We love them. God loves them more than all of us combined.

If you are here, Kurt and Cindy have loved you (and us) beyond measure. More than love, hugs, laughter, tears, talks, rides, meals, grace, friendship…they have given us Jesus. In their words and in their actions. For decades. They have served the Winterset community in local church ministry from 1994-2004 and 2017-present and Youth for Christ Military in Europe and the US for 20 years. They have impacted countless lives with the transformative power of the Gospel.

More than ever, they need our love, prayers, and financial support. In July 2022, Kurt was diagnosed with cancer. Since then he’s courageously battled through months of chemo and one complication after another. More tests in November 2023 showed that the cancer returned and spread. His official diagnosis is stage four bile duct (Cholangiocarcinoma) cancer.

As they have walked through this cancer, we have surrounded them with prayer. We have seen their unwavering faith and their tears. We see the love they have for each other in 40 years of marriage, their children, their grandchildren, their whole family.

Cancer is hard…chemo treatments are hard…facing death is hard…and it’s even more challenging when the basics of life don’t work out as expected. In March, Kurt and Cindy were confronted with the unforeseen denial of their long-term disability coverage due to fine print exclusions and an insurance company error. A significant benefit was gone in ten days.

Kurt is still working on staff with YFC Military in a reduced capacity and a reduced salary to keep their regular healthcare benefits. If we are donors to their YFC account, additional gifts there will not help cover what they have lost. And if we are YFC donors, we cannot stop giving there.

It’s complex…but we know that God is above and in control of all these things. Many of us can be the hands and feet of Christ for Kurt and Cindy now. Gifts to this fund will help them cover current and future medical bills, loss of income, mortgage, utilities, and everyday expenses.

Will you help Kurt and Cindy spend these last months of his life free of fighting financial battles? They are warriors fighting the good fight. Let’s hold them in prayer and support, knowing that in our collective embrace, we reflect the boundless love of Christ.

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. -- 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

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