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Imagine
that your day starts as any other day with your normal homeschooling
routine. . . .
But
by the end of the day you are paralyzed
from the waist down!
Let
me introduce you to Pamela Berthume.
Have
You Ever Wanted To Help But Not Known How? It’s Easy …
Here is a Needy Family You Can Bless AND
… At
the Same Time, Their Friends Will Bless You!
Pamela's like that. She
makes friends faster than a crow flies. Pamela, a big bundle of
energy contained in one small body, will take time out of her day to
counsel new homeschoolers and they will walk away feeling like they
have a life-long friend. Pamela has the ability to sense your need
and then she will do what she can to help you.
Now Pamela
needs help.
Pamela and Greg Berthume
have been married 23 years and have homeschooled since 1993. They
have four children and are the creators of Homeschoolopoly® -
the game for homeschool families.
You would have never known
it but Pamela is very familiar with illnesses. When she was a teen
she had surgery for severe Scoliosis. As a result she developed
Osteoarthritis of her spine and then had two spinal cord injuries due
to the hardware. Since 1992 she has had Fibromyalgia and MS. She and
her youngest two boys have Celiac Disease, an autoimmune disease that
requires a limited diet. As a result of these conditions she has some
secondary conditions: hearing loss, GERD, a hiatal hernia,
diverticulosis, and recurring colon polyps.
Even so, Pamela has always
been a chipper cheerleader.
August 29th started out
for Pamela like any other day but ended up with her being paralyzed
from the waist down with partial paralysis from the waist up due to
her MS.
Now she is completely
unable to walk or even stand and she has continual and sometimes
excruciating pain. In addition she is also having trouble eating due
to choking while swallowing.
Pamela and Greg are
self-employed and have no insurance other than a catastrophic plan for
Greg and the children. Recently Pamela was twice denied for Social
Security disability so she is without even Medicaid.
Since the inception of
HOMESCHOOLOPOLY® the majority of their income has come from
Greg's software development end of the business – which is
hourly contract work. With Greg now being Pamela's full-time
care-giver and doing a great deal more of the parenting (especially
providing transportation everywhere!), and the majority of the duties
involved with running the business that Pamela was handling
previously, his time left over for software development is meager at
best. Even when he does make it to his office to get some focused
work done he finds it nearly impossible to set aside his family’s
needs and concentrate and focus on the task of developing software.
I am sure you agree the situation seems overwhelming.
Greg and Pamela are
determined to live as normal of a life as possible. Greg needs to be
able to work and Pamela is going to continue to homeschool her 3
children left at home. With their daughter, Brittney, in 11th grade,
J Jay in 6th, and Elijah in K5, she is going to be busy.
Due to ongoing health
issues they have quite a few medical bills they have been making
payments on. Here is what Pamela and her family are now facing . . .
Now, with Pamela’s paralysis, they received the
first bill from the hospital. It is $16,586.90!
In addition, she requires
help from Physical Therapists 2-3 times per week and a Speech
Therapist to help with her choking/swallowing problems. Of course,
since she is paralyzed, these are all in-home care visits and each of
these visits costs more than $100.00.
In addition to the first
hospital bill there are bills coming for the CT scan, MRI, and Spinal
Tap the doctors ordered for diagnosis during her one-week hospital
stay. The costs for these will be many thousands of dollars.
In order for Pamela to be
able to drive they need to convert her station wagon to have hand
controls. These will cost $775.00.
With a fold up lift for
the back of the station wagon she could then wheel to the driver's
seat and transfer herself using a transfer board into the driver's
seat.
Her 11-year-son could
drive the wheelchair onto an lift and get it secured. A
lift will cost $2,200.00. These things would give
her the freedom to take her children to appointments and other
homeschool and church events.
They also need descent
ramps for the front door, back door, and the garage door. These are a
minimum of $200.00 each.
Currently Greg is doing
all of Pamela’s care and is unable to get any work done. In
order for Greg to provide an income for their family they now need to
hire someone at least part-time to serve as a care-giver for Pamela
and do all the things a mother usually does like cooking, laundry,
cleaning, etc. Experienced caregivers charge $12-$14 per hour.
Pamela has prescription
medications that all must be paid for out of pocket. Even using all
generic brands the monthly cost is $370.14.
Can you believe it there's more!
In addition, they are
faced with the very real possibility of losing their home which is
already all wheel chair accessible on the interior.
It’s
Simple To Be A Blessing
During the building of
Homeschoolopoly®, Greg and Pamela have made many friends who have
smaller ministry/businesses like their own. We have banded together
to bless you who will bless the Berthume's.
It is so easy!
With a donation of only $51.99 you will receive some absolutely unbelievable gifts valued at more than $460.00!
Including: 2 books, 2 magazines, 3 cd's, and one set of flash cards, valued at over $100.00, which will be mailed to your home address!
But
this is limited to the first 300 donors
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exceptions!
Why?
It's very
simple. We only have 300 packages!
With a donation of $29.99 you will receive more than $300.00 in automatic downloads!
PLUS! ALL donors will be considered for the giveaways based on highest donations!
The added bonuses are ...
1. The highest donor will receive a Canon 7.1 MP Powershot A560 digital camera.
2. The second highest donor will receive a copy of the Rosetta Stone Spanish Program.
3. The third - seventh highest donors will receive a one year subscription of World Magazine.
4. The eighth - ninety-eighth highest donors will receive a gift valued from $10.00 - $38.00 as the Berthume's friends way of saying "thank you" for blessing them.
How
much should I donate?
Pray and do as the Lord
leads you. Remember, a gift of any size will be a financial blessing,
but also a great encouragement to their family personally, to know
there are people who love and care enough to pray for them and donate.
To encourage you to give
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Volume 1 - 12 phone seminars in Mp3 format with Marilyn Moll talking with guests in the spirit of Titus Two including Lorrie Flem on a variety of topics of interest to women. (Over 12 listening hours) I could list them all if you wish, but we cover Canning with Lisa Vitello, Titus Two Groups with You and Lisa, The Hope Chest with Rebecca wilson, Cook Your Way to Wellness author Maria Atwood, Whole Grain Baking,with Sue Gregg and several more.
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"Homeschooling: The Journey is the Reward"
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This new book by Pamela Berthume (co-creator of HOMESCHOOLOPOLY) offers a
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general. Practically every family has had more then what seems to be their
"fair share"of trials and tribulations.
Pamela's book, with a foreword written by Lorrie Flem of TEACH Magazine, is
a must read. Both engaging and rare in format as Pamela's original book,
which was written in 1999 and entitled Homeschooling, The Good, The Bad...
and The Ugly!!!", has been left completely intact and untouched within these
pages. In 2007 new insights, updates and stories from her ongoing journey
over the years were added throughout the book in a different font. This
provides the unique perspective of joining the Berthumes on their journey
and seeing first hand how their homeschool and lives have grown over the
years. Although her perspectives have changed on some issues, they have
remained steadfast on others.
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- Clear the Clutter
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TEACH Magazine - We put the HOME
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"Enter His Gates"
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This is a well-loved workshop Lorrie has done at conferences around the U.S.
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of the most common questions I am asked is "How do you find time for Quiet
Time?" Are you too busy to pray?
Prayer is the foundation stone of our relationship with God, of our
homeschools, and of the utmost importance. Let's look at why it is so vital,
ways to fit it in, and waiting upon Him. With your desire and these prayer
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"See, I Told Me So!
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The National Education Association (your local teachers union) wants homeschooling outlawed. Your neighbor thinks you’re crazy for homeschooling your kids. And your cranky Aunt Gertrude predicts your kids are going to turn out uneducated and weird.
You can ignore such talk…….. but deep down, do you worry?
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"Coffee, Tea, and Me"
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"Gown Of Patience"
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"World of People Story Builders Cards"
What’s this? A grumbling pirate on horseback meets a talking animal? A kindly professor finds his long-lost uncle in an ancient city? What kid wouldn’t love to write a story filled with such intrigue, mystery, humor, or whimsy?
StoryBuilders card decks help to jumpstart a creative writing project by providing students with the basic elements of a story—character, character trait, setting, and plot—laying a foundation for a joyful writing experience with some clever surprises thrown in along the way.
Students develop their tales by picking one card from each category. Does the hero save the day? Will the notorious bad guy learn a lesson? And what twists and turns appear in the character’s path? A hurricane? A bag of loot? A mysterious letter? With hundreds of possible story combinations, no two will be alike!
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"Making Bread with Whole Grain"
Making Bread with Whole Grain covers types of grains, storage, cost, bread making ingredients and terms, milling beans for added nutrition, recipes, plus using the Bosch mixer and the Nutrimill. A very good start to learning how to use whole grains to make bread!
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"The No-Cry Parenting Guide"
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8 Sleep Tips for Every Child
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Quick Facts about potty training
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Parental anger
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Interrupting
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"Cleaning Cents"
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At 32 pages, the Cleaning Cents e-book is a handy guide to inspire you to get your house in order and stop throwing your money away in the chaos and clutter.
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In the Grocery Savings e-book, Tawra and Jill explain why using coupons is not the best way to save money, how to shop without making so many impulse buys, how to organize your pantry, make a shopping list, and reduce food waste at home.
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"A Woman of Worth Fall 2006 e-Magazine"
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Table of Contents: A Homemaker's Notebook, Answers to Life's Dilemma's, Longing for a Vintage Life,
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"World Magazine"
We cover all aspects of the news: national, international, and cultural; politics and business; medicine, science, technology, and sports. We have feisty columns and religious reflections. We even have cartoons and a page with funny or strange stories of the week. But what matters the most is this: We believe in a God who tells the truth and wants us to do the same.
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"Six Stories of Esther"
THE BIBLE IN LIVING SOUND, the original audio dramatized Bible stories … really gets kids excited about the Bible!
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"World Explorers Notebooking Pages"
This set of 117 notebooking pages includes a variety of notebooking layouts
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"Worldview War"
The War between Christian and Anti-Christian worldviews is raging all around us. In this CD, you’ll learn that America’s moral and cultural crisis is the result of Christians not applying the Christian worldview to every area of life. Discover why there is no such thing as "neutrality." While Christians stand by and do nothing, the other side is working feverishly to implement their godless, humanistic, destructive worldview. Which worldview will ultimately prevail and how will it affect your family, the Church, and America?
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"Make Ahead Batters"
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