My name is Francisco Lopez and I currently work as Director of Basketball Operations and Marketing Assistant for Notre Dame High School - Belmont, a private high school in the San Francisco Bay Area. I also occasionally work as a Public Address Announcer and/or Radio/Television Broadcaster for some local sports teams and programs. I have lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for many years and I still believe that the San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most beautiful places in the world, especially San Francisco since I was born here. I truly love San Francisco for its beauty and nostalgia.

Oh Dear GOD...Please send me the means to provide for my family in a way that will satisfy us all... I am not looking to get rich... I am not looking for an employment opportunity... I am just looking for a way to support my family's needs while I pursue the direction that I feel GOD is pushing me towards... Writing a series of Faith-Building-Romance novels...

I feel this so strongly in my soul that HE is behind around and in front of this calling... and with my daughter's "special needs", I know that this type of work will allow me the freedom o be there for her everytime that she really needs me to be...

 RIGHT NOW I FEEL LIKE I AM TRYIG TO DIG MY WAY OUT OF THE GRAND CANYON WITH A TOOTHPICK...

"GOD please help me find a way o provide for my family that satisfies us all"

Im not even sure what this site is for other than just having people out there who know what im going through. I have spent the last few years wondering if im going to be able to hang on. Im an adult survivor of child abuse and sexual abuse. For most of my life I have been able to maintain, but recently I feel like im comming apart. Im sure most of it is related to the fact that my life latley is so out of control. The economy is so bad right now that the stress level's have reached an all time high. I know im not the only one out here suffering, I just feel like I am.  I was diagnosed with Post Tramatic Stress Syndrome, re-occuring depression, Severe Panic and Anxiety. So with all this going on the lack of money isn't helping. I know what I need to do, and I want to be able to do it, I just cant. And I know what your thinking not with that attitude, but I used to have a great attitude, I just lost it somewhere down the road. My husband is Disabled with a bad Back and Knee, It makes it hard because we are trying to maintain a house and raise 3 kids on his disability pay and it just doesnt work.. I've tried everything. I have tried to work and tried to go to school but I just cant finish anything. I start out great and then fizzle. It gets so bad I get so over whelmed I cant continue I start getting panic attacks and then im done. If anyone can offer suggestions Im open. Anything.

until then Im still hanging in there.

Goodness, this is so hard. This is such an awesome site, and so many great people helping each other on so many ways..I really have a long story and I truly am not trying to whine, really but oh my Lord times are tough. O.k. I'll just jump right into it so here goes...:)

Married to a U.S. Army Veteran for almost 15 years, (my junior high sweetheart)..Two bright, wonderful, sweet children directly from God. They are 14 and 11. My husband got out of the Army in '97 and went directly to work in the field he is still in today. In 2005 Katrina hit us, and right after that he was laid off from the company he had been with since he got out of the army. The company was forced to close due to too much loss as a result from dear Ms. Katrina. Luckily at the time we had a little savings, but that went so quickly. Family helped as much as they could and he finally was able to get on with a new company doing the same job in 2006, we doggy paddled trying to get out from under the mountain that formed amazingly fast and things were starting to look alot brighter for us by 2007. During this time we were living with his parents, and finally got back into a home of our own in March of '07. Things went smoothly for a little while until a new corporation took over the one he was working under...there were alot of adjustments to make and work slowed down to a snails pace. Our family motto is "Through God all things are possible" and "And this too shall pass". We believe these things like nothing else. In January of this year his company just pulled out without any warning, their home office is in another state and there is no phone number or address in which to find these people. There was no last paycheck, no severance package...no "sorry, tough luck"..nothing..It is amazing how cruel life works sometimes, but we keep fighting the good fight..but we are losing fast. The landlord served a 3 day eviction notice today, I had been able to scrape up the rent for February, but didn't pay until Feb. 28th. We are now late,late, late for March ($600.00)..and going into April :( Another (600.00)....Utilities (500.00)

Total:$1700.00 that hurts just to type that

Now for the second part of our story..On March 5th, my husband had been out job hunting and was on his way home..well about 6 miles from home he ran out of gas on the side of the road. This was at about 7 p.m. He walked part of the way and then a great samaritan stopped and picked him up and brought him home. We thought we would just hop into my car and go right back to pick up the truck..here we go...the battery in my car was dead..no battery charger and none of the neighbors was available to jump us off. So my husband..bless his heart..at 1 a.m. he took off on our son's bike with the gas can in a plastic shopping bag slung over the handle bars.. Rode the 6 miles back to where the truck was and no truck was there..he had left his hazard lights on...left his strobe lights on...put out safety cones ALL around the truck..it was gone! So he rode the bike all the way back home, it is roughly 2:30 a.m. by now. We call the Sherriff's Department "Yessir we had it towed due to the fact that it was obstructing traffic"...just great...all of his tools, equipment..his entire livelyhood is on that truck.......so we call towing company...($120.00 towing fee + $25/day storage). "Can we at least get his work equipment off the truck, so that he may work to pay to get the truck out of storage"???????? "No ma'am, not until you pay all the fees".......By the time we got any amount of money the fees has accumulated so much that we cannot even touch what they want now, which is over $600.00..they are selling his truck April 25th...I guess right along with everything he needs to work.......My grandmother always said "when it rains it pours" I never knew quite what she meant until now. So we keep chugging along, just trying to make lemonade out of all these lemons, but I am so tired. We are both looking for work continuously. The bright side of all this, my babies are still smiling and holding their heads up...God is awesome! I am hoping that someone...somewhere may be able to help us, while we are trying to help ourselves..I have always believed in "doing my good deed for the day", because it always comes back around... be it in a special prayer from someone..a chuckle...a hug..a hand up??? Please if anyone can find it in their hearts to help, I will find any possible way to "pay it forward".

God Bless

Hi, Single parent and full time student who has maintained well.  Ran into a few problems these past couple of months.  Ga. Power, the sole provider of electric service here in atlanta has decided to charge me and arm and leg for my winter utilities.  When asked about this 4 month long spike, they told me that the therms cost more and so does winter heating.  Long story short, my child and i are in need of emergency assistance.  We live in a total electric house and have been having a very bad week.  I maintain all my bills, but that ga. power was sending bills here before i could pay the other.  i just need a little help to get over this hump, then i will be graduating and hopefully finding work in my field, social work.  Thanks for all your prayers and any help given will be greatly appreciated. Thanx 4 reading all this.

HI EVERYONE!!?

PLEASE I NEED HELP VERY URGENTLY. OUR APARTMENT BURN DOWN COMPLETELY YESTERDAY ABOUT 13:01, WE LOST EVERYTHING AND THE LANDLORD TOLD US ONCE YOUR APARTMENT BURNS DOWN YOUR LEASE IS ALSO GO WITH IT AND THERE IS NOTHING HE CAN DO OR GIVES US. SO HE CALL THE RED CROSS FOR US AND WHEN THE RED CROSS ARRIVES THEY PLACE US AS DISASTER CATG. AND SEND US TO QUALITY HOTEL NEAR BY TO STAY FOR TWO DAYS WHILE WE WORK OUR WAY FOR ANOTHER APARTMENT OR HOME, THEY ALSO GAVE US $135 FOR FOOD. NOW PLEASE I WANTS EVERYONE WHO CAN TO THANKS RED CROSS FOR THEIR HELP.  VERY KINDLY IF ANYONE HAS PLACE FOR SUCH AS APARTMENT/HOUSE THAT CAN ACCOMODATE SIX (6) PEOPLE WHICH IS MY FAMILY SIZE FOR FREE OR FOR A REASONABLE PRICE MAY CONTACT ME AT 1-508-963-2872  AND IF ANYONE WHO CAN HELP US WITH ANY AMOUNT OF FUNDS CAN SEND IT TO:  DORIS PREMPEH, 560 LINCOLN ST, UNIT 7186, WORCESTER MA 01605, USA.  AND TOO YOU CAN SEND IT VIA PAYPAL TO GKISSI5011@CHARTER.NET. FOR MORE INFO OR PROVE OF WHAT I'VE SAID HERE YOU CAN CONTACT WORCESTER MA POLICE, FIRE DEPT. AND THE RED CROSS OF WORCESTER COUNTY ON 181 COUNTRY CLUB BLVD, UNIT 445 INCIDENT THAT OCCURED ON 03/30/08. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP AND MAY GOD BLESS ALL WHO CHOOSE TO BE THE GOOD SAMARITAN IN OUR SITUATION. THANKS AGAIN.

GEORGE AND DORIS P 

I want to know are their scholarships and grants for people who have family members to

alcoholis and cancer. I am finishing my master in education and looking for grant to pay for my

PHD in Counseling and transportantion.

Last year I was hit by several tragedies and I am still in disbelief. March Seventeen of     “06” I broke my

ankle and I was in the emergency room for three hours a doctor walking by saw my leg he got x-rays.

The first week spent in hospital with my leg wrapped because of the swelling they couldn't do any

surgeries. Second week I had the surgery. After I was well enough to go home my dad me a wheel chair

and walker. At, the time my dad was sick going in and out of hospital it was an everyday thing. Then my

dad ended up in the hospital. I was at home and the phone ring and picked it up it was hospice which I

had no idea what hospice was for. Then told my dad was dying and he would put on hospice in the

house. I was called to meet with the doctor and my sister. The doctor told us my dad had two weeks to

live and he had liver cancer and any cancer treatment would instantly kill him. Since I had huge casts in

bed everyday while dad was slowly die across the hall.  May Ninth of last year, I came back home from

my second surgery to find my mom crying over dad his was slowly shutting down with his last tears we

prayed and on the same day at 8pm he passed. Now my mom takes care of me and my disabled

sister.But I have my education and I want to continue it my dad was my inpsiration and he still but my

mom has join my team. My education has become my number one priority it has kept me together and it

has become theraphy for all the pain and saddness is still there but I have future to look forward to. My

dad would have been proud.

I would like to know how I might be referred to a doctor for my lower back, since I am a self pay patient.

I have accompanied people with mental disabilities in a residentail therapeutic community and also through community rehabilitaion services in the urban slums \rural areas of south India for over 30 years. I am a trained therapist \counselor also an artist\apainter.

I have founded a NGO for children with mental disabilities and presently working full time with over 100 children \families. www.awmd.org . As an Administrator\ Director \therapist \ Counselor I have gained alot of understanding and experiences , I have been previlaged to share my life with the people with disabilities and I have learnt a great deal from them.

Today I also long to serve senior citizens who are totally neglected in our fast growing society where family and values are breaking up. My dream is to provide a peacful atmosphere and a home for those homeless and abounded senior citizens, inorder to do that I would need funding to purchase a land \construction and a running cost. My hope is that there is someone out there who will come farward to help me reliaze my dream project.

Regards,

Mano

I just became a single mom of a 1 year old boy about a week and a half ago.  I got out of a pretty bad relationship and I was able to leave before it got worse.  Now I am sleeping on my mom's couch and I am trying to get back on my feet.  I need some help.  Everytime I call for some assistance I don't qualify because either I am not being evicted or something like that.  I am 23 years old and I barely have any kind of credit to my name, I don't have a job rightnow.  I've never owned anything.  If anyone knows any kind of information that can help me get a place of my own, because you all know living back at your parents house isn't too fun, please let me know.  Thanks.  

HELLO, MY NAME IS DISB,

    I BELONG TO A GROUP OF WOMEN WHOM HAVE SURVIVED SOME KIND OF ABUSIVE OR TRAUMA WE ARE TRYING TO FORM A NONPROFIT COMPANY TO PROVIDE SMALL MICRO LOANS TO WOMEN THAT ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL HELP STARTING OVER WHOM HAVE BEEN IN ABUSIVE FAMILY SITUATIONS.

     THE COMPANY WOULD BE GEARED TOWARD HELPING THEM GET STARTED IN SMALL BUSINESS START UP OPPORTUNITIES ENABLING THEM TO ASSERT THERE FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE. MOST OF THESE WOMEN HAVE WONDERFUL IDEAS AND ABILITIES BUT LACK THE HELP AND RESOURCES REQUIRED TO START A SMALL BUSINESS AND/OR GET THE PROPER TRAINING TO START A NEW JOB. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHOM MAY BE INTERESTED IN FUNDING, DONATING TIME, MONEY, KNOWLEDGE, OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO THIS GROUP GET OFF THE GROUND.

THANK YOU,

 DISB

Hello to everyone!  I have been on a desperate search online today for any help that's out there, financially.  i am a 31 year old single mother, 2 children, ages 4 & 6.  I just relocated less than 3 months ago to get away from an alcoholic man who was beating my kids, and verbally abusing them. 

I had to get away, so I took a leap of faith with my tax return, got my first place to live on my own, but I still haven't found a job!  My money has run completely out, I have job applications in everywhere, 1/2 a tank of gas at this moment, $121 behind on my rent (which $125 will be due again on May 1st), My power is overdue, i can't afford childcare, their father is unemployed so he can't help, I have food stamps so i am not starving, My childen need new clothes (growing out of them and don't have much anyway)  and need an opportunity to make money or help.  I have 12 cents in my bank account, and nothing to sell except a sewing machine that I bought to mend our clothes if needed.  I don't have much at all, just a simple life.  My computer is an old borrowed one from my mom and dad.  They don't have much either so they can't help me.  I don't know what to do, and I refuse to resort to illegal activity of any kind!  i just want my children to have a decent life, and I want to be able to give that to them.  I feel like they aren't going to respect me if they see me fail.  All they have ever seen is me depend on someone else, and I want to be independent.

I have tried looking up loans, but you have to be employed to get that, and all of the home business "jobs" require start up money.  You can't tell what's legitimate anyway.  If anyone has any ideas, a job, money, opportunity, prayers, words of encouragement, clothes for a boy age 4, or a girl age 6, a car they would trade for my windstar van (too much on gas), anything to help please.  I just don't know what to do.

God bless everyone and peace be with you.

"gwenivere"

Hi, I'm 48 years old and a single mother of two teanagers and it is been very difficult for me to meet my ends.  My house is in foreclosure and i need to pay for two months the amount of $1300.00 in order for the bank to put me in a repayment plan.  I haven't pay my utilities for two months and if i don't have at least $500.00 by tomorrow, most probably they will be disconecting my electricity and water.  This is an act of faith that i'm doing, i believe that there must be somebody out there that will be moved by my situation. I have a job but i'm not making enough money to cover my expenses.  I believe in angels and i know that there will be somebody to help me and the rest of the other human being that are asking for help in this web page.  Thanks and God bless you!

I am at a loss. I was married for 28 years and divorced 2 years ago. I had spent the last 4 of those years traveling 1000 miles back and forth from my home to my mothers. She has been a cancer patient for the last 6 years now. My Ex had promised to move the family back to the state my mom lives in to help with her care. He moved me into a house, in which he rented and he moved me down and paid for the set up and everything. Then he filed divorce against me for desertion. He had a girl friend that I didn't know about, and apparently needed me out of the way. Well due to the lack of money and a "good" attorney, I got screwed out of what I was due according to the states law, and my Ex was able to get his files and info sealed from disclosure. I have no skills inwhich to get a job, nor do I have any knowledge of financial responsibility. Everything was always taken care of by my ex. I didn,t know what we had or what came in or what went out.

I thought I could make it on my own. Why not everybody else does it. I met a nice guy and all was going well again for me for a while. We were going to get married. Then He disappeared.    No contact. no info, all previous info and contact availability was gone. No family contact, nothing. as if he or his family never existed. How is that possible?

He took what little money I had, ran up all of my credit cards took out loans in my name on line. He has ruined me mentally and financially. I am about to loose my home, my vehicle and my life. I owe more than anything is worth. I am stuck living in an area where there are 9500 people in the county and only 4500 jobs. My mother cann't help, she's on retirement, and she is in failing health from lung cancer.

I have looked for work of any kind, in the area. All I hear is , you have no expierence. The closest larger city is 32 miles away. I might find something there, but the gas prices keep me in my own town. My only transportation is a van. So, all of my trips to town are planned to keep gas usage at a minimum. I tried trading my van in on a smaller and more econimical vehicle. But no matter what vehicle I looked at, The company's I was dealing with always wanted a cash payment. Even if my van was worth more than the vehicle I was looking at. In other words " no cash no deal" I don't know what to do.

I don't have any family or friends that can help. I have tried. I used to do volunteer Health care work. But that doesn't pay or help me now that I need the help. I haven't been able to get a job in that field either, because of " no education".

I need help! I am so lost.

I'll go to school, I'll learn to do what i need to in order to make everything right.

I just don't know hwere to turn or how to get out of this problem.

If you can advise or assist or both I would be grateful.

thank you,

Rosie

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