Story We alert you today of a young man whose mother has was placed in hospice due to terminal brain cancer. The son is traveling back and forth from where he lives to her bedside multiple times per week right now. The trip is over three hours each way, and the financial strain is taking a toll on his finances. He is a U.S. Army Infantry Combat Veteran that served multiple tours in Operation Iraqi Freedom. No stranger to adversity, he adapted an ...

Story We alert you today of a woman in need. She is a loving wife to an alcoholic and a devoted mother to their 8-year-old son. Her husband has been battling alcohol addiction for many years. Recently he was fired from his job for being intoxicated at work. As a result, he agreed to enter into long-term rehabilitation. As sad as the situation is this is a positive development. The issue is that he was the primary breadwinner and now will remain ...

Story We alert you today of a man that underwent what was planned to be minor shoulder surgery. Complications arose, and three months later he is still a week out from returning to work. As a result, he has burned through all of he and his wife's financial reserves and is unable to pay the monthly utilities. We are deeply connected to this couple through one of our local church partners, and we would like to help pay their utilities this month. ...

Story The title of this Need Alert may look familiar to you. If so, it is because we have been working with this family through our local church partner since last August (Need Alert 17.50). The family converted to Christianity in Pakistan, and as a result, were severely persecuted for their faith. A group of men even beat the wife with a steel pipe, and she is still disabled as a result of the beating. They fled Pakistan to Sri Lanka and the ...

Story We alert you today of a 63-year-old woman that lost her apartment and everything in it last month. The fire left her with only the clothes on her back. Our local church partner has been working in the recovery effort. She is employed full time but did not have renters insurance. She has secured new housing and has begun to acquire essential items needed for daily life. However, the expense of the unexpected move and the additional items ...

Story We alert you today to a 70-year-old man in need of significant dental work. However, before we fill you in on the details, we want to encourage you to follow us on social media. Just take a look at the bottom of this alert, and you will find icons for Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Click on them to follow us! Now back to the need at hand. We have been working closely with our local church partner to help the man in various areas of h ...