Financial Help...

I have to share with you that asking for financial help is something very difficult for me. Especially when I am in a position of not being able to work to help my family through this time, sitting on a street corner never looked so good because at least I would be doing something to “earn” donations. It’s hard to not feel humiliated but choose to be humble; it’s funny I never would have considered myself to be a prideful person but to have to lay this all out and ask for help is painful and scary.

Micah and I, like most families right now, are living pay-check to pay-check. We have been trying to pay off debt, little by little. Before we found out about our little Tal, I realized how not conducive to paying off debt (especially trying to stay out of more debt) having another baby would be. In a way it helped make it easier for me to give up my hope of ever having a son. And now, well, we have our son but with this blessing comes the greatest challenge of our life and faith.

There are days where I feel the fear like a quagmire pulling at me, dragging me down. My fear for Micah and the weight he bears of being the only income earner (He teaches, Leads Worship at our church, coaches twice a year and teaches summer school) in our family. There is no way he needed this added stress but he is laying it all before Jesus and we are holding on for dear life because God has always provided.

But with all this being said please do not give unless you feel led to by the Lord. We do not want to burden you or your families. And prayer is always welcomed and if it is the best way for you to stand with us it’s more than enough. We love and appreciate you more than we can express.

Below you will find how we will be using any financial donations. We want to be above reproach and completely faithful and honest. By the end of this December I project by current Doctors bills and expenses we will be at around or just under $10,000.00. Fortunately Micah’s insurance is helping with the main part of this amount but does not cover everything and I am ashamed to admit we were not in anyway prepared for this. Some of the sections are forecasted for our best and hoped for outcome, Talison’s post-birth care. But we won’t know everything until he is born in February of 2010.

Donations Break-down

When you give to Pray for Tal, this is where your financial contributions will be going:

Medical:

Bills: For Doctor’s here in town (mom’s Specialist and Endocrinologist) as well as UCSF (for Specialist for mom and baby), any Hospital stays: mom will be having a mandatory c-section, Tal could be in the hospital at UCSF anywhere from 1 week to 3 months. Emergency Transportation of either Talison or mom.

Co-pays: For Doctor visits and Testing – Blood, Pre-Term Labor, Ultrasounds, etc.

Medications: for Mom – Diabetes: Insulin (2 forms), Needles (which I currently reuse to save money), Lancets (which I currently reuse to save money), Testing Strips. For baby – unknown as of yet.

In-Home Care: we are hoping if I am put on bed-rest that instead of moving early to SF we will be able to find help here in town that will satisfy the Doctors.

Post-Birth Care: for Tal. There is apparently a lot that goes into caring for babies who have Tal’s condition. We are hoping to avoid this through prayer but are trying to be prepared for all post-birth scenarios

Travel:

Gas: to and form UCSF for monthly visit and Micah’s commuting post birth.

Housing: We will know more about this section after our 21 Dec. 09 Visit to

UCSF. But there is a chance that we will have to live separately with me in SF and our family at home for an undetermined amount of time.

Meals: For our Family either here (if I am put on bed-rest, Micah can do many

things but cooking is not one of them) or SF since we do not know where we will

be staying and if we will be able to cook or solely have to eat out.

Parking: Daily, weekly and possibly monthly.

Tolls: As need for Travel to SF.

Micah’s sick leave will elapse after 11 days. CUSD will be asking any teachers who know Micah and would like to donate a sick day to our family to do so following Christmas Break. After these days are used we will then be using his unpaid leave. Unfortunately we will still have the following bills to pay:

Mortgages:

PG&E:

AT&T:

H2O and Garbage:

Cell Phones: we considered canceling these but due to my pregnancy being “at-risk” we simply can’t afford to be out of communication. We have however decreased our package to the smallest plan.

Other financial institution: A.K.A. Credit Cards.

This area of our site will be updated as more information comes in. Please feel free to contact us with any questions, comments, etc. We are doing our utmost to be an open book. And please know it is not in our hearts to offend anyone but to simply ask and trust for God to do the rest.

May the Lord bless you for taking the time to prayerfully consider us during our time of need. We are so thankful for your kindness.