2022 Impact Report

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Look what God has done through Lift Your Gaze this past year!


As God continues to expand our borders and reach to the hopeless,

WE ARE IN AWE OF THE IMPACT LIFT YOUR GAZE AS HAD ON COUNTLESS LIVES. 


We currently fundraising for the Spanish translation of our book, and printing and shipping our books and devos (in English and Spanish) to inmates, first responders, the military, and people battling cancer.


Read below on the great things God is doing through Lift Your Gaze and the impact we are having.


Thank you in advance for your prayers and support. 

None of this would be possible without you. 


Click here to make a tax-deductable donation.



THE IMPACT FROM THIS EVENT PROVIDED HOPE TO SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE. 

Lift Your Gaze’s first annual Golf Tournament and online auction was a huge success! 

We raised over $27K to provide the funding to print hundreds of our devotional in Spanish and several thousand in English for inmates, veterans, sex-trafficking victims, and adults and children with cancer. We were also able to buy much-needed tourniquets, nonperishable food, and medical supplies for the people in Ukraine.  

Golfers, volunteers, and participants enjoyed:
The national anthem sung by “The Last Ringmaster” Johnathan Lee Iverson, who was also our ah-maz-ing MC
An ah-maz-ing golf ball cannon
TrackMan swing evaluations by Dylan Ross of Golf Fusion
Beat the Pro with European Tour Professional Chris Paisley
An incredible putting contest sponsored by the DRIPBaR
Drone video of each golfers’ hole-in-one shot by Jerry Nikolaev of White Raven Productions; 
The BEST closest to pin contest and so much more! 

Everyone had a blast and enjoyed supporting such a worthy cause.

Check out the fun videos and pictures here and 
reserve your spot for next year’s tournament!

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THE IMPACT FROM THE TRANSLATION OF DEEP WATERS: LIFT YOUR GAZE 30-DAY DEVOTIONAL INTO SPANISH HAS PROVIDED HOPE TO SEVERAL HUNDRED INMATES. 

Thanks to your generous giving, Lift Your Gaze's founder’s award-winning Deep Waters: Lift Your Gaze 30-Day Devotional (which is also used as trauma-healing curriculum) is now available in Español. 

Hundreds of our Spanish devos are now in the hands of inmates and those suffering from trauma across the country. Since the jails are still in lockdown due to COVID, our books and devos are flooding the correctional system to provide HOPE to the darkest areas of our society, again thanks to you!

Lift Your Gaze is currently in the process of translating our multiple-award-winning and Amazon best-selling book, Deep Waters: Lift Your Gaze, into Español with A&P International as well. Please keep this process in your prayers.

Click here to donate to this initiative. 

Despite the COVID lockdowns, God is still using Lift Your Gaze's message of HOPE for good.

“Only God can use you and your situation in prison for good. God uses those who have gone through the flames of affliction to go back and throw water on those still in the flames.” 
~LYG Founder Kim M. Clark to an inmate incarcerated for manslaughter of her grandchild

Lift Your Gaze has received a  $16,000 Grant in 2021 from the Bob Barker Foundation for the Spanish Translation of our Devotional

Due to a generous grant from the Bob Barker Foundation, Lift Your Gaze completed the Spanish translation of our devotional.


THE IMPACT OF HOPE TO SEVERAL HUNDRED INMATES FROM THIS GRANT HAS BEEN LIFE-CHANGING TO SEVERAL HUNDRED INMATES ACROSS THE CONTRY.

Here's one story...


Emely’s eyes welled up as soon as she saw me. As she pulled off her glasses, the tears started rolling down her cheeks. She collapsed into one of the plastic chairs and held her face. Her shoulders convulsed with each sob. As she covered her face, her nose ran into her paper mask. The sound of her cries reverberated off the concrete walls and tile floor. 


I wanted to wrap my arms around her, whisper sweet prayers of comfort into her ear, and hug her tight. Unfortunately, all physical contact is strictly prohibited. She is an inmate; I am a volunteer. Her sobs increased. The chaplain’s eyes became wet as she shook her head in empathy. 


“Just let it all out,” I responded softly. My heart ached for her. I had mentored, taught, and prayed for Emely for over two years during her incarceration at the county jail. I received regular updates on her from the chaplain and some of the other ladies during my sixteen-month absence due to COVID. I felt like I was witnessing one of my sisters melting down in front of me, and I was utterly helpless. I sighed as a deep weight pressed upon my heart. 


I did what I always do when I’m at the end of myself. I raised a hand and prayed over her with such deep fervor that my voice shook. My words echoed throughout the large atrium. I prayed until I felt the Holy Spirit pour down upon her. Then after several minutes of prayer, she took a deep breath. She looked up at me with swollen red eyes. 


“I’ve missed you,” she croaked out in broken English. 


The chaplain translated as Emely updated me on her stalled case, her concern over her children, and her struggles to meet her bail criteria after three years. She also shared her desire to enter into ministry with me upon her release. 


I looked up through the glass windows to all the ladies in their bunks. “This is your mission field, Emely. Go, share the Word of God with them. Start a book study with my book. Lead the masses to Christ.”


She nodded and told the chaplain in Spanish that she was now discipling four women in her dorm. I encouraged her and told her she needed to increase her group size. She nodded. 


Her English comprehension had decreased since the cancellation of all the ministry programs due to the mandatory facility lockdown. I told her I was working on translating my book and devotional into Spanish and asked her to pray for the initiative. 


Emely started to cry again and spoke rapid Spanish to the chaplain. Painstakingly, the chaplain translated Emely’s heart and how vital my books and devotionals were to Emely and the other women. She said they were like a lifeline, and they desperately needed to be in Spanish. Wiping her eyes with her palms, she told me that she wanted to contribute to our translation initiative when she got out of jail. I almost broke down into sobs myself. [Click here to continue reading.]

Matching Grant

2021 MATCHING 10K GRANT UPDATE

Lift Your Gaze raised an additional $10,415 or 104.5% of our goal impacting thousands of people's lives—thanks to you and all of our 2021 Virtual Fall 5K Walk/Run/Stroll participants. Check out these images below of some of our valiant supporters in our neighborhood who came out in the rain to support Lift Your Gaze.

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