student Leaders are stepping up to help at the WAY Radio community Center Children were given supplies to help them create something to call their own. Thanks you for caring!