What a terrible trick that man played on you - taking your money, then moving away, leaving nothing behind to track him down and get your money back. Such a hard, hard life lesson to learn. And to be punished yet again by your own father and starting all over again with nothing. You did learn a lot, and you appear to have a beautiful family of your own now, and a lot more knowledge of business than when you started out.
Yes, I will pray for you and your family. :)