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KS
I’m asking for prayers for myself and my girls. Being a single mother, working part-time, and pursuing my degree in Social Work while trying to keep everything together financially has become overwhelming. My savings are gone, and living paycheck to paycheck while making sure my girls have what they need has been weighing heavily on me. I’ve spent over 15 years working in social services, helping others navigate some of the same struggles I’m facing now. My dream is to finish my degree and eventually open an organization that fills the gaps in our communities and provides real support and restoration to those who need it. Right now, I’m praying for financial relief, strength, direction, and for the Lord to continue covering me and my children. I’m asking Him to guide my decisions, give me patience when the pressure becomes too much, and remind me to lean on Him even on the days when I feel like I have nothing left to give. Please keep us in your prayers. Pray for provision, peace, favor, and the strength to keep going. I appreciate every person who takes the time to pray for me and my girls. You truly have no idea how much it means.
RP
I'll keep you in prayer with your kids. I would suggest go fund me or a similar vanue that has helped a couple people I know to get closer to their target goal. I've thought myself how that would work in terms of an efficient way to help as a Christian in such community assistance so that political agendas and corruption can be minimized and those who can work can help to build up the organization not tear it apart. There are many urban areas where someone with the experrise can purchase outright properties for almost nothing; if people that had construction skills could be effectively used as part of the process and a sort of self monitering could help ssecure one section at a time perhaps eventually the neighborhoods could be transformed. Small businesses of course are the key; and perhaps clever zoning could allow some of the good aspects of the old systems where there used to be home businesses and perhaps renewed factory refurbishing with living spaces; and transformation of areas into indoor food production could be introduced. WIth today's high metal prices legally paying individuals to strip out copper and such could be profitable as well; and other ways to think outside the box. Using the available space rather than just tearing it down with old buildings and transforming them into residential as well as creating outdoor green spaces; of course are all things going on in big cities; perhaps not so much in suburban and surrounding places such as cities in more rural areas where poverty tends to be more hidden. Rural areas; of course with the shortage of farming today could be used to enhance food production. The battle; of course is trying to battle special interests going against the grain; as it were with independence; and utilizing already available public funding without getting bogged when you can with the big institutional organizations that syphon money off to places that may not be suitable for a Christian; or much money is wasted in general. The Gospel when it is either compromised to please the interests of others or to avoid scrutiny and public resistance is an issue. Churches need to wake up who are still holding onto truth; and thus fulfill their duties to avoid these issues; by and large. I pray for wisdom as you seek His will and for the proper doors to open. God works in mysterious ways. The Lord may come before a lot of things we plan happen; of course but we reap what we sow and our efforts through His strength aren't forgotton. Agape Rich P