Greetings,


As the month of June draws to a close, I want to report where we stand on the hospital debt. To date, $7,812.00 has come in toward the debt. Many thanks to all who contributed! Our home church in Pennsylvania is collecting funds through the Deacon's fund. When they feel that they have received all the funds possible, they will write a check to our hospital, and send it to us to be hand delivered for credit to our account. I am not sure how the contributions for the Deacon's fund are being earmarked for us, but if anyone would like information about that, please e-mail us for contact information.

When I spoke to our financial contact at the hospital, she voiced the concern that I had about contributions being properly credited to our account. I know it sounds paranoid to think that a check sent to the hospital with specific direction might not be applied to our bill, but she mentioned it before I did. That is the reason I haven't advocated contributions being sent directly to the hospital.

There is life after treatment! Michele has been going to the school most days of the week, putting her library back in order prior to the start of the new school year. I am concluding work on an aircraft that will be used for humanitarian flights in Haiti, and am about to start on another. In a little over two weeks, we will be going to Wisconsin to participate in the missionary aviation component of AirVenture, which is the world's largest gathering of general aviation aircraft.

Between now and then, we will be putting together a long overdue newsletter (on paper). So stay tuned. When the newsletter goes out in the mail, we'll post it here too.

Victorious in Jesus,

Tim and Michele

Hello Friends,

Since sending the message requesting prayer for the remainder of our hospital bill for Michele, we have received numerous inquiries about contributing to the need.

First of all, thank you, one and all, for your prayers and concern! We feel very unworthy of all the attention and kindness that has been showered upon us. May God bless each of you, as He has blessed us.

If you feel led to give to our need, there are basically two ways it can be done. I don't want to muddy the waters with too many details, but neither do I want people to feel like they are giving in the blind. Since our status with the hospital is 'Self Pay', it is best if the monies they receive come directly from us. Consequently, donors can send their contribution directly to us, in which case 100% of the donation will be applied to the hospital bill.

The other option, if you want a tax deductible receipt, would be to send the contribution to MMS Aviation marked, "Preference for Obarows". If you send it to MMS, please do not write anything about medical expenses on the check.

The difference between the two giving methods is that monies received through MMS will have the 5% administrative fee deducted, and we will be taxed on the balance. Monies sent directly to us will go directly to the hospital.

We will give regular updates as to how much has been received, so you will know when the need has been met. In the event that more funds are sent to us than are needed, we will return them to the sender. However, monies sent to MMS are non refundable, so please bear that in mind.

Thank you so much, and God bless you!

Tim and Michele

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Hello Again,

I almost wrote 'January' when I typed the date. Maybe that's because I was looking at our blog posts in January just a few moments ago. I was checking the date on a post I made on January 8th. That was the day I realized we weren't going to stay below our $250,000 cap with Samaritan Ministries. In fact, we are about $39.000 beyond that. But there is good news. Since Michele is cured, and no further treatments are scheduled, the hospital is willing to negotiate additional discounts. Now, I need to reiterate that we received 40% off of all hospital charges right up front, so they have been very generous with us.

We met with Susan, a resource counsellor supervisor last week. I told her that the best we could do is pay $1,000 a month for the next 39 months. She said that would be fine, but she wanted to try to do more, so she submitted a pay-off plan to her superiors. Susan called me yesterday to tell me that if we could raise $30,000 in 90 days, the hospital would accept that as payment in full. That's good news in the big picture, but we need your help. What we need for you to do is ask God if He would be pleased to make that provision for us.

It may very well be that God knows our character will benefit far more by making those payments for the next 39 months. Or, He may bring glory to Himself by meeting that need in a miraculous manner. If the need is met in 90 days, it will surely be because God did it. There's no getting around that. But we are content with whatever decision He deems best. That's the joy of being confident in the sovereignty of a gracious God.

So please pray for God's perfect will in this matter. That's our request. We'll let you know what transpires.

Thank you!

With love and gratitude,

Tim and Michele