12-15-2008, 01:34 PM
California has just laid off something like 2000-3000 firefighters, according to my friend, the now laid-off firefighter. Riverside County, CA alone laid off 150 firefighters and 26 engines.
My friend--his name is withheld on purpose--is one of them. He is newly married and newly mortgaged. Hopefully, he will be hired back on in March for fire season (I, personally, doubt that.) Right now he is working as a volunteer firefighter and is on unemployment in order to keep his position on the hire-back list and the health insurance for his family. He says he's a Christian, but who is to say.
My prayer request for him is two-fold: 1) that his financial needs will be met, and 2) that this time of need will force him to either meet Yeshua for the first time or develop some fire in him for the Lord that proves he knows Him.
All our firefighters and CA citizens need prayers. The CA budget is crumbling, and deeper cuts are still coming. There is a rumor that teachers will be cut at semester. I'm not concerned about myself or my wife, but other CA Christians will be affected. We need prayer that those of us with material goods will be able to meet the needs of those who find themselves in want and that God will open hearts that consumerism had thought to close off from the gospel.
Please pray as God leads you to.
My friend--his name is withheld on purpose--is one of them. He is newly married and newly mortgaged. Hopefully, he will be hired back on in March for fire season (I, personally, doubt that.) Right now he is working as a volunteer firefighter and is on unemployment in order to keep his position on the hire-back list and the health insurance for his family. He says he's a Christian, but who is to say.
My prayer request for him is two-fold: 1) that his financial needs will be met, and 2) that this time of need will force him to either meet Yeshua for the first time or develop some fire in him for the Lord that proves he knows Him.
All our firefighters and CA citizens need prayers. The CA budget is crumbling, and deeper cuts are still coming. There is a rumor that teachers will be cut at semester. I'm not concerned about myself or my wife, but other CA Christians will be affected. We need prayer that those of us with material goods will be able to meet the needs of those who find themselves in want and that God will open hearts that consumerism had thought to close off from the gospel.
Please pray as God leads you to.