Boatload Chronicles

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

On Saturday, July 21 my parents' church held a fish fry fundraiser for my mom. It was a great success! About 400 tickets were sold and more people showed up on Saturday to buy some fish dinners. Altogether, I think about $4,000 was raised by that event. With the money from the fish fry, individual donations, and a love offering from the church, my mom has been given about $12,000 (my rough estimate) for her surgery. Praise God! I want to thank all of my friends who participated in the fish fry. It was so good to see a few old friends there to support my family. Thank you all.

God has indeed blessed my family, but my mom still needs to come up with about $33,000 before she can schedule the surgery. That's right. The surgery costs $45,000. This, to my family, is a staggering amount. Christopher looked into getting a paypal account on behalf of mom for people to make donations, but I don't think that's going to work out for some reason. If you would like to make a donation, please either contact me by email (boatloadgirl@hotmail.com) or leave a comment. I can give you information on where to send the donation, and I may even be able to talk with my parents' church and see if you can give to the church and then the church will give the money to my mom. I hope this doesn't appear tacky. I do not EXPECT anyone to give anything. I just want to put this out there to let you know that there is a way you can give if you feel led to do so.

On another note, Christopher starts school in two weeks! He is getting very nervous about what the future will hold for us. He is even talking about quitting work altogether so that he can fully concentrate on school. With our living arrangements now, we very well may be able to do that, but money would be really tight. It would help if I got a second job or found another full time job that I enjoy and that has decent benefits. I've even thought about cleaning a few houses on Fridays and/or Saturdays. That would give us a few extra hundred dollars a week which would help a ton. Please pray for us as we dive into this venture head-first and see what God has in store.

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