Please pray for me; I am 56 years old and unemployed in this economy and I know that I am in big trouble. I have a mortgage that I will probably never finish paying off in my lifetime; I have immense student loans that I will probably never finish paying off in my lifetime. I know that there are other people with the mortgage and student loan problems. I fear that I may be unemployable; I fear that I may wind up homeless.

I was an okay Special Ed. teacher for 13 years; I got fired, quit, or non-renewed. My last job I could have stayed at for the rest of my life, but I managed to get fired there as well.

I seem to have my health; I am in no pain, have never had a serious disease other than the usual childhood diseases.

I have a beautiful daughter finishing up college who will have student loans of her own when she gets out of school. I don't want to lose my unit. All my references are bad; they have either moved from their old jobs, or simply won't return my phone calls; I will try to do the heavy lifting, but a little help from prayer couldn't hurt...