FROM POVERTY TO PLENTY!--How to Take Hold of God's Abundant Supply Today!
Maria #219
DO 2929
7/94
By Maria
Dear Family,
1. We've got a problem--something that's making us very sad. Dad and I continue to get reports that many of you are still living on the fringes of God's abundance, living hand-to-mouth, barely able to pay your bills. Not only do you not have many of your wants, but you lack many of your needs as well.
2. It saddens us deeply that our Family is suffering when every need could be abundantly supplied. We don't know what more to do to get you to obey God's commands, to launch out into the deep, cast forth your nets and pull in a wonderful, rich and abundant supply. All you have to do is obey and ask and you will receive!
3. In not obeying and not asking, not only are you not receiving your needs, but worse than that, you are hurting the faith of your little ones. You are stumbling them and making them think that God is failing!--That it's His fault that they don't have what they need; that here they are giving their lives in full-time service for Jesus as His dedicated children, but He isn't interested enough or loving enough to give them what they need and what they want.
4. The Lord is not willing that you live in poverty, brethren! You have a big job to do for Him, and He wants you to have what you need to do it. He wants you to have accommodations that are ample enough for you all to be comfortably housed, spacious grounds on your property or nearby where your children can have the get-out they need, and located close enough to major population centers so you and your teens can have access to good witnessing opportunities. He wants you to have good, safe, reliable cars, vans and buses to provide the needed transportation for your ministries.
5. He wants you to be well cared for physically and to have the medical attention you need, including proper eyeglasses and dental work, vitamins and healthful foods, so that you will be strong and healthy to do your work for Him. He wants each of you to have the means to be well-groomed and well-dressed to be a good sample and testimony to the world. He wants your Homes to be well heated and well lit so you can remain healthy to do His work, and to be good witnesses to His love and care. He wants your children to have the computers, textbooks and reference books, Walkmans and guitars and other equipment they need, so that they can have top quality training as the future leaders of His Kingdom. He wants you to have money to buy what you cannot provision.
Why Don't You Ask?!
6. You, brethren, are providing the world with a little bit of Heaven, like a rare and priceless gift, a little peek into God's storehouse of wisdom and knowledge, a little sample of His love and peace, a little taste of Heavenly happiness, a balm and comfort to their aching hearts, encouragement that God still lives, because you're here and they can see Him through you.
7. I'm amazed at how our people are being sought after by the world now that more and more people are recognizing that we have the answers. Child protective services are asking for us to do seminars, centers for juvenile delinquents are asking us to teach their problematic young people, relief agencies are depending on our young people to help care for and comfort victims of disasters, churches are asking us to assist in teaching and inspiring their congregations and youth groups, refugee camp officials are depending on our young people's help, and our teen and YA singing groups are always in great demand.
8. The people we are ministering to see we have the answer and they want it. They love us, and they know they need us, and they welcome us with open arms. Don't you suppose they would help to support us if they knew we had a need? People are desperate for what you have to offer. People will pay for it--but not if you don't ask! Few people will give unless they know there is a need. Why do you refuse to tell them? The folks funding the organizations we're helping have millions that they are prepared to spend; and if we need their help financially in order to help them spiritually and help them in their projects, don't you think they would give it?
9. After they have seen you in action and been thrilled with what you can offer, and they continue to invite you for the second and the third times, and you've amazed them with your love and wisdom and brilliance, what is stopping you from asking for their help? You're helping them, can't they now help you?
10. Now in cases where you're performing for the poor or singing at events aimed to raise funds for a particular cause, it would not work so well to be appealing for "two causes" at the same time as far as asking the audience for help. This would be a bit out of place. However, in that case I think you should appeal to the organizers of the event for their help. Remember that most causes have rich benefactors who would be happy to help you to help their favorite charity.
11. When you sing for events that are not fundraisers for other causes, you should say, "Could we just have a few minutes to give a little appeal for financial help after our performance?" Most people who organize those types of events wouldn't mind that, especially if they're not going to take an offering for you and they don't plan to pay you.
12. How many of you ask the coordinators of the program that you're participating in, or your hosts who have invited you to perform, if you can give a short appeal after your performance? How many of you tell your audience that you have thoroughly enjoyed being there and helping to cheer them up and make them happy, and that if they have benefited from your help, could they please express their thanks by putting a donation in the box at the back of the auditorium as they leave at the end of the program, or by coming up to you personally with a donation to help cover your expenses?
13. If you need a vehicle or housing, how many of you appeal for it after your performances? How many of you display our videos and tapes at the back of the room and ask if anyone would like to sponsor sets of videos for orphanages, schools, childcare centers, etc.? You could ask, "Did you enjoy our program? If so, we'd be so grateful if you would express your thanks by " (And request specifically whatever help you need.)
14. Or you could get up and say, "We do this full-time and we love to make people happy, but we have quite a serious problem right now, and that is a lack of finances even to support our work and our ministry. We want to continue with it and we want to do it full-time. As you can see, it's a hit and it makes you happy and it makes other people happy; but we desperately need donations of everything from cash to clothes to food to transportation. So we just want to appeal to you, that if anyone can help us, there's a box at the back of the room. We need a car, if anybody has a car they'd be willing to give us. We need housing, etc." (You can make a specific request for whatever you need.)
Have You Done All You Can?
15. What does it take? You're already in such dire straits! What's going to have to happen to make you desperate? If you're desperate, you'll think of everything! You ask the Lord for ideas, you try new things, you go on the attack! You must not be desperate, but how can you not be desperate when some of you don't have your basic needs met?
16. How many of you have printed handbills that spell out your needs, and how many of you distribute them faithfully to everyone you meet? How many of you have put ads in the paper asking for folks to donate specific items to missionaries, where this approach would be well received? How many of you have asked your contacts to give you references of wealthy people who might be willing to help? How many of your friends are you depriving of the Lord's blessing because you haven't taught them to tithe?
17. When was the last time you studied the Letters on the subject of finances and support and austerity, to see what you're doing wrong and how you can improve your situation? How faithful have you been in witnessing and getting out the tapes, videos and posters? Witnessing shouldn't just be the ministry of one or two people in your Home--witnessing is the duty of every Christian!
18. How long has it been since your Home members have pow-wowed ideas for raising finances? Have you called on the Lord with your whole heart, all of you together?--Desperately asking the Lord to give you sufficient financial support so you won't have to be living hand-to-mouth and thinking only about raising enough money to survive every day, so that all of your energies and your thoughts are so much on survival that you're not able to throw yourselves into your ministries to the spiritually poor and needy.
19. Have your children been making a list of what is needed in your Home so you can petition the Lord together? I know you parents won't want to hurt your children's faith, so doing this may make you more desperate to get down to business with the Lord and get answers to your prayers, by having appropriating faith and by asking and getting results!
20. Have you gotten the word around in wealthy communities that you're available to perform at parties in exchange for some payment for your services and/or the opportunity to promote the videos? Have you teens tried getting the names of wealthy people, like other organizations do, and calling them or writing them for an appointment? You can tell them your ages and your goal in life, that you'd like to do something to help them with the charitable work they're involved in, and that you'd like to make a little presentation of some of your songs and material that you think could be a help to them. If the Lord opens the doors, you can show these wealthy people how you can help them and how they can help you.
21. When someone asks for your material or spiritual help, do you ask for their financial help? Are you ministering to the wealthy and helping them with their good works for the poor? They'll love you for it, and you will be a special attraction that others don't have. Maybe they will agree to sponsor your entire Home and pay your monthly budget as you offer to spiritually feed them, and encourage and comfort the poor they are trying to help. On the other hand, many wealthy folks need a cause and are looking around for one, and if you already have an appeal project, they may wish to sponsor it. That way, they are helping you and the folks you are ministering to.
Ask and Keep on Asking!
22. We are not the only ones who have to ask for funds; practically every organization in the world has to be funded by someone--church organizations, political organizations, social service organizations, colleges and universities--and they all have to scramble for finances and go "pounding the pavements" and knocking on doors. So we certainly are not alone in needing to ask for funds.
23. In fact, in the world people don't hesitate to ask for donations for everything under the sun!--And they get results! There are endless ridiculous causes that people raise millions of dollars for, like save the wolves, save the rats, save the alligators, etc. Then there's the "adopt a whale program," in which for a few thousand dollars you can adopt your own whale. People in the world raise donations for all kinds of very weird, crazy, ridiculous things!
24. We have the greatest cause in the universe, and we shouldn't be ashamed to ask for support for it! Remember, the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just (Pro.13:22). The Lord said it, and He has promised that if we will ask, He will give it. And He usually uses people to do so. So not only do we have to ask the Lord, but we have to ask people, no matter how much it hurts our pride. No matter how many of them say no, if you keep on asking, you know you are going to eventually receive.
25. You should ask the people you minister to: "We need to raise $_____ each month. Do you have any ideas?" Or, "We're feeling a financial crunch right now. Can you help us? Or do you know someone who can?" Or, "We're offering you the opportunity for the investment of a lifetime--not only for this life but for the next one. Can you help support our work?" Or, "We want to continue to be able to devote our full time to helping others in a spiritual way, but we desperately need finances to do so. Do you know anyone who could help us?"
26. Or, "There are millions of people who could be such an encouragement and comfort to others less fortunate than themselves, but they are tied to secular employment. We are some of the few people in the world who try to keep ourselves free from the entanglements of regular employment so we can be on hand at any time to help the folks who need us, and so we can devote our full time to helping others. But we desperately need finances in order to do this. We can help folks spiritually, but we need others to help us financially in order to do the job." These are just a few ideas of the many sincere approaches you could use to help make your needs known to those whom God wants to use to help you.
You Have a Worthy Cause!
27. We need to be able to approach folks with appeals for funds without being on the defensive, or without being apologetic. What we have to give these people is so much greater than anything that they could give us, that we shouldn't be afraid to ask, and we shouldn't be embarrassed. And in fact, we should make clear the value of what we have to offer them and the world.
28. Instead of acting like we don't have anything to offer and we are no good and we don't look like much and we don't have any great ministries to show and our Homes are not really such a good standard so we're embarrassed to invite folks home, etc., we need to start looking at it the way the Lord sees it. Just in the hearts and minds of our members alone there is such spiritual wealth, such riches of counsel that it is almost unbelievable! If you'll just get out where others can see it, people will recognize that you have something special, something they don't have!--The priceless treasures of God's truth and love and Spirit! "If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?" (1Cor.9:11).
29. In some recent prophecies the Lord said: "If ye will look at the Words of David, the Words that I have given, and believe, ye shall have the faith that can move mountains. Ye shall know that ye are the worthy cause that I have raised up for these people to give to. If ye look at yourselves and your problems, the fires within and without, ye shall become discouraged, and afraid to ask, and doubtful, wondering, 'Who can give to us? Who are we?' Ye are nothing. I know ye are nothing!
30. "They are not giving to you. They are giving to the vision, they are giving to My prophet. They are giving to the life that I have for you to live for Me; not to your frail, weak bodies, but to the wonderful life that I have for you to live for Me, to spread My message and to do My job. Do not look within, but look up, and there ye shall find the faith to ask."
Everyone Is Responsible to Raise Support!
31. You should always be conscious of finding an opportunity to mention your need for finances to the people you minister to. You don't have to be a full-time fundraiser to do this, you can be anything--a provisioner, a witnesser, a performer, a teacher or housekeeper, etc. Just as it is the job of all of us to be witnesses, it should also be the job of all of us to be fundraisers.
32. All the adults in a Home should in some way bear the responsibility of the support of the Home. All adults should be aware of the financial state of the Home. And that means all the adults should know the specifics concerning how you're doing financially--how much money is on hand, how the money is being spent, how your Home budget and buffer are doing, what bills are owed, etc.--not just percentages, but actual amounts. All adults should feel responsible for the support of the Home, not just your outreach teams or your poor business teamworker!
33. And if you haven't been taking responsibility, if you've been thinking that the financial support of your Home is someone else's job, then you need to change your tune real quick! If your Home is failing financially and is in dire straits, you'd all better wake up and start taking responsibility and working and doing everything possible to pull yourselves out of the hole, which should generate more prayer power and more effort by more people!
34. Everyone can work in some way to help support the Home. Everyone can and should witness! Everyone can ask! Everyone can pray and search the Word for direction! Of course, some people who are especially gifted in this ministry may spend more time out actually raising support than others, but everyone should help! The burden of support for a Home should not just fall on the shoulders of a few people, as now seems to be the case in many Homes.
35. It seems our outreach has greatly dwindled, to where only a few people go out witnessing daily and those few people are expected to raise all the support needed for the Home. That just won't work! Everyone needs to be going out witnessing and everyone needs to be asking! In order to be able to ask, you have to be out meeting and ministering to people! This includes the Home teamworkers! It's a major part of your responsibilities as shepherds to make sure the needs of your flock are well supplied!
Prayer About Why the Lord Isn't Supplying!
36. When the Family read the Letter "Ask and It Shall Be Given" (ML #2893, Lifelines 21) at the time of the 1994 Birthday Fast, many of you received prophecies that indicated that the Lord was going to do a great thing, and we just had to ask and believe.
37. At that time the Lord promised: "For the treasures of Heaven are many, and I shall open the door and pour out even more of a blessing than ye have room to contain. Believe and receive of My goodness, for I am with you and My presence shall go with you, and of My presence shall I pour forth abundantly--not only of your wants and needs, but above and beyond that which ye could ask or think. Know ye not that I have created all these things? I have created the gold in every mine and the silver in the rocks and hills. Stand back and see Me supply, and I will pour it out upon you as never before!" ("Prophecies for Financial Supply," paragraphs 5,18,19, GN 587, published February, 1994).
38. However, we are still in a very critical situation with our worldwide finances, so I recently asked some of our folks to pray and ask the Lord why He isn't bringing in the finances yet. Our desperate need for finances is hindering the Family in practically all areas of our life and witness, and I felt we needed to find out why the Lord isn't supplying as He promised He would. We have plenty of instruction in the Word on how to live by faith and serve the Lord, so we should know by now what to do and how to do it. We have excellent witnessing tools. We have wonderful samples to show the world in our children and Homes. We're living for Jesus full-time and He's promised to supply. So why are we still suffering such great lacks in many cases?
39. Is this crucial time just a test for the Family worldwide, or is the Lord delaying His blessings until our Homes get straightened out in the various areas in which they are delinquent? Do the financial difficulties we are now experiencing represent the darkest hour that is just before the dawn of His abundant provision, and do we just need to hold on? Or are we perhaps missing the mark in some areas, which is causing the Lord to withhold His blessing? In the past prophecies did the Lord tell us that He was going to bless us abundantly and pour it out as we asked because He knew in the future we were going to be making the necessary changes so that He could bless us?
40. When the members of one of our WS units recently brought these questions before the Lord in prayer, He indicated very clearly that there are definite problems and weaknesses that we need to change before He can bless us financially as He would like.
Problems that Could Cause the Lord to Withhold His Blessings!
41. These prophecies highlighted many specific problems that could be causing the Lord to withhold His financial and material blessings, such as:
* Fear, doubt, lack of faith and trust.
* Not following the Lord's Word closely enough, getting off track.
* Not obeying the Word the Lord gives us for today.
* Having the wrong priorities.
* Having your hearts, hands and labors distracted with things that are not of the Lord.
* Not witnessing enough. Not seeking out the lost sheep and bearing their burdens with a broken heart.
* Lack of sowing and reaping.
* Not getting out enough witnessing tools (posters, tapes and videos).
* Being too proud to ask.
* Not finding and reaching the people you could ask.
* Not going to the rich, the most spiritually destitute.
* Shortcomings such as laziness, lack of desperation, procrastination, self-satisfaction, lethargy, introspection, lack of faithfulness.
* Not investing your talents wisely.
42. You should ask yourself if you personally or your Home in general might need to overcome any of the weaknesses listed.
43. As I mentioned earlier, Dad and I have written Letter upon Letter of counsel instructing you how to obtain the Lord's financial blessing. For years we've taught you lesson after lesson concerning every aspect of living by faith. The Lord said in the recent prophecies: "If ye would but seek the way in the many pages of wisdom and truth and guidance which I have already given you, ye would find the secret to the abundance which ye seek and which ye lack. But lo, My children ask, 'O Lord, which way shall we go? We seek a new solution.' But I say unto you, I have given you the solution; it is already there."
44. There are many very definite, very specific principles and practices that have been explained in detail in the Letters, and which must be observed if you hope to bring the blessing of God's abundant provision on your Home. Living by faith and expecting to have God supply all your needs doesn't mean you can just do as you please. His promises of supply are often conditional, which means you must fulfill the many requirements necessary for receiving God's supply.
45. Being blessed financially doesn't just happen. It's the result of obedience, hard work, and making a conscious, concerted effort to do the things the Lord has taught us to do in the Word--some of which are spiritual principles, such as desperate prayer and faithful witnessing, and others of which are just simple good business principles, such as not living beyond your means, tithing faithfully, not spending your seed corn money, paying your most urgent bills first, sharing the know and sharing the responsibility, etc.
46. Following is a checklist of some of the unfailing spiritual laws and Godly principles and practices which must be observed if you expect God to pour on the funds and supply your needs in abundance. How's your Home doing?
Checklist of What Is Required to Receive the Lord's Abundant Supply
(For more details on the Lord's requirements for receiving His financial blessing, please read "God's Financial Blessings! --How to Receive Them NOW!" ML #2813, Lifelines 20.)
1. Pray desperately.
a. "Labor" in prayer, in a determined and believing spirit.
b. Claim promises of the Lord's supply in full faith, confessing and asking Him to remove any doubt or fear which may be blocking His blessing.
c. Hear from the Lord, follow the Lord's leading.
d. Don't cling to preconceived ideas or get stuck in a rut. Be new bottles.
e. Pray for boldness and conviction to ask for support. If you are fearful or doubting or have a hard time making your needs known, pray for faith and courage to be able to ask for the money you need!
f. Pray against fear: Fear of failure, fear of being turned down, or fear of what people might think when you ask them for financial help.
2. Be thankful for what God has already given you.
Be sure to regularly take time to count your blessings and thank the Lord for what He has already supplied. Praise is the voice of faith, and is an uplifting and good sample to your children and those around you.
3. Tithe fully.
4. Ask and it shall be given.
a. As much as possible, make your needs known to everyone you minister to.
b. Don't be too proud to ask.
c. Advertise your needs at every possible opportunity.
5. Faithfully witness.
a. Everyone should witness, not just a few "outreach people." This includes Home teamworkers, childcare personnel, young people, etc.
b. Witnessing should be a top priority, not something that you do if you have time. If it's not a priority, you won't find or make the time. Winning souls for the Kingdom is one of the main responsibilities of all Christians.
c. Establish a support base that is self-propagating (such as pledges, for example), instead of only using fundraising methods like restaurant singing which don't necessarily produce lasting fruit.
d. Get out the tools, the tapes, videos and posters.
e. Invest time in witnessing and follow-up, have a "die daily" sacrificial spirit.
f. Organize your Home and schedule to enable you to get as many people as possible out witnessing for as many hours a day as possible.
g. Don't be afraid to minister to the most spiritually needy of all, the rich! Obey Dad's Letter, "Rags to Riches!" (ML #211, Vol. 2.)
h. One Home teamworker should tune in to the witnessing, know the contacts, help plan the follow-up, organize and lead the witnessing meetings, etc.
i. Be diligent; work hard.
j. Pray for the sick. This is not only a testimony of your love and concern for their suffering, but also, those who receive the Lord's healing as a result of your prayers will probably be very grateful and may become solid converts, friends and supporters.
k. Live close to the city, so you have access to fruitful witnessing spots for adults and teens alike. (Remember the story of "Tommy.")
6. Follow up.
a. Make sure your follow-up is Word-based and you're not just socializing and wasting time.
b. Get people hooked on the Lord and the Word, not just on you personally.
c. Ask for regular pledges.
d. Teach your friends and supporters to tithe.
e. Ask for referrals.
f. Win kings and supporters, and invest time in ministering to them.
g. Solicit specific needs from your regular supporters when appropriate, over and above their usual gifts.
h. Show appreciation to supporters.
i. Open your Home to visitors, and encourage people to come over. A sample is better than a sermon! But make sure your Home is a good sample. Your Home doesn't have to be fancy to be a good sample. Just make sure it's clean, well cared for, and spacious enough for the number of people living in it. Remember, the greatest sample to visitors will be your children, your unity, and your happy, loving spirits.
7. Win new disciples.
Pray in forsake-alls.
8. Diversify your channels of support.
a. Don't depend on only one means of support.
b. Try new ideas. Don't be afraid to pioneer.
9. Obey the Word.
a. Obey the general guidance and principles on outreach, follow-up, raising support and managing money.
b. Pray and ask the Lord what "Consider the Poor" ministry your Home should invest time in.
c. Obey the recent directions and revelations from the Letters as much as possible, depending on your situation. You may not be able to go all-out on all of the new revelations at the same time, but if the opportunity arises and the Lord opens the doors for you to move forward in any of these ministries, you should certainly take advantage of those open doors.
10. Take time to search the Word for direction, instruction, counsel, answers and faith.
a. Balance the Word, rightly dividing it. Don't go off on a tangent with a new Letter or "push" and forget the older Letters.
b. If you are held back by a lack of faith for finances, dive into the Word on the subject to build your faith. Drown your doubts with the Word!
11. Faithfully care for, train and educate your children.
a. Remember, "What is that in thy hand?" The children are His Kingdom!
b. Please try to provide your children with a well-balanced schedule, as much as possible, with proper emphasis on the Word, personal time, witnessing, schooling, etc.
c. The Lord has promised that if we take good care of our children, He'll take good care of us! (See "The Milk Dispenser Dream," ML #2638.)
12. Live Acts 2:44 and 45.
a. Family members should be sharing what they have. From each according to his ability, unto each according to his need.
b. Take care that no one is withholding finances or an excess of personal belongings (unless for a needed, justifiable purpose, such as to move to another country, or to open a new Home).
13. Obey the standards laid down in the Letters.
a. Don't compromise on such things as health standards, avoiding worldly influences, etc.
b. Live in harmony and unity, showing a large measure of love to one another.
c. Don't allow sin in the camp, such as murmuring, division, etc.
14. Be good stewards.
a. Budget. Have a good workable budget that you stick to.
b. Don't waste things or money or manpower. Practice austerity.
c. Prove to your kings and supporters that you're a good investment and a worthy cause by being faithful with their gifts and good stewards of their properties, etc.
d. Find the best prices; bargain.
e. Provision all that you can so you don't have to spend cash for things that could be provisioned.
15. Don't live beyond your means. (Have no debts!)
16. Share the Know.
a. All Home members age 16 and over should be aware of the specifics of your Home's financial state, including what the upcoming bills are, where the money is going, and how much money is on hand.
b. Be sure to speak faith and be positive when sharing your financial situation so your Home members don't feel burdened or worried.
c. It's very important to share the victories of supply also, so that your whole Home can be encouraged and know that the Lord is answering your prayers! (Of course, you wouldn't want to burden the children with the details of your financial situation, but if they participate in praying for finances and different needs, it's important that they also hear about the answers to those prayers!)
17. Give unselfishly to others, over and above your tithe. As you pour out, He'll pour in!
Discuss and Pray About Your Financial Situation!
47. It is my understanding that because you are very busy, sometimes when you read the new Letters, you don't take time to act upon them or discuss them or pray about how to apply them to your particular situation. In order to bring about the changes that are urgently needed and to rectify our problem of lack of finances, it's essential that you prayerfully consider the counsel in this Letter and look at your present priorities and modus operandi to see if there are things that need to change in your Home. I know that as you get together to seek the Lord desperately and specifically for your situation and how you need to change and improve, He'll lead you and bring about great victories!
48. Pow-wow ideas! Claim the Word! Pray desperately! Get the Lord's confirmation on the best plan of attack, and go ahead in full faith that "what He has promised, He is able also to perform"--and will!--Because He cannot fail, as we obey. But it seems in some cases He is more concerned about your having what you need to do His work than you are.
49. "The Lord's arm is not shortened that it cannot save, neither is His ear heavy that it cannot hear" (Isa.59:1). Your sins of lack of prayer, lack of desperation, lack of faith, lack of asking not only the Lord but others, and lack of attacking initiative have separated you from His blessings and His abundant supply. But He says, "If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land" (2Chr.7:14).
50. Ask Him to forgive you for doubting Him and for stumbling your little ones and for being a poor testimony to others; and get up and determine to believe that He can pour you out a blessing more than you are able to contain--and that He wants to--if you will let Him! He's only limited by your attitudes and your obedience! God bless and help you! (--AMEN!--D.)
(8/97: Thankfully, since the Charter, Home financial conditions have improved considerably. Overall, the Family's income has risen over 50% since the Charter, and reports of Homes struggling financially are now few and far between. Praise the Lord for His supply!)
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