I hate to be such a burden. The last time I asked for prayer for a job/temporary consulting assignment, one came through "pronto".....and saved me BIG time in November. Unfortunately it was only a short term assignment that lasted from the end of November to the end of January.
I'm back in the "lurch" again. Again, if something doesn't come through for me PRONTO, I will have no choice but to file for bankruptcy.
But my situation is even worse now. During the week that followed the end of my consulting assignment, I worked feverishly to get my taxes done. Now that I have my own "business", tax time is much more complicated and time consuming. I was 99% finished 2/6/07, when I turned off my PC. The next morning I turned on the PC to finish, and my hard drive had crashed....BIG TIME!! I had to pay to have an IT Technician come out who works on these things, and he tried everything, but my hard drive was DEAD. Nothing was retrievable. I had to purchase and install a new hard drive, and re-load all the operating system and all my software that I use for my jobs. Next I dropped off my crashed hard drive with a company that specializes in retrieving "unretrievable" data from a crashed hard drives. I'm still waiting to hear if they will be able to retrieve ANYthing from the damaged disk. Meanwhile, all this is costing me big bucks (up to $1,000 so far)...the data recovery promises to be an ADDITIONAL $1,500 and $3,500!!!!.......with ZERO income coming in!!! When the technician left, I literally sat down and cried. I was overwhelmed with the implications of this loss.
As if this nightmare wasn't enough, I lost the ONLY doctor who has been able to keep me going since my illness struck and left me bedridden October 2004. He left the firm where I met him, and they wouldn't let me follow this great doctor......due to contractual terms. Meanwhile, my prescription medications were running out, and the firm would not renew them unless I came to their office in person. So, the DAY that my PC crashed, I had to travel to keep this appointment. This was another nightmare. The doctor that they assigned my case to was not very smart (she hadn't even look at my file/case history before I arrived), and she immediately started ordering a battery of costly lab tests. I stopped her, and told her that ALL of these tests were already done by UCLA Hospital in 2004, which cost over $2,000......and all came back "nil".....check my file. She then proceeded to announce that the thyroid medication I've been taking is too strong, and she would NOT refill my prescription! If I don't take this medication, at this strength, I am back in bed again, unable to work. Long story short, I had to fire her.
But the good news is, because I fired her, I was able to (legally) get in touch with and see my former doctor who is the only one able to get me up and on my feet, able to function somewhat normally again. I just met with him yesterday, and so that nightmare has ended.
These two doctor's visits cost $285 each!!! (With ZERO money coming in!!!)
I know that ALL things work together for GOOD for those who love the Lord.....but I was having a hard time finding the silver lining in all this. One thought did occur to me, Thank God all this happened when I am between consulting assignments. It would have been a veritable FIASCO if it had happened when I was trying to meet demanding deadlines on these consulting assignments.
THE GOOD NEWS:
There is some good news. Last Thursday evening, when I was reeling from all that I was trying to cope with, I received a phone call from a prospective client, who had received and kept my marketing letter from last July. I completed a telephone screening with them yesterday, and they are interested. They want me to come for an on site interview this Thursday 10am Pacific Time (2/15/07). From the sounds of it, it could be a long term consulting assignment (please Jesus!)....AND there is no middle-man in between sucking off half my pay. So if all goes well, (I land this assignment, and it is long term), I should be able to dig myself out of all the debt I am currently drowning in.
So here's my prayer request:
1) My interview on Thursday goes well, and the client wants me to do the assignment for them. The assignment will be long term...6 months to a year or more.
2) The data recovery company is able to recover my lost data, AND it will be no more than $1,000 to recover.
3) The tenants in my condo will stay for another year. (They refuse to sign a 1 year lease.)
4) The lease on the place I am renting (to be close to jobs) expires 3/10/07. Property manager will keep my rent the same, without requiring a lease. (They usually demand a 1 year lease at a time. If I go month-to-month, I can do it, but it will cost me an additional $575/mo. to do so......very prohibitive.)
These are TALL orders, but is anything too hard for God?
I am definitely up you-know-whose creek without a paddle. God is going to have to intervene or I am going down for the count. God is my ONLY hope.
I covet your prayers!
Thank-you in advance!!!
Maranatha!
Deborah
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