Hi. I’m sorry to ask for help this way, however everywhere I have turned has been a dead end, mostly due to covid, so many good folks need help, but I’m not sure what else to do so this is my last hope. 5 years ago, my 5 kids and me was offered an opportunity by a good friend of many years, of home ownership. She got engaged and was moving to Texas, but didn’t want to leave us behind. We lived in Iowa. He purchased a large area of land with 2 homes, 1 for them the other for us. As long as I paid my own bills and helped upkeep the land the home was mine to do as we pleased. So we agreed, and was excited about starting a new life. Everything started great. It was lonely cause we have no family or friends near, but we was happy. My kids did great in their new schools, within the first 3 months I became a CNA. After hurricane Harvey, my friends husband changed. He started demanding rent, and would not fix anything. I paid him, not what he wanted but I was also fixing everything. My work hours started getting longer trying to keep up. I worked 2pm-6am almost everyday. This went on until January 2020. February is when things really got horrible. And I apologize for leaving a lot of details out, but everything that happened is alot so I’m trying to speak on the main parts which choosing which main parts to speak on has been a nightmare in itself. February I found out that my friends 16 year old son was holding my daughter’s down, and molesting them. And it gets worse. Literally the next day, I find out that my friends husband has been molesting my son’s and 1 of their friends, but also raping 1 of my son’s repeatedly over a course of 2 years. I can’t begin to describe what I felt, and I couldn’t imagine how they felt. We reported right away. We had a appointment with investigators and CPS a week in a half out, which was in march. Which was when covid started hitting as well and that didn’t help at all. I had to find a place to live, I had no vehicle. I sent my kids to stay with their friend, me as well. We ended up losing everything we had. Come to find out, this man had been to prison years before due to the same issue. And was a registered offender, which I never knew that. July of 2020, my oldest son turned 16, found a job and helped me get us a place. Crime victims comp provided little help which I am grateful for everything they did, but we lost so much more, and borrowing left me in debts I’m still trying to take care of. I am limited income due to health issues, I have a dehabilitating disability that left me with extreme nerve damage thru my body, and more recently adding failing kidneys to the list. My recent gfr was 53. But the past few months after multiple surgeries I’m doing better. However, I can’t keep up with anything. Last month our electric was shut off for a week. My truck ( our only transportation) needs work badly, as of right now we are using shampoo for soap cause that’s all we got, haven’t had toilet paper. I’m struggling to provide basic necessities and it’s humiliating, now here’s Christmas and I have nothing for my kids who really deserve to have something. I mean they sacrifice so much because I can’t keep up right now and they understand, but it’s eating me. I’ve applied for places to help, but nothing has come thru. Everything I had of value which really wasn’t much, I sold. With that money I got things we really needed, laundry soap, my daughter some underwear, shower items, stuff like that. And now thanks to my alternator going out and taking my battery with it, I’m overdrafted. I don’t know what else to do. I’m defeated, or so it feels. I won’t post the case number publicly due to that exploiting my kids, and also we have safety measurements in place from the attorney general, but if verification is needed I can provide proof of everything. And I absolutely appreciate you even if you just read this, it means a lot. If by chance anyone can help me my info is
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/my/profile
Thank you so much