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Sometimes being wrong is OK.  And this time, it’s actually GOOD NEWS!

In last month’s newsletter, our 2009 revenue was estimated to be around $21,000 in total sales, which created $2,000 for the Texas Baptist Offering for World Hunger and over 4,000 hours of dignified employment for our global artisan producers.

However, I was pleasantly surprised to see our final performance report numbers were actually higher than the expected outcome. Texas Baptists really purchased $26,134 in fair trade goods ($7,676 from church & University Trading Posts, $15,893 from church markets, and $2,613 from individual web orders and JUST ONE card orders).  From that total, $2,613 was deposited into the Texas Baptist Offering for World Hunger to aid their relief and development ministries locally, in the U.S., and around the world.   But the most exciting number is the 5,227 hours of dignified, life-altering employment that was created through Texas Baptist fair trade purchases.

This means empowerment and hope for a better life—a life with options, resources, & economic stability.  This means decreased vulnerability to forced labor, and other exploitive, abusive conditions.  This means mothers & fathers can feed their families, educate their children, and develop sustainable, thriving communities.  This means the image of God is being restored in people around the world—people who might otherwise never experience the physical hope of God’s kingdom on earth, and the unconditional love of Jesus Christ through the missional living of His disciples.

So thank you, Texas Baptists, for embodying the call of Jesus to “Love God and love your neighbor as yourself.”

Go to www.goodnewsgoods.com and click on FOR MORE.  You will be directed to our supplier’s link, TRADEASONE.COM, where you can browse products & shop online (Shipping time is about one week).

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