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My name is Jordan and I am 19 years old.  For most of my life I lived with my great grandmother and my mother.  We moved in because my great grandma needed assistance due to her age and failing health and we didn't want her to have to live in a nursing home.  For 10 years we cared for our grandma and she took care of us.  Everyone called my great grandma Maw Maw.  It didn't matter who you were or what your relationship to her was she insisted you called her Maw Maw.  She always assured us that when she passed on her house would become ours and we'd always have a place to call home.  Everyone in the family to the neighbors that visted knew this was her intentions but unfortunately she never updated her will to reflect her wishes.  Last March Maw Maw passed.  Her son, my great uncle, was listed as the executor and handled all the dealings with probate.  Since last March my mother and I continued to live in the house believing the house would be ours at the end of probate.  However in January my great uncle came up from Florida to visit and we were expecting to have a conversation about transferring the house or perhaps even working out purchasing the house because we had been paying rent to my uncle to cover the taxs and home owners insurance.  Instead when he arrived he told us he was there to sell the house.  He was here less than a week and in that time he found a buyer and sold the house and told us we had 11 days to vacate.  I have a part time job at Bi-lo and my mother doesn't have a job, she has a current disability case and can not work.  There was no warning or heads up, he just made the deal and went back to Florida.  We did end up getting an eviction notice after the 11 days which extended our time so we could get help to pack our things and get a moving truck and a place to store our belongings.  We have moved into a motel close to my work and have been here for almost a week.  As of now we are paid up until Wednesday morning February 22 2017 and after that we will be totally homeless.  We have applied for section 8 and housing vouchers but I understand that process takes 6 months to a year or longer.  My goal right now is to find a mobile home to rent because it's really my only option.  I don't make enough money or have any credit to be approved for an apartment without a co-signer and there isn't anyfamily that live near enough to help.  I'm hoping to raise the money so I can pay the deposit and first months rent and also the duke power deposit that will be required for power.  I'll need money that combined with my own income will be enough to pay the rent until we can be approved for section 8 or vouchers or public housing.   Please, anyone that can help I ask for you to do so.  Thank you for taking the time to read this or even considering to help.  If you can't donate I ask that you add us to your prayers.

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Jordan Crews
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Greenville, SC

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