The Jubilee By: Aaron and Sheri

My sister, who is disabled, has been out of work for a long time. Her unemployment benefits recently ran out. I said to Aaron, "If she wasn't my sister, we could give the money to her."Of course, we came to our senses and helped her out with a particular bill. We're still looking for the right thing to do with the rest of the money -- I have a feeling God has a specific place for it to go.Sheri & Aaron Levisay

The Jubilee By: Art and Cheri

We talked about all the people we know that need financial helpand SO had many ideas. We finally decided to help a single mom that I work with on budgeting because she was in the most helpless spot. In November 2008 she found herself $300 behind at the daycare her daughter was attending because the father had lost his job 4 months prior and was not paying child support. The daycare said that she would not be able to bring her daughter any longer if she did not pay the bill the next day. WELL………. She went to a title loan place and became one of their victims! She received a little under $300 and satisfied the daycare, but the payments were $120 a month which she could not afford in the first place., so she quickly became delinquent and was beginning to sink. Long story short, by the time we stepped in her payoff was $780.00 (not to mention the $480 she had already made in monthly payments) and they would have repossesed her car soon. After MUCH discussion, we were able to get them to settle with a payoff of $600 so we just paid the whole bill to get her car title back. She just kept saying thank you and I cannot re-pay you! God definitely made an impact in the life of this family. Art and Cheri

The Jubilee Helps People Out of Work

I used my Jubilee money to help fund Latin American child care. I also made contributions to out of work people. I found this to be a thought-provoking exercise.

The Jubilee By: Elaine

I finally came to a decision on what to do with the $500.00. I am giving it to the Food Pantry today. This will help a lot of people instead of one or two. Elaine Perry

The Jubilee Helps Out a Family in Need

We have close friends who are going through some tough financial times. They have two young children, owe on last year's taxes, and are getting laid off in a couple months. When we first received the jubilee money, they immediately came to our minds, and so we gave them part of the jubilee money to use for bills, groceries, whatever they find to be the most pressing needs.