
Aid in Retrieving Essential Items for a New Start in Hawai'i
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Greetings, love and light,
Having turned 50 this year has been an epic adventure! I was able to (with help from my Earthly Father and my Heavenly Father) make most of my lifelong dreams come true, including finding my forever home, back at home on my beloved Big Island of Hawai'i. I got to attend an epic Reggae On The River this year, fly home for my alma mater's 135th anniversary, and take a trip to Vegas for my class reunion and 50th birthday celebration (we all turned 50 this year!).
While I enjoyed my time on the West Coast, it has been an immense joy to be back home and reconnect with lifelong classmates (Ohana).
In August, after returning home from ROTR and ready to work, I found out I was fired while on vacation for being sick too much. I immediately took the opportunity to start packing and planning my trip home properly. I lined up transport for my car (which is now in my possession) and purged what I would not need or could live without. I started stocking up on tools, ladders (for pruning trees and cleaning gutters and the roof), and loaded up on stone beads and supplies for my beadwork business. I purchased two generators and a snazzy computer (which I no longer need) and other needed household items, like biodegradable laundry soap, dish soap, canned goods, dry goods, natural medicines, etc., and made arrangements for the cargo to board the barge. The company I ended up going with (mainly because of the ease of the car shipment) ended up charging me more than originally quoted and drained my bank account. They are now asking for $6,500 to finish the last leg of the trip from the California port to Big Island by Monday, November 25th. I'm going to try to push them off and find out what options I have, but I am desperate to get my items back in my possession. Once I have my items, I will be self-sufficient for at least 6 months to a year and have many different ways to make money with those items. But not until I get them from the shippers. Once I'm past the healing sabbatical, my intentions (I am being called on by Yahweh) are to become a certified peer-to-peer counselor and go into the women's shelters to minister to those who are willing to receive it and regain their dignity and power over their lives to become better women, no longer playing the victim role.
I have exhausted resources trying to get a HELOC or a personal loan, but they all want pay stubs, which I do not have at this time. I have ONE from July. I will be back on the grind contacting more banks tomorrow to see if I can yet again get some help. My car and my home and property are paid in full, so those are not issues as far as costs or bills. I will not ever have to be homeless or live in a van during 23° below weather ever again. I am able to live off the land and have many fruit and avocado trees already growing and have obtained organic veggie seeds to grow my own food.
So, on that note, I humbly ask for your help to gain self-sufficiency and retrieve my items off the barge. I will post an update for a deadline after I follow up tomorrow (Monday, the 25th of November). I would gladly make any donors or supporters a talis bracelet or necklace (I make earrings as well) and send as a one-of-a-kind thank you.
In Yahweh's name, may you all be blessed in some beautiful way for taking the time to read my story and consider helping me reach my goal so I can not just survive but come to THRIVE! Together, we can make this world a better place.
- Mahalo nui loa. From my heart to yours.
Organizer
Samantha Daubenspeck
Organizer
Hawaiian Ocean View, HI