Hi Phil,
I am praying for Everett and Gretchen and of course you and Sandy. My heart
goes out to all of you.
Love and blessings to you and your family.
Virgie
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From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 8:44 PM
Subject: Prayer For 14 Year Old Grand Son
> This is a request for both my 14 year old grandson and his mom, Gretchen,
> whom many of you have been praying for 14 years or more.
>
> Everett has been going to public school for the last few years. He has
> drifted away from spiritual things and been hanging around with the wrong
> types of kids. A few weeks ago, he was at a shopping maul with three
> other boys and one of the boys snatched a woman's purse and ran. The
> other three boys ran off, too, of course, but it all was caught on
> security cameras so eventually, all the boys were arrested. When Everett
> was taken to the police station by his mom, once the police traced her
> down and after finding out Everett's name, the police did a urine analysis
> and at that very moment, he was super high on Marijuana. Last Wednesday,
> since Sandy and I are his legal guardian, I had to go with Gretchen and
> her son to juvenile court. He pleaded guilty and was offered a program
> called diversion. This means you take classes on drug and alcohol
> prevention, as well as other things, and you are assigned something like a
> probation officer who calls you in at weird and various times to have you
> give UA's. This insures the court that you are following diversionary
> rules and guidelines, aren't doing dope, or hanging out with the other
> kids with whom you were getting in trouble with in the first place. If
> you go through this program without any further problems, it is erased
> from police computers and you won't have an arrest record. We'd
> appreciate your prayers for him because he doesn't seem to think this
> whole thing is a big deal but what he did is a felony. Gretchen is a
> nervous wreck because this is the sort of thing she went through when she
> was his age so pray for her, too. I had a long talk with my grandson
> before going to court last weekend but he just sat there and didn't say
> anything so I doubt he got much out of it and likely didn't listen.
>
> Phil.
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