Classic Car? Who would have thought!

A few weeks ago we got a call from a missions organization about a 1983 Olds Regency that was being garaged in Illinois. The car was in perfect condition because it has spent its entire life in Arizona and since the original owner passed away, her son now was donating the car. My first thought was maybe $500 for the car, but the donor insisted that is was a "Classic Car" and my first thought was a "Classic Gas Guzzler." Besides, my wife and I were married in 1982 and we aren't classics!

We had just started a new partnership with an auto auction in the Chicago area that had been in business for 60 plus years, and I thought this would be a good test run to see how they would do. Well, they picked up the car in 2 days, helped the donor with the title transfer, sold the car for $1,400 and charged us only $200 towing because they had to haul it over 50 miles. I was wonderfully surprised, and it will be exciting to let the donor know that his mother's car will help plant churches in unreached areas.

You can donate your classic car or even your junk car by going to http://www.idonate.com/. You can help fulfill the great commission by your generosity to help those preaching the Gospel.