From Pastor Ed Chandler

 

May, 2008

 

 

Dear Friends:

 

My name is Edward Chandler.  I am a United Methodist Minister and a counselor.  I am writing this letter to share a burden some of us have about a family that many of you know.

 

I am writing about Alan Klink, who lives in Crestview, Florida.  Sometime in July Alan will go to Birmingham, Alabama to have a kidney transplant which he must have to survive.

 

Alan’s daughter, Jessica, is planning to donate one of her kidneys to help her father.  All of that is settled.  The big problem is the astronomical cost for transportation, food, hotel bills and doctor bills.  Insurance will pay about 80% and Alan will have to pay the remaining 20%.  Conservative estimates are that he will need about $60,000.00

 

The Internal Revenue service will not allow us to give gifts through the church and count it as a deduction for income tax.  We believe there are many of you who will feel a real burden for Alan and his family and will want to give a gift.  They need your gift by May 31, 2008. 

 

Please send your gifts to:

          Robert Alan Klink Kidney Transplant Fund

                             Any Vanguard Bank

                            

                                      or

 

          Robert Alan Klink Kidney Transplant Fund

                             P.O. Box 845

                      Crestview, FL  32536

 

Checks made payable to:

VanGuard Bank -  Robert Alan Kidney Transplant Fund 

Comment Section:  Kidney Transplant Fund

 

Call Carole with any questions.  Carole (cell) 850-758-1003

 

Thank you and God bless,

 

Edward Chandler

850-678-4411 ext. 162

 

Pray for Alan

Who is Alan Klink and why are we praying for him? First Alan is a man who loves the Lord, loves teenagers, loves his church, and loves life! Alan is one of our incredible shepherds at First UMC Niceville. (Student Ministry) That is exactly what he is - a shepherd, not just a volunteer. A volunteer usually does the minimum required and then heads to the house. But our shepherds at First UMC know they have been called by the Lord to shepherd teenagers and they do it with all of their hearts. Of course they do; because they know that they are ultimately serving the Lord and they want to Glorify Him.

We are praying for Alan because in the last several months his health has begun to deteriorate. You see, Alan has a disease called Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis. (FSGS for short) What is FSGS? FSGS is a type of Glomerular Disease, one of many diseases that affect kidney function by attacking the glomeruli, the tiny units within the kidney where blood is cleaned. Glomerulosclerosis (gloh-MAIR-yoo-loh-skleh-ROH-sis) describes the scarring or hardening of the tiny blood vessels within the kidney. (nephcure.org)

We have a desire to support our brother in Christ first and foremost by praying for him and then secondly by supporting he and his family financially. Alan will very soon be needing a kidney transplant and we want to lift him up to the Lord as he prepares for his surgery, during surgery, and as he recovers.

We also want to be in prayer for Alan’s incredible daughter Jessica. She is the person who is giving him a kidney.  We want to also be in prayer for Alan’s wife, Carole. (More info to come soon about them) 

Please consider subscribing to this post so that you can recieve updates on the staus of Alan’s process. We will also have info up soon on how you can support them financially if the Lord compels you to do so.