- Dec 25, 2019
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Greetings in the name of Jesus. I have posted this probably a few years ago, but I believe the situation is worsening. I have a friend, named Richard. He is in his mid 60's, not married and no children, and is living alone in an apartment. He has Cerebral Palsy, which means he cannot walk on his own for too long. He used to have an aid that helped him to do exercises, but according to him, she needed financial help.
I am not going into all of the details. This has been going on since 2011 or so. His friend, named Savannah, has been using him left and right. She has been asking for money, especially for rent. Over time, he accumulated tens of thousands of dollars of debt because of her. He got it down to under $10,000, at least that is what he tells me. But over that time, he bought her 3 cars, paid a lot of money in rent, and paid a vocation that cost him $6,000 in credit card debt. But she is keep using him so he can pay her rent. She has been in trouble with the law, such as driving without a license (which she is still doing), arrested for DUI (and won't get her license back for 3 more years), and I think shoplifting.
But she keeps telling him that she needs the money, or she will go to jail. I keep telling him that she really does display characteristics of a scam artist and a thief. Of all of that time since 2011, she only paid maybe $300 compared to tens of thousands of dollars. She never communicated with him about her expenses or even call him for a friendly chat. I told him that if he, Savannah, my pastor, and I would sit down and discuss about her financial situation, we would of help her more. But she told Richard that she doesn't want anyone to know about it. And because of him helping her, Richard is getting more stressed about his own financial situation. Savannah said that if he stops paying for her rent, she would be homeless and will be in jail because that is one of the conditions that she has when she is on parole.
So please pray that God will deliver Richard out of this situation and please pray for God's wisdom and strength for Richard to make wise financial decisions.
I am not going into all of the details. This has been going on since 2011 or so. His friend, named Savannah, has been using him left and right. She has been asking for money, especially for rent. Over time, he accumulated tens of thousands of dollars of debt because of her. He got it down to under $10,000, at least that is what he tells me. But over that time, he bought her 3 cars, paid a lot of money in rent, and paid a vocation that cost him $6,000 in credit card debt. But she is keep using him so he can pay her rent. She has been in trouble with the law, such as driving without a license (which she is still doing), arrested for DUI (and won't get her license back for 3 more years), and I think shoplifting.
But she keeps telling him that she needs the money, or she will go to jail. I keep telling him that she really does display characteristics of a scam artist and a thief. Of all of that time since 2011, she only paid maybe $300 compared to tens of thousands of dollars. She never communicated with him about her expenses or even call him for a friendly chat. I told him that if he, Savannah, my pastor, and I would sit down and discuss about her financial situation, we would of help her more. But she told Richard that she doesn't want anyone to know about it. And because of him helping her, Richard is getting more stressed about his own financial situation. Savannah said that if he stops paying for her rent, she would be homeless and will be in jail because that is one of the conditions that she has when she is on parole.
So please pray that God will deliver Richard out of this situation and please pray for God's wisdom and strength for Richard to make wise financial decisions.
