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Hi, this is Eric Elder and thanks for taking this time to learn a little more about our ministry here at The Ranch.

For over ten years now, we've been using the Internet to spread the message of Jesus Christ around the world. I love preaching about Jesus Christ. I love telling people about what God can do in their lives.

The Internet was made for delivering messages, and I can't think of a better message to deliver than the message that God is real, that He loves you, and that He wants you to put your faith in Jesus Christ for everything in your life.

That's the message that I've been preaching in several churches over the years. But in a church, my message only goes about 150 feet. On the Internet, my message goes to about 150 countries.

That's the great power of the Internet. It's more conceivable now than ever before to fulfill Jesus' words that said, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation" (Mark 16:15). But just because it's more conceivable, that doesn't mean it's any easier, and it doesn't mean it's any cheaper. It still takes time, it still takes money, and it still takes effort to spread the gospel around the world.

That's why I'm coming to you today, to ask you if you would prayerfully consider partnering with our ministry on a monthly basis. We have supporters currently who send us anywhere from $10 a month up to $300 a month. Our average gift is about $80 a month. Maybe you'd consider supporting our work for a gift of maybe $20, or $40, or $80 a month. We have others who send us $100, or $200, or $300 a month.

Any of these amounts are huge blessings to us, and when you give your gift on a monthly basis, it's an even greater blessing to us because it helps us know that your hearts are with us. Jesus said, "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also," and when you invest your treasure with our ministry on a monthly basis, that is such a blessing to us because it helps us to know that your hearts are with us as well. That heart support and that prayer support is just as important to us as your financial support.

The response over the years to this ministry has been phenomenal.

In the first few years, we had several hundred visitors a month. Then it grew to several thousands visitors a month. Right now we're averaging between 5,000 and 10,000 visitors every month from over 150 countries.

To be able to reach this many people throughout the world is astounding to me, and I hope it's astounding to you! Because I would like to let you know that this is one of the most fun ministries I've ever been involved in. It's one of the neatest, most cool ministries, and I'd love for you to be a part of it, too. Over the ten years, we've had over 100 volunteers who have helped us, working on technical aspect of the website, volunteering to help us answer emails from people that are sent in from around the world, volunteers who will come on the chat room to talk to others about Jesus Christ.

In fact, one night a woman came into the chat room from St. Louis, and another woman, who was a pastor's wife, was there in the chat room to great her. This pastor's wife was able to talk to this woman, lead her through a prayer of salvation, and then get involved in a local church in St. Louis. That woman was so thrilled and with tears in her eyes at that first church service, feeling that she had finally come back to God.

Another man from Latvia who had been watching one of our videos said that he was so convicted by the video message and the gospel presentation, that he put his faith in Christ right in front of his computer screen. He went to his local church in Riga, Latvia and about two weeks later was baptized. He sent us pictures of the baptism, and now he's working for the church! He's helping do their website, and do their video production now several years later. In fact, he helped us to redesign The Ranch website when we were ready for a new look and feel.

God continues to speak to people through this ministry on a daily basis and I'd love for you to be involved in that as well. Whatever we do through this ministry is also counted to your credit in the kingdom of God (see Philippians 4:14-20) and we would love for you to partner with us.

So I hope you'll prayerfully consider giving a gift of maybe $20, or $40, or $80 a month. Or if you're able, maybe $100, or $200, or $300 a month.

If you're able to make a one-time gift, that would be a huge help as well.

But particularly, if you can make a monthly contribution, we've made several ways that you can do that easily and have it automatically deducted, or you can send in your checks monthly and we'll send you receipts. We've tried to make it as easy as possible for you to put your money to work in the kingdom of God.

We'd love to have you partner with us, and I hope you'll let us know soon if you're interested in this, and if God is moving on your heart to do it, because together, we can change the world.

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