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My name is Michael Wilder. I built this website in a tent, and I'm still in the tent. People think they're looking at a big company. I'm not a company. I'm one man. I don't have a home. I don't have anything.
It wasn't alcohol and it wasn't drugs. I had a stroke. I went from a wheelchair, to a walker, to a cane — I didn't think I'd be walking. My clothes were stolen; I've got one pair of sweats, a long-sleeve shirt, and a sleeping bag, and I wear them for days. I eat Top Ramen. Some nights I'm hungry, wet, and tired, and I charge my phone in my truck so I can work. Three, four times a night I step outside to pee — standing in the rain, looking up at the moon, praying to my Father to help me. And you know what He says to me? "Silent, be still." Mark 4. It's horrible — and I keep building anyway.
God brought me to Florida so I wouldn't freeze to death in Idaho, and to be here by my brother Rick, who's on disability with Parkinson's. His house is full — his sister and his nephew — so the tent in his backyard is where I stay.
This is no marketing story. It's been on my heart a long time. Everything you see here was built from that tent. If it blesses you and you can help, your gift keeps the work, and the man, going. But I'm not complaining. I'm doing exactly what my Father wants me to.
— Michael
The tent in this video is actually the tent I'm staying in. Everything that's been done on this website has been built from this tent, from day one. I actually live in that tent.
I made this video myself, in that tent. I'm not going to sugarcoat it: I need help. I had a stroke, and the medical problems from it are with me every day. I'm a minister, and everything on this website was built from that tent, for my Father. This is my story, and it's a real situation. I can't walk a hundred feet without my legs giving out. Some nights in that tent I'm cold, and wet, and hungry. This ain't a money scam — it's a man trying to live, and trying to build something that helps other people. If you can give a little, it matters more than you know.
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Stand with us in faith — your gift helps put a cross in every home and hope in every heart.
THE GOALS — ONE LINE AT A TIME
Every goal below gets crossed in order. When one is accomplished, everybody who helped gets told — and the proof gets posted right here. That's the open book promise.
It takes one step — and you're one of the steps. That step is followed by another step. We crawl before we walk, we walk before we jog, and we jog before we run. Come back — bring your family, your friends, your co-workers — and watch each goal get checked off right here, with the proof posted. You're not just watching a company grow. You're part of a family building it.
GOAL ONE — $100: My Florida ID ($31.25) and the Etsy door ($29) — and food in the pantry while those doors open.
Raised so far: $0
Status: ☐ In front of us
GOAL TWO — $250: Operating basics while I work: food, gas to operate, and warm clothes — it's getting colder out here.
Status: ☐ In front of us
GOAL THREE — $350: The first week indoors — a roof over my head, even a hotel room, so I can build this company out of the tent.
Status: ☐ In front of us
GOAL FOUR: A full month indoors — solid ground under the work, a real base to build from.
Status: ☐ In front of us
GOAL FIVE: The company paperwork — done right and official, every door in its order.
Status: ☐ In front of us
GOAL SIX: Reliable wheels — transportation that can carry the work and get to people.
Status: ☐ In front of us
GOAL SEVEN: Finished products in hand — real pieces of the line to show the world.
Status: ☐ In front of us
GOAL EIGHT: The crew grows — the first hands hired and paid by this house.
Status: ☐ In front of us
GOAL NINE: The giving door opens outward — this house pays its first neighbor's bill, the way family does.
Status: ☐ In front of us
GOAL TEN: Never Alone begins — the first build step of the companion, so nobody has to face the night alone.
Status: ☐ In front of us
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The Infinity Crying Cross™ — drawn in one continuous line that never lifts, shaped like a sword. The crown is a teardrop, and the loop at the guard holds all the tears shed for Jesus. And in the blade — your name, written in one flowing line. A forever crying cross with your name in it. Always by the Father.
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Causes we stand with: preventing sex trafficking · the fight for a cure for cancer · bikers for babies · protecting animals.
People we help directly: families that need help · single parents · homeless folks.
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