Justbecause5
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Dear friends, today is a sad day for me. Today is my son’s birthday. I miss him.
In August 2022, my young sons, and I left Alaska for Texas to begin a new work and to set up our new home. My wife and older daughter at tickets to go overseas.
Soon after I left the state and I was 5000 miles away, my wife hired an attorney and went to court claiming that I stole my sons and took them across state lines. She was given permission to get them.
In mid September, a sister in Christ and my wife loved Alaska and took my sons. They were in class. I was probably 10 to 15 feet away in my class teaching high school. It was probably one of the most painful days in my life.
I have not seen my children since then.
Every day has been so incredibly painful. I love my children with all of my heart. I miss them so much.
I prayed fervently for my family to be reconciled. I pleaded with God to move in my life, to move mountains and make a way for me to go back to Alaska.
Finally, on August 19, 2024, aborted a first class flight that was free to Alaska. The details that opened the door for the opportunity still amaze me to this day.
The providential hand of God was so evident that I was convinced that before my plane landed, my wife would contact me, and she would extend a place to live in a car to drive to me. God had given me a job as a teacher, but I did not have a place to live or car to drive. My wife did not contact me.
Still, my faith burned hot. I was so convinced that God took me back to Alaska. Little did I know, the next 18 months would be incredibly difficult on me. I suffered in so many different ways like Job. I was homeless. I lived in the shelter 4.5 months. I lived in the back of my van for 28 nights. I lost several jobs, including my teaching job due to no fault of my own.
Yet in the midst of all that suffering, I could see the hand of God as he made provision again and again and again.
God allowed me to see the northern lights. God sent rain and I love the rain. Every time it rains, I quote Acts 14:17. I love to see moose, and I would pray that God would send a moose my way, and God would do it. One would wander through the yard right when I open the door. I would turn the corner onto a new street and down at the end of the street would be to moose standing there.
Today, it’s my son’s birthday. I have thought about this day two or three months ago. I dreaded its arrival. I also dreaded the holidays, other birthdays, etc..
I’m the kind of father that loves his kids. I love to see smiles in their faces. On birthdays or holidays, I would always go the extra mile to make them as special as possible. I can still remember buying bags of balloons and blowing them up the night before my son‘s birthday. I would put them in a trash bag behind the couch to hide them just in case. The following morning, before they woke up, I would go and put them all around the living room and kitchen and on the walls and only the ceilings. When the two young boys woke up, and came upstairs, they would be surprised and remember there was a birthday.
I can’t imagine there’s a person on earth that prays more than I do. I pray every day, most of the day. I have obeyed God‘s command to pray without ceasing,. I have prayed without giving up without fainting, etc..
I have read the psalms like 30+ times. They have given me an inner strength and dialogue that has helped me cope with a deep deep sadness.
On June 16, 2025, I lost my job as a laboratory manager. I had only gotten the job three weeks before. I thought it was the hand of God. It’s back when I was living in my van for 28 nights I did everything right but in the end, I was let go due to no fault of my own. It was so painful because it seemed to me that it was the job that was gonna help me get back on my feet and get my life going in a positive direction financially.
I went in that Monday, prepared to work and learned more about the job before taking over as a manager. I worked all day and at the end of the day I was handed a sheet of paper to sign that said my job was over. I was disgusted in my heart in my mind as I left the building, it began to rain as I mentioned previously, I love the rain also, that same day my previous Landlord allow me to move into her basement in her $1 million house for free. I live there for 4.5 months.
It’s still amazes me that the day that I lost my job, a very sad day, God opened up an opportunity for me to move out of my van and into a more normal living space. I’m so thankful for God for doing that. Otherwise, I would have gone back to my van and live there in the hot sun and the 22 hours a day of daylight. Thank you, God.
Because I lost my job, I began doing gig work full-time. That’s another story that I could spend pages writing about. When I first got to Alaska, I was in HR limbo for two weeks. It’s because of being a limbo that I looked into doing gig work. Little did I know, at the time, gig work would play a crucial role in my life for the next year. In fact, it still does to this day.
I have done gig work since June 16 and almost every dollar that I have made has come from that effort. I have gone through the struggles of learning how the best way to do it and now I can say that I can make a full-time salary doing good work. I am confident of that.
Of course, it seems like Satan was aware that I was having success to gig work. My van started to have trouble. I had three blowouts in a little over a month. I replaced my tires twice. I then had a serious issue that caused me to abandoned my van in a McDonald’s parking lot for nearly 2 weeks.
Out of nowhere, a person appeared and offered to fix the van for a certain fee. My van is still at his place, but it has been fixed and it’s been paid for overtime.
I have not driven my van since mid November. I have been renting a car since then. It just so happens that the price of renting cars up here went way down at just the right time that I needed so that I could rent a car and continue to do gig work.
It amazes me all these things. It just kind of happened as I faced these different trials.
Normally, in Alaska, a rental car can easily be $150 per day. But since November, I have paid about $20 a day plus the fee fees, which equal about $27 a day total. So I can rent a car for a week for about $225. I think that is amazing.
Now, I know that prices are about to go up. I paid for another week last night. The lady told me she said you were really getting a good deal on this rental car. The previous week she told me that normally right now three days would be $225 or so. I was getting a good deal. I could not help but think about the providential hand of God.
A few days ago, I hurt my back really bad while doing an order. I didn’t do anything abnormal. I just got out of the car and walked to my trunk to retrieve the items and I felt a sharp pain in my left back. I barely could finish the order so, this week I have made about 15% of what I’ve normally been making. I prayed about it and my back is slowly, but surely returning to normal.
I don’t know how much longer I’m going to be able to rent the car. I just hope that they tell me in advance that the car prices will go up next week or something, but I hope that I can keep the car at the same price for at least another month or so if so, I may be able to save up enough money to be able to buy another used car that will help me do gig work
I continue to pray fervently for reconciliation. I have put my life 1000% in God’s hands. I am just going through with the motions. If something doesn’t go my way, I figure it’s part of the providential hand of God.
I love my wife. She has done some really bad things to me. It’s painful when someone who love stabs you in the back and tries to hurt you in every way. I don’t know why women do that to their spouses. I’ve seen it many times.
I love my wife and I stand prepared to forgive her. I often pray like that, God give me my wife back and I promise you I will forgive her and love her like Jesus love the church. I have made that commitment to God.
I really do believe God brought me back to Alaska. I really do. It’s not easy to come to Alaska without a job in a place to live, etc..
One more thing I’ll mention is my apartment that I currently live in. Because I lived in the homeless shelter for 4.5 months, I had to be in a program. Because I am a veteran, I got put in the VA program as a result, the VA has paid for my apartment a total of nine months. I’ve got one more month left and that’s it. They cannot help me any further.
Am I a little nervous? Yes, I would be lying if I said I was not. But because of everything that’s happened to me and the way God has intervened, I am confident God is about to do something. I’m confident he’s going to make a way when it seems like there is no way.
I believe that’s what God wants us to do. He opens up the doors in his own timing and then we walk through them. Sometimes there may be more than one option, but God will show you which way to go if you patiently wait and pray.
I have seen doors that were open, and then God moved me towards that opening. He quickly slammed the other door shut, and sometimes it involves me being an uncomfortable. It was so obvious that God had moved me in that direction.
So I conclude with this, right now God has me in this free apartment. It’s nothing special. It’s just a single room. But it’s free. It’s comfortable. It’s warm. It has a nice shower and a toilet, etc.. I am truly grateful.
I can continue to stay here, but I will have to pay the $1500 myself. God knows what I need before I ask.
I share all this information with you all. Maybe it will encourage someone who is also walking in the valley of the shadow of death. Maybe something I’ve said will encourage you to be steadfast and trusting in the creator.
If you would, pray for me.
Family reconciliation
A comfortable place to live
Strength
Wisdom
A good job
Thank you so much for following my story and praying for me
Dear friends, today is a sad day for me. Today is my son’s birthday. I miss him.
In August 2022, my young sons, and I left Alaska for Texas to begin a new work and to set up our new home. My wife and older daughter at tickets to go overseas.
Soon after I left the state and I was 5000 miles away, my wife hired an attorney and went to court claiming that I stole my sons and took them across state lines. She was given permission to get them.
In mid September, a sister in Christ and my wife loved Alaska and took my sons. They were in class. I was probably 10 to 15 feet away in my class teaching high school. It was probably one of the most painful days in my life.
I have not seen my children since then.
Every day has been so incredibly painful. I love my children with all of my heart. I miss them so much.
I prayed fervently for my family to be reconciled. I pleaded with God to move in my life, to move mountains and make a way for me to go back to Alaska.
Finally, on August 19, 2024, aborted a first class flight that was free to Alaska. The details that opened the door for the opportunity still amaze me to this day.
The providential hand of God was so evident that I was convinced that before my plane landed, my wife would contact me, and she would extend a place to live in a car to drive to me. God had given me a job as a teacher, but I did not have a place to live or car to drive. My wife did not contact me.
Still, my faith burned hot. I was so convinced that God took me back to Alaska. Little did I know, the next 18 months would be incredibly difficult on me. I suffered in so many different ways like Job. I was homeless. I lived in the shelter 4.5 months. I lived in the back of my van for 28 nights. I lost several jobs, including my teaching job due to no fault of my own.
Yet in the midst of all that suffering, I could see the hand of God as he made provision again and again and again.
God allowed me to see the northern lights. God sent rain and I love the rain. Every time it rains, I quote Acts 14:17. I love to see moose, and I would pray that God would send a moose my way, and God would do it. One would wander through the yard right when I open the door. I would turn the corner onto a new street and down at the end of the street would be to moose standing there.
Today, it’s my son’s birthday. I have thought about this day two or three months ago. I dreaded its arrival. I also dreaded the holidays, other birthdays, etc..
I’m the kind of father that loves his kids. I love to see smiles in their faces. On birthdays or holidays, I would always go the extra mile to make them as special as possible. I can still remember buying bags of balloons and blowing them up the night before my son‘s birthday. I would put them in a trash bag behind the couch to hide them just in case. The following morning, before they woke up, I would go and put them all around the living room and kitchen and on the walls and only the ceilings. When the two young boys woke up, and came upstairs, they would be surprised and remember there was a birthday.
I can’t imagine there’s a person on earth that prays more than I do. I pray every day, most of the day. I have obeyed God‘s command to pray without ceasing,. I have prayed without giving up without fainting, etc..
I have read the psalms like 30+ times. They have given me an inner strength and dialogue that has helped me cope with a deep deep sadness.
On June 16, 2025, I lost my job as a laboratory manager. I had only gotten the job three weeks before. I thought it was the hand of God. It’s back when I was living in my van for 28 nights I did everything right but in the end, I was let go due to no fault of my own. It was so painful because it seemed to me that it was the job that was gonna help me get back on my feet and get my life going in a positive direction financially.
I went in that Monday, prepared to work and learned more about the job before taking over as a manager. I worked all day and at the end of the day I was handed a sheet of paper to sign that said my job was over. I was disgusted in my heart in my mind as I left the building, it began to rain as I mentioned previously, I love the rain also, that same day my previous Landlord allow me to move into her basement in her $1 million house for free. I live there for 4.5 months.
It’s still amazes me that the day that I lost my job, a very sad day, God opened up an opportunity for me to move out of my van and into a more normal living space. I’m so thankful for God for doing that. Otherwise, I would have gone back to my van and live there in the hot sun and the 22 hours a day of daylight. Thank you, God.
Because I lost my job, I began doing gig work full-time. That’s another story that I could spend pages writing about. When I first got to Alaska, I was in HR limbo for two weeks. It’s because of being a limbo that I looked into doing gig work. Little did I know, at the time, gig work would play a crucial role in my life for the next year. In fact, it still does to this day.
I have done gig work since June 16 and almost every dollar that I have made has come from that effort. I have gone through the struggles of learning how the best way to do it and now I can say that I can make a full-time salary doing good work. I am confident of that.
Of course, it seems like Satan was aware that I was having success to gig work. My van started to have trouble. I had three blowouts in a little over a month. I replaced my tires twice. I then had a serious issue that caused me to abandoned my van in a McDonald’s parking lot for nearly 2 weeks.
Out of nowhere, a person appeared and offered to fix the van for a certain fee. My van is still at his place, but it has been fixed and it’s been paid for overtime.
I have not driven my van since mid November. I have been renting a car since then. It just so happens that the price of renting cars up here went way down at just the right time that I needed so that I could rent a car and continue to do gig work.
It amazes me all these things. It just kind of happened as I faced these different trials.
Normally, in Alaska, a rental car can easily be $150 per day. But since November, I have paid about $20 a day plus the fee fees, which equal about $27 a day total. So I can rent a car for a week for about $225. I think that is amazing.
Now, I know that prices are about to go up. I paid for another week last night. The lady told me she said you were really getting a good deal on this rental car. The previous week she told me that normally right now three days would be $225 or so. I was getting a good deal. I could not help but think about the providential hand of God.
A few days ago, I hurt my back really bad while doing an order. I didn’t do anything abnormal. I just got out of the car and walked to my trunk to retrieve the items and I felt a sharp pain in my left back. I barely could finish the order so, this week I have made about 15% of what I’ve normally been making. I prayed about it and my back is slowly, but surely returning to normal.
I don’t know how much longer I’m going to be able to rent the car. I just hope that they tell me in advance that the car prices will go up next week or something, but I hope that I can keep the car at the same price for at least another month or so if so, I may be able to save up enough money to be able to buy another used car that will help me do gig work
I continue to pray fervently for reconciliation. I have put my life 1000% in God’s hands. I am just going through with the motions. If something doesn’t go my way, I figure it’s part of the providential hand of God.
I love my wife. She has done some really bad things to me. It’s painful when someone who love stabs you in the back and tries to hurt you in every way. I don’t know why women do that to their spouses. I’ve seen it many times.
I love my wife and I stand prepared to forgive her. I often pray like that, God give me my wife back and I promise you I will forgive her and love her like Jesus love the church. I have made that commitment to God.
I really do believe God brought me back to Alaska. I really do. It’s not easy to come to Alaska without a job in a place to live, etc..
One more thing I’ll mention is my apartment that I currently live in. Because I lived in the homeless shelter for 4.5 months, I had to be in a program. Because I am a veteran, I got put in the VA program as a result, the VA has paid for my apartment a total of nine months. I’ve got one more month left and that’s it. They cannot help me any further.
Am I a little nervous? Yes, I would be lying if I said I was not. But because of everything that’s happened to me and the way God has intervened, I am confident God is about to do something. I’m confident he’s going to make a way when it seems like there is no way.
I believe that’s what God wants us to do. He opens up the doors in his own timing and then we walk through them. Sometimes there may be more than one option, but God will show you which way to go if you patiently wait and pray.
I have seen doors that were open, and then God moved me towards that opening. He quickly slammed the other door shut, and sometimes it involves me being an uncomfortable. It was so obvious that God had moved me in that direction.
So I conclude with this, right now God has me in this free apartment. It’s nothing special. It’s just a single room. But it’s free. It’s comfortable. It’s warm. It has a nice shower and a toilet, etc.. I am truly grateful.
I can continue to stay here, but I will have to pay the $1500 myself. God knows what I need before I ask.
I share all this information with you all. Maybe it will encourage someone who is also walking in the valley of the shadow of death. Maybe something I’ve said will encourage you to be steadfast and trusting in the creator.
If you would, pray for me.
Family reconciliation
A comfortable place to live
Strength
Wisdom
A good job
Thank you so much for following my story and praying for me
