[Please circulate the following far and wide; this need and so many other needs
of hurting pastors and their families are so great, and we can only help meet
those needs if ‘everyone’ hears about them. EJG]
To those who have supported and/or prayed for the Rev. Danny Chambers (and
anybody else interested):
First of all, Dan wants you to know that he is extremely grateful for your
various expressions of loving concern. Making ends meet on disability is
impossible. Things would be far worse financially without your great
outpouring of selfless giving, not to mention the many visits, kind words
offered to Dan, as well as petitions to the heavenly Father on his behalf.
Here is an update on Dan's current situation:
Dan's abdominal wound is doing well. It has been slowly but surely shrinking.
Dan is now able to get into a wheelchair with the assistance of a lift.
Standing is still quite a ways away because of his weak legs (heterotropic
ossification in both hips and knees).
One concern is that medication to help the ossification around his joints is
currently not available because the manufacturer is out and not resupplying the
market until the end of the year. The ossification keeps his limbs from
moving properly. Bone growths around the joints can buckle or break when he
moves, sometimes leaving bone fragments. This is extremely painful, as if
broken glass was inside his limbs when he moves. Managing the pain is a
challenge right now.
In spite of difficulties, Dan continues plugging along. The support of his
family, particularly his wife Karen, is very helpful.
The insurance situation goes up and down. Currently, Dan has insurance which
covers himself and his family. However, certain drugs have fallen off the list
of covered medications. Some of these are very expensive, as much as $ 11 per
pill (and this is not the only medication that he can't afford). Over the last
year, physical therapy has been certified by insurance one moment, then denied
the next (forcing the Chambers to pay for it out of pocket). Of course, PT is
key to regaining strength and mobility for Dan. At the moment, PT is covered,
so please pray that this situation may continue. A constant fear is that
insurance may decide that Dan is not progressing fast enough.
Dan is thankful for what he has, especially for the love shown in various ways
by many people.
The Augustana Ministerium is pleased that we have been able to help Dan, and
hope to continue to do so in the future. Please consider remembering him in
your prayers and/or giving a donation to TAM designated for Danny Chambers.
Here’s how it works:
1) If you use PayPal, send a donation to [email protected] and include a memo
that it is for Pr. Chambers.
2) If you want to use a debit or credit card, go to
http://augustanaministerium.org
and click on a ‘Donate’ button. This will take you to a PayPal page, where they
will offer to set up a PayPal
account, etc., but you don’t have to do so: just enter your card info on their
secure site, make sure a memo is
there saying it is for Pr. Chambers, and you’re all set.
3) To send a check, put “Pr. Chambers” in the memo line, “TAM” in the pay to
line, and send it to:
The Augustana Ministerium
c/o The Rev. Gregory J. Schultz, Bursar
1314 S. Cattleman Dr.
Milliken, CO 80543
A COUPLE OF THINGS TO CONSIDER
1) Now would also be a great time to make a general contribution to the work of
the Ministerium and to add it to your congregation’s budget for 2014; there are
many pastors who are in need of assistance, and our funding has been running
very tight.
2) Along these same lines, now would be a good time for a pastor to join the
Ministerium or for a layman to join The Augustana Confraternity (see the links
on our web site), so that we might have the resources to carry out this work of
helping faithful Lutheran pastors be able to afford to remain in their parishes
and keep their families fed and clothed.
Thank you for your consideration of this request and for your prayers and any
other aid you are able to provide this pastor and his family!
Rev. Andrew Eckert, Dean of Pastoral Care
The Augustana Ministerium
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