Hello there people on the web,
This is weird for me to do...I actually feel unconfortable doing it but I am desperated and I do not know what else can I do...My husband and I met in the United States. We both were and still are international students. I am from Central America (Costa Rica) and he is from Africa (Sao Tome and Principe). We have been working hard in order to pay our expenses here. We really value education and both of us dream is to obtain a PhD. I am working toward mine but my husband is still working toward his master's degree. We both have students jobs (more than one). We paid last fall and this spring semesters for my husband (I have a graduate assistantship but he does not); however, this summer (2008) it is supposed to be his last semester of his master's, however, we do not have any more funds and we do not know how are we going to pay his tuition this semester. When we got married last year (2007) some friends gave us money so we saved it for his degree but now this money is almost gone and because we are international students, we pay out-of-state tution which is very very expensive. My husband is very frustrated and so am I. I wish he can fisnish his master's. He is so smart and hard worker...you know, there are not universities in Sao Tome and Principe so for him this is the greatest thing that has happend to him...We have tried to apply for student loans but we need an American cosigner and we do not have one...How can I help my husband to fulfill his dream?? He tried to get an assistantship but with all the budget cuts it has been impossible. He studies economics and he loves it! He has a passion for it and he dreams with working in his career soon...We were listening to Joel Osteen on TV and he was saying that we should believe that God will help us to achieve our dreams and that we have to trust God...we do trust God, but I think that when it comes to money we can only hope for a miracle...and money miracles do not happen often...I am wondering if someone, somewhere, somehow can help us...please...if you are there, wherever you are, we need your help...please...In the meanwhile, we are trying to come up with ideas, but we add and add and our accounts do not close...we do not have enough...we cannot make his dream happen...how can we do it?
