When I first started actively fundraising for our work in Rwanda, I thought of it as a necessary evil, a task that needed to be accomplished in order to carry out the real work of the organization. I struggled with the idea that much of my role would be carried out half a world away from the place I wanted to see healed and transformed. Over time, God has helped change that perspective, and helped me embrace the challenges and joys of fundraising, until I have come to see the fundraising task as an integral part of the ministry of our organization.