Rebuild Hope for a Family Displaced by Fire

On Saturday afternoon, November 9th, my son, mom and I experienced a devastating house fire at our apartment building. At the time of the fire, my son, mom and I were all asleep. I woke up smelling smoke then heard our fire alarm. I ran downstairs thinking my mother was burning something since she has dementia but found her asleep on her bed. As i was heading back upstairs, our neighbor started banging on our door letting us know there was a fire. By the grace of God, my son, mom and I got out safely. Along with our dogs.

We lost everything. lost our HOME, all our belongings, and everything we own was destroyed in the fire. The only thing we had was the clothes/shoes we was wearing. And got lucky to get some out of the home even with smoke damage we are having to wear it no matter the smell. The fire was an electrical fire, and within minutes everything was caught on fire. It's very heartbreaking not to just see my home of 4 years, living in the same area for 11 years burn up in front of our eyes. All the memories we have had there, pictures, even baby items I had of my kids are all gone.

Unfornately, We have no family or any other place we can stay at. We are in Salisbury at a motel room until November 30th. We are looking for a place but are having an extremely difficult time finding one affordable or close to my work in Winston, especially to come up with application fees, deposit and first months rent. We have filled out so many applications, it's getting real costly paying for application fees, gas to work which is now an hour instead of 30 minutes (with my car having now a fuel leak problem, I'm unable to fix financially right now), getting our essential needs, having to go to laundry mats (which is very pricy!!) leaves us in a very tough situation.

There have been so many people who have helped us already during this time already, clothes donations, a room to stay in, food items.

We are still in need of a place to live and call our home again. And to come up with the funds financially for it as well.

With my health, I've dealt with for 8 years having pseudotumor cerebri, nerve damage in my back from lumbar punctures from having procedures done to keep stable. Along with a few other health issues. I have tried my heart out to maintain a steady job but with my health being up and down has made working difficult at times. I am blessed to be working now, thanks to God who provided me with a job now that I am able to work.

Thank you to everyone who has helped our family in this time. Words cannot express our gratitude for your support in this situation, thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

If you're able to help in any way it would bless our family with your generosity!