Ton Kla

Ok. I finally have the information people have been asking for. A budget. Being as this is a brand new organization, there is a good amount of startup cost involved, but the operations cost shouldn't be too bad.

We found a 3 story town house, newly refinished, and has a half floor on the first floor. That will be where we do the group meeting and just hangout. The second floor will be where we will eventually do some tutoring. And the third floor will be where I live.

A very rough guess of monthly cost looks like this (I'll know better after a couple of months):
Rent - $225
Electricity - $30
Water - $15
Phone/Net - $30+

So roughly $300. Electricity and water should be a good bit less. But the phone could be quite a bit more counting installation. I'll find out about it Sunday afternoon.

Items we need for the startup of this organization are as follows:

Refridgerator - $240-300
Microwave - $60-90
Plastic chairs - $250+
Hot plate - $40-60
Desk - $60
Ant Cabinet* - $60-129
Collapseable tables* - IDK
Plates/cups/etc - $30-40
Misc. (mops, broom, trashcans, buckets, paper, pens, staplers, scissors, etc) $60-80

So here is how this will work.

We may need some help getting a tv, DVD player, etc. But we may be able to get those from Hanclasp. Same with things like couches and such. I will also want to decorate the the walls and floors and such. We will need things to hang and things to hang them from.

I am raising support for two separate entities right now. Ton Kla, and then me by myself. I will be keeping the funds separate. We are trying to get approval for a special projects account where the money can be sent directly to, and you can get a tax deduct and such.

So all the stuff listed so far was just for Ton Kla. Now on to me. I will be paying about $90 a month for my portion of rent and utilities. I also need to buy:

Mattress and Box springs - $400
Wardrobe - $70
Shower shelf - $20

All of my current funds are being put into the deposit for this building. So I will need to recover some of that for my daily expenses.

So, $300 a month for rent and utilities.

The group per month will need about $30 a Friday to pay for supplies for activities.

I also need to raise about $2000 so that I can go home to see my family, do some more fund raising, and then come back. As of right now, this project is considered my own startup. Handclasp is not putting their name on it. So that means all the money to run this will be coming from those who support us as well as out of my paycheck from the university.

All of that plus the extra to make the place look nice.

We will have our first meeting on either the 7th or 8th, and continue until the end of February, when the current term ends.

Then we will reevaluate where we are. At that point I will have three options that I can see now.
1. Leave things alone. This one means we continue doing thugs like they are.
2. Handclasp takes over - if things get too big for me alone, then the company would bring their resources to bear on this and we would funcion of tha area.
3. The last is the one I am leaning towards. Turns. We could take TK and make it into a non-profit organizationd and run it like a corporation.

Those are the three options I see before me right now. So if you would like to support us for the next few months, here is how. If you would like to donate directly to Ton Kla, you can wait for information on the account we are setting up.

If you would like to donate now, or directly to me for things like a bed and such, or you just don't want to wait for the account, you can get money to my mother either by check mailed to her at

Lisa Whertvine
301 W Main, Suite 202
Ardmore, OK 73401

Or just hand it to her if you see her. Please if you give a check, write on there if you would like to designate it to me or to the organization only.

Also if you have and questions, contact me at

zacwhertvine @ gmail dot com.

Thank you so much for reading through this, and for whatever support you are able to give, and I would like to end with this again

The most important thing I can ask for is your prayers. Tearing down strongholds is not done on the physical relm. Only in the spiritual, and there is a lot of spiritual warfare happening here. Even just trying to write this has been much more of a hassel than it should be.

Thank you again. Love you all. Out.

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