It's hard to find enough ways to say "Thank you!"

 

On September 8th I launched a fund-raising campaign to help pay for some major surgeries I've got coming up, where insurance coverage (at least in the short term) is doubtful.  I set a target of $50,000, which I thought wasn't likely to be reached, but it was the amount needed:  so I took a deep breath, said a prayer, and set off with that goal in mind.  My wife and I have raised a similar amount through taking out a second mortgage on our home, and we'll also draw down our savings to make up any shortfall.

To my utter astonishment (and very great relief and gratitude), the fun-raising target was reached just one week later, on September 15th.  There have been a few donations since then, so that the amount raised currently stands at over $56,000.  I feel very humbled to realize that so many of you like my work enough to support me so powerfully.  I've run out of ways to say "Thank you!"

I'm going into hospital later this week for the first of my surgeries.  Thanks to your support, it's fully paid for, so the hospital won't have to threaten me with reinsertion of the bits they remove if I can't pay!  I'll leave the fundraiser up until the end of September, to allow any late donations to be processed, then shut it down.

Thanks again, friends.  God bless you all.

Peter