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
----- Original Message ----- 
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.