First off, the update. After almost an entire year since Simeon’s bad knee injury where he tore his ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) as well as other significant damage to his left knee, he has now officially returned to the soccer field. This past month he has competed in three soccer games with his club team, Road Runners Soccer Club. The progress on his return will be slow as he is still building up his conditioning as well as his skills. However, things are looking good. He has not had any setbacks with his knee, and the amount of knee pain he is experiencing is substantial but tolerable.
It was pretty much a year ago (January 25th, 2025) that the injury occurred, and he had his first knee surgery on his Birthday (March 5th, 2025) and then a follow up surgery on August 6th. So, it has been a long road to recovery in which he missed most of his last seaon with Road Runners and missed his Sophomore year of soccer with Romeoville High School. However, he has made it back from the long-road to recovery and he is playing again! Praise God!
Thank you to all of you for your prayers and support as it has been a lot for him and for us, but your encouragement has been significant this past year. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
And with that, we have a request for help. Simeon will soon be 16. March 5th is his birthday, as we just shared. This time we are asking for you help with information or maybe the possibility of selling us something. Simeon has completed all of his requirements for getting his drivers license including drivers school and all of his driving hours. Now, he just needs to turn 16 and then take his driving tests and get his license.
We would like to purchase a third vehicle, not to give to Simeon, but to be a third family car so that way Simeon can transport himself to and from to school, soccer practices and all of his other activities and maybe even start helping getting Esther and Ephraim around as well. With Kim working outside the home and me having various commitments, having the third vehicle would be extremely helpful.
We don’t have a lot of extra money to spend on a third vehicle. We had set aside $5,000 for such a purchase.
Would anyone have knowledge of a good used vehicle that you would be willing to sell us for that amount of money?
We really don’t have a lot of requirements. Our prefence would be for a smaller vehicle that gets good gas mileage, but we aren’t planning on being too picky. The other main thing is that it is in good working condition, hasn’t been in any accidents, and that it isn’t going to fall apart on us as soon as we buy it. Again, it’s just an extra car for us to be able to utilize having three drivers in the house.
Please reach out to us at joel-kim.delp@covchurch.org or call Joel at 779-390-8033 if you have any ideas.
Thank you for considering it!
The Santiago Partnership