Hi Kathy,
Praise the Lord for some progress anyway.
Vinny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 10:25 AM
Subject: Thank you for praying


> Hi Everyone,
> Wow! Thanks for praying! You won't believe all that has been happening
> this morning. I'll try to keep this as brief as possible, and I hope that
> you don't get confused in my telling, but anyway, here goes.
> The conversation between Chris and Greg went okay. Greg held pretty firm
> about Chris not driving our car and wanting more respect around home and
> more obedience to our rules. Chris wasn't happy, but he didn't blow up,
> so that was good, especially since Greg was driving around in order for
> this conversation to take place. Chris is only admitting to having used
> pot twice and he told Greg that he didn't like it. He also said that he
> would stop drinking, but, of course, we are smart enough to take a wait
> and see approach and keep up the spying just in case this is a false
> truce. We're at war, remember?
> Well, the conversation was a good start, but it's the things that have
> been happening today that are giving me real hope. Our denomination has a
> home for juvanile delinquents in the state of Connecticut which is only
> supposed to be for residents of that state, but our conference
> superintendent has spoken to the C.E.O. on our behalf and they are going
> to try to get Chris in, after his court appearance in January, for a 45
> day evaluation, and the beginning of some family therapy. Talk about
> connections, the C.E.O. remembers Greg from seminary, hopefully, fondly
> and he is really motivated to help. Also, we were told to let Chris's
> school counselor know that he has been using, so we've done that and he
> will now have to pay a visit to a drug counselor at school. We've talked
> to a few more people who will be bringing up our case to the probation
> officer that Chris will have and we have been advised to have a meeting
> with that officer before the court date to not only learn what to expect,
> but also to see if we can have some say in his probation requirements. We
> may be able to impose a curfew that he must respect and we may be able to
> enforce counseling. If he violates his probation, he may end up in a
> juvinal center for anywhere from two to ten days, for starters. The
> person that I talked to this morning said that most kids don't want to go
> back after that so they straighten up. Anyway, we're starting to feel
> like there is hope and like the wagons are circling, finally. Nothing is
> definite though, but please pray that through all of this we will know
> the right steps to take. Of course, the big push is not only out of love
> for Chris just because of who he is, but we also realize that we are
> racing against time. We have been assured that if he doesn't change when
> he is 18, the system will be much less forgiving. We just pray that this
> will sink in.
> God bless,
> Kathy
>
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