Story We alert you today of a woman that has tirelessly poured into a family for the past year. She has arranged job training for the mother to become a CNA. She has taken the children to appointments and school. She helped secure the family housing even to the point of signing her name on the lease. Last month the mother of the family stopped paying the rent on their apartment and went back to her old job, abandoning her CNA position/opportunit ...

Story We alert you to a man that has broken his back. He, along with many others, was sacrificing several hours a week doing volunteer work for a local organization when the accident happened. Some of the volunteer work required demolition of materials found in an old building. He was up in the ceiling about 15 feet off the ground helping the other men cut out sections of old wood when the supports gave way, and he fell. He was rushed to the eme ...

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 ...