surprise gift to Lamplighter!

Yesterday we received a substantial surprise financial gift to help
Lamplighter fulfill its mission. What is amazing about this gift is that it
came at the same time I had just taken a step in faith to purchase an elite
software package that will enable us to be on the cutting edge of our new
interactive web development. Here is the letter I just sent to thank them:

Dear________:
Thank you for your surprise gift to Lamplighter Ministries. Only in
eternity will you understand the blessing that came to us on exactly the day
that this gift was needed the most. You can be sure that your gift will be
used fully to propel the mission of "making ready a people prepared for the
Lord, by building character one story at time." In fact on the day that
your gift was received, was the same day that I took a step in faith to
purchase the new software that will allow us to create our new interactive
website. God's timing is unfathomable!
For the future, it is my passion and conviction to create the
dramatic audios this year. As cultural critic Neil Postman once said, "Our
culture is amusing themselves do death." It is my desire to change this
disintegration and bring back into our culture, characters that will
motivate readers and listeners, both young and old, to adopt similar moral
codes that have now been etched into their awakened conscience. As I
complete my doctoral research, I have tentatively titled my dissertation,
"Etched-In Character." As a play on words with "Etched-In Stone," I am very
excited about my current research that I believe will be used to turn many
from the error of their way, hiding a multitude of sin, and saving many
souls from death (James 5).

Working together for Him for others,
Sincerely,
Mark Hamby