Kathy,
    Thanks for the update on Chris.  I will continue praying for him and the
family.  Glad to hear he has been doing a little better.

Amy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 2:07 PM
Subject: Wheww! Chris had a close one!


> Hi Guys,
>         Chris had a close scare Saturday night and I just have to share it
because
> it shows the awesome creativity of our heavenly Father.  You know, some of
> this just has to be from the Lord, because I would never even think of
> these things.  It just goes to show what a boaring parent I must be when
it
> comes to discipline.
>         Chris was really pretty decent this weekend.   I mean, he behaved
fairly
> well and we got along okay.  He even offered to make the pizza on Saturday
> evening, something that he hasn't done for at least two years, because he
> knew that we were upset about some stuff going on with our oldest son
> Matthew and we had to do some parenting in that direction; if you can
> parent long distance.  Anyway, after dinner, Chris wanted to go to Nicki's
> house.  Where else?  Greg took him there in the van so that they could
take
> the bike along and then Chris was willing to come home on the bike.  Chris
> has been pretty good about respecting our curfew so we decided to give him
> an extra hour on Saturday evening and say that he could come home at
> midnight instead of 11:00 pm.  Well, at 1:00 am.  Chris showed up in our
> bedroom and said, "Mom, Dad, there's a cop here.  He wants to talk to
> you."  Oh, what a way to wake up!!
>         Well, out went Greg in his pajamas, and, guess what, it was the
same
> officer that arrested Chris a month ago.  This time, however, Chris
dropped
> the attitude.  Good boy and he acted very subdued.
>         The officer had seen Chris riding on the road and turn into our
driveway
> so he decided to check it out.  He parked his crewser right behind where
> Chris parked the bike and told Chris that he wanted to talk to us.  Into
> our living room he came, at 1:00 am.  Wow!    The cop wanted to see if
> Chris was violating a curfew and he also asked a bunch of questions about
> how Chris is doing on his conditional release.  Whew!  Chris is lucky that
> he has been behaving himself!  Even though he was late, Greg let it slide
> and said that things were okay.  The officer also pointed out that Chris
> should have lights on his bike for night riding.  We got some lights for
> him yesterday.  We do feel that that is our responsibility since, if Chris
> were ticketed for improper lighting on his bicycle, we'd have to pay the
> fine anyway.
>         After the officer left, Chris was just shocked.  He said, "what
are the
> chances that it would be the same police officer?"  Greg was able to point
> out that, obviously, the chances are pretty good.  Chris can now reflect
on
> the fact that he is known and being watched by the legal profession.  It's
> not just us any more.
>         Chris explained that, without lights, he accidently took a wrong
turn on
> the way home and that's why he was late.  He took Greg back to the spot
> yesterday afteernoon and showed Greg what he did to make a mistake.  Greg
> said that it is believable so, we're willing to let it go unless we learn
> otherwise.
>         Now, today, Chris is working for a neighbor, which means that
he'll
> probably have some spending money again.  After last week, I'm nervice
> about that, but I'm learning to just keep praying and trusting in God who
> sees all.  Chris is pretty much beyond our controll, but he's not beyond
> God's.  I guess that I'm just tired of the roller coaster, but I'd better
> get used to it because there are probably more twists and turns to come.
I
> hope that my stomach can hold out!  GRIN!
> Kathy