Special Request for Prayers and Donations

St. Mark's Anglican Church, Benton, Kentucky

We have been experiencing what is for western Kentucky extreme cold, heavy snow fall, and dangerously icy roads due to a winter storm that passed through the region. This storm also brought with it tragedy – the unexpected death of the father of one of friends of a member of St. Mark’s Anglican Church in Benton, Kentucky. George McKenzie who is also a lay preacher, lector, and server at St. Mark’s sent me this email this morning.

Dear St. Mark’s,

I hope everyone has been able to stay safe in this weather. I ask that you keep my best friend, Dustin Burnett, and his family in your prayers. Unfortunately, his dad, Dave Burnett, slipped and fell on the snow and ice when his truck got stuck in the driveway. The impact sent him into cardiac arrest, then he later passed away at the hospital. It's hard to word this way, but in a way, it was a blessing God decided to bring him home. The scans at the hospital showed that he had lung cancer. With his asthma and age, he would not have been able to undergo treatments, and would have been given 6 months to live, which would have been very painful.

He was a very caring man and a Godly man, but he didn't have life insurance, and his sudden passing has left my friend's family in a bad financial situation.

His mom is disabled and unable to offer help, and so he is left to shoulder the burden of handling everything with hardly any time to mourn. He started a GoFundMe to help in any way friends and loved ones can. I know it's hard to offer help to someone you don't know, but any charity would be appreciated, especially if it's just prayer.

Here is the link if you'd like to get the full story: https://www.gofundme.com/burnett-family-medical-funds

Thank you and God Bless,

George McKenzie

St. Mark’s and I would appreciate your prayers and donations for this family. Any donation, whatever the amount, would help to pay Dustin’s father’s medical bills.