The Real #Influencers

We 👏 love 👏 our 👏 social 👏 media 👏fans!* In fact, we love them so much, we just had to share them with you. We slid into the DMs* of some of our top followers to say a massive thank you for their (and your) support over the last year!

Note from the Editor

This story was written by our intern. She is young. I am old. So she’s included a glossary at the end of this story for me (or you) to use, in case you don’t understand any of the terms she’s used. Every day’s a learning opportunity, I guess.

#ThrowbackThursday

#Throwback* to Deb and Dug Benn (AKA Granny N Jjajja on Facebook), who served with us in Uganda! It’s been wonderful for us to see them continuing to pray and share stories of BMS World Mission’s work – despite how busy they are helping out with their four grandchildren and as part of the BMS Speaker Team.

We’re well chuffed that you’re still supporting us Deb and Dug, it’s always a joy to see you pop up in the comments! Thank you! 💕

We stan a #Motivator 💪

The wonderful Hope Baptist Church, Bridgend share lost of posts about the BMS workers they generously support (and they support a lot of them!) Hope Baptist Church have a real passion for mission, we wish we could give you a shoutout every week for #MondayMotivation*.

Thanks so much for all your support over the last year, we’re lucky to have you on the team! 🙌

#JoinTheMovement

Thanks so much to Beulah Baptist Church, Cilfynydd for sharing so many of our videos! They recently shared some of the videos we made for the #16DaysofActivism campaign, raising awareness of the many victims of gender-based violence around the world.

Thank you so much for showing your support for this work! So much love for you guys! 😍

We love some #WednesdayWit

If there’s one person who never fails to get a chuckle out of the social team, it’s absolute lad* Michael Brain! We’ve so loved seeing your funny comments on our posts – they always make us smile!

Thank you, Michael, for your comments, and for being such a dedicated supporter of BMS work – Michael’s been the mission secretary at his church since the 1970s! Straight up ledge*!

What a #Queen👑

Rosemary Umbers – what a star! We often see Rosemary wishing our mission workers a happy birthday or letting us know she’s praying for our work. 🙏 She’s been supporting BMS for many years, and even volunteered with us for three months in France back in 2001.

Thank you for supporting us on Facebook Rosemary – we love you! 💖

Thank you so much to all the absolute gems who follow us on social media💎❤. You’ve helped us do amazing things in 2019, and we’re so happy we’ll have you all with us in 2020!

Want to join our social media fam*✌, and get updates on BMS’ work every day? Give our Facebook page a like, and follow us on Twitter! 👍

*Glossary

Influencer – someone who is influential on social media
The real MVP – stands for most valuable player, the people who are the real heroes
A 👏 clap 👏 back 👏 – using the 👏 emoji for emphasis
Slide into the DMs – send someone a confident direct message
#Throwback – looking back at something that’s happened in the past, mostly on a Thursday
Stan – to be really big fan of someone
Shoutout – a public expression of thanks or gratitude
#MondayMotivation – someone or something you post about on a Monday that’s motivating you to get through the day
#WednesdayWit – a clever, funny or ironic thing you post about on a Wednesday
Absolute lad – a legend in every way
#Queen – a female legend who’s super smart and an inspiring role model
Straight up – honest
Ledge – shortening of legend
Fam – family