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Story of the Month · June 2026
Help and hope
go hand in hand.
Steve Matthews was a pastor, a leader, an athlete. A single mosquito bite landed him in the hospital. He woke up three weeks later having lost an arm and both legs. Then the Giver Army showed up.
Steve & Dawn Matthews · June 2026 Giver Army update
“Imagine being bitten by a mosquito, getting really sick, and waking up three weeks later without an arm or two legs. That's what happened to Steve Matthews — and it became a message of hope for so many.”
The story
A pastor. A bite. A movement that showed up.
Steve Matthews was a pastor. A leader. An athlete. Then a single mosquito bite landed him in the hospital.
He woke up three weeks later. He had lost an arm. He had lost both legs.
For most people, that would be the end of the story.
For Steve and his wife Dawn, it became a message of hope for thousands.
When the crisis came, the Giver Army was already there — believers across the country giving small monthly gifts into one shared mission. GiveSendGo Charities was able to come alongside Steve and Dawn with real, tangible help: resources for a vehicle, resources for limb replacement, and resources for the practical day-to-day costs that follow a life-altering crisis.
The pressure those things had been carrying — moved off their shoulders.
What's left is freedom. Freedom to keep pursuing what God has placed in front of them in this season. Freedom to keep being who they've always been — people of hope, now also people of help. Both, together.
This is what the Giver Army exists to do. Be a crowd for the crowdless. Meet urgent need with both hope and help.
And now: imagine if there were ten times more of us. A hundred times. A thousand. How many more lives like Steve and Dawn's could we reach? How many more stories could turn the corner from crisis into testimony?
The arc
From one bite to one crowd.
1
Mosquito bite
A single bite. Everything changed.
3 weeks
Unconscious
From the bite to waking up.
3 limbs
Arm + both legs
What Steve lost. What he didn't lose: his calling.
10× → 1,000×
Imagine the crowd
How many more like Steve could we reach together?
In their words
What this looked like for Steve, Dawn — and for you.
“Because of you, the pressure of a vehicle and limb replacement is no longer on Steve and Dawn's shoulders. They're free to pursue what God has for them this season.”
“When there is an urgent need, you fill it — not only with hope, because we carry hope, but with help that makes a tangible impact.”
“Imagine if there were 10 times more of us. Or 1,000 times more. How many lives could we transform?”
The ask
Be the crowd. Be the help.
The Giver Army runs on four moves. Pick the one you can take today.
01Give
Monthly Giver Army members fund the Care & Relief response. $5/month adds you to the crowd that shows up.
Join the Giver Army →02Pray
Lift up Steve and Dawn, and the people in crisis whose stories haven't broken into the news cycle yet.
Send a prayer request →03Share
Tell one friend why generosity matters. Help and hope move further when they move together.
04Recruit
Bring others into the Giver Army. 10× more, 100× more, 1,000× more — that's how this multiplies.
Be the Crowd →Now imagine 10× more