Besides all that, if you get the down payment donated, then your lender has to wonder if youre going to be able to make the payments. You cant just hit up GFM every time you need money. Or can you? Hmmm......
I gave to a friend on GFM for her trip to Gana, India to do 6 weeks of "Humanitarian" work over there for some college credit program. She was asking for a total of $3k and almost got it. She went to Gana and posted lots of pics on her facebook page. I didnt see any humanitarian work, she was just hanging out with a native poor family making new friends. Then on her return, she took a detour to some fancy beach resort somewhere and posted pics of her lavish hotel room and beach pics. I'm the sucker.
Yep. It has been my personal experience that the closer someone is "to the church" the more likely they are to pull one over on you ...
That is not to say there are not godly men and women out there. I know one couple that has lived in the same poverty those they were ministering to the whole time (YEARS, not days) they were in India ...
But ... David was always a little too "in your face" with his religion ... just check out his FB page ... it is fair to note here that even his family and friends know what he is like, given the massive argument that was on his FB page yesterday (that has miraculously disappeared) ...
Still didn't keep me from doing a few things for him over the years, none of which I felt compelled to share about because I did it out of the kindness of my heart.
My only regret is to have chosen so poorly when there are so many others out there who REALLY need help ... and do not make a second job out of snagging handouts ... or taking unscrupulous advantage of a situation.
His GFM page, and crap like it is why so many people just don't give at all anymore. It is really interesting ... and very telling ... that he asked for PR help on FB ... once he got that and "massaged" his page at least it wasn't downright fraudulent anymore ... to.me that just speaks to the fact that he understands what he is doing is not morally right ... and probably, in the strictest sense of the word, not legal ... but he just doesn't care.
Keep in mind, you have to be his "friend" to see all the good stuff.
Yep. It has been my personal experience that the closer someone is "to the church" the more likely they are to pull one over on you ...
That is not to say there are not godly men and women out there. I know one couple that has lived in the same poverty those they were ministering to the whole time (YEARS, not days) they were in India ...
But ... David was always a little too "in your face" with his religion ... just check out his FB page ... it is fair to note here that even his family and friends know what he is like, given the massive argument that was on his FB page yesterday (that has miraculously disappeared) ...
Still didn't keep me from doing a few things for him over the years, none of which I felt compelled to share about because I did it out of the kindness of my heart.
My only regret is to have chosen so poorly when there are so many others out there who REALLY need help ... and do not make a second job out of snagging handouts ... or taking unscrupulous advantage of a situation.
His GFM page, and crap like it is why so many people just don't give at all anymore. It is really interesting ... and very telling ... that he asked for PR help on FB ... once he got that and "massaged" his page at least it wasn't downright fraudulent anymore ... to.me that just speaks to the fact that he understands what he is doing is not morally right ... and probably, in the strictest sense of the word, not legal ... but he just doesn't care.
Yeah, please keep me in mind too!
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