RHM Newsletter 35: An Ad-Free Experience
Posted by Dion Todd January 31st, 2020 3,635 Views 0 Comments
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15 NKJV
Welcome to 2020! Thank you so much for reading our devotional and for being a part of Refreshing Hope Ministries. I hope that this message finds you blessed, healthy, and happy wherever you are.
For the last couple of years, Sylvia and I have managed to buy our groceries with the ad that displays at the top of the devotional, and therefore take less salary from RHM. It has allowed those who cannot, or choose not to give, to support RHM in a very small way by just reading the devotional. Each page view would generate a fraction of a cent, but that adds up when multiplied by thousands of views a day over a month. Enough to cover our groceries here.
That said, I hate ads. I feel they are cluttering up the internet one page at a time, ours included. I hate seeing them on Refreshing Hope. Especially after I have spent time in prayer and writing to try and bring a word from the Holy Spirit, when I see a giant distasteful ad at the top, it makes me cringe. But I also like to eat, so it has been a compromise. I would love for people to be able to enjoy the devotionals, Bible studies, and music and fellowship without this distraction. I want to present the Word of God in the best way possible.
It’s a new year, and I want to remove the third party ads from Refreshing Hope altogether and to try and increase our salary from RHM enough to cover the groceries here, about $400 a month. That or we will be eating a lot of beans and rice in the future, which fortunately we happen to love. So those of you that have never supported Refreshing Hope, please consider it. Those of you that have and do support us, thank you so much. We would not be here without you.
We are working on a completely new website that is mobile friendly, a better email delivery system, and eventually a phone app. I would love to see the new site, emails, and apps completely ad free and to be released from depending on ads for income. There are many expenses involved in all this, but today, it is mainly about groceries. I hate to talk about money, but at the same time, we like to eat, so there you have it. In short, your support will enable us to eat better.
I thank God for each of you that have prayed for us, supported us, and just took a moment to encourage us to keep going. Your gifts, no matter how small, and your prayers and words of encouragement, make all the difference to us here.
May the Lord fulfill His will in Your life, open the right doors for you and your family, protect, provide, comfort, and guide you throughout this coming year, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.
Pastor Dion