Hey there! So this week I have something for you to think and pray about. I don't want to sneak up on you or anything so here it is; I am asking for support. The ministry has decided to have the staff start raising their own support. In Part because of the economy being the way it is. You should know though that the state of the economy has forced other ministries in this country to shut down completely, but Metro has not even had to close parts of the ministry. Pastor Bill says, "The economy is a resource. Not the source. God is our source." The salary of the staff has always been taken care of by Pastor Bill as well as all other money coming into the ministry. There are 160 full time staff working here. That is a lot of salaries to pay, and that is just a fraction of the finance that is needed to run this ministry. Pastor Bill just celebrated his 60th birthday. It is time some of the burden was taken off of him. And so comes the need for us as staff to bring in a little bit of the money ourselves. A sponsorship program called "Run With One" has been created for us to raise support. Profiles were made up for each of the staff to send out that explain how the sponsorship works and how donations and pledges can be made directly to the ministry on our behalf. The minimum pledge is $25.00 monthly per staff member. If you would be interested in receiving one of my profiles and helping me raise support, please contact me. My new email address is ryanjacobwood@hotmail.com. And I'm on facebook if that works better for you. Thank you for your time. And to those of you who have been praying, THANK YOU!!! I could not keep going with out it. seriously. I've wanted to quit many times already. But I wont! Peace and love.

Ryan.