[Oe List ...] Fred stories

[RICHARD HOWIE]

Ah Yes, the ASK!  Some of us are still at it!  Ellen
On Jul 23, 2011, at 8:07 PM, Richard Alton wrote:

> I did not have a lot of contact with Fred Buss, but he holds a spot  
> on my fund raising meditative council along side George Lawson who  
> took me to Texas in 1972 for a month to school me in the nuts and  
> bolts of individual visits.
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> Fred, had just an amazing sense of being able to ask for what was  
> needed and helping others see how they could meet that need…he  
> might have been fun to be around but he was very serious about the  
> ask.
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> I went to Brussels in 1986 to work on global fund raising. I  
> started going to the International Protestant Church of Brussels  
> because my daughter’s softball coach was the pastor and most of the  
> girls were from the Church.
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> One morning before Church, a lady turned to me and we started  
> chatting. It turned out she was the Chair of the Mission Committee.  
> She asked me what I did and I said I worked for ICA. The lady  
> looked startled. “Do you know Fred Buss from Egypt?" Yes, I do.
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> Well, it turns out that Fred had called up the church and asked to  
> speak to the mission committee and was given an appointment. Fred  
> gave the committee an overview of the El Bayad Project with the  
> goals and strategies from the consult. They were fascinated and  
> charmed. Then Fred said I need to ask you for $300,000 to implement  
> this great plan. Well the committee was stunned. We only have a  
> budget of $25,000 and it is all committed.
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> Fred, proceeded to explain how important this project was and could  
> understand how little the Church had but that was only one source  
> of funds. He then suggested that they take out mortgages on their  
> houses.
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> You could tell the lady was still stunned by Fred’s audacity,  
> although they did not sell their houses.. so Fred sits on my  
> council reminding me to be bold and to ask for more than the other  
> considers possible.
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> Dick
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> Richard H.T. Alton 166 N. Humphrey Ave, Apt, 1N Oak Park, IL 60302  
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