Dear praying friends,

God is amazing! Just when you think there’s no hope, God does something unexpected!

I have great news! We were just awarded a $7,500 matching grant for us to continue reaching the world for Jesus and training Christians!!!

But because it’s a “matching grant,” we need YOUR help to collect it. If you were considering partnering with us in the ministry by giving a monthly or one-time gift, now is a great time to do it as your gift will be doubled!

Allow me a few moments to explain why this is a huge help, with perfect timing!

It’s been three years since my family and I stepped out in faith by leaving the corporate world to serve Jesus full-time as Missionaries. And in that time, we’ve relied on our savings to fund our ministry.

Open Air Campaigners doesn’t pay us. We rely on donations from people like you who support the work we do. We don’t yet have enough donors to meet our budget needs.

In faith, we’ve taken from our own savings every month to make up the difference.

This past month our savings ran out. So do we stop being Missionaries?

We believe the timing of this GENEROUS matching grant is of the Lord!!!

Here’s how it works:

If you are not currently one of our monthly supporters:

• If you sign up to give a monthly gift of any amount, your gift will be MATCHED dollar-for-dollar every month for a year! (So if you gave $25 per month, we’d receive $50!)
• If you donate a one-time gift of any amount, your gift will be MATCHED dollar-for-dollar! (So if you gave a $100 gift, we’d receive $200!)

If you are one of our monthly supporters:

• If you sign up to increase your current monthly gift, the increased amount will be MATCHED dollar-for-dollar every month for a year! (So if you increased your gift by $20 per month, we’d receive an extra $40 every month for a year!)
• If you donate an extra one-time gift of any amount, your gift will be MATCHED dollar-for-dollar! (So if you gave a $100 gift, we’d receive $200!)

The Foundation that awarded us this matching grant doesn’t often give to individual Missionaries like us, but they believe in what we’re doing and want to help us be fully supported. For that we are grateful and humbled!

As you can tell, this is superb timing.

God has done OUTSTANDING things for His kingdom!

Many unsaved have heard the gospel, and many Christians have been built-up, equipped, and given opportunities to evangelize as well!

• God has used us to reach kids in the inner city who have no church influence (please read about that here).
• Jesus has used us to reach out to groups typically hostile to the gospel, like those struggling with homosexuality (please read about that here).
• God saved a Chinese Graduate Student who had never heard the gospel! (please read about that here).
• God has protected us from the Police (please read about that here).
• And so much more…

If you’re unfamiliar with our ministry, I invite you to please watch a 5-minute video that shows what my family does to reach the lost:

Your donation is tax-deductible and can be given either electronically or through the mail.

If you would like to donate electronically, please click here to go to OAC’s Donation page. Under “Name and Address” please put your contact info. (You can leave “Donor ID# (if known)” blank.)

Then, under “Categories & Funds,” in the drop-down box, click and select “Sohmer – Mark & Shelby.” You can make your donation one-time or recurring.

If you have any trouble, please contact OAC or contact us for help.

If you would rather mail in a check, please make it out to “Open Air Campaigners” and write “The Sohmer Family” in the “memo” section of the check, or include a note indicating that the funds are to go to The Sohmer Family. Please mail it to:

Open Air Campaigners
P.O. Box D
Nazareth, PA 18064

Open Air Campaigners is certified through the Evangelical Counsel for Financial Accountability, so you can trust that your donations are being used properly. You will also receive a receipt for tax purposes.

Thank you for your prayers, notes of encouragement, and financial support. Without all of those, we could not be reaching the lost for Jesus Christ!

Please feel free to share this with others you think would be encouraged by it!

all for Jesus,

Mark, Shelby, Vivienne, Juliana, Caleb, and Gabriella Sohmer
Reaching people from around the world
in Boston and New England
with Open Air Campaigners, USA.