From That to This...

As most of you know Justin has transistioned work from out in the field doing landscaping to inside working with Fore The Lord. He has been so excited to work with this grant ministry! This ministry has him still at the Bensons just in the office now. (I guess he will have to work on his farmers tan some other way then mowing... :)

His job now includes: researching different ministries they support with the grants, developing a growing Fore The Lord ministry, learning more in the financial world of giving, most importantly spreading the idea of biblical generosity and other areas as well. It has taken a lot of time for him to get a grasp of where this ministry wants to go. Right now they are in the process of writing a business plan, doing logo work, a website upgrade, visiting other ministries/foundations that are doing this type of grant work on a larger scale and learning to balance his time between it all. Justin is the first staff for this ministry. The ministry has existed for 13 years and has giving away a few million dollars! Now they are wanting to get the nuts and bolts ironed out for where they are going in the next 3, 5, and 10 years.

There are other organizations doing this type of grant work around the country...For example there is a wonderful family foundation in TN that gives internationally 31 million dollars a year! Isn't that incredible?! It has been incredible to hear all the ways that God is on the march around the world. And biblical generosity is just one way God is moving. Fore The Lord hopes to teach people and pray that the Lord would get ahold of peoples hearts and that the city of Raleigh would learn to be more giving. The key word is that the Lord would get ahold of peoples hearts!

I am enjoying the change as well, because I feel this is right up Justin's gifting alley. :)