Saturday, January 20, 2007
New Game Plan
Please pray fervently for the Lord Jesus Christ to guide Shebaa and me.
Plans and actions need to be taken in the next few days.
May God grant wisdom, insights and understanding.
May God confirm or correct what follows.
SHEBAA
Top priority is for Shebaa heal so she can function normally again.
The new medications will likely provide that healing very soon.
She hopes to be well enough to attend church tomorrow.
Pray for her relationships with the members and leaders of this new church.
CAR
My car needs about one more hour of work.
Berry is out of the picture, he will never work on my car again.
Shebaa can do the little that remains after her health improves.
She and Berry owned a garage years ago.
ASSISTANT
On Monday afternoon I meet with the administrative assistant.
Pray for God to use her mightily to help Shebaa and me.
She will deal with the records and clerical matters for us.
Pray for God to guide us in crafting a simple and on-going record system.
I believe that after this is in place God will use it to focus prayers and contributions.
SUPPORT
By the grace of God I have relationships with several supportive individuals.
The next phase that is unfolding is to form a few groups online and offline.
I am exploring ways to use Central Desktop http://centraldesktop.com/ for this.
A few people will have secure access to a workspace that we share.
This will supplement our phone calls and meetings.
I need this kind of accountability and ways to get honest feedback.
Today there are three groups forming in my heart and mind.
One will have two pastors and a Christian counselor.
Another will have three of my closest friends.
And the third will have a few people that are developing passive income online.
This will allow us to interact 24-7 online as well as on the phone and in person.
PRESENTATIONS
After my car gets going again I need to get on the road to do fund raising.
There are two big differences since the car stopped in April.
The vision includes weaving together the online passive income with the ministry.
This is like a new kind of tent making trade for missionaries and others.
And joining the Association for Fundraising Professionals is a top priority.
That 150 dollar membership will match me with an experienced mentor.
That person will help me make my face-to-face presentations short and effective.
EXAMPLES
Between emergencies God has blessed me to make progress on projects.
The ways to earn passive income online are getting clearer every day.
I have read hundreds of web pages.
I have developed a few diagrams and Power Point slide shows.
God is unfolding to me the most user friendly ways to pass this along.
I need to lead me in what to put online first.
When there are some examples online that will attract more donors and customers.
Like I stated at the first, I ask God to confirm or correct this.
I need to be in motion and heading along a wise path.
Only God can bring the victories needed.
THANKS again for your prayers.
John 5:26 PM
More Bad News
I will not receive the 500 dollars I had been promised a few days ago.
Shebaa and Lisa set up a checking account early this week.
They deposited a check for 800 dollars.
They were told the back pay would be transferred into this account.
There were more than 4 thousand dollars coming.
Shebaa, Lisa and I had a verbal agreement that I would receive 1664 dollars.
This was part of the money that I had loaned them back in 2005.
Also Shebaa was going to get many hundreds due to her aid.
Both of us were going to go from major financial trouble to on top of things.
When the check cleared then the back pay was going to be sent.
This was the money that was awarded in the court settlement in November 2006.
I had been told to expect those funds in 30 to 60 days.
But at that time a previously unknown record surfaced.
According the government’s records a check had been mailed in June 2006.
There is an online copy of that check and the forged signature of Shebaa.
There is also an address on the check that is not where Shebaa lives.
The government does not have proper accounting of what happened to the money next.
The government started actions that could put Shebaa in the penitentiary.
The possible range of the sentence for that charge is 20 to 100 years.
She never saw the check or knew about it.
She would not have suffered with the lack of medicine and food if she had the funds.
It was the final green light to release the money that activated a check of this record.
Providentially God has provided her with an excellent lawyer.
Legal Aid has matched her with one of the best lawyers in the city.
He has repeatedly assured Shebaa that she will not be convicted.
The signature was obviously forged.
While the check was clearing the bank contacted the nursing home.
They moved the power over the money from Shebaa to the nursing home.
Shebaa and Lisa appealed to the manager of the nursing home.
I was told Thursday that on Friday I would receive 500 dollars from the 800.
But meanwhile the manager spoke to the corporate headquarters.
I had provided a written account of the events.
The verbal agreement has no legal grounds and I will get nothing.
So the anticipated funds went from 1664 to 500 to zero in a few days.
Meanwhile there was another complication.
On the night that Berry attacked Shebaa she got a major injury from a different source.
She came to tell me what happened shortly after the incident.
She was on her way back to her apartment to sleep.
The apartment complex has three buildings joined with four units each.
There is a French door to the outside then a small hall to the 2 lower apartments.
There are stars to the two upper apartments.
Shebaa was entering the French door from the outside.
At that moment the device that automatically closes the door broke.
It came loose and hit her in the head.
She said she saw stars.
The next day when I talked with her she said she had a headache and a lump.
The side of her face was numb and she had trouble using the arm on that side.
Thankfully the arm has recovered.
The headaches continued and got worse.
She was light headed and faint.
She went to the hospital a got 2 MRIs and 3 CAT scans.
She stayed there last night.
She has a hard time seeing out of one eye.
See attached pictures.
The part with the screws hit the top of her forehead.
She said there were little bits of wood in her skin.
Pray earnestly for God to guide Shebaa and me.
John 2:46 PM
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Complications Again
Some person forged Shebaa’s signature and four thousand dollars is missing.
Today Shebaa retained an attorney to represent her in this matter. He looked at the copy of the document and said it was obviously not her signature.
Shebaa says that she deliberately signs her name with her left hand to make is hard to imitate.
Instead of the 1664 dollars they are saying I might get 500 dollars tomorrow.
Lisa is back in the nursing home.
Shebaa is very upset.
I will keep you posted.
John 6:18 PM
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Lisa is Back
Suddenly Lisa showed up today.
She said she did not know why she came to visit.
But she just knew she had to come see her sister.
Lisa had no idea that her sister was taken off the list for the big check.
An unnamed person made that change.
But it was caught in time.
The very big check of thousands of dollars of the back pay arrived today.
It will clear the bank and funds can be removed on Friday.
Lisa will stay in Shebaa’s apartment until that is completed.
That income will take Shebaa and me from behind to ahead of the curve.
Pray for this to unfold smoothly.
On the way to a key court appearance last year Lisa had a large stroke.
So this is not over until it is over.
The same is true with my car.
They ordered the wrong part.
The manager ordered the correct part.
The right part will arrive late tomorrow.
It will be installed Wednesday evening.
So both of these chapters of my life could come to an end within days.
It will be good to get my thinking and feelings off these emergencies.
It will be wonderful to adjust to driving a car and having bills paid on time.
A small heater was put into my apartment temporarily.
They will repair my unit and put it back in a few days.
Meanwhile I have been making much progress on the next chapter of my life.
I am looking forward to publishing many short educational videos online soon.
You will like the materials I will give away for free.
And you will begin to understand how others and I will earn incomes online.
I feel great joy and excitement as these parts are coming together rapidly.
THAKS for your prayers.
THANK God for answering our many prayers.
John 10:15 PM
My Apartment Heater Quit
Last night the heater in my apartment just quit.
There was no warning.
It had been doing fine then it stopped.
It is a combination Air Conditioning and Heater window unit.
So last night I had the gas burners of my stove going.
And I had a fan to move the heated air from the kitchen into the bedroom and office. While I was awake I had two large pots of water boiling to add humidity.
I slept with my winter coat on and under the comforter.
Normally when I fall asleep my body gets cold.
So even in the summer I wear socks to bed and a stocking cap.
It was not comfortable but it was acceptable.
I will inform the apartment management today.
I ask your special prayers.
I noticed for the last few days the maintenance people have been moving these window units from unoccupied apartments to where other heaters had quit.
So pray for God to make a way for me to get a good replacement or get this one repaired soon.
THANKS for all your prayers.
John 10:02 AM
Monday, January 15, 2007
Bolt Get Gasket on Wednesday
Today the dealer bolt was put into my car.
Learned that a special gasket for that bolt is needed.
It was special ordered and will arrive Wednesday morning.
This long car repair story may come to an end then.
A generous friend contributed funds for rent and for administrative assistant.
Total until now is 950 dollars.
That is more than half of the 1664 dollars.
Trusting God to supply the other 714 dollars.
I have known financial pressures before but not this much.
God shows up big when all I have is Him.
The first legal action by neighbor against her sister was denied.
She will go meet with the lawyer on Tuesday January 16 to choose next steps.
This changing weather caused many pains for Shebaa.
Her back, arthritis and asthma acted up.
She went to the hospital for treatments, shots and more prescriptions.
The new meds are 140 dollars full retail.
With her discounts they were 18 dollars.
Plus she recently ran out of Tums.
She needs a supply of those on hand at all times.
That is a huge strain on her and me.
Pray for God to make a way to replace these funds of mine soon.
I learned that Berry has been in the hospital for tests.
He will go in for major brain surgery soon.
He seems to have an aneurism.
My next step is to look over the names of the many people I know.
I need to make a list of those I will call on the phone for financial assistance.
I have planned to just make that list several times over the last few days.
But there has been a mental and emotional block.
I keep putting that off.
I need courage and strength to just make the list.
Then I need grace to make the calls.
Then I especially need God to grant guidance and favor.
Also during the next few days I need to use the trail version of Camtasia.
I have a list of many short screencast videos to make.
These are short educational and fund raising.
Pray for anointed times of concentration in the creativity zone.
I believe you will be delighted in what will be coming from this soon.
John 3:34 PM
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