We have a prayer list for my church and we are getting a lot of prayer requests for people who are looking for work. Where I live in Florida the main economy is home construction. The real estate market is almost non-existent now. People are not buying homes and the homes already built are either in foreclosure or being sold at very low prices. This means there is very little need for new homes to be built.

At one time this county was building and selling homes like crazy. We had a new highway built that led to Tampa. We were called a bedroom community. People lived here and worked in Tampa. Not any more.

On my street alone there are at least 8 houses for sale. There are 3 foreclosures around us (about 2 streets wide area). People are taking any kind of job they can find. A sales job search would be one of the most popular searches, along with cashiers, wait staff and anything in the medical field. These seem to be the types of work that are available now.

I hope and pray that our economy gets better and soon.

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