Hi everyone,
24 year old guy from Canada here.
I’m not really sure how to start this because I’ve never been in a situation where I’ve been this desperate before.
I guess the best way to start would be by telling you…
The story of why I’m about to be homeless in Mexico.
Growing up, my family didn’t have much money.
I had to drop out of school and get my high-school diploma online at 14 so I could work full-time during the day to help out financially.
I ended up working full-time (50+hours per week) in various construction jobs from 14-22.
The entire time I was working those jobs, I always knew I wanted something more from my life.
So, I started spending my mornings, evenings, and weekends training myself on how to perform digital marketing.
And for about 3 years, I did nothing but eat, sleep, work, learn, and save as much money was leftover from my paychecks as I could.
Finally, at 22, I had a few thousand saved, and I had started getting a little bit of digital marketing work.
I decided to move to Costa Rica because at the time, it was cheaper than living in Canada, and it gave me the opportunity to see a little bit of the world!
Long story short, I met a girl in Costa Rica, and fell madly in love with her.
Neither of us had much financially, but we loved each other and supported the hell out of each other.
We struggled a lot, but we managed to stay afloat and together for the past two years.
That was until a few months ago.
We both got pretty severe cases of COVID, which took us out of action for almost a month.
The combination of lost time, and long-term physical effects from getting sick completely obliterated what was left of the emergency fund I kept for us.
And since then, we’ve been barely scraping by.
I took over covering all the medications and health bills she had, but losing one of my main work contracts made even that hard to cover.
Fast forward to a few weeks ago I had to reset my visa for Costa Rica by leaving the country and re-entering, and I hit a snag.
There was an issue with entering into Panama I wasn’t aware of which caused both my entrance to be denied and my exit from Costa Rica to be revoked.
Unfortunately, due to the timing, that made me technically ‘overstay’ my visa…
And get deported.
I was given one week to get my stuff together and leave the country or I would be taken to court.
But since things were already extremely tight financially, I didn’t have the funds to go all the way back to Canada.
I set up a flight here to Mexico and a week stay with what I had left and started contacting all my previous clients to see if they had work I could help them with.
One responded, and asked my to help with a pretty sizeable project during the week I had here in Mexico.
It felt like a godsend.
It was enough to continue helping my girlfriend with the medical expenses she relies on me for, and be able to hit the ground running when I got back to Canada.
Then, the day before we were supposed to start…
She decided to postpone.
That was Monday.
Godsend gone.
I’ve spent the last week reaching out to everyone I knew who I could work with.
And I did get a few responses, including a new contract…
But they won’t be able to start until next week.
My Visa for Mexico expires tomorrow, the 28th of May.
So, I need to leave, or I’ll be fined and deported again.
But I’ve got $0.00 to my name as of right now.
And, as of tomorrow, I’ll have no place to stay either.
Meaning I’ll be homeless on the streets of Mexico without even a good grasp of Spanish.
My food ran out two days ago, and water ran out this morning.
I’ve almost passed out from panic attacks twice today and I constantly feel on the verge of throwing up from the stress.
I’ve never felt this scared, tired, and alone before and I don’t know what else to do but hope that someone here can help.
I’ve got no one else I can turn to and I don’t know what to tell my girlfriend who’s also relying on me to help her.
In total, I need $1500.00 to buy the ticket to Canada, cover my basic expenses, help out my GF, and live on until I get my first payments from the new king-term contract I signed.
Any little bit helps.
Without your help, I don’t know what I’m going to do come tomorrow morning.
But I have faith that things will work out.
Thank you for reading. 🙏
I don’t know which photo to include to best showcase the situation, so I’m just going to share my Visa stamp requiring my exit for tomorrow.
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