Where did it all go?

A serious plea for help

First, I want to thank everyone for all their help. We would not have made it this far after the fire as we have without people’s help. I appreciate everyone’s generosity.

That said, at the moment the place we are staying is taking up all of the money that normally comes in for us, leaving us little money for other things. (Food and medical care is fine at the moment).

I’m looking ahead for the rest of the month, and figuring that we are going to need:

• Phone bill: $100

• Car insurance Bill: $200

• Water Bill: $50

• 12 tanks of gas at $25 each: $300 (and apparently using the “at” sign for tags means it isn’t available for just a character?)

• Missouri Personal Property Tax: $90

• Our car has a blinking check engine light showing up briefly once a trip or so, for about as long as it takes to say, “Look! The light is blinking again!” This may not be anything, but still it’ll take over a hundred to have it looked at.

• Total (not counting car diagnostic): $740, make that $750+ for any unforeseen incidentals.

This is not including the property tax, or any of the things we are going to need to do to get back into the house (hopefully before the end of the year, but who knows how fast the city will work in the holiday season?), nor any of the repairs. Next month will be about the same, though with gas and electric bills as well. If we are back in the house, we’ll have a bit more money to pay them, but if not, we’ll still be struggling. And then we’ll still need money for repairs.

Right now, we have enough money for one tank of gas—maybe two—but then we won’t have enough for quarters for the laundromat.

If you look at our GiveSendGo page, you’ll see that all you generous people have given us more than $5000. This has been going to living expenses, car repair bills, the sort of things listed above, items for cleaning and repair, for inspection by the people who can help us to get back into the house. But now it is running out.

I’d been hoping not to have to do an actual begging post, and if I had been keeping up with putting out consistent update posts, and other fun stuff, maybe I wouldn’t have to. But things got in the way, and once there is a break, it’s hard to get going again.

We have seen the Lord’s hand in all of this, and I have no doubt that He will continue to see us through, but right at the moment I’m looking at the dwindling bank account and getting worried.

I thank all of you taking the time to read this. Even if you’re unable to help, a quick prayer, thought, word, would be greatly appreciated.

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