My brother has been a Sheriff's deputy for some years in a red state - he is the personification of a "good cop" and is an excellent father of three.
Unfortunately, a back injury has progressed to the point that he is forced to change careers. So he's begun work toward getting a CDL. In the meantime, he's unemployed.
His wife is due in April for their fourth child. She has received notice that she will be terminated if she doesn't get the first jab by Dec 15. For reasons we all know, they flatly refuse this, so their only source of income is now in jeopardy. Additionally, they were counting on her insurance to pay for a disk replacement - which is quickly becoming non-optional because nerve impingement is causing his legs to buckle randomly.
Needless to say, they are under serious financial pressure. His ray of hope is an interview on Tuesday for a job that should be sufficient to meet their needs.
Here's the request: His name is Eric. Please pray that God will prepare the path before him so that he will be hired for the job he's seeking or will be led to a different opportunity if that is God's wisdom. Also please pray that he will feel God's peace and assurance.
Thank you for your time and concern.
Praying for his health and success in finding employment
On a side note, has he applied for Social Security Disability? If he has worked at least 10 years full time, he may be eligible.
Thank you.
His mindset is to not seek handouts from the government. I'm sure he'll look into those options if that's what it takes to keep a roof over his kids' head.
If he were willing to get the jab, you're probably right. Insane world we live in.
I understand him feeling that way and it is a long process. But we do pay into the Social Security Disability (SSD) program for events exactly like this. It is often confused with the SSI program that gives money and medical coverage to people who have either never worked or paid into the system for at least 10 years. Just putting it out there.
Sure, and he's humble enough to do it if necessary. He also has family to help out. The kids will not go hungry.
But they've struggled with debt their whole marriage. He had almost crawled his way out of it and then along comes the prospect of having a baby (~$20K) without coverage, and a necessary back surgery (~$250K). This would ruin them financially. Would SSI provide those kinds of resources? I don't know enough about it, but somehow I doubt it.
He told me that as these things dawned on him, he experienced the first panic attack of his life. He's a very good man, with nerves of steel, and it broke my heart to hear that.
Thank you for the idea. I'll look deeper into it.