Kathy,
Never a dull moment at your house! I will keep praying for you guys!
Virgie and Hoshi
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From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 10:50 AM
Subject: my interesting evening
> Well, I certainly had an interesting evening yesterday. We still
> don't have our car back, but Greg was able to get a ride from one of
> our church members and he went to the courthouse to see what he could
> find out about Chris. Imagine the surprise when it was learned that
> he had been released on personal recognizance again. This made no
> sense because he has no money and drug dealing is a felony!
> Well, Greg called to let me know and, about an hour later, Chris
> called me himself. He wanted to know if he could come by to pick up
> a few things. I told him that he would have to call back after I had
> had a chance to talk it over with Greg. We decided to let him
> come. He walked from Bangor, about seven miles because we couldn't
> have given him a ride anyway. He ended up walking through a down
> pour. When he arrived, I had him take a shower first because he
> stank. Then, Greg and I did a lot of praying about how to handle
> things. He ended up having to empty his pockets because everything
> was soaking wet and we actually got to see the court summons. Guess
> what, the only reason that he was picked up was because he didn't
> show up in court to face the charges about stealing his x roommate's
> computer. It had nothing to do with drugs. Chris claims that the
> scales and baggies belonged to Nicki's brother's friend. I have no
> idea why, after the police saw everything in Nicki's house, that
> Nicki's parents claimed belong to Chris, that he wasn't charged with
> anything to do with drugs. WE have no clue what is going on.
> Chris stayed the night. We let him sleep on the couch, but we
> didn't let him use the computer. He did use the phone, I tapped the
> call and, sure enough, he called Nicki. I was ready to call the
> police, if he was working out something illegal. They are still
> thick, so that's another lie. Evidently, Nicki's parents have put
> out a one year restraining order against Chris so that wil make it a
> bit harder for the two to meet, but it was quite obvious, from the
> conversation, that it isn't over between them, despite what Chris led
> us to believe.
> Chris swears that he hasn't been dealing drugs, but we told him
> that we just don't know what the truth is. We explained that he was
> allowed to stay for the night because he is our son, not because he
> has repented. We talked a lot, in fact, about the prodigal son and
> how his attitude was that of repentance and wanting to
> change. chris admitted that, despite his homelessness, he's having
> too much fun partying to change so we just told him flat out, that's
> why you can't move back home. He asked if I would still hold my
> ground if he were to apply for general assistance again. The general
> asistance office has a policy of calling the parents of adults
> between the ages of 18--25 to see if there is anything the family can
> do to help financially. When they called last time, I told them that
> Chris was more than welcome to move back home, if he were willing to
> follow the rules. I told Chris that I'd still say the same again, so
> he probably won't bother applying.
> Now, Chris is oficially homeless. Even the homeless shelter won't
> take him in. He left this morning. We gave him an old bike that we
> may never see again, but we don't care about it, so that's okay. He
> was a bit miffed that we didn't give him a better one, but we told
> him that he had already lost two bikes, not to mention everything
> else that he left with nine months ago. We stayed pretty firm and he
> respected it.
> Part of me is so angry that I could scream. Part of me wants to
> grab him and just shake him and part of me wants to be nice. I will
> say this, I"m glad that he left without incident. Last night, I must
> have sat up for about a half hour, making sure that he was sleeping
> before I laid down myself. I'm so grateful to God that this part of
> my life is over and I don't want to go back to it.
> Kathy
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