How you can help our family .....

We've had many people who have given to our family during this time and others have asked how they could give.  We've never mentioned our needs and yet God has supplied them all.   We have actually discouraged some folks from giving and just asked them to wait till we got something set up for Selah.

So we  think we have decided the easiest way for us to handle gifts would if you'd like to give, please feel free to give through our church, Grace Church, 7060 Berry Road, Zephyrhills Fl 33540  just mark on it attn: Clanton Family gift and it will go into a fund for our family.  It can then be dispensed as there is a need.  We thank you all and we thank God for His provision through His people.

Another way you can help our family is by nominating us for Extreme Home Makeover!  Evidently this show is back on and some friends have nominated us.  We live in a very small house and it we will need to do some remodeling or move after we get Selah home.  At this point, she will have to have a nurse almost 24 hours a day and a room just for her and the nurse.  We have very little privacy as it is in such a small home.  We have had several offers of help to remedy this and frankly have been too focused on Selah to really pursue anything, although we appreciate it.  Maybe all the folks who wanted to help would be able to get involved in helping through EHM if we are chosen.   So if you'd like to nominate us this is the link  http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fabc.go.com%2Fshows%2Fextreme-makeover-home-edition&h=kAQGvYp21  it's a short process to nominate us.  Our basic info our names....Jon, Yvonne. Steve. Shad, Sam, Selah and Sarah, our address is 7060 Berry Road, Zephyrhills Fl 33540  (don't worry burglars we have an alarm system and a neighbor across the street who is a Vet and he has plenty of ammo!!!   He watches our house for us!   Plus we have nothing to steal LOL)  Phone number is 863 712 1734    our email is   
 theclanton5@aol.com  If you don't have all the details that's ok. 

So I feel a bit uncomfortable sharing about our needs but I am humbled by people's responses to want to help even when we were focused so much on our children that we didn't even think about the future.  This situation has taken all the planning out of me. But now we are realizing some of the things we will need to take care of Selah in the near future and we're thankful for the folks who have wanted to help us.   I've just gone through it one day at a time knowing that God would take care of us.  God has been so faithful to touch hearts to do things for our family.  Honestly as I am reading the book "The Hole in the Gospel" I feel we have so much in a world that has so little.  We've always done our part to do what we can to reach that hurting world and now when we have needed it, others have reached out to us.  That in turn only makes us want to do more for others!! 

But the most important thing you can do, and what you have been doing is to pray for Selah and for us!  You may not believe it but pray is really really what has carried us through!!!   Thank you all.