I have numerous prayer requests, please, let me share, I thank you all ahead of time for your prayers:
Let me tell you what has been going on lately:
Steve's (my husband) leg, well, it was hurt very badly in a motorcycle accident when he was 17, he was in the hospital for a year or so, the docs said he would probably have issues with it when he got older, they were right, it started to hurt him a few weeks back after he had ridden his bike for a long stretch, it has gotten worse since . He went to the doctor and they scheduled an x-ray. Well, Steve was still having bad pain in his leg, he got the x-ray 4 days after the doctor visit, and they told him it would be a week or longer before someone could read it, this is bull, I know darn well that they have radiologists on staff to read them. I told Steve I think because we don't pay, they don't care and they do the "private" ones first, the paying ones in other words. He is almost to the point where he can't walk well, and the area is looking bad, it is reddish and bluish and not even a feather can touch it without it hurting him badly. I think that somehow that bone graft has broken again, or there could be a blood clot in the area, we just don't know, and with the doctors and radiologist dragging their butt, we won't know until who knows when. He called the doctor back this morning and said how bad it was hurting, but, he still has not heard anything. This really stinks.
Well, we finally got the x-ray report, there are no broken bones, the doctor thinks he may have hit that area, and since there is no feeling in the surrounding areas, he may not have felt it, or, he may have strained ligaments while riding his bike. He still hurts, but is not longer on crutches and is able to look for work.
Needless to say, I won't be returning home as planned in January, it all depends on when Steve is well again, it could be anywhere from a month to 4 months, it depends on what they have to do. He is upset as he wants me back there to get his green card info, etc. I told him it will wait. We decided that I should probably purchase it to return in July, as long as I buy it before January 18, I can get the low prices for any month up to the end of July.
This still needs prayers.
I have been looking for work EVERYWHERE and there is not one opening anywhere, I have even looked in places that I would not normally look, but nope, NOTHING. We also have been looking for housing, and again, nothing, most won't let our dogs in and confound it, I am not going anywhere without them, they are my medicine, so-to-speak. Most places are so crappy, I would not want them to live in them anyway, and the prices, MERY!!!!!!. We have contacted the housing authority, they make you fill out all these forms, and again, from what I have seen, I would be surprised if rats and snakes would not reject them. Our dear landlord owns a home, and he and his wife want to move into it by the end of the month, they are tired of running the apartments, well, if they can do this, they said they will try to work out a deal where we can stay in the house where they currently are, and give us reduced rent for doing light jobs around the motel, that would be wonderful, it is contingent on the folks that are there now getting out and getting another place. They really want to help us, they are super. So, who knows. If the Tongans weren't coming for the orchard work in February through July, we would not have to leave, but, they are, crap!!!!!! If we can live in the landlords home, it would be until July, then the firm that is buying the complex takes over, I head back home and Steve goes to Christchurch to work until I get his card sorted. I head back home in July either way, but this would make it so much easier.
Still no work for either of us, I have sent out 7 resumes the past week, I did not even get an interview from any of them, so, still need prayers. We WILL be able to stay in our Landlords home here on the property, they are moving into their new home, so, we have a place to live, the new owner still does not have possession of it, maybe won't until March, so, we are taking it a month at a time. Irregardless, we will still have to be out by July, but, that is awhile yet.
We went to WINZ (public assistance) yesterday to apply for more money, we are not making ends meet on what they give us, well, they will only give us a total of 45.00 more, that is NOT going to cut it, that is why I have been looking extra hard for work. This is all so horribly demoralizing. Never have I been in a situation like this, never. We have been using the credit cards for cash, but now, they are maxed and we don't even have the money to make the monthly payments, I really don't know what we are going to do. Steve says that maybe his dad will help with a loan and then he can pay him back, I sure hope so, otherwise, I truly don't know what is going to happen to us.
This issue is the same, however, the landlord is going to try to help us with the rent by giving us some easy work to do around the complex.
To top all this off, I had some digital x-rays taken a few months ago, well, I just now find out that I have mild osteoporosis and some issues involving calcifications on the anterior lateral ligaments of my lower thoracic region. No wonder I hurt. Of course, those herniated discs are getting thinner, thus, making the space between the vertebrae even thinner. It was also discovered that I have some type of bone issue in my neck, atlas region, that is like a bridge that is stopping the vertebral artery from going in the grove that it should be in. It is called a Posterior Ponticle. I am not sure how long it has been there but, I am thinking just since I have been over here. I do know, that some chiropractors won't adjust your neck if you have one as it can cause a stroke due to dissection of the artery because it is not being protected like it should. Man, how much more can I take, I am sick with worry. I have to have my neck adjusted or I feel like crap, as it is, I don't care too much for the treatments I get here.
I discussed this with the doctor last Friday, it isn't as bad as I thought, so, I don't have to worry as much, I still need to be careful though.
I cancelled having my laparoscope of my ovarian mass and thick uterine wall. I was on a waitlist anyway (what else is new) and had not been given an appointment, so, I just called and told them I was going through too much stress, that Steve came first, and I was moving back home and to cancel the thing. I hope I do not have cancer, I can only pray now for that to be the case.
The doctor sent me the note that he got from the other doctor so I can take it back home, I discovered that actually, they are not overly worried, they even stated in the letter that I won't need an oncologist gyn to do the biopsy when I have one, that a "generalist" will be fine.
So, as you can see, we have been going through a lot. We have talked some more to Bill, the Landlord, he and his wife, Rosemary, it looks like they will be moving into their home in February, so, we could live in the house here, we will work out the particulars with them in a few days, so, now, we have a place to stay for at least 2 months and possibly longer, it all depends on if the sale of this motel goes through and all the red tape with it, if it goes through fast, then of course, we would need to be out by March, but, that is OK, Steve should be better and I will just change my ticket to leave sometime in March. However, if the rent will be much higher, then we won't be able to swing it, so, we are not in the clear yet. Our financial issue is still in danger, and I don't see it getting any better, right now, until we get this week's WINZ check, we only have six dollars to our name, I am serious, that is all.
. Continued prayers for you both. 
