The Lord Will Provide

When Jesse was still in the hospital Pastor Ron had spoken with Chad about our financial needs. Pastor Ron shared that there were people wanting to help out. Chad basically told him that we would not be asking for any assistance, but if the Holy Spirit led anyone to help us, that they should follow his leading. God had provided for our needs in the past, and we were confident he would continue do so throughout the expenses we would incur from all of Jesse's needs. We have been so thankful for the various ways he has done that: through good crops and from generous gifts from friends, family and the church. A big surprise came the day following Chad & Ron's conversation. I received a call from Jesse's case manager in Sterling. Because of his disabilities, he had been on a Medicaid Waiver wait list since shortly after birth, but we expected to wait at least a couple years. But his case manager called to inform us that since Jesse had been in the hospital over 30 days we no longer had to count our assets on his application, so he would now immediately qualify for Medicaid during his hospital stay. He also would be put at the top of the Medicaid Waiver wait list because of his hospital stay, so he would start that program the day he was released. After completing all of the paperwork (a very frustrating process because almost no one knows anything about this program because it is so rarely used) we waited to see if this would really happen. Today I received the approval letter! This will save us a huge amount of money. With the high deductible and co-pays on our health insurance, our out of pocket maximum is $11,000/year for in-network providers (or $22,000/year for out-of-network providers). Medicaid should cover everything our insurance doesn't. Praise God for providing in unexpected ways!


And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. (Phillipians 4:19-20)

Love,
Kristan