I just married my wife in the middle of December, but as she is from another country, we need to finish paperwork by the end of January so she can stay in the country and be permitted to look for work - the price tag for this final paperwork is about $1500. We would have had enough money for this paperwork from the money we received at the wedding, but on the way to the wedding, my car breathed its last, and now we need to find a new car, on top of all the other expenses involved in setting up a new household. I don't care so much about the car, since I am within walking distance of my work, but my wife is from a much warmer climate than she is living in now, and the cold is a real difficulty for her. My parents have a lead on a really good, inexpensive car ($1200 for an early 1990s car that just reached 100,000 miles and was previously owned by a friend of the family that just passed away), if we can afford it right now, but we only have about a week left to decide if we can afford it. Please help me pay for the paperwork so my wife can be declared a permanent citizen and also be allowed to work (which will drastically improve our financial situation); and also please help me pay for a car so that my wife won't have to walk in the cold when we shop for groceries. Thank you, and God bless.

For the past six years I have been a victim of a stalker. Anyone familiar with stalking will know that unless the person repeatedly assaults you there isn’t much that the police can do to help you--you essentially have to fend for yourself. I have managed to keep myself safe, but at a price. At times, I had to flee in the middle of the night. I’ve slept on many a friend’s sofa and hid out in cheap hotels. For the past two years I have basically been living in hiding. Over time, the stalking has robbed me of a secure place to live; of my friends and family who have tired of harboring me and/or of hearing about it. It has severely impacted my health—I now need to take blood-pressure medicine and suffer from several fear and anxiety-related disorders, and I, like many, unfortunately, am out of work. I was, for a time, able to live off of some savings I had and eke out a small living from online auctions, but now I have simply run out of money. I am not eligible for unemployment or welfare.