Your plans must be approved by God.

Recently I was sharing with a great friend my plans about steem, to withdraw a little to invest in another business from which I would get what I needed and then not touch my steem anymore, power down was never in the plans. The truth is that we always plan for the future when the only thing we can barely control is the present, so my financial plans were not approved by God and the emergency came without warning.

My older brother has been with covid for 15 days now, it has been a very intense battle, more than I had thought it would be and it has been prolonged, I thank God for listening to my prayers and those of all of you who have been praying for my brother's health, I know that is why he is still alive.

Economically this fight has a cost, an oxygen cylinder costs $30 and a covid patient needs at least 4 a day ($120), to that we add the anticoagulant that costs $20 and he needs one daily, so in those two things that are vital for him he spends $140 a day and I am not including other medications he needs.

As expected we have had to abandon our financial plans (my family and I) to fight for my brother's health, but this battle started since day 6 (9 days ago) so there has been an expense of more than $1000, that is a lot compared to the situation we Venezuelans are currently living, even so we have been able to cover it and I thank God for it.

But resources are getting scarcer and scarcer, so with much pain I made the decision to use the powerdown, I am not one of those people who ask for donations, I don't criticize those who do but the way I was raised if you give me something and I don't feel I have done something to deserve it I will most likely give it back. So I have decided to opt for powerdown but it is not in my plans to leave steemit.

I know that the price is falling now, and maybe it will fall a little more but instead of giving up is when you should be here the most, when the price drops is the best time to acquire, and is when you really know who was here just for money and who was here for genuine reasons.

For now and unless God says otherwise I plan to continue here, writing for heartchurch which is a very complete community in terms of content acceptance, plus they have been a great support all this time and I want to reciprocate in everything I can. Reading the witticisms and creations of my German friends, meeting more people and creating stronger and stronger bonds with each one of you.