Posted on 12/17/2013 8:04:19 AM PST by Siouxz
My family is in urgent need of prayers. Our landlord unexpectly sold the farm we had been renting with an eye toward rent-to-own. New owner will not even speak to us. Wants us out of his new weekend retreat before January 3. No compromise. He is completely within his legal rights to do this, btw. I am talking about 7 people, including 2 preschoolers, becoming homeless on a Kentucky Appalachian mountaintop in January. We have a cow ready to calve any day now, 3 horses, and farming hand tools we have been gathering for several years. If we and our possessions are not out of the house by the 3rd, we will lose everything we have been working for and have to squat in the woods somewhere in our camper, car, and with only the clothes on our backs. We thought we had caught a break yesterday when an old man told us we could stay in this unfinished farmhouse (Just a shell-no water, electricity, or heat. Uninhabitable by today's standards, but we could have made it work). My sons went to meet him last night and he never showed. Now we cannot contact him by phone. We are not ones to rely on assistance from the government. It kills the soul. But this situation is too much to bear. Until we went through 6 cars in a year and could no longer afford reliable transportation for my 126 mile round trip every day, I was a cardio-thoracic operating room nurse. Don't ever think this cannot happen to you. We have personally seen God make a way where there was no way. But I would be lying if I said our faith is not being severely tested right now. Please pray that God would see us safely through this trial. Our only desires are to remain together, be warm, keep our cow for food, and be able to grow a large garden. The extra stuff doesn't matter. Please pray for us. God bless and Merry Christmas.
Update: I would like to thank everyone for their earnest prayers and thoughtful suggestions. We have found a place while, not ideal, keeps us warm, dry, and safe for the winter.
Freepers have offered us financial assistance and even a place to stay. I am blown away by the kindness of complete strangers. I am convinced the prayers of Freepers led us to our new home. Thank you all!!
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You are in my prayers tonight. Good luck!
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