Thank you for your prayers.

Here's a happier twist and turn of the nightmare.

After two weeks of the marathon house cleaning out, I felt I was dropping dead from exhaustion. I called the guy at adult protective services to ask him about the second dumpster he was supposed to send us. He didn't return my calls, and I started to panic and wonder whether he is planning to stab us in the back like those evil senior resources people did. 

I felt I'd better get us a lawyer and a therapist for me so I called and found a therapist who could see me the same day which is today. I told the therapist I was advised to get a therapist so I can say I am getting help for my hoarder problem. The 30 days dateline of getting the house cleared out will be up in 10-12 days. After listening to my story, the therapist told me it was important that I got hold of the guy who gave us the order to clean up the house because these people can take the house. He told me to go into the building to look for him or ask to speak to his supervisor (to see what the deal is on the dateline). 

I walked into the DHS (welfare) building to look for the guy but he was not in. It turned out he has been on vacation and will return tomorrow. The lady at the window gave me his supervisor's phone number, and I called her. She picked up the phone and asked me whether she could help while the guy is on vacation. I told her the situation and asked her whether they can extend the dateline of getting the house to no longer be a "fire trap." She said yes and also that she could provide people to help with throwing things in the dumpster (which has not come yet). The guy appeared to not be aware of the help since he told me there was no such thing. His supervisor who is a lady told me she would send him an e-mail to tell him to follow up with our case and get us the people (which could be only one person) to help us. She told me not to worry about them taking our house and that they have resources to help us.

I am relieved and happy but feel I have not recovered from the nightmare. Thank to God, the therapist I saw today, my daughter's therapist who gave me advice to get a therapist and my daughter who told her therapist about our problem. 

My plan is to get a lot of the old stuff in the basement thrown out and move some stuff in the living room to go down there. The person who is going to come to help us won't do the sorting but only toss the things in the dumpster. 

Thank God for the positive twist and turn. Please continue to pray for us.