Where we hang our hats and welcome our friends:

Where we Hang our hats and Welcome our friends:
8011 Plaxco Drive
Chattanooga, TN 37421

Monday, September 5, 2016

Updated Giving Page at MTW and Special Request

Dear Friends and Family,

Mission the the World - our supporting agency - has updated and simplified its giving site. If you support us, you should have received a letter or an email giving information in regards to the updates to the MTW site. (although some folks say they have not seen one?)

 This is what comes up when you go to the mtw.org site for donations now: 




So - you click on the MISSIONARIES Give Now box and then this will appear:



You type in our last name and this will appear:



It's so much easier than the previous site - I was so glad to see this 
updated, user-friendly site.


Note something new and exciting below our photo above - there is a button called START A FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN - so if you or a group you are a member of would like to start a short (or long) giving event to our work here in Canada, clicking on the orange button starts you on the way and you can upload photos and invite others to join you. 
If you have questions about how to use that, please contact us.


Here are a few instructions that you will need as you log on to the improved site:

This is the link directly to our page for a support gift:
https://www.mtw.org/missionaries/details/howard-and-sandy-vander-griend 

If you keep track of your giving on the MTW website, your username will change to your email address and your password will need to be reset (for security reasons - see link below). 


Your automatic recurring donations by EFT credit card or bank withdrawal will continue whether you log-in or not.  The log-in is for the purpose of giving a onetime gift or tracking your regular giving. 
If you have ANY questions call 866 373 6133 or email pfs@mtw.org  

We also received an email from MTW regarding donations as we support a good friend who is heading to Japan. Here is the information we received and used to change our Log In Password - it was really easy:

MTW has launched a new, more intuitive way to give online and we hope you will be pleased! This is to inform you of a couple of changes to your MTW account:
  • Your username will change to your email address
  • Your password will need to be reset (for security reasons)
You can change your password and experience the new way to give by going to www.mtw.org/create-password. If you can’t do it now, no worries. We hope it’ll be easy when you do find it necessary to login.

As Howard and I head into the second year of our time here in Alberta - we arrived in June of 2015 and will depart some time in the spring of 2018 - we want to thank you all for your support of God's work here. 

Those of you who have consistently and faithfully prayed for us and continue to give to our support are remembered often in our prayers, especially as you share your needs and praises with us.

For those of you who follow us regularly, we are asking if you would consider becoming a financial partner with us.  We were fully funded when we left for Canada, but life does happen and for various reasons, our support level has dipped enough that we are looking for a few more partners to join our work here in Canada.

If you would like to join the team - please let us know! We will give you a call all the way from Canada and will set up a SKYPE or ZOOM appointment to chat with you about how supporting us works. 

And in case you haven't seen them yet - here is a blog post of photos of how the work on the demolition of the new home of Amazing Grace Community Church is progressing: