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Help For Mr. Ken Darnell

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I thought and prayed a lot about whether or not I should do this, and in the end decided that it was the right thing for me to do. Over the years I have watched Ken Darnell give of himself sacrificially in every way a person can. I have seen him give his last dollar away -and at times, when he was struggling financially himself. I have seen him give of his energy and of his time to help someone shovel their driveway, to wash someone's car, to change their tire, to cut their grass, to work on their car - or to help them in any way he can. I have watched him show up at the school at 4 in the morning and leave sometimes at 9 at night after coaching three teams all without pay for any of these extra hours. I have watched him stop to help total strangers on the street. I have watched him let numerous people come stay or live in his house. I have watched him stop what he was in the middle of doing to go and help someone who needed him when they called. I have watched him help people with moving into or out of their house. I have seen him give compassionately to so many who were in need and even to people who I think were taking advantage of his kindness, as well. Whenever I used to see him giving to someone who I suspected was just pulling his chain and try and warm him of it he always replied to me, "If you seeth your brother in need and shutteth up his bowels of compassion for him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?" (That always shut me up and eventually got me to give up and just let him give.) I have never seen anyone in all of my life who so obviously has the true Biblical "gifts of help" as this man does. I think I will be shocked when I get to heaven and get to see just how many people this man has truly helped. In all of his years teaching at Stone and at Landmark he never made even close to what he should have for all the hours of work he put into the ministries. He did not care or ever think of it at all - it was his calling and a labor of love unto the Lord. Today is my birthday. It is a particularly hard one for me because it is the first birthday in 15 years that I will have to spend without Ken who always went out of his way to make it such a special day for me.

As my "birthday fundraiser" (they wouldn't let me use the birthday fundraiser to raise money for a non-profit so had to use Go-Fund-Me instead) the best present for me (besides Ken's healing which can only come from God) would be if there were something more I could do for Ken in some way for all the ways that he has helped me over the years. He has been out of work for almost a month now because of his battle with covid. Even if he got out of the hospital this week, he would still have at least a month or more of recovery at home is what I'm told - where he will not be able to work. In addition, I can't imagine the amount of hospital bills that will be coming his way. I prayed about how much I should try to raise. I didn't feel comfortable asking for more than the amount I did, but in all reality he will probably need every cent of it and possibly more. I understand that not everyone can afford to give, but I also know that there are those of you who would love to generously give to help this man of God and who would jump at the chance to be able to do something more for him than offering up their prayers (which is the most precious gift you could give to him right now.) If the Lord would move your heart to give, every cent of this money will be given to pay Mr. Darnell's regular bills and his medical bills while he is healing and recovering. When he awakes and when he gets out of the hospital, the last thing I want him doing is worrying about how he is going to pay his bills. Ken is not really a worrier, but he was concerned after the first week of missed work about all the money he was not able to make, and it has been almost a month of that now. When he gets out, I would love it if he could be spared this burden and to be able to tell him that the Lord, through the saints, already covered it and has already paid his bills. 

I thank you and bless you ahead of time to all who will chose to continue to pray for Ken and for those who will chose to give. May Proverbs 11:25 apply to you.  May Ken's true reward  be in heaven for all that he has done that only God knows. 

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    Sommer Trella
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    Crestwood, IL
    Ben Darnell
    Beneficiary

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