Our House Burglarized

Our house was burglarized twice in three days last week. Stolen were Martha's wedding and engagement rings, two laptop computers, a pair of head phones, power drill, two digital cameras, two back packs, some of Caleb's school books, a pair of diamond ear rings, a gold necklace, and the house key itself. Every bit of Martha's jewelry was taken.

The window where they broke in is still not secured, so we have to have an adult in the house at all times.

Any help you can give us toward replacing these things would be most appreciated. As you can see, this sets us back several thousand dollars. We also need your prayers. We are heartbroken, angry, discouraged and, to be honest, a little scared.

The first burglary took place when I went out to file the insurance claim on Caleb's elbow (it's fine now and the doctor said it definitely never needed surgery). I neglected to lock the back door to the house. Someone went in, took the laptops and head phones from the kitchen and left. Two days later we went to the beach to celebrate Joseph's 5th birthday. We made sure the house was locked up and Caleb locked some of the valuables in a closet just in case. Otherwise it would have been even worse. This time they climbed up on the roof and broke in through an upstairs window. I'm still shocked at the brazenness of the burglary. The window was in full view of our landlords' house, which is 50 feet away. They were home and their windows were open at the time. Both burglaries took place during daylight.

Unfortunately, crimes rarely ever are solved here. No one ever "sees" anything or wants to get involved. The investigators said they would be back over to look into some of the construction workers working next door and interview some people, but have never come back. So the criminals operate with near impunity.

We have reinforced the back door, and hope to get bars on the window where they broke in. If you can make a contribution to help us to replace some of these items, please send to:

TMCI
Box 1761
Columbia, SC 29202

Please make check out to TMCI and indicate that it is for Steve and Martha Jeavons in memo or with a sticky note attached.

If you do not need a receipt, you can make a check out to us and send it to:

Frances Gordon
1624 Hazen Rd.
DeLand, FL 32720

Thanks!!!!