Help Chad & Jon Continue Their Healing Journey

Hi, we're Chad and Jon, a forty-something, married couple who has been doing life together since 2009.

NOTE: Please bear with us. This has been a slow going process, exhausting and painful as we work to rebuild after so much was stripped away.

We took a huge leap of faith this past March, feeling strongly led to travel to the West Coast to live out our purpose in life, shed old beliefs and conditioning, and heal from past trauma.

We wanted to be examples of what is possible when you step into the unknown. Our original goal was to buy an RV, work remotely, and travel until we found a place that felt right to call home.

That did not happen. But not from a lack of trying. It's been a years-long process.

We gave our best possible effort, but even the most intricate plans can fall apart in a heartbeat. As gay men, we are no strangers to hardship, suffering or discrimination.

But nothing could’ve prepared us for how things would unfold.

While on the road, things went from annoying and inconvenient to devastating and potentially life-threatening the farther along our journey we went.

We both got very sick, lost our income, our only vehicle got totaled, and any supportive options we sought out from non-profits, churches, and therapists, let us down.

We were quickly running out of options.

Despite that, we persevered, believing in our mission without understanding what was happening, but learning to trust our inner wisdom and the blessings that can come from taking huge risks.

It may seem illogical, nonsensical, sure, but have you ever felt something so strongly, so undeniably true and pure that you knew you had to do it?

Well, that’s why we did this.

But we are still human and subject to the damaging effects of chronic stress and financial hardship. We can't do it all alone.

We are in the process of building online businesses, but this requires lots of time and mental and emotional energy (which we don't have right now) to produce consistent, reliable income.

We are drained and overwhelmed and getting further into massive debt as we watch the last remaining funds in our bank account dwindle.

It was never our plan to end up homeless, without a vehicle, or to be living on credit cards. We are not careless spenders, our credit used to be excellent. Sometimes shit happens.

We did have other options, but each one fell through at the last minute and left us no other choice at the time. We did our best.

If not for house/pet sitting jobs we’ve been able to line up (unpaid), and the generosity of our hosts, we would currently be without housing and on the street.

We would have preferred to have our own mobile home, an RV, a camper van, anything. But house/pet sitting has at least provided us shelter, however short-term it may be.

We have always been self-reliant, but at this point we don’t see a way forward in our current circumstances without the kindness and generosity of people like you.

Asking for help does not come easy for us, but we've learned there is no shame in asking.

We know what we need to do next, but we need help getting there so we don’t completely lose everything and ourselves in the process.

We don't expect anyone to do everything for us. We appreciate and respect that your money is yours to do with as you please. We just need enough help to keep from drowning.

Please share our story and consider donating to help us stabilize so we can at least get to a point of being able to manage again on our own.

We are worthy to have the opportunity to be the fully expressed, empowered couple and individuals we know we are. We all are worthy of that.

Thank you for your time and compassion.

Love and gratitude,

Chad and Jon