GRANT A CHRISTMAS HOPE

Tracie had to move back home with her 2 children (10 year old boy and 8 year old girl.) She has worked since her junior year of high school 17 years ago but is currently unemployed as of a month ago due to no fault of her own. The kids father is in their life, but doesn't live with them and doesn't provide any financial support. She does get food stamps but no cash assistance. She is struggling financially and emotionally and could use a little extra help to get through the holidays. I would be forever grateful for anyone that could give her hope!

Oh my has it been a long year! My husband and I and our children are life long Xenia residents. In March of last year our landlord lost the rental house we were renting and we had nowhere to go. We finally found housing and things started looking up. My husband finally found a job after being laid off during Covid. I have a steady job and have been working a ton of hours to try to make ends meet. Things have been looking up. Then I got the dreaded call from my doctor after some routine blood work that I needed to see the cancer doctor at Soin. After the initial appointment I was told I had four lung masses and my blood levels were very low I needed to start infusions immediately. The infusions made me sick, so sick and it caused me to miss a lot of unpaid time off. As of today I am still seeing the cancer doctor and completing infusions twice a week. My hours at work were cut due to me having to miss so much due to my appointments. My car and my husband’s car broke down within the same week so now we’re left walking our children to and from school daily because we live too close to their schools to be on a bus route. Last week my husband lost his job due to them not having enough work. I’m still not able to work full time just yet. We are facing eviction and have shut off notices on almost every bill in the house. We don’t qualify for assistance because of where I work. What’s left? I have to hand it over to God and know that he won’t give me more than I can handle. My one wish is for my kids to have a great Christmas with all of the daily chaos in our life’s. We would be more than thankful. Thank you for listening to my story and God bless!

Hi my name is Misti and I am asking for Christmas help for my family. My husband is the only one who works and unfortunately this year has been a very very hard one. My husband makes just enough to make it through. However we are not going to be able to give our babies a Christmas. They deserve the best since they are our little angels in this hard time 💗. I have asked God to please lead me to some help and I heard about this while listening to Hope 100.7!!!!!

We've had a year that doesn't seem to be getting any better. My husband provides for the family while I pick up teaching jobs as a substitute. We just can't seem to make ends meet. I have two children ages 6 and 13, who had to start a brand new school this year. They were getting bullied at their public school so I made the decision to put them in a Christian school. It seems we get one step forward just to be set a million steps behind. I believe with all my heart that God will make a way, however it's had to let your children see you get so defeated and don't know where their next meal may come from. The one thing that would help make this Christmas more hopeful would be to have some kind of help!

I’m a single mom of 3 sons ages 15, 12, and 10. I’m on a fixed income and in the past their dad has been willing to help to provide some Christmas for them but not this year. Earlier this year I had to purchase a vehicle and now my finances are even tighter with the car payment. This year there is no way I’ll be able to afford to provide any Christmas gifts for my sons and that breaks my heart … they are good kids. I am a Christian and I’ve tried to teach and guide my sons towards God. I’ve made Christmas a big deal in the past to celebrate and show them God's love in a special way. I know it’s not about gifts and I have taught them that also… just they are kids and I want to be able to continue to make Christmas special to them and provide gifts for them. I want them to experience God's love in a tangible way … they’ve seen God work in our lives in different areas and God has always provided for us, I'm praying He does this Christmas too!

Antje is a close friend of mine and her job/pay can be unpredictable. Unfortunately her health isn't the best and she has several doctor visits and medications. Also unexpected expenses have occurred. Sometimes she has to choose between paying bills or getting food and medications. My wish for her is to cover some of the bills that she has to help her live with a little more ease this Christmas season and get food and her needed medications.

Hello, I'm Dallas a single mom of 3 girls age 8, 6 and 4 and pregnant with my first boy due Christmas day. I work part time. It's been getting harder to work recently with me being high risk for preterm labor. I've been so worried about how I'm going to give my girls Christmas this year. It would be such a blessing to have any help at all with Christmas this year. Thank you so much for your time, have a good day!

I’m submitting this Christmas hope for my mom. She’s she is taking care of two of her grandkids, lost her job about a two months ago and at risk of losing everything I’ve watched her work so hard for. She’s having a really hard time right now and could use some hope and a reminder of gods grace.

My name is Nicole. My husband and I have been together since we’ve been 17. We have three beautiful children together, and we have overcome so many challenges with the grace of God. However, this year has been a little different. My husband was diagnosed with a rare bone disorder, he cannot look up or down, left or right. He cannot move his neck or head at all when he looks he has to look with his whole body moved from side to side. His bones and his neck are infused and he cannot stand straight up. He is hunched over and by the time he’s 50 he will be completely hunched over. It breaks my heart to see my husband like this. This man has brought me so much love and so much peace for so many years. We’ve been through some really hard times, we lost his mother two years ago to cancer and his father just last month which was a huge financial blow as well as losing our loved one. And now we are financially struggling very badly. I am putting in more hours at work than I sleep I think lol and now with doctors appointments to go to physical therapy I cannot work those hours and I am in fear of losing my home let alone being able to provide for my children this Christmas bills are piling up and so are my prayers. I know God always ultimately provides me with everything I need and on the way home from work this evening for the brief amount of time I got to listen to my favorite station 100.7 I heard this commercial and I felt like maybe he was answering this prayer. You guys are my inspiration to start my day and regardless if someone’s able to help me this Christmas or not, you guys will remain my favorite voice every day that I hear in my car and at home I am grateful just for that thanks for listening to my story.

I have 4 grandchildren that rely on us, they are a boy who is almost 3, a 2 week old newborn girl, a girl who is 4, and another boy who is 5 and in school. They are such amazing children! I work to provide all I can but this year seems even worse than last year, all the expenses are more than they were last year and we do not get any kind of public assistance for them. Rent and propane and up and honestly we just do not have the funds to give the grandkids a Christmas, and that really dampens the spirit. I thank you if you can help, but I understand if you can not.