Calling all you Angels!

[Sowelu]

Okay I don't typically start threads at all so i wasn't sure where to put this but here goes.

My sister is in a desperate situation right now, her husband and father of her two children, has recently been jailed with a bail that's out of her reach. The crime? immigration. As a bit of backround for you, her husband Alberto has lived in the USA since he was 15 years old. His parents snuck him over because they were a really poor family and wanted him to grow up in a safe place.

Alberto really shouldve gotten a green card all this time but I guess he had a kind of "that won't happen to me" attitude. It is easy for us all to chastise him and tell her "I told you so" but it's not about that. I worry about what she will do to be with him again. I worry about my nieces living in a dangerous neighborhood.

If she can raise the money by THIS FRIDAY it will give her a year to contact senators, write letters, maybe some laws will even change in the process. If she cannot raise the money, her husband will be banned from the country for 10 years and she will likely move there.

Now anyone who has been to Mexico knows that it is currently one of the more dangerous countries to raise children in. It is also very poor and hard to make a living there. There are cartels who kidnap people for ransom as well, and my sisters husband barely escaped with his own life when he came back here after spending time with his family.

My sister recently left her job right before this happened due to medical reasons so she's already short on cash. After it's happened she left her rental to move in with a friend living in Tacoma where he is imprisoned so her kids might get to visit him at least.

I don't personally agree that immigration should go without punishment but we're talking about a man who was brought here as a child. He as a person is pretty soft spoken but he has helped my sister overcome many personal barriers/issues and when she's with him she much more calm than she used to be. Now that this has happened shes talking to everyone she can to try and get help but many of her friends don't have anything to offer either.

She has until friday.

The choice is yours, i will leave the link, please help only if it is in your means and thank you for taking the time.

Sincerely, Sowelu

http://freealberto.chipin.com/mypages/view/id/a95ca443586a22c5

[MorningSong]

So sorry to hear.... my thoughts and prayers are with you all.

[sleepy]

xxxxx xxxxxx

[cloud9]

Hi Sowelu,
I am from Colombia and as an immigrant I understand the situation. I'm going to give you and your sister a piece of advice that if taken seriously can be very effective.
Every time we are in a troubled situation we tend to look everywhere for things we can do to solve our problems but I've learned that the most important thing we can do is to let our problems to God or Higher Self because that's the part of us that is all wisdom, all love, all justice, etc.

This is called the scientific prayer which is a big name an English philosopher gave it at the beginning of last century, I don't remember his name.

When you need help and divine intervention you put your problems in the hands of God by saying or thinking something like this: Dear God, you know I need your help, I don't know how to solve this problem and I want to leave it in your hands, I haven't been able to find a solution but I know you can, please take charge of my life, take charge of this situation. Thank you for your infinite wisdom and love..... etc.
The idea is to start thinking about all things God is instead of thinking about the problem and feeling grateful that the problem is already solved.

From that moment on, every time you realize you are thinking about the problem, immediately change to: Thank you dear God, I know this situation is already solved and I feel greatly grateful for it... and everything else you can say in a positive manner.
The trick is that you can't allow yourself to think for more than 2 seconds about the problem, you have to immediately start giving thanks for the good result, feel grateful for it and really believe that God knows better.

I know it sounds almost too easy but trust me, it works! Whatever the result is, trust God.

[conk]

God bless and best wishes to you and yours. I pray that it works out best for all.

Cloud9, wonderful prayer/request.

[Sowelu]

The problem with that is he got caught once before when he went back to see his family, and he was held hostage by some people called the coyotes. I'm amazed he made back alive at all from the story.

[Sowelu]

I know of this technique, positive thought does wonders for me, but my sister is pretty pessimistic naturally so she has trouble gaurding her thoughts from negative thinking. I am doing my best on my end, and my prayers are with her. She texted me this morning shes halfway there now and shes freaking out because shes out of time. shes may end up selling her truck just to get to her goal because she really doesn't want to take the kids to mexico

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Thankyou again to all who are helping, my sisters donations went from 60$ to 4000$ practically overnight, it looks like she went in and fixed the donation to reflect how much is left. You are truly kind people. ALSO i talked to her today, her deadline is actually Monday (my bad :S)
You can also find her on fb if you'd like to talk to her directly.

[Kindling]

Went out of town for Easter, so I didn't see this. I just went to donate and it says "event ended". Love you Sarah! Hope everything turns out okay.