Hi, my name is Cherie. I never thought I would be writing a request on GoFundMe. I’m still not sure I should be writing this request. In the scheme of things, my needs are small compared to so many others out there struggling. I am a single mother of 5 and I thank God for each of the blessings my children are. My income source has been from providing daycare but due to the pandemic that all changed. I lost my clients and found it a struggle to secure new clients as there was so much fear of their children getting sick. In January, I decided to go back to school full-time to better myself, give my kids a stronger future and work towards a career to help pull me out of debt. I have a 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan with only 177,000km on it and has been well taken care of. In August I had to put in a new transmission which I am still paying off. This past Sunday on the way home after church the van stopped working, no warning signs, no check engine lights, functioning completely normally, and then just suddenly stopped. As the kids and I sat on the side of the road trying to figure out what to do all I could think is I can’t afford to fix another thing, this isn’t happening. I had help from a friend who had it towed to my mechanic’s shop and left it for him to diagnose. Nothing prepared me for the words my mechanic called to tell me, and I am still feeling the shock from them. He told me the engine looked like a grenade went off internally and commented he had only seen this twice in his career but never without a single warning sign. Components were completely in pieces. As I shared this with family & friends one responded that he felt God speak to him suggesting I post a GoFundMe, to help with purchasing a new vehicle. So, here I am.

After losing my main source of income I spent the last year not knowing where money was going to come from to pay for bills and groceries, but God continued to provide. Now here we are with an even bigger bill that I have no idea where the money will come from for it. As I look back at this past year, I have no idea how we got through it, but we did. God provided through every obstacle and I know he will continue to through this one. God’s provision can be tiny things or big miracles. He has always provided for us. I write this and await the creation of another testimony to Him, again through faith, and further proof to my children how great our God really is.

Thank you and God bless you.