Masaru Kitajima
Lectrurer, IT Enginner, and Public Speaker in Sapporo, Hokkaido, 日本
I'm a Japanese man who has been working in the IT industry for more than 34 years.
Currently, I am building a web app that displays maps, place names, and related scriptures that appear in the Bible, a hymn search web app for searching across more than 20 hymnal books and a Bible study web app that uses Hebrew and Koine Greek lexicons with the Bible. These are nothing to do with my local church. It's my own mission that God leads me to do.
I was also a part-time teacher at the Hokkaido Information University, Faculty of Media-Information in 2003 where I continued to work for 10 years and also learned educational methods. One of my uncles started teaching me about computers in 1971, I was 6.
I have clinical depression and panic disorder, and I'm with a Grade 2 mental disability. My doctor has prohibited me from working. My incomes are a disability pension and public assistance.
I'm facing critical financial difficulties. The number of past debts that I need to pay monthly, and the inherited debts of my dad. The total amount of these payments exceeds my monthly budget. I'm preparing for personal bankruptcy, but I still have a problem.
It was the first Winter in this room and the room conditions were worse than I'd expected. So I needed to purchase extra heating devices for the kitchen and to prevent the dew condensation.
These additional purchases are not covered by public assistance. Public assistance provides the minimum amount necessary to "live a minimum cultural life" in the Constitution, but the purchase of additional equipment necessary for living and the replacement cost of broken home appliances, etc. Not eligible for payment. As a result, I've lost about 150,000 JPY which is more than I receive from the government and no one will compensate for them. It means that I'd lost a month's income. So I lack 150,000JPY every month, I can't pay for room rent, utilities, etc...
To be honest, my bank savings are empty and my wallet is empty. It's all I have.
I trust God will answer my prayer.
“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” - Matthew 7:7-8 (KJV)