I know what it is like to be in the position of needing to request a scholarship. Because I do, I wish I could offer everyone a full scholarship—no questions asked, but because we have a large budget that is met almost solely from registration fees we can offer up to 50% off scholarships to a limited number of conferees. Please first consider the following options:

l. Pray about what the Lord expects you to contribute towards your registration fee. Could you afford the cost of the conference if your payments were spread out over a period of time before and after the conference? We would be glad to work out a payment plan that fits your budget.

2. Share your need with your pastor, Sunday school class, prayer group, or a Christian friend. My pastor sent me to my first conference in 1979. I am convinced that I would not have persevered through several thousand rejection slips and now have over 1,000 sales to magazines and eight published books without his support and the sense of accountability I felt not to disappoint his faith in me.

3. Consider applying for a partial working scholarship. We will credit you $8 an hour towards the cost of registration for each hour you work. Working scholarships provide the advantage of becoming part of the conference and making new friends. Please note any special skills you have on the application. A limited number of partial working scholarships are available on a first-come basis.

4. Help distribute conference brochures in churches in your area. We will credit you $25 towards your registration fee for every person not on our mailing list who registers on a brochure they have received from you (put your name and the code SCH on the bottom of brochures you distribute). This is a great way of making it possible for us to give more scholarships and yet still meet our budget. At the same time you have the joy of knowing God has used you to get information to people who would not otherwise have known about the conference.

If you feel God is calling you to write and to come to this conference, then trust Him to provide the way and know that we will do everything we can to make it possible for you to come and are trusting Him to meet your needs and ours from "His riches in glory" (Philippians 4:19, TLB).