Two years ago, when I was pregnant with our son, Blake and I made the decision for me to walk away from my job because the bullying from my boss (who happened to be family) had escalated and became unhealthy for me and our unborn son. In doing this we knew it was going to be a tough road and it was. We lost our health insurance, defaulted on our bills, and struggled to put food on the table. On my birthday I found myself in the DFCS office applying for government assistance and wept as I handed the employee behind the window our application. Never in a million years did I see us being so dirt poor that we had to ask for assistance like that, but I am forever humbled and thankful that it was there in our time of need. Shortly after requesting help with our health and food, we found ourselves moving in with my parents and filing for bankruptcy. While Blake frantically tried finding work God ALWAYS seemed to come through for us. We made every effort to keep my car, while surrendering Blake's in the bankruptcy. And like I said before, God always came through. Whenever we needed to pay the bill, someone (or my parents) would need something done in their house and would hire Blake to fix it. 

In 2017 as Christmas approached we were in the thick of our financial devastation and learned that we were expecting TWINS! For a couple who tried for 8 years to get pregnant and was told there was no chance because I had no "viable" eggs God blessed us with now 4 children naturally! But omigoodness! What on earth were we going to do?? How could we possibly provide for our 2 year old, 6 mo, and soon coming twins? In the midst of our panic we decided to take to our prayer board and write down our needs. One of those needs was a bigger vehicle for me (obviously now with more kids), and a vehicle for Blake. We prayed, trusted, and prayed some more believing that these requests would manifest. 

In the summer of 2018 my sister and brother-in-law gave us their old truck. What a blessing! And a month later a friend of ours since high school bought us a vehicle that would accommodate all of us and sold it to us (allowing us time to pay). THEN, shortly after, my best friend since childhood called me up and asked if I was in need of a vehicle and with tears streaming down my face, I told her that in fact I was. I mean, does God answer prayer or what?! Wow!

So, why are we asking for your help? Blake recently got a job in Colorado and moved out there while the kids and I stayed back until we could afford for us to move. He's been living with friends and working tirelessly to try and provide. With him trying to save enough money for us to rent a home, he's also trying to earn enough money to pay our friend back for the vehicle he bought us (he decided to use this vehicle instead of the truck because it could accommodate the entire family and had 4WD). This is a lot of stress and we desperately want to pay him AND lock down a home so we can all be together. With your help we can pay our friend back and focus on getting a home. 

While we are ever so grateful for my parents unbelievable support, we are longing to FINALLY get on our feet again, have a place,  and provide for our children the way we were intended to. 

Will you help support us so we can make this a reality?