This campaign was originally created in 2023 to help with a shortfall for funding my work with the Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation.  That campaign was more successful than I could have imagined, raising $20,000 and keeping me employed for another year as I kept battling ongoing (and increasingly worsening) health conditions.  I closed the campaign in October of 2024, only to reopen it in July of 2025 with a different purpose and intention:  to cover mounting medical bills that aren't covered by the American healthcare system.  

 As many of you know from listening to my presentations, I fell on black ice in January of 2019 and severely injured my ankle. However, the torn ligaments in the ankle weren't properly diagnosed until July of 2020, at which point there was permanent scarring and instability. Despite beginning a proper program of treatment for the tears, the pain in my ankle didn't go away. Many doctors, physical therapists, and other medical professionals were left scratching their heads as I bounced from one to another, consistently failing to recover.

Light and help finally came starting in 2023, with the assistance of several very competent doctors and some new major diagnoses each year from 2023-2025.  Now that a more accurate map has been laid out, I have been slowing improving my ability to walk, and to function generally. Deo gratias!

That's the good news.  Unfortunately, because of the overall atrophy of muscle over all those years of insufficient movement, I now have chronic pain and overuse injuries not just in my ankle but in four other areas of my body. Keeping that pain in check and trying to improve function takes a lot of time and effort, and a lot of ongoing physical therapy, medical equipment, and non-pharmaceutical remedies.  Unfortunately, most health plans (including health-sharing plans) won't cover more than a handful of PT appointments or any "non-standard" therapeutic treatments, no matter how effective. 

Due to the ongoing need for treatments that are working but aren't being covered, my projected medical bills for 2026 have very much outpaced my ability to earn to keep up with them. If you find it within your means to help, even a small donation goes a long way. May God reward you!