First off, I would like you to ask for prayer for my grandmother. Her late husband passed away a few months ago and left everything to her. However, they gave power of attorney to their neighbors. We met the neighbors at the funeral and they seemed like nice people, but many others said that they could not trust anyone else to handle family matters. So, recently, my uncle took my grandmother back to the lawyer so she could transfer the PoA back, but she was listed as incompetent.
When I visited my grandmother last summer, she spoke of money that my real grandfather left her. She said she stored that in a bank account. She and my aunt had bickered over it because my aunt needed the money, and my grandmother would not loan it to her. It was something she put away for when she really needed it. My grandmother had also mentioned that her new/late husband, Doc, had built the house that they were living in. We were given the impression that it had been paid off already. She also mentioned that she had four thousand dollars in a safety deposit box at the bank.
At the funeral, her neighbors mentioned that the house not yet been paid off, made no mention of the money my grandfather had left behind, and said there was only Korean money in the safety deposit box, which she had kept from when she came to visit my family when I was a young'n.
My uncle and grandmother asked if we could contest the matter in court, but the lawyer said that we would lose the case. We can not touch anything in the house because the neighbor won't let us. Apparently after 120 days, the house was to be sold, and all the money received would be used to pay off debts first and then go to my grandmother. We will never know if he stole any of the money. We will never know how much he sells the house for. It's a situation that has the whole family in an uproar.
My cousin Donna lost her father shortly after my grandfather died. There are many things of sentimental value that she can not touch. My uncle and my father both have things from their childhood that they would like to keep, and I'd like to have a few things as well since I never got to meet my grandfather (being raised overseas and all), and because I have recently taken up genealogy. So, that's sticky situation number one.
Sticky situation number two is as follows: My cousin has been married a total of 3 times. To my knowledge, she has not yet divorced the third man, and is running around with some other guy. She has three beautiful children - a girl and two boys. She is constantly neglecting her responsibilities, leaving her children with her parents while she's running around doing whatever she does.
My uncle has to take my aunt everywhere she needs to go, help take care of the children, and whenever he takes time for himself, she complains. They've been bickering way too much these days, and he's contemplating divorce. He gives, gives, and gives, and he just can't take it anymore.
Obviously, he needs to put his foot down. This kind of problem seems to run in my family.
Oh, actually, I do have a third request, now that I think about it. I know this is long, but it's equally important. My aunt in Korea is having problems again. Her husband is cheating on her. This happened years ago, but they were able to work things out. I do not understand why he does this. My aunt is a beautiful woman. My uncle is a cab driver, and my aunt has had many different kinds of jobs from being a beautician, to a sales person, to real estate... She's taken care of her responsibilities within the home and they've raised two boys, both of which are still in high school. I think one may be graduating soon.
My Korean family, including my mother, is Buddhist. They don't necessarily deny that God exists, but family tradition keeps them bound to Buddha. I ask for your prayers, lengthy or short for any and all of these situations. Thank you all.
When I visited my grandmother last summer, she spoke of money that my real grandfather left her. She said she stored that in a bank account. She and my aunt had bickered over it because my aunt needed the money, and my grandmother would not loan it to her. It was something she put away for when she really needed it. My grandmother had also mentioned that her new/late husband, Doc, had built the house that they were living in. We were given the impression that it had been paid off already. She also mentioned that she had four thousand dollars in a safety deposit box at the bank.
At the funeral, her neighbors mentioned that the house not yet been paid off, made no mention of the money my grandfather had left behind, and said there was only Korean money in the safety deposit box, which she had kept from when she came to visit my family when I was a young'n.
My uncle and grandmother asked if we could contest the matter in court, but the lawyer said that we would lose the case. We can not touch anything in the house because the neighbor won't let us. Apparently after 120 days, the house was to be sold, and all the money received would be used to pay off debts first and then go to my grandmother. We will never know if he stole any of the money. We will never know how much he sells the house for. It's a situation that has the whole family in an uproar.
My cousin Donna lost her father shortly after my grandfather died. There are many things of sentimental value that she can not touch. My uncle and my father both have things from their childhood that they would like to keep, and I'd like to have a few things as well since I never got to meet my grandfather (being raised overseas and all), and because I have recently taken up genealogy. So, that's sticky situation number one.
Sticky situation number two is as follows: My cousin has been married a total of 3 times. To my knowledge, she has not yet divorced the third man, and is running around with some other guy. She has three beautiful children - a girl and two boys. She is constantly neglecting her responsibilities, leaving her children with her parents while she's running around doing whatever she does.
My uncle has to take my aunt everywhere she needs to go, help take care of the children, and whenever he takes time for himself, she complains. They've been bickering way too much these days, and he's contemplating divorce. He gives, gives, and gives, and he just can't take it anymore.
Obviously, he needs to put his foot down. This kind of problem seems to run in my family.
Oh, actually, I do have a third request, now that I think about it. I know this is long, but it's equally important. My aunt in Korea is having problems again. Her husband is cheating on her. This happened years ago, but they were able to work things out. I do not understand why he does this. My aunt is a beautiful woman. My uncle is a cab driver, and my aunt has had many different kinds of jobs from being a beautician, to a sales person, to real estate... She's taken care of her responsibilities within the home and they've raised two boys, both of which are still in high school. I think one may be graduating soon.
My Korean family, including my mother, is Buddhist. They don't necessarily deny that God exists, but family tradition keeps them bound to Buddha. I ask for your prayers, lengthy or short for any and all of these situations. Thank you all.
