As
many of you already know, I was fired from my previous job back in
January, as I told you in a previous post here.
At
the time, I did not want to go into the details of the reason I was
given for being fired, so I will now. My former employer had told me,
and the young lady that I worked with, that he was going to have to
cut hours. She had found out a few weeks earlier that she and her
husband were expecting their first child. She had to miss some work
due to some related problems, and then she was laid off. Meanwhile,
my hours were cut from 40 per week, to 26 per week. No one else had
any hours cut.
Then,
my former employer hired four new employees. One was
full time, and the other 3 were part time. So in talking to another
employee, I had complained about my hours being cut, while no one
else was cut, and the fact that new employees were hired. I suppose
that my having been with this company the longest did not count.
Any
way, my employer was told that I had complained about my hours being
cut and his hiring more people, so he said he was firing me because I
had complained.
So,
I finally found a new job 2 weeks ago. I started out at less pay per
hour, but at least I am working and getting 40 hours
per week.
The
thing is, being unemployed for 3 weeks with no money coming in,
combined with already being in a financial bind because of my reduced
work hours, has really put me behind on my necessities, like the
rent, power bill, and such.
It
was also time to renew the license plate for my car, and have it
inspected. I have not been able to have that done, because the check
engine light was on, and they can not inspect a car until the reason
for it being on is repaired. I had the repairs done by a mechanic
friend, and I now owe him $270.00 for the parts alone.
I
have been getting by on food by eating ramen noodles, beans and rice,
and pasta. Sometimes I get tuna and maybe chicken when it’s on
sale.
I
owe a months rent, and a power bill (I have been using a portable
kerosene heater to heat with to reduce the power bill), and still
can’t get the car inspection and license renewal done because I
only have $3.50 left in the bank. In other words, I am already in the
red over $800.00 before I even get started.
So,
once again, I am asking my blog readers and friends to please make a
donation to me through PayPal.
I hate to ask you to do this, but I have nowhere else to turn.
If
you can’t make a donation, your prayers are surely needed and
deeply appreciated!
Thank
you for reading and following Faith of the Fathers blogs!
Your
brother in Christ,
Steve
Smith
