Partin Family

I’ve had so many people reaching out and wanting to do something to help us and our hearts truly overflow. It’s been a very long journey, but God has been Faithful! He has taken care of our every need through so many of you! Your willingness to do anything to help us on this journey. God has helped me work through Pride as I’ve had to understand that Pride is not of God! I’ve had to learn to let others help us in our times of need and it is someone’s blessing to bless us.

With all that being said I have allowed the Lord to heal my heart and open it (extremely hard to do) to let others in and let them help. We are truly not meant to do life alone. We are meant for community and for being there in times of need. As scripture says in Philippians 4:12 “I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.” The Lord has grown me in many painful ways and this has been one of them.

My best friend, Jessica, set up this Go Fund me in the beginning of our journey to help us with medical bills, because at the time we were facing an incredible amount of bills that we couldn’t pay. It was a true blessing!

Our needs and situation have changed and now we are facing a different financial hardship. When Jason lost his job 12 weeks into this journey we lost everything. His paycheck, his life insurance, his benefits, etc. and when we lose him we will loose all financial assistance that we are now getting. Not many know, but if you loose your spouse and your kids are not under 18, and you are not 60 you will not receive benefits of any kind from Disability. I’m only 48 and so I will have 12 years that I will have to wait for help. This news was a devastating blow to me as Jason has been the financial bread winner of our family and I have been a part time preschool teacher and full time Mamma. Never did I imagine being in this position, we thought we had time. I have always jokingly said that God was my 401K (I’m a Christian Pre-K teacher and have been for 20 years) and that we had the rest of our lives to worry about all the financial stuff. I have no regrets for any of it as I have had the greatest opportunities in this life, one to be a present Mamma for my precious boys and second to plant seeds for Jesus in the hearts of children and no amount of money is worth either of those ministries in my life.

In complete transparency, I truly have not thought about how I would survive without Jason. I truly believe in my heart that God will provide. He will take care of me and I will depend on him! I will make it and with his strength in me, I will do what has to be done. Is it scary, yes! But as God has shown me time and time again, he takes care of his people. I will be humble and will sit in surrender to his plan through all of this.

We have been completely open and transparent throughout this whole journey and when approached about giving people a way to help us, I heard from God to continue to be open and transparent. One day this story will be used as someone else’s survival guide.

So here is my heart, laid completely open for all to see. Yet another really hard thing I have to be obedient through and trust that God will use it too!

So how can people help us???

1-Pray, Pray, Pray (this is the most important) 2-Monetarily through this Go Fund Me 3-Different projects that need to be done around our home that have been put off for three years 4-At the urging of others, an Amazon Wish list of different items that we need 5-Emotional support for all of us (Jason’s family) as this has been a family journey and we are all struggling through together. He is not only my husband but he’s a Father, a Father in law, a Son, a Nephew, an Uncle, a Cousin, and a friend of many. We are all grieving and are in need of hugs and love!

Love Shanon, Jason, Austin and Dillon