Kathy,
I think I might have called that evening a "Roller-Coaster". My heart goes
out and my prayers are for you all. "Be strong in the Lord and in the power
of His might".
In His love:
--
Carol
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 3:50 PM
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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