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November 17, 2023 at 3:00 PM

Matching Gift Opportunity!

Dear John,Drought. War. Natural disasters. The global food crisis. So many people are suffering around the world. But as extreme as their physical suffering is, there is an even greater crisis taking place. Today more than three billion people worldwide have never heard about Jesus. Although the ne…
  Unto · [email protected]
November 14, 2023 at 3:00 PM

John, Your Gift Can Be MATCHED to Provide Twice the Help and Hope!

“When they [the shepherds] had seen Him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this Child.” — Luke 2:17 (NIV) Dear John,In the middle of a tumultuous time in our world, we have the opportunity to go and tell those who have never heard about Jesus the GOOD NEWS of His coming.…
  Unto · [email protected]
November 11, 2023 at 3:00 PM

VIDEO: The Greatest Humanitarian Crisis

Hello John,Today 811 million people around the world lack the nutrition they need to survive and thrive. The suffering they face is terrible and almost unimaginable. And yet they — and many others — face an even greater crisis. More than three billion people worldwide have never heard about Jesus a…
  Unto · [email protected]
November 2, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Help Prevent Hunger and Reveal the Hope of Jesus

Dear ,The global food crisis is not slowing down. More than 222 million people around the world face acute food insecurity, and 45 million of these are at risk of starvation. Together we can provide families with lifesaving meals that meet immediate physical needs. We can also supply them with egg-…
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October 31, 2023 at 2:00 PM

SPECIAL REPORT: You Gave Families Access to Clean Water and Hope

Dear John,Shortages of safe, clean water and the lack of sanitation and hygiene programs create the most significant source of suffering on earth. Unto® works with local staff teams and community leadership in areas of need to drill new clean water wells, repair broken wells, provide water filters,…
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October 30, 2023 at 2:00 PM

BLOG: Four Ways to Cultivate Generosity in Children

Around this time of year, children make their Christmas lists and check them twice. They marvel at the images that flash up on our screens. They notice the latest gadgets in store windows. Then they go back to their lists and add a few more things. As parents we do our best to keep the holidays foc…
  Unto · [email protected]
October 19, 2023 at 2:00 PM

You Can Help Refugees in the Toughest Places Survive a Harsh Winter

Dear John,Today there are more than 108 million people worldwide who have been forcibly displaced . Most of these fled their homes to escape violence, persecution, or natural disasters — often leaving with only the clothes on their back. With winter quickly approaching, you can help refugees and fa…
  Unto · [email protected]
October 16, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Give a Gift That Lasts For Eternity!

John, In the middle of a tumultuous time in our world, we have the opportunity to go and tell those who have never heard the good news about Jesus. Through the Unto® Gift Catalog you can express the kindness of Jesus by providing humanitarian aid to relieve suffering for people in the toughest pla…
  Unto · [email protected]
October 13, 2023 at 2:00 PM

What if You Could Do More to Maximimize Your Impact AND Save on Taxes too?

  Dear John,What if you could maximize your impact to serve people in the toughest places AND save on taxes? As we prepare for the season of giving, it is easy to focus on sending a check or donating by credit card to your favorite causes. But many times you can do even more good by utilizing plan…
  Al Goff, Unto · [email protected]
October 11, 2023 at 3:34 PM

You Can Help Victims of the Conflict in the Middle East

Dear John,On Saturday, October 7, the Holy Land was rocked by the worst conflict they have seen in 50 years. So far at least 2,000 people across the region have lost their lives — and the number of casualties is rising dramatically. Unto® is working with local partners in the area to determine how …
  Unto · [email protected]
October 9, 2023 at 2:00 PM

You Can Give Someone Access to Clean Water and the Message of Jesus

John, Currently, 771 million people worldwide do not have access to basic drinking water. That means 1 in every 10 people globally cannot get to clean water and bring it back to their homes within 30 minutes. In many cases women and children spend hours searching for clean water every day. Or they…
  Unto · [email protected]
October 4, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Mr. Le Wanted Nothing to Do With Jesus...

John, Mr. Le* once hated God and those who follow Him. He wanted nothing to do with Jesus. But God used a simple water filter to transform his life. Mr. Le’s family was very sick. He kept calling the local priest to cast out demons and heal them. But they still did not get well. When our local…
  Al Goff, Unto · [email protected]
September 28, 2023 at 2:00 PM

John, how can we be praying for you?

John,It is hard to believe how quickly this year has gone by. Fall is in full swing with all the busyness it brings. Our next Cru® Worldwide Day of Prayer is approaching on October 3. On this day our staff set aside time to pray for our international staff team members, for what God has called us t…
  Unto · [email protected]
September 21, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Rush Meals to Suffering Families Now!

Dear John,We are facing a global food crisis unlike anything we have seen in a century. Tragically, the situation just continues to worsen. The United Nations recently reported that 2023 will be “another year of extreme jeopardy” for the hungry. Up to 828 million people do not know where their nex…
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September 14, 2023 at 2:00 PM

You Helped Elizha Regain Her Desire to Live

Dear John,Elizha* is a widow and mother of seven children. Despite her best attempts to provide for her children, war has ravaged their lives. For the past nine years, their country has been overwhelmed by a civil war that has left millions displaced and created one of the worst humanitarian crises…
  Michelle Oney, Unto · [email protected]
August 29, 2023 at 8:06 PM

REMINDER: MATCHING GIFT OPPORTUNITY EXPIRES SOON

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Michelle Oney<[email protected]> Date: Tues, Aug 29, 2023 at 3:05 PM Subject: Matching Gift: You Can DOUBLE Your Impact This Summer!John,I just wanted to send you this reminder that there is still time to DOUBLE your gift to the Maximum Impact…
  Unto · [email protected]
August 19, 2023 at 2:00 PM

World Humanitarian Day BLOG: We Can Relieve Suffering in the Toughest Places

John,They live in the toughest places — without access to the basic items they need to survive and without access to the message of eternal hope in Jesus. And yet our local staff teams and partners are determined to reach them. On World Humanitarian Day — an international day dedicated to recognizi…
  Unto · [email protected]
August 17, 2023 at 2:02 PM

Help open doors in NINE closed countries

John,Right now, Unto® has shipping containers being prepared to ship to NINE closed countries in the next few months. The containers are packed with lifesaving supplies that our local staff will use to serve more than 238,000 people. Currently, 1 in 23 people will require humanitarian assistance t…
  Unto · [email protected]
August 10, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Jamal Found Jesus in an Unlikely Place...

John,Jamal* never thought he would be in this place. But war in his home country forced him to seek safety in a neighboring Middle Eastern country where he lives as a refugee. It is a difficult life as families have no choice but to live in crowded camps and rely on the humanitarian assistance of p…
  Unto · [email protected]
August 3, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Unto Prayer Focus - How can we pray for YOU?

“Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.” — James 5:16, ESVThe apostle James reminds us of two key truths — prayer is collective and effective.Prayer is an essential part of Chri…
  Unto · [email protected]
July 28, 2023 at 2:00 PM

BLOG: Why Water Really Matters for People in the Toughest Places

For people in the toughest places, safe, clean water is a precious commodity. Families often spend hours searching for it each day. And when they cannot find it, they may be left with no choice but to drink dirty water — knowing it could make them sick. How can something so freely available for som…
  Unto · [email protected]
July 27, 2023 at 2:00 PM

SPECIAL REPORT: You Are Helping Develop Multiplying Disciples

John,In one Southeast Asian country, only one percent of people follow Jesus. Despite the challenges, our local Unto® staff teams are committed to sharing the message of hope and developing multiplying disciples. Humanitarian aid allows them to access unreached people groups and share the eternal h…
  Al Goff, Unto · [email protected]
July 26, 2023 at 2:00 PM

THIS JUST IN: Your Gift by August 31 Will be Matched!

Dear John,The suffering of people around the world just keeps getting worse. It’s hard to imagine, but it’s true… Tragically, over the past three years we have seen global suffering increase significantly. People have endured COVID-19, wars, floods, droughts, and earthquakes. Tonight alone, 811 mil…
  Unto · [email protected]
July 21, 2023 at 2:02 PM

Your gift for clean water can be DOUBLED!

For families in the toughest places, the provision of safe, clean water does more than just relieve thirst. When people like you help drill a new clean water well, or repair a broken one, it transforms the entire community. With a working well, families now have clean water for drinking and cookin…
  Unto · [email protected]
July 17, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Clean water leads to new life in Malawi

Nyauhanga dreamed of having a clean water well in her community. Women in her rural Malawian village used to walk three miles to the nearest water source. When she was not able to access water, her family had no choice but to drink from dirty sources contaminated by animals. As a result, her childr…
  Unto · [email protected]
July 14, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Matching Gift: You Can DOUBLE Your Impact This Summer!

The suffering of people around the world continues to intensify due to war, disaster, famine, and other crises. This year an unprecedented number of people — 339 million — will need lifesaving aid just to survive. Through the Unto® Summer Gift Catalog you can help! Right now any gift you make to th…
  Unto · [email protected]
July 10, 2023 at 2:00 PM

It May Be Warm Now...But it Will not Last Long

It may be warm where you are spending the summer. But soon winter will set in — and for people in the toughest places, the dangers are real. For refugees and many others, winter temperatures can be life threatening. Without adequate warmth they are at risk of hypothermia. Building a fire from basic…
  Michelle Oney, Unto · [email protected]
July 7, 2023 at 2:16 PM

It’s the highlight of her day...

For children like Anotida your legacy gift can make all the difference. Anotida lives in the slums of Zimbabwe where her “home” is made of cardboard and pieces of fabric. She is being raised by her grandmother who struggles to provide for her family. School is the highlight of Anotida’s day — here…
  Unto · [email protected]
June 28, 2023 at 1:59 PM

BLOG: How Families Build a Life in Unlikely Places

Surviving in the toughest places is not easy. Daily people struggle to access the basic items they need. Wars, disasters, droughts, and other crises only make life more difficult — often forcing families from their homes with little more than the items they can carry. Far too often families lack ad…
  Unto · [email protected]
June 27, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Maximize Your Impact in the Toughest Places This Summer

Currently, every one in 23 people worldwide lack access to the food, clean water, or basic items they need to survive. People in the toughest places continue to struggle as they face unprecedented suffering. Through the Unto® Summer Gift Catalog you can help provide meals for children at risk for f…
  Unto · [email protected]
June 20, 2023 at 2:00 PM

You Can Help People Who are Trembling and Traumatized

The trembling has not stopped … Ever since a 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated parts of Turkey on February 6, people there have been living in constant fear. They have experienced thousands of aftershocks. The ground continues to literally tremble beneath their feet. They are also trembling with…
  Unto · [email protected]
June 15, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Eren felt like he lost everything...

During a recent trip to Turkey, our Unto® team member met Eren*. Eren’s family-owned rental car business is right across the street from where our local church partners set up a camp to serve those who are displaced. More than 7,000 people who’ve lost everything now live in tents in the camp. They’…
  Unto · [email protected]
June 12, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Give Your Dad a Father’s Day Gift That Really Makes an Impact

In the toughest places dads struggle to provide for their families. Your help can relieve their suffering AND celebrate a special dad in your life by making a gift in his honor. When you make an honorary gift this Father’s Day, you will help meet the physical and spiritual needs of struggling famil…
  Unto · [email protected]
June 8, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Unto Prayer Focus

“‘Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.’” — Isaiah 43:19 (ESV)How many times have you looked at an impossible situation and watched as God brought something beautiful from it? God will go to great …
  Unto · [email protected]
May 31, 2023 at 2:00 PM

You Can Rush Aid to Suffering People Struggling to Survive

The number of people in need of humanitarian assistance continues to increase. More and more people in the toughest places cannot access the basic items they need to survive. Now is our opportunity to provide help — and share hope. Local Unto® staff teams in nine countries are counting on us to de…
  Unto · [email protected]
May 23, 2023 at 2:00 PM

You Helped Alina Discover the Truth About Jesus

Like most people in her closed Central Asian country, Alina* followed the majority religion. She believed Jesus was a prophet but nothing more. When local Unto® staff team members came to her village to distribute aid, Alina gladly welcomed them. She was so grateful for the food and clothing she re…
  Unto · [email protected]
May 18, 2023 at 2:02 PM

Your Gift Goes Four Times as Far to Deliver Aid in the Toughest Places

In closed countries and other tough places, people often have very little access to the basic items they need for survival. Most have also never heard about Jesus. Right now you can help serve those in some of the most unreached countries on earth — reaching them with lifesaving help and hope. Eve…
  Unto · [email protected]
May 12, 2023 at 2:00 PM

BLOG: How Women Influence the Next Generation

In the eyes of a child, she is strong, brave, and beautiful no matter if her surroundings are in a modern city or some of the toughest places on earth. Her name is a simple word uttered no less than a hundred times a day — mom, ummi, mãe, madre, mama, ma, mum. Around the world women shape the next …
  Unto · [email protected]
May 11, 2023 at 11:35 AM

Celebrate Mom With a Gift in Her Honor

“You’re such a good mother...you care deeply for your children.” In most developing cultures mothers are the bedrock of society. They care for their children, work hard, and support community life. Yet no one has ever told them their contribution matters. This Mother’s Day you can help tell them — …
  Unto · [email protected]
May 8, 2023 at 2:02 PM

Celebrate Mom With a Gift in Her Honor

“You’re such a good mother...you care deeply for your children.” In most developing cultures mothers are the bedrock of society. They care for their children, work hard, and support community life. Yet no one has ever told them their contribution matters. This Mother’s Day you can help tell them — …
  Unto · [email protected]
May 4, 2023 at 2:40 PM

She Has Seen Nearly 300 Women Respond to the Message of Jesus

Ayisha* lives as a refugee in an overcrowded camp in a closed Middle Eastern country. Her husband died in the Syrian war, and she and her daughter were forced to flee for their safety. Multiple times she has been offered a way out — asylum in Europe. It is every refugee’s dream. And yet each time s…
  Unto · [email protected]
April 25, 2023 at 2:00 PM

BLOG: How You Help Drill Wells for People in the Toughest Places

In the toughest places people lack access to the safe, clean water they need to survive. Women and children are often forced to walk for miles searching for a water source. As they make their way through dangerous terrain, they are also at risk of being assaulted, attacked by wild animals, or succu…
  Unto · [email protected]
April 18, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Matching Gift Doubles Your Donation to Provide Clean Water in Tough Places

Right now people in East Africa face the worst drought ever recorded. More than 24 million people do not have the clean water they need. They are at risk for deadly waterborne diseases. Without water to grow food, their children are severely malnourished. Millions are leaving their homes behind to…
  Unto · [email protected]
April 11, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Clean Water Changed Elida’s Entire Life...

Elida* once followed the religion of people in her village. But instead of life and peace, her heart was filled with spiritual oppression and hopelessness. She suffered terribly from what she describes as demon possession. In addition people in Elida’s country lack access to the safe, clean water t…
  Unto · [email protected]
April 5, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Unto Prayer Focus

“‘He is not here; He has risen, just as He said.’” — Matthew 28:6 (NIV)It had been three long days, drenched in grief and cloaked in darkness. They still could not believe Jesus was gone. What happened to His promises? Then on Sunday morning light broke through the darkness and joy wiped away the g…
  Unto · [email protected]
March 30, 2023 at 2:39 PM

BLOG: Unto CEO Talks About Unprecedented Hunger in the Toughest Places

We face an unprecedented global food crisis. The number of people struggling with acute food insecurity is at the highest point since World War II. In the toughest places people simply cannot afford or access the nutrition they need to survive. Unto® President and CEO, Al Goff, answers questions ab…
  Unto · [email protected]
March 24, 2023 at 2:00 PM

SPECIAL REPORT: You Gave Families a Sustainable Food Source

Around the globe hunger and malnutrition claim lives and cripple communities. Unto® works with local partners to provide sustainable solutions to hunger by providing agricultural supplies and trainings in communities where people need food most. Families learn to grow their own food — and sell the…
  Unto · [email protected]
March 22, 2023 at 2:00 PM

SPECIAL REPORT: Water Helps a Local Pastor Build Credibility

Pastor Emmanuel serves as a local church pastor in Tanzania. He wanted to tell people in the remote, Mtwara region of his country about Jesus. But ministry was difficult. Most people followed the majority religion. They did not know about Jesus and had very little interest in learning about Him. Th…
  Unto · [email protected]
March 20, 2023 at 2:00 PM

You Can Help People Facing Severe Food Shortages

As the global food crisis continues, war, drought, economic shocks, and other factors have left people in the toughest places unable to access the nutrition they need to survive. Many of these individuals are cut off from help — and have very little access to the message of Jesus. Together we can …
  Michelle Oney, Unto · [email protected]
March 15, 2023 at 3:01 PM

UPDATED TIME: There Is Still Time to Register for the Unto Endowment Webinar!

With just two hours until our upcoming Unto® Endowment webinar, I wanted to reach out and make sure you have had an opportunity to register.  Unto Webinar Endowment: Give Now and Fund the Future Wednesday, March 15, 2023, 1 PM Eastern (12 PM Central)  Reserve My Spot Register now to learn more abou…