It's not often that you find yourself writing a story about a cult of evil bananas in order to try to bring people closer to God.
But that, ironically, may be just what I'm doing over the next three months, because I'm raising ten thousand dollars.
This coming school year, I've been invited to serve with NET Ministries.
After an intensive five week training program, NET sends 150 young adults in teams of 8-12 across the country to give retreats and share their faith with youth, offering them something better than what they might find in broken homes, unsupportive schools and peers, and cultural pessimism.
In a word, Evangelization. (A big word, but still just a word.) In case you don't know that word, it basically means to spread Christ's love, especially through actions and how you live. (In this context.)
I hate to wake up and hear somebody talking about how this kid just committed suicide, or that guy came into school with a gun. It stinks to live in a culture where we just seem to accept insane divorce rates, teenage depression, substance abuse, and twelve year olds addicted to drugs and pornography.
I think you hate it too.
But if we don't have anything better to offer, we can't fix the problem at its root.
We do.
My name is Samuel Wong, and I'm going to go travel the country, sing, perform skits, carry furniture, subsist on parish charity(apparently something called "eggbake" is particularly common), and generally make a fool of myself to attack that problem. The problem of people not even knowing who Christ is, not realizing that someone really does love them. I want to share the good news. I want to share how God has worked in my own life.
And you can help.
NET asks us to raise five thousand dollars to cover the costs of lugging someone around the country for nine months. That's about a hundred retreats, and seven thousand young people reached- -by one single NET team.
Over seventy thousand young people are going to be able to experience a NET retreat this year, and you can help, with any kind of donation, be it money, sharing this with a friend, and especially, prayers.
We aren't just gonna leave it like that: we're gonna have some fun.
I pledge to you, the reader, that for every thousand dollars raised, I'll write an epic short story- if you need an example, check out Death of the Flies.
If you need another example, check out The Worst Decision.
If you need another example go donate so I can post more stories.
When we hit ten thousand dollars, I'll post an awesome semi-anthology thingy with all ten of those short stories, plus:
Two bonus stories by me.
Two bonus ones by guest authors.
Cool bonus artwork by the Unleavened Ministries' Olaf.
I think that we can totally do ten thousand dollars.
Don't just sit there. Click here to donate. (Takes just three quick steps!)
Then share this opportunity with someone else who cares. Because that's what it's about.
Thanks for your time,
Sam Wong
EDIT:
$1,000 Milestone! - Poorly Timed Snack. This is one of my typical stories, I eat food and it horribly backfires, (metaphorically in this case) and it's pretty much a true story.
$2,000 Milestone! - Banana Cartel. This is something a little bit different. I enjoy a whole lot of O. Henry and early twentieth century short stories, so I kind of messed around with something along the lines of that style, but different at the same time. Just a warning, very Deadpan.
$3,000 MILESTONE! - Lost Frog WOW. More than half way there. This is truly awesome. This story, even it's name, is one of my freewriting projects/story I have wanted to tell for a while. I do have a tendency to get lost in ridiculous ways, and I did write this kind of without thinking. Freewriting is like that. Take a subject, write write write. It's not my best work, but it is a great example of what happens when I freewrite.
P.S. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment or contact me directly at my email, astoolamongchairs@gmail.com ( I read anything and everything you guys send!)
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