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Message from Ben De Lap

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Hi all, just received an email from Ben and he may be out of the picture for a time yet, as his son has just had a major auto accident, with lots of rehabilitation required, so he asks that you send your prayers his way.


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Thats not what Ben needs to have now
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I thought some of you may be interested in this link about Ben that was sent to me on FACEBOOK. Not trying to pressure anyone but I know a lot of you are like me and think the world of this man and his sweet family. https://www.gofundme.com/aid-for-the-delap-family

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Does "gofundme" take paypal or how it the donation given??
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I WISH WE COULD START A PLASMA SPIDER FOUND ..IF EACH PERSON THAT HE HAS HELPED DONATED 20.00 THEY BEET THERE GOFUNDME NUMBERS BY A TON ..HANG IN BOSS UR IN OUR THOUGH
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Go fund me does take PayPal. That's how I donated.

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Thank Rick
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You're welcome sir.

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Well Rick I was unable to find the paypal link ans could not donate.
To be honest I would rather send a money order to they so they don't have a service fee.
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I went directly to Paypal and sent a donation to his email account.
No fee there
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I'm sorry, I did it with my PayPal debit card which comes out of my PayPal account. I wasn't thinking straight, to much going on today.

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need to bump to the top an donate come on guys
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Just made my donation. What terrible news, I can't imagine such an event happening during Christmas. I can't think of a nicer guy and always willing to help. Especially coming out with amazing artwork for me when I was in a jam at the final hour. If you stop and take a minute to think of all the dumb things we buy weekly (talking about myself especially) from donuts to high price coffee to cigarettes you realize that you can easily spare a couple bucks to someone that genuinely needs it.

Thanks Larry for the heads up. I had no idea.

Oh and btw I made my donation directly in the GoFundMe page. I've done this before and have never had an issue.
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I am very sorry to hear this, I will be donating this week as well. Prayers for his family and his Son. I have a best friend I work with, who was paralyzed from the chest down from an auto accident. He gets around on his own just fine but I do know many details of what he goes through daily and I wish the DeLappe Family the Best in this respect. It will be a tough journey, but they can do this with patience and Prayer!
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For those that want to send directly to Ben this is his email address that was posted here some time back..
If you use the friends and family method to send on Paypal that is no fee charged :)

designsbydelap@gmail.com
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When I sent Ben money I used another email address. Are you sure his paypal is linked to designsbydelap@gmail.com?
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Well It was posted here so people can contact him.
This is the name paypal showed, it did not bounce back as a bad address, and I'm not going to ask "hey did you get the money"
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Just thought I would let you know the Go Fund Me page for Ben has raised $1410 in 4 days. Thanks to all who donated.

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delap1@att.net is the email I have sent payment to via PayPal, it is Cynthia DeLap, his wife I presume.
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Thanks for posting this for me Larry as I couldn't at the time, much appreciated.

I'd like to take a moment to thank everyone here for all the support received. The outpouring of kindness is truly astounding and could not be appreciated any more. You guys have been a real blessing. The prayers are being heard and my boy is recovering, albeit slowly. Though he'll never walk again and will be faced with challenges for the rest of his life he is still here with us. That alone is my Christmas "miracle". If not for the actions of two friends that found my son after his accident he would not be here.

All donations have made it to the intended destination, no matter which account used. Thank you guys. Every time I visit my son I emphasize exactly how much support he has and you are all a huge part of that, thank you.

Please continue to pray for us. I thank you all from the bottom of my heart.
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to the top... we hope ur all doing ok
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I just wanted to update you ladies and gentlemen. My boy is still in the hospital. He has an infection somewhere and his back surgery is on hold until that's resolved and his white blood count goes down. Please, please continue to pray for Jonathan. As he lies in bed, now over a month with bed sores appearing , depression is hitting him hard. We are being nothing but positive, doing anything and everything to brighten his outlook on life, spending as much time with him as possible but I'm really worried.... I so hope and pray he finds the strength to persevere. Having to learn to use a catheter, the colostomy and paralysis have brought him down to the point I'm afraid he'll give up. He's taking the pain like a champ....wish I could take it for him.

We have started the renovation of a large spare room in our home, making sure he's comfortable and giving him a place of his own, tearing out walls, remodeling the bathroom to suit his needs and ensuring he has access to everything. We are blessed to have friends willing to donate their labor to this project....I'm no carpenter by any stretch of the imagination. Every donation and every prayer is appreciated more than I can express here...I thank you all from the bottom of my heart. You are all in my thoughts and prayers.

(Yes Tom, I received it :D . Thank you so much)
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I just checked and they have exceeded their GoFundMe goal of $2500 which is fantastic.

Check it out at https://www.gofundme.com/aid-for-the-delap-family and send anything you can, every dollar helps, nothing is too little.

Thanks for the update Ben, were wishing all the best for you and your family and thanks to all who generously donated to help.
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Thanks for posting Admin and Ben, been busy and it slipped my mind. Taken care of now though.
Thoughts and prayers are with you and your family Ben.
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Thanks for bringing this back up! As a new member I doubt I ever would've seen it otherwise.

I don't know Ben but, regardless, I hate to hear of such a tragedy. I used designsbydelap@gmail.com and sent via Paypal to avoid service fees. It appears everything went through as intended.

Ben- My family's thoughts and prayers are with you and your's.
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