I (Sheyenne Kreamer), like too many others, experienced foreclosure during the 2009-2010 time frame. Ours was basically due to health challenges that caused us to close a business that had taken care of us very well for 15 years.
My husband and I were fortunate to have a son that took us in – otherwise we could have experienced true homelessness as well. It was tough enough to lose the house, go on food stamps, and try to figure out how to reinvent ourselves. Thank God for our son that allowed us time to heal, regroup, and find a support structure for our new endeavors.
During this time, we created new classes and coaching programs based on our experiences, and got caught up on learning technology that allowed us to do some teaching and coaching online. We found opportunities to teach in homeless shelters, work with the formerly incarcerated community and help at-risk youth avoid gangs.
At the end of 2 years, we had re-established ourselves enough to maintain our own home again, and our son moved on to new adventures.
We now are living our dream – living in a motor home and helping to build entrepreneurial communities around the country. We still work with wealth-challenged communities and believe entrepreneurship should be for the many instead of the view. Our goal is to help many others find that stability that allows them to reinvent themselves by providing residential vocational & entrepreneurial training facilities.
Thank you for sharing. So happy that you got through it. This journey helped shaped you. Now look at you out here changing lives. Blessings to you.
I am very thankful to be a part of the Community Collaboratives! I have been searching high and low to connect with those who see what must be done to make this world a better place. We all can bring something to the table to help more people live a better life. What’s needed is the individuals who are willing to use their God-Given gifts to help make a difference. Be a blessing to receive blessings.
I too am experiencing Financial challenges. My husband and I are in Philadelphia we are living in home however we cannot afford the home. We are not home owners. The mercy and Grace from God no one is bothering us so we know our time is limited and we need to make some changes to afford to live where We Are. I am coming to the community collaborative group because we do have a solution however our solution cannot financially help us until we help someone else. I know we could go take a traditional job and work somewhere for someone and hope it’s enough to take care of us but in reality to me that’s not going to be sufficient. I need to work with nonprofits, individuals and small businesses. The solution is how we are spending our dollars and how we can collectively get paid on the volume of products and services that we utilize everyday. Our mission is to help as many as want to be helped I’m praying that the solution with this group we can make strides to end homelessness . We just need to take our time get understanding of how this platform can Elevate and Leverage what we are trying to do.