Over a year ago our co-worker D____, who directs our ministry in the north, developed a herniated disc in his back and has been very limited in his mobility and had debilitating pain since then. Unfortunately, D____’s options for care in this part of Europe are extremely limited. Thus the two of us are trying to gather resources from people in our community to help him. An excellent doctor we know in Washington who deals with these type of needs has been hugely influential for Jessica, Deron’s sister and parents, and others. Most recently his services saved my dad’s friend from having to have back surgery.
We are trying to arrange for D____ to fly from Bosnia to WA so he could receive care for a month. If we can make the arrangements, his trip would be as soon as possible and he would stay with my parents. The timing needs to be soon, as D____ and his wife are expecting their first child in July. We want to raise $1500: $1000 for D____’s plane ticket and $500 for medical care (his foreign insurance will not cover any of it, but the doctor–a friend and believer–has graciously offered to donate most of his services).
As far as the quality of a person is concerned, we can’t recommend him highly enough. We ourselves support D____ and his wife financially. His home country is itself a very unreached country, and D____ is one of the first missionaries he knows of who has gone out from there. He regularly communicates with a number of churches and young people, and is a role model to them. He’s also a key leader in our ministry in Bosnia, and we would like to see him serving here for years to come rather than severely limited by back pain. Our fear is that if his disc problems cannot be treated, it will eventually jeopardize his ability to continue serving in Bosnia.
Will you give a special donation of $100, $200, or another amount toward getting help for D____? If so, please contact us at allthebauers at gmail dot com. Thank you! We love that we can invite our community to help another.
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