Justbecause5
Servant
There is power in prayer (James 5:16)!
Thank you for praying for me.
Divorce is a terrible thing. I am convinced it’s probably one of the most selfish things that a person can do to another. God hates it!
In August 2022, my job in Alaska was complete. I had secured a teaching position in my home state of Texas. My wife and older daughter had tickets to travel overseas to visit family. So, my two young sons and I headed to Texas to set up our new home.
After leaving Alaska, my wife hired an attorney and went to court and convinced the judge that I had stolen the boys and taken them across state lines. It was a complete lie. I was 5000 miles away and knew nothing about what she was doing. The judge gave her permission to go get the boys.
Around September 17th 2022, my wife and a sister in Christ flew to Texas and took my sons. I was in my classroom working when the principal and HR lady came in my room and told me the boys were gone. I immediately burst into tears. I cried like a baby. I was so upset. I haven’t seen my children since then.
Since then, I bet I have prayed at least 1 million times for my family. I have prayed for reconciliation. I have prayed for God to intervene and move mountains. I pleaded with God to take me back to Alaska. I had tried so hard to get back to Alaska, but was unsuccessful. Finally, in the summer of 2024, God answered my prayer and took me back to Alaska.
The way things lined up, I was confident it was the hand of God. God gave me a temporary job in California, which went from 30 days to 60 days. Towards the end of the 60 days, I received a teaching job offer in Alaska. The company that I worked for paid for me a first class ticket to Alaska which cost about $850 so, I left for Alaska.
I had no place to live in no car to drive. On the flight to Alaska, I must have quoted second Corinthians 5:7 at least 500 times. I was so convinced that before my plane landed, I would receive word that my wife wanted to reconcile. I remember feeling that way the first leg of the trip and part of the second leg. I was so convinced just like Abraham was convinced that God would raise Isaac from the dead. Sadly, I never heard from my wife.
I have now been in Alaska for over 20 months. I have suffered tremendously and almost every way possible. I feel like Job. I lost my teaching job due to no fault on my own. Later, I would lose another high paying job due to no fault on my own. I was then offered a high paying job and asked to start on Monday but over the weekend they gave it to someone else. Each time, I was confident that God was working in someway.
I lived at the homeless shelter for 4.5 months. I then lived in a relatively nice apartment for 5.5 months. And then lived in the back of my van for 28 nights. I then lived in a primitive basement for 4.5 months; it had no toilet. I then moved into an apartment and I am still there.
God’s care
In the midst of all these trials, and I believe they are trials very similar to Job. I have seen the hand of God again and again. For example, I lived at the shelter 4.5 months, but as a result of living there, the veteran program I was told to be a part of paid for my rent for nine months, which must’ve equal over $10,000.
When I first got to Alaska, I was put into HR limbo. Meaning, I had to go through several steps with HR before I could step foot into the classroom. The delay caused me to start doing gig work. I’ve never done any gig work previously. Little that I know, gig work would be a great help to me later and even to this day.
I lived in a nice apartment that the veteran program paid for. The veteran program paid $1200 a month for five months. I had to move out of my apartment because the lady used her house for Airbnb during the summer. However, the same lady contacted me and told me I could stay in her basement, which was very primitive for free. It had a shower but no toilet instead it had an outhouse. I lived there for 4.5 months. So, for the first 20 months that I lived in Alaska it was free almost. Again, God‘s providence.
I love the rain. Every time it rains I quote Acts 14:17. The rain gives me so much comfort and strength. Second to the rain, is seeing a moose. It sounds crazy, but for some reason sing a moose gives me strength. I love to see them as they wander from branch to branch and brushed to brush. Many times, I have asked God to let me see a moose and either that day or a day or two later, I will see one. It is amazing for me to see them.
I’ve seen the beautiful northern lights on many occasions and it’s awe inspiring to see them. I have seen some incredible sunrises and sunsets that reminded me of God’s incredible creative ability (Ps 19:4-6).
My back is up against the wall
Today is Monday, May 4, 2026. I just got back from working doing gig work. It is my only source of income at this point.
I lost my job as a laboratory manager on June 16, 2025. It was a sad day. I had done so much in my short time with the company, but for whatever reason on that day, they let me know my job was no more. I was so convinced God gave me that job.
I immediately started doing gig work again. I did so initially after losing my job as a teacher. But then, I started having car issues. I had three blowouts in six weeks. Last November, my van broke, and it sat in the McDonald’s parking lot for 10 days or so I started renting a car. I rented a car from early November 2025 until February 2025. The price is then started to go up to nearly $100 per day.
In April, the prices went back down. At the same time, my van was towed out of the parking lot where I live. I did not know where it was at. The timing belt had just broken the week before. I think the apartment complex thought it was just a broken down car, but it was not. It was my vehicle.
So, my back is up against the wall now because on June 6, the price is for rental cars go up to $90 a day right now I am paying $31 a day so I do not know what I’m going to do
Over the last 20 months, I have seen the hand of God. I’ve seen God help me in so many different ways. Right now, the only thing I can do that I can currently see is go back to my dad‘s house in Texas. I hate to do that because it seems like this last 20 months was in vain. So I’m curious what God is going to do.
In actuality, I don’t have any other choice. No car means no work. No work means no money. No money means no place to live and no food to eat, etc. so, my only choice is to go back to Texas, of course, in Texas I will have no car and no place to work.
In the midst of all this stress, one thing I have noticed is that God makes provision. I have proven my willingness to work by doing gig work all this time. I have pleading with God for a good job somewhere in the country. I’m willing to move wherever he shows me to go. I’ve applied for jobs all around the country but nothing so far. I know God has the power to open up a job.
Of course, in my heart of hearts, I’m hoping and praying that God will do something to bring my wife to repentance. She did some terrible things to me. She was dishonest and she lied. She went to court. I trust that this whole time God has been working in her life. I’m hoping, I like the prodigal son, she will come to herself and realize the mistakes she’s made. They are significant.
Unlike a lot of men, I stand prepared to forgive my wife. I think most men would have nothing to do with her whatsoever. I am not a perfect man, but I’ve always been a forgiving man. I stay prepared to forgive her and love her like Jesus love the church. I pray for her every day many times a day.
I do hope that God will turn my weeping into joy. I hope they’ll turn my morning into dancing. I can only imagine the joy that I would feel if my wife were to contact me or if God were to set up some type of chance meeting in which we just happen to meet under good circumstances, I know he has the power to do so.
In July 2021, a baptized a young man into Christ. A baptized him in a very cold lake. He had a number of different problems he was dealing with. When I left Alaska, he had plans to join some type of boys home for young men in their early 20s. I thought I would never see him again.
When I got the job at the laboratory as the manager, we were always trying to hire people. One day I got a résumé and it was that young man’s résumé. He came in for an interview. If I had stayed there, I would’ve hired him and given him a chance to work there. However, since I left, he was not hired.
A few weeks later, I was doing DoorDash and I got an order that had his name on it. A few weeks later, I was doing DoorDash and I got an order that had his name on it. I was not 100% sure if it was him so I went to go do the order and it was him. He was so surprised to see me. Previously, he’d seen me as the laboratory manager, but now I’m delivering DoorDash to his front door. I simply ask him how his Christian walk was. He said it was not good. I encouraged him to seek God with all of his heart.
So, if God can direct me to go and see that young man and may be encourage him to get back on the right path, surely God can direct my wife and hide back together in some type of way. I hope and pray that that will happen.
So, you can see my situation is difficult. My back is up against the wall. I need God‘s help. I trust that he is fully aware of my situation and the deadlines that are not far away. He knows that I’m struggling.
Please pray for me
I feel like I could write a book about all this. Please pray for my wife. Please pray for reconciliation. Please pray that I will see my children soon even though I probably would not even recognize them.
Please pray that God will give me strength. Sometimes, I need strength just to get out of this bed and go do gig work. Right now, I need to do as much gig workers as I can before. I have to turn the car in and have no way of making money. Thank you for praying for me.
Thank you for praying for me.
Divorce is a terrible thing. I am convinced it’s probably one of the most selfish things that a person can do to another. God hates it!
In August 2022, my job in Alaska was complete. I had secured a teaching position in my home state of Texas. My wife and older daughter had tickets to travel overseas to visit family. So, my two young sons and I headed to Texas to set up our new home.
After leaving Alaska, my wife hired an attorney and went to court and convinced the judge that I had stolen the boys and taken them across state lines. It was a complete lie. I was 5000 miles away and knew nothing about what she was doing. The judge gave her permission to go get the boys.
Around September 17th 2022, my wife and a sister in Christ flew to Texas and took my sons. I was in my classroom working when the principal and HR lady came in my room and told me the boys were gone. I immediately burst into tears. I cried like a baby. I was so upset. I haven’t seen my children since then.
Since then, I bet I have prayed at least 1 million times for my family. I have prayed for reconciliation. I have prayed for God to intervene and move mountains. I pleaded with God to take me back to Alaska. I had tried so hard to get back to Alaska, but was unsuccessful. Finally, in the summer of 2024, God answered my prayer and took me back to Alaska.
The way things lined up, I was confident it was the hand of God. God gave me a temporary job in California, which went from 30 days to 60 days. Towards the end of the 60 days, I received a teaching job offer in Alaska. The company that I worked for paid for me a first class ticket to Alaska which cost about $850 so, I left for Alaska.
I had no place to live in no car to drive. On the flight to Alaska, I must have quoted second Corinthians 5:7 at least 500 times. I was so convinced that before my plane landed, I would receive word that my wife wanted to reconcile. I remember feeling that way the first leg of the trip and part of the second leg. I was so convinced just like Abraham was convinced that God would raise Isaac from the dead. Sadly, I never heard from my wife.
I have now been in Alaska for over 20 months. I have suffered tremendously and almost every way possible. I feel like Job. I lost my teaching job due to no fault on my own. Later, I would lose another high paying job due to no fault on my own. I was then offered a high paying job and asked to start on Monday but over the weekend they gave it to someone else. Each time, I was confident that God was working in someway.
I lived at the homeless shelter for 4.5 months. I then lived in a relatively nice apartment for 5.5 months. And then lived in the back of my van for 28 nights. I then lived in a primitive basement for 4.5 months; it had no toilet. I then moved into an apartment and I am still there.
God’s care
In the midst of all these trials, and I believe they are trials very similar to Job. I have seen the hand of God again and again. For example, I lived at the shelter 4.5 months, but as a result of living there, the veteran program I was told to be a part of paid for my rent for nine months, which must’ve equal over $10,000.
When I first got to Alaska, I was put into HR limbo. Meaning, I had to go through several steps with HR before I could step foot into the classroom. The delay caused me to start doing gig work. I’ve never done any gig work previously. Little that I know, gig work would be a great help to me later and even to this day.
I lived in a nice apartment that the veteran program paid for. The veteran program paid $1200 a month for five months. I had to move out of my apartment because the lady used her house for Airbnb during the summer. However, the same lady contacted me and told me I could stay in her basement, which was very primitive for free. It had a shower but no toilet instead it had an outhouse. I lived there for 4.5 months. So, for the first 20 months that I lived in Alaska it was free almost. Again, God‘s providence.
I love the rain. Every time it rains I quote Acts 14:17. The rain gives me so much comfort and strength. Second to the rain, is seeing a moose. It sounds crazy, but for some reason sing a moose gives me strength. I love to see them as they wander from branch to branch and brushed to brush. Many times, I have asked God to let me see a moose and either that day or a day or two later, I will see one. It is amazing for me to see them.
I’ve seen the beautiful northern lights on many occasions and it’s awe inspiring to see them. I have seen some incredible sunrises and sunsets that reminded me of God’s incredible creative ability (Ps 19:4-6).
My back is up against the wall
Today is Monday, May 4, 2026. I just got back from working doing gig work. It is my only source of income at this point.
I lost my job as a laboratory manager on June 16, 2025. It was a sad day. I had done so much in my short time with the company, but for whatever reason on that day, they let me know my job was no more. I was so convinced God gave me that job.
I immediately started doing gig work again. I did so initially after losing my job as a teacher. But then, I started having car issues. I had three blowouts in six weeks. Last November, my van broke, and it sat in the McDonald’s parking lot for 10 days or so I started renting a car. I rented a car from early November 2025 until February 2025. The price is then started to go up to nearly $100 per day.
In April, the prices went back down. At the same time, my van was towed out of the parking lot where I live. I did not know where it was at. The timing belt had just broken the week before. I think the apartment complex thought it was just a broken down car, but it was not. It was my vehicle.
So, my back is up against the wall now because on June 6, the price is for rental cars go up to $90 a day right now I am paying $31 a day so I do not know what I’m going to do
Over the last 20 months, I have seen the hand of God. I’ve seen God help me in so many different ways. Right now, the only thing I can do that I can currently see is go back to my dad‘s house in Texas. I hate to do that because it seems like this last 20 months was in vain. So I’m curious what God is going to do.
In actuality, I don’t have any other choice. No car means no work. No work means no money. No money means no place to live and no food to eat, etc. so, my only choice is to go back to Texas, of course, in Texas I will have no car and no place to work.
In the midst of all this stress, one thing I have noticed is that God makes provision. I have proven my willingness to work by doing gig work all this time. I have pleading with God for a good job somewhere in the country. I’m willing to move wherever he shows me to go. I’ve applied for jobs all around the country but nothing so far. I know God has the power to open up a job.
Of course, in my heart of hearts, I’m hoping and praying that God will do something to bring my wife to repentance. She did some terrible things to me. She was dishonest and she lied. She went to court. I trust that this whole time God has been working in her life. I’m hoping, I like the prodigal son, she will come to herself and realize the mistakes she’s made. They are significant.
Unlike a lot of men, I stand prepared to forgive my wife. I think most men would have nothing to do with her whatsoever. I am not a perfect man, but I’ve always been a forgiving man. I stay prepared to forgive her and love her like Jesus love the church. I pray for her every day many times a day.
I do hope that God will turn my weeping into joy. I hope they’ll turn my morning into dancing. I can only imagine the joy that I would feel if my wife were to contact me or if God were to set up some type of chance meeting in which we just happen to meet under good circumstances, I know he has the power to do so.
In July 2021, a baptized a young man into Christ. A baptized him in a very cold lake. He had a number of different problems he was dealing with. When I left Alaska, he had plans to join some type of boys home for young men in their early 20s. I thought I would never see him again.
When I got the job at the laboratory as the manager, we were always trying to hire people. One day I got a résumé and it was that young man’s résumé. He came in for an interview. If I had stayed there, I would’ve hired him and given him a chance to work there. However, since I left, he was not hired.
A few weeks later, I was doing DoorDash and I got an order that had his name on it. A few weeks later, I was doing DoorDash and I got an order that had his name on it. I was not 100% sure if it was him so I went to go do the order and it was him. He was so surprised to see me. Previously, he’d seen me as the laboratory manager, but now I’m delivering DoorDash to his front door. I simply ask him how his Christian walk was. He said it was not good. I encouraged him to seek God with all of his heart.
So, if God can direct me to go and see that young man and may be encourage him to get back on the right path, surely God can direct my wife and hide back together in some type of way. I hope and pray that that will happen.
So, you can see my situation is difficult. My back is up against the wall. I need God‘s help. I trust that he is fully aware of my situation and the deadlines that are not far away. He knows that I’m struggling.
Please pray for me
I feel like I could write a book about all this. Please pray for my wife. Please pray for reconciliation. Please pray that I will see my children soon even though I probably would not even recognize them.
Please pray that God will give me strength. Sometimes, I need strength just to get out of this bed and go do gig work. Right now, I need to do as much gig workers as I can before. I have to turn the car in and have no way of making money. Thank you for praying for me.
Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. 
