On behalf of my brother, David Steward, I'm asking that you take a minute to read his story. I pray that you find it in your heart to help  his family this holiday season.

I am not someone who begs for help. The mistakes I have made in the past I have always paid for. But I find myself in a place right now where I have to ask for help, not for myself but for my family. I have put my family in a dire financial situation and we need help to get out of it. We are losing our house and the bank will be selling it on December 17th. I am asking for your help because we can’t do it alone. I have been diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety ever since I was a teenager and because of this I have had a spotty employment history. This is not an excuse it is just a fact of life, I’ve been on medication and in therapy since high school and this is a disease that I will struggle with for the rest of my life. But this is not a good enough reason for you to help us. If I was the only one affected by this problem I would deal with the consequences, but I have two children that through no fault of their own are losing their home. The only home that they have ever known is in danger of going away because of my problems and I am asking you for help for them and not me. As a little background my wife and I have lived in our home for almost twenty years and just like you we have had our ups and downs and money has been tight like everyone else. We have declared bankruptcy twice in that time and been able to deal with our problems until now. But I had a major mental issue a few years back that caused me to be unable to work for over a year and this caused us to spiral into debt. After my second and most recent suicide attempt I am now employed and on the road to recovery. We are getting our finances under control and beginning to make headway. The only problem we face now is that after a year plus of struggling with the mortgage the bank has finally given us an ultimatum, they want all of the back mortgage at once. If it was just the past due amount we could handle it, but they want all the money that was structured into the prior bankruptcy and that is an amount that we can’t make up in the time they have given us. Please understand that this is not some con or trick, we really need this help or we will be out of our house in December before Christmas. We won’t accept more than what we are asking for and we will return any funds that exceed the amount that we need. We aren’t trying to get rich or buy anything, we are only trying to keep a roof over our heads. So I am asking you for help for my family. Please help.