Bridge the Gap for Hunty Martin Bateman's New Beginning

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1ST DISCLAIMER: Any Q's, please ask me or our friends directly, please do not bother or disturb my family members if you're not family, they'd felt harassed over being bombarded with messages & requested my help to help it stop. Please

ORIGINAL POST:

Aloha all,

I first want to share I in no way see myself as a victim of circumstance, at the most I see myself as a broken man who's made many mistakes along the path of healing as I've only maybe, halfway decently navigated many extreme life-situations... any blame is mine & whatever's come I believe God has used to His Glory & my humbling. Was I always perfectly wise with money? No, nor do I claim I was... I made some mistakes, took some liberties here & there, always kept a nicer vehicle out of fear of costly breakdowns which could cost me my job(s)... when so poor, you need to make some game-time decisions & gut-punch decisions too to try & survive, just the nature of the beast... I didn't do it all perfectly well, but I did a lot of the time what I felt I needed to stay sane & alive. No excuse, just truth, & again... blame on me.

I also need to disclaim, I don't want to keep these monies in any way, shape, or form. I'm fundraising to cover some immediate needs before I'm finally set free finally from a major settlement about to come my way. I please ask if you're going to donate, not to do so Anonymously... or very least, do so, but tell me you did & for how much so I can pay you back just as soon as the funds reach me. I want zero hand-outs, zero pay-it-forwards, zero 'when you can's...' please, I ask mercifully. I've had enough graciousness come my way, if you could, please help someone else if you're feeling charitable. These funds aren't for my charity, they're just getting me through the next week or two til all my debts of a 7-year long journey are finally washed away.

I'm just at the very last leg of this all, is all... so please let me be gracious in reinstating your monies to you after this campaign's subsided & my funds come through.

All that said: Backstory, Why, & What (for)~

Backstory-

7 years or so ago I went through my divorce. Everything was to be perfectly amicable & equitable as possible in dividing our assets & liabilities... but in our youthful naivety & ignorance, we split our Assets but not the amassed Debts by accident. I didn't catch it early enough (too late after the fact, when she & I were no longer able to communicate & the legal side had been sealed so her attorney wasn't obligated to help cure this issue--nor did they).

So as a fresh divorcee stuck in a lease of an expensive 1BR unit that was supposed to be dual-income, with her taking most of the cost... I was f'd. Thankfully, I soon found a roommate in Clayton who was happy to share a 1BR with me where I'd sleep the couch in the tiny LR. That helped some but my debt was so egregiously MASSIVE, there hadn't been any perceivable way to come out from under it apart from a miracle... all the way til now, which is the fulfillment of that needed miracle 7 years after.

You can imagine what followed... Poverty begets Poverty. The more poor you are, the poorer you get typically... as car troubles, medical bills, lay-offs, rising costs & inflation occur, you name it. And boy, did they.

A couple years of floundering, trying desperately to keep my mouth above water to survive financially from the fallout of my divorce, brings us up against COVID. I'd finally earned an amazing position with ENTERPRISE managing a flagship partnership with TESLA in their Service Vehicle Loaner Program... but Tesla did us dirty & ended the contract on us in an instant so I was nearly laid-off despite my great tenure & rapport. Enterprise worked it out to get me into Car Sales (although I didn't technically qualify due to my unique role within the company).

Except... COVID started & I was by a technicality, the new guy (again, despite my tenure & high-level management position I'd held with them)--so I was the one to go when layoffs kicked up. The best I could find was a dinky Front Desk Agent/Night Auditor role with MARRIOTT... which you can imagine, given my debts, it only thrust me into worse debt than ever before, that Pandemic Year. So I moved up to Spokane, WA to be near my family who'd moved up from Fresno into Northern ID so I could save costs. However, the hours weren't as advertised, I was getting maybe 12 hours/week at minimum wage, so you can imagine where this heads...

Finally COVID ends & I resume living in LA, I find an -okay- leasing job, only shortly after to be T-Boned Violently inside my car by another car speeding out too fast, completely demolishing my Camry & nearly killing me had it not been for them hitting my passenger side. So then I begin a journey of Physical Therapy over a year or so, on leave from that new leasing job. This puts us up to roughly FEB of 2022.

I finally get to return to leasing when I'm poached by AMAZON to be a Grocery Store Manager of theirs @ Amazon Fresh... the money was too giant I had to try, given my catastrophic financial state. So I take the job, I work it exactly 6 months before I'm sexually harassed by someone & put into a Worker's Comp Journey attempting to heal from Sexual Harassment... this period lasted more than a year... it lasted so long, I even got sick of picking up hobbies or doing art, work is a luxury, a gift, & a blessing--please remind that.

So what now, we went from early 2022, 6 months at Amazon, & 1 year & some change on Disability Leave/Worker's Comp Pursuit... bringing us up to, I think it was OCT 2023. I resign from Amazon as part of the settlement deal regarding my sexual assault, so I'm desperately searching for work FAST as the settlement was so abysmal & I only suffered worse financially during that entire period, I was in the worst crisis state of finance of my life then (until what is today, now)... I'd ditched my costly apartment to couch-crash, I sold my car, sold or donated nearly everything I owned, I had next to nothing remaining.

Months go by, about 500 applications & 25ish interviews I believe it was... no job offers. So I begin to apply worldwide & I finally receive an offer to start JAN 29, 2024 at Sheraton Waikiki Beach Resort in O'ahu, HI! YES! But no...

I work maybe 4 months & I'm sexually assaulted again. Believe it or not. So I've been on disability leave a SECOND TIME in two years since I think it was... MAY 2024. Haven't worked since, you can't, you're legally bound not to while on Leave & pursuing Worker's Comp. Thankfully this time I had a playground of a gorgeous paradise to dig into, so it was less crippling.

But so, that suit is finally about to settle (pay me big money which is the miracle I'd been awaiting all these 7 years)... which would mean financial freedom & I can start my life again on a clean slate FINALLY.

But this last remaining week or two before settlement, I'm down to less than $20 in my bank with over $33,000K in CC Debt (yes, I've done all the bankruptcy & debt consolidation & maneuvering multiple CC deals I could all this time...) & another $50ish-K I think in Student Loan Debt that's almost never been touched at all.

So I need to survive another week of incoming 1st of the month bills & food is all. And again, no hand-outs please!

Just as soon as I get the moneys here very shortly I'll repay in full & will not accept refusal of repayment please :P haha love you guys.

Please, if you can help, more than anything just pray for me & even my harassers more than I. If monetarily, that's great, but the Gift is Heaven... never money.

Love you dudes! Faith, Love, & Aloha!

Yours,

Hunty Martin Bat{e}man I

UPDATE 1 (as of 1/3):

Aloha all! I'm in such a scramble I'm sorry if I haven't gotten to thank each of you personally yet. Please know I love you & I pray favor & praise over you for your support of me in my time of crisis. You have no idea what a blessing you each are to me now and always have been & will be too, I know! In Jesus' Name I ask He shine on you & bless you bigger than you've blessed me Today. Amen!

Now, here's the latest as of 1/3~

+got a temporary DL replacement ($8)

+got a phone replacement ($8.42)

+got groceries to cook/eat ($100ish)

+got a new house key/fob ($330ish)*

+paid my only micro-loan ($76.03)

+paid my old phone off ($132.36)

*...locksmith had to break the door...

-I'm still overdrafted (-$264.74)**

-my CC debt wasn't paid (-$574)

-my car is in a tow-yard (-$300ish)

-car key replacement will cost (-$480)

-I owe back a personal loan (-$250)

-final negotiations for settlement are taking longer than anticipated due to them returning to office after being gone so long for the holidays

**because a portion of the GoFundMe $ won't arrive til Monday or Tuesday at the earliest, but that's Okay! I'll make it!

+/-settlement last stood at $45K with a $5K Advance & the rest in installments, I'm not sure if this offer is still available due to them being closed this weekend. Will resume settlement matters on Monday***

***this settlement concerns my latest sexual harassment case here from on Hawai'i that I was the victim of, it's nearly over been about 7mos since I was traumatized that way & began the process of healing & how to manage it all.

He Delivers & Provides!

In Hawaiian Tongue, we say, "HANA HOU!!!" which means 'ENCORE, GOOD, DO IT AGAIN!"

...it's an exclamation of great praise & petition pronounced, 'Ha-Nah Ho'!

So I like to say, 'Hana HO HO HO!' love y'all! Will update again after Monday.

AALOOOHAA!!!!!!

~HUNTSMAN

#savedbygrace

UPDATE 2 (as of 1/7):

Aloha Support Special Teams Ohana!

Latest needs & accomplishment ~

+I successfully got a phone again financed for minimal dolar's thanks to all your generous donations (I'm Android now & loving it, "Ew, David!!"

+Kia Van Nuys graciously is gifting me a replacement Key Fob b/c they lost my other second copy originally, will have it in roughly two days to be able to retrieve my car with.

+Been coordinating with Hawaii Telcom concerning my car being moved into a Tow Yard without my consent or foreknowledge... it's many members talking with each other from different locations & involves HPD too, so they've thankfully been very helpful staying on top of getting my car out at no cost here any day now.

+Settlement talks are up to $45K & we may be able to settle my workplace sexual assault/harassment case up to this week even! ...which would fix the need for all these micrograms!

+Replacement Debit Card & ID'S are on their way, got my temp DL.

–still blocked out from iCloud another day so I can't even attempt to track the AirTag of my lost (stolen?) Wallet. Hopefully once I'm in by tomorrow, I can recover everything.

–Settlement could possibly have to wait until our Hearing (supposedly should be in 2nd Half of January)... meaning I'm beyond broke that much longer & that length of time needed before I can begin to repay you all... please, please, please lmk if it's a problem & I'll figure out how to return your money sooner to you no problem.

–Have had a lot of payment issues using only digital on a new device, lots of blocks occurring on my account at times I needed to make payments desperately to avoid forbearances...

...to which, if you all can please begin to share my GoFundMe online & to Friends/Family as you feel comfortable, all it takes is one strong donor I can repay once Settlement hits later this month to prevent hard hits against my Credit & Big Overdraft Fees & More (my car in the tow yard I'm yet to get moved out for instance... cost to remove increases daily).

–I owe back my 1/2 of January Rent to my roommate, approx. $1,400 I don't have yet.

–I'm past due paying my debt-consolidation fee of close to $500 & also past due on my Car Payment of nearly $500 as well...

...which could mean needing more money for this GFM pre-settlement... which again goes to the need for one cheerful Benefactor if you can please ask someone you know or can simply continue praying!

=I have about $550 in my bank still from these GFM funds which can pay for food & maybe one of those bills or might be needed to pay upfront to get my car out first (so it isn't racking up daily increases in cost). Will be in touch!

I love you all, more soon.

Aloha to Aloha,

Hawaii Hunts

UPDATE 3 (as of 1/12):

Thank you all who've prayed & have been reaching out & supporting any way possible. It's hard to be asking for a thing at all when so many friends, peers, family are now suffering major losses of their own with the fires cascading LA/OC... my home before Hawaii of nearly 20yrs... so much loss.

I mean it when I offer a reprieve in HI to escape the bad air & dread of staying near it all, so please let me know. But so to get to it now:

I'm $600 short of my need to pay back my roommate my portion of rent by Monday (two days from now). Please continue to prayerfully consider & let me know how I can pray & support you too. As before, this would be for a short-term loan ideally, please I've been given enough with no expectation or want of payback. I'm not asking for 'free' money in my time of crisis and need. I'll be able to repay very soon. Updates~

+GFM paid for my car to be released from the tow yard before it could get impounded. Cost me $582 to get it out because it laid sitting so long & I couldn't possibly retrieve it sooner. But GREAT NEWS. it's free & wasn't sold at police auction.

+I was able to get new groceries so I'm stocked for food this week, about $45.

+Will be getting my Food Stamps/SNAP Card soon, qualifying for governmental welfare aid as well as Medicare.

–Short the $600 from before.

–My company is forcing me off my typical Kaiser plan, making me pay to retain my medical insurance in full (about $700/mo) although I'm still employed by them on an unpaid leave... this one is mixed because I'll get Medicare soon.

–My car still needs a fob to operate again so I towed it from the yard to my dealer, it awaits the fob to arrive in the mail & will then need programming, so I'm without it still for a bit.

–My roommate's Moped was damaged under my use of it, long story, but I had to dish $220ish out from my GFM $$ to repair for him.

That's good for now, thank you for praying first & foremost always. Aloha to Aloha, Faith Hope & Aloha to you, love you pal ~Hawaii Hunter

UPDATE 4 (as of 1/15):

Alohs everybody! I managed to acquire a sizable private loan that should last me through to the harassment suit Settlement & will cover my bills & groceries up through then also! Praise God!

This also means I can retire this GoFundMe & pay you all back as promised, since I insisted on your generosities to be loans instead of hand-outs (no free money). Please text or DM me how you'd like your money returned to you!

Zelle is easiest for me followed by PayPal & finally Venmo since they're all linked to my bank.

Please reach out to me when you can with the payback requests if you want or need sooner since I have so many of you to repay, it'll take a while to reach out to all on an individual basis.

Love you all! We're nearly there, I'd be on the streets (truly, actually I'm not kidding) without all your help so God Bless You & let me know when it's my turn to bless you because we're always all in this life together.

Faith, Love, & Aloha to the End,

Hunter Kia'Lani*

*Hunter of the Sky-Heavens in 'Olelo Hawaiian Language.