If you are reading this, you recently received an email or phone call from me, Brian Humek. My mother suffered a massive stroke last year and I have contacted you because I am trying to raise and earn the extra money needed to pay for a trip for my wife, son and myself to visit her in September, and I would like your help. My step-father Ron has told me my mom does much better with her communication and stays calm when family can visit. She’s been having a bad year and rarely can family visit since most of hers live in Illinois and Texas. You can read this post to learn more about her stroke, her brush with certain death and how my mom has been doing this year.
My mom Marie, my son Zeke
and my step-father Ron on our last trip
one year ago.
I received some help last year with costs, specifically for gas from a few churches on our way up and back from Wyoming. I didn’t post on social media or on a blog my intention to leave my house empty for a week. In the neighborhood we live in, that would be an invitation for burglaries. This year however, I thought I’d blog about our need, but since this blog post public I won’t list an exact date of our trip. Simply reply back to the email I’ve sent you and I will give you my phone number and I’d be happy to talk with you. You can also contact me through this page.
Last year, we made this trip due to donations. This year, I’d be happy to receive some donations but I’d much prefer to make money by selling a product or service I provide. Seeing that this is my author and speaking website, the first thing I’d like to do is offer my books for sale and solicit speaking opportunities.
But first thing is first I guess, you need to know the cost of the trip to go see my mom and to bring back a 1992 Ford F150 my step-father is giving us. It’s not a great truck, but it’s better than our 1998 Buick Century we now have that can’t make the trip to Wyoming, at least I hope it’s better.
The cost of the trip will be as follows:
$228 gas for a rental car
$250 for a rental car
$50 total to eat on way up and back (for our family of 3)
$170 gas for truck
$200 to fix coolant leak in truck to bring it back
$898 TOTAL of which $200 will be given to us by my step-father.
Leaving a gap of $698 needed for us to raise.
My books which you may be interested in purchasing are Leave it to God, a devotional book inspired by Leave it to Beaver episodes and Purple Ducks, a book about Jesus, the church and everyone’s eternal need to belong. I get $4.00 from each Leave it to God paperback purchased, $2.50 from each Purple Ducks paperback and about $1.50 from each ebook sold.
I also speak at churches when a fill-in minister is needed or when a special event arises and a guest speaker is needed. The topics I specialize in are evangelism and belonging, both elements of my two books mentioned above. I am currently trying to find congregations who would allow me to fill-in on our way up to Wyoming and on our way back.
I also edit and do proofreading, although most of that work is done for non-native English speakers. And I write and critique children’s picture books and that critique service can be found here.
I will never reject donations of gas cards, tanks of gas along the way or paypal donations. If you do not need one of my books added to your library, or are not in need of editing or proofreading work, you may want to make a donation via PayPal. Here is the way to do that.
$50 of $698 raised so far
You can also purchase anything from Amazon via this search box and I will receive 4%
Thank you for your time and help,
Brian Humek
Irving, TX