Jamie Swinerd

I'm Choosing to Lose. Will you sponsor me?

Fundraising for Open Doors
£364
raised of £300 target
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Only cold showers for lent!, 22 February 2023
Choose to Lose Challenge 2023
Campaign by Open Doors (RCN 1125684)
Choose to Lose something you love to raise money and prayer for young Christians around the world who, in choosing Jesus, have lost nearly everything.

Story

I'm choosing to lose HOT SHOWERS for lent to help raise money and awareness for Christians who have lost everything because of their faith in Jesus.

Saser* (18) and Mihea* (22) from Laos had recently chosen to follow Jesus when their Christian faith was discovered. In the space of an afternoon, they lost their home and safety. People they used to call neighbours, along with the police, questioned and beat them. They were told to sign documents saying they would stop being Christian and return to the local tribal religion. But they refused.

Eventually the villagers pushed them out of their house and evicted them from the area. The message was clear: if you choose Jesus, youre no longer safe here.

Please sponsor me as I give up something I love to help raise money for essential aid, support and help for young Christians like Saser and Mihea.

*Names changed for security reasons...

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About the campaign

Choose to Lose something you love to raise money and prayer for young Christians around the world who, in choosing Jesus, have lost nearly everything.

About the charity

Open Doors

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RCN 1125684
Open Doors provides practical support like food, medicine, housing, clean water and education as well as micro-loans to start businesses to persecuted Christians worldwide. We also provide Bibles, Christian literature, training, literacy programmes and trauma training. We work in over 50 countries.

Donation summary

Total raised
£364.00
+ £72.06 Gift Aid
Online donations
£364.00
Offline donations
£0.00

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