Campaign Mamma Home 2 Her Haven

First let me share that setting up a GoFundMe is hard to do. It is not in my nature to ask for help from anyone, let alone complete strangers. But in despair, I have prayed to Jesus asking for guidance in my Home Situation & He reminded me that when two or more come together, miracles happen. So here I am sharing my Dream of going Home. To begin with, the home I lived in for over a decade burned beyond repair on March 29, 2017. My property fire made the front page of the local Gallatin County paper :(  Sadly, we didn't have insurance, as when we moved in, we were told the home was not insurable. Being low income, it took us a long time to fix the problems. We only had a couple things left to do when the blazing disaster struck. When fire consumed my home, several of my family lived there. It was a big home. A trailer and an old building from the 1940's connected to make one large place. Many years ago it was a bar & town gathering hall called Charlie's Place. You could even get gas there. But I digress, needing to supply facts so that good hearted people can check out my story.  That fateful day; burned in memory 4ever: myself, my husband, my three sons, a pit bull puppy & two tanks of fish were living there. Two were at work & three at home.  I was having a morning nap. I woke to Chaos! Screaming! Smoke! Crackling! Crashing! When I realized my home & one of my son's was burning, I could do nothing but scream. I couldn't go help my own sons. All I could do was scream. I was frozen in scream mode. It was like my brain had short circuited. Truly a nightmare day. Thankfully the fire department & paramedics made it to our property quickly. The flames were extinguished & one of my sons was air cared to a University Hospital. Sadly the puppy & fish didn't make it .(  Praise God, my sons survived the flames, though today they carry physical, mental & emotional scars. I do believe Jesus walks with them through these struggles. Being low income, without insurance has made it difficult to clear & rebuild. Once most of the rubble was cleared we bought a very used trailer with our income tax return the following year. In the meantime we have been living a few miles away in a rental. This allows for us to be close while fixing the trailer & property. We were doing pretty good, too. That is, till the next disaster struck! My husband who was always as strong as a lion & healthy as a horse began to slow down & feel bad. We blamed it on old age & stress. Until we couldn't.   On July 15, 2018, he realized something was very wrong. We went to the Emergency Department despite no health insurance. (We had chosen food on the table over outrageous insurance prices.)  Initial testing showed a large mass '/ Further testing & new doctors diagnosed Metastatic Prostate Cancer. Thank Jesus my man went that day. Now, almost a year later, he is undergoing treatment & the Fun Sucker Mass is shrinking. The treatment side effects suck though, leaving him drained & defenseless. We did qualify for Medicaid, so current health care is covered. Praise Jesus. Cancer treatment is EXPENSIVE! As far as health debt we just have some lab bills & the first visit to the Emergency room to pay. which I wasn't paying. Once they put me in collections I started paying $10 a month. In the beginning, my strong guy tried to keep working, but it soon became obvious that he couldn't. Now he is retired & gratefully drawing a Small SS Income. While this amount covers rent, utilities, auto & a little food; there isn't anything left to finish fixing our property & home. I also am not in the best of health & it takes my all to stand by my man & ordinary responsibility. I currently battle mild PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, Anemia & a Spotty Mystery Disease, which I have already seen two doctors for. If the third time is a charm, then next week the mystery may begin solving. Since we are fortunate to live close to our real home; it becomes bitter sweet as we have not the health, energy or financing to complete what we wish & dream for. Making matters worse, our rental trailer is very old & full of mold. The roof is great keeping out rain & snow, but what lurks under & within is keeping our immune systems low. Normally, we would do the work ourselves. We'd be saving money here & there, building as we go. But there is no normal any more. Except the dream we have of being Home. A place I never realized I could miss so much. It's wee bit of land. It's convenient local. It's Amazing sky view. It's feel. Oh & the birds. How I miss talking with them. Watching them. Dreaming to fly like them. Which brings me to here. To Go  Fund Me.  Asking 4 Help. To help fulfill our wish of going home we need to be able to hire reputable contractors for electrical & plumbing work along with necessary supplies. We need to skirt the whole trailer home & do some minor roof repair. The kitchen is empty of appliances, as so is the laundry room. We also need to pay off the outstanding emergency room bills. To you who makes it to the end of this particular story & plea ~ Thank You for your consideration ~> I rest the outcome of this venture in Jesus's Gracious Hands Sincerely * Sherry Jones ~ A woman dreaming to rise above fear & despair ~*~