Dear friends,

perhaps your prayers might be helpful:

I need a room, and do so ASAP as the guy I'm currently living with has effectively thrown me out, and my final exams will start in two weeks.

When a friend offered me one room in his apartment a few weeks ago, I accepted. What we didn't know by then was that we have radically different daily rhythms, (he's working on flex-time and an evening person, I love to get up early....), and there are a few other items...to cut it short, he's made clear that he'd 'very much prefer' to not find me in his place when he returns from a short holiday this Sunday. Whenever I tried to talk with him, he turned either sarcastic over openly aggressive (and he's 6" taller and 40 lbs. heavier than me) whenever I wasn't giving in.

The city I'm currently living in has an extreme shortage of affordable flats. (It's difficult for companies now to find employees--they refuse to move here as rents are too high). Our caring local government has appropriated a few dorms to provide accommodation for the athletes at the world track & field championships, to take place here in a few months. And I am on a student budget! I don't like to be homeless, and my final exams are uncomfortably close. I don't "need" reconciliation--we'd collide again with hours, and if I'm to pass Ican't afford it. Would you mind to concentrate on a new room for me? TIA...

-- -- (unknown@a.nonymous), May 30, 2002

Answers

Your current situation is unfortunate, I will pray for you.

God Bless,

-- Kathy (sorry@nomail.com), May 30, 2002.

Unknown,

If you are a Catholic, you may want to look around for a local religious house. A friend of mine, for example, lives in the city with a group of religious sisters. They are required to live by house rules (can't go out until 3AM drinking!), but it's a wonderful way to live in a Christian community. She not only enjoys the sisters' company, she also values her new friendships with the other young women that live there. There is, of course, no pressure to "push you" into religious vows; it is an affordable option, though.

You're in my prayers,

Mateo

-- (MattElFeo@netscape.net), May 30, 2002.

Mateo - Wonderful suggestion as that was what I was also going to suggest.

-- Jean Bouchard (jeanb@cwk.imag.net), May 30, 2002.

Can accommodate you in my villa* !

Blessings

* Conditions apply.

-- Fred Bishop (FCB@heartland.com), May 31, 2002.