Welcome back to the podcast. We have a special episode to close out of the week. It's an update.

We're going to take a moment to look back and look ahead. And that is because our fiscal year comes

to an end in 12 days at the end of June. And it's a good time to stop and look back at God's

Providence over the past year to thank Him for His kindness, to see what we can learn from Him,

and then to ponder our planning for the year to come, and particularly for the summer ahead for

you, Pastor John. Right. So as we start, what would you want people to know? Well, Tony,

just right off the bat, my guess is that a lot of people wonder, at least I did, why we have a

fiscal, a financial year that is different from our calendar year. That just seems to complicate

things. It does for me when I try to think about this. And one of the answers is this December

is far and away our biggest month of support from our donors. And the scope of that month's

giving shapes the planning for the future of what we're able to do. And therefore we can't be doing

the serious detailed planning in the very last month of the year when that's the month that

is shaping the planning. So it makes sense to me now a little more than it used to as to why we do it

that way so that we can formulate our goals for the fiscal year starting in July based on what

we saw happen in December and then in the beginning part of the year. So that just I think it's

good to begin with that kind of clarification of why in the world are you doing this in the middle

of the summer? That's good. And it reminds us that so much of what we plan and pursue at Desiring

God. I'd hangs on the amazing generosity of those who love this ministry. And I know Pastor John

you and I we both feel the blessing of that. Especially in doing this podcast right weekend and

week out. We wouldn't be doing a PJ without your support. And so we hope that you rejoice with us as

God continues to show his favor on us. And speaking of his favor, we are nearing a huge benchmark

that we've had our eye on for a few years now huge for us anyways. And that is 200 million all time

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