Help Us Overcome Medical and Financial Struggles

Dear friends and family,

We (Kasey, Bronwyn, Kira, Ita & Alina, and Juliana) are asking for some aid in helping our family get back on our feet after a rough year of medical and financial trials. Between extra bills and paying out of pocket for teeth issues that could not be tended to in time by insurance-covered dental and the struggles of one of our twins (Alina), we have been deeply struggling to get through these times in regards to finances. We took out credit to pay for some medical treatments and paid out of pocket for travel and emergency needs for Alina, who has been struggling with illness and sadness this year. We had to allow her to move back in with my mom for now, and we support her.

We are still paying back for the dental work I had to have done last fall; that bill is down to $3,250, and we pay on it each month on top of our rent, debts, utilities, car payments, and family needs. I paid over $6k out of pocket for everything that we put into Alina's health and travel and emergencies before the month of June had even arrived. Then we were blessed with the birth of our beautiful baby, Juliana, who is such a doll. Kasey has been working overtime whenever he can, and I have been selling things online, but at this time I can’t take on a part-time job yet because Juliana still needs me 24/7. Kasey and I wanted to get married in October in the church, but the schedule was not available due to some changes happening, and so our priests suggested January. Our goal is to get married in January, and we want to bring Alina and my mom out to stay with us. Alina is better health-wise; she is still on some medication for seizures that hopefully will be ended soon. Now it's mostly down to emotional development and the struggles she has with being so behind. She struggles still with basic tasks and things like using the potty, changing clothes, or talking, etc. For her age, doctors say she is behind and needs extra help, so my mom is continuing to give her one-on-one care while we try to work out a plan to reunite our whole family. Kasey and I have a lease that ends in August 2025. We are hoping to look for homes to rent to own or buy in a cheaper place or move closer to other family that can help us with Alina and our other children, especially since he is in the military and will be gone on deployments again soon.

We may have to attempt to live with family to be able to save up. Getting some help to take the burdens of our big debts off our family would mean so much to us. It would give us more ability to save and get out of the high overhead we have right now to move on to something more sustainable.

This year has taught us so much. We are still young and learning how to navigate all these bigger decisions and how to balance everything, as are many other young couples. I understand we are not special, and it took me a long time to consider asking for help because I so wanted to prove to myself that we could take on all these struggles and overcome them ourselves. But one thing I have been able to see is that we struggled a lot and have been under tremendous stress as a family and as a couple, yet we have stayed glued together, still love each other, and everything hard that comes along we talk through and don’t start hating each other. We both decided to eat humble pie and express our struggles and ask for help now.

I didn’t ask for the full amount of our debts because I really want to keep selling and trying to pay that off, but everything we paid out of pocket for Alina really took a big hit on us and was very unexpected for our family, especially the emotional toll. Please keep us all in your prayers, and if you think our needs are worthy, share with friends and family.

Feel free to message me with any questions, concerns, or ideas.

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.