Chris,

I pray that everything went okay and that you all got to Church on time.

Just give it to God, and try to be calm and loving! as getting angry and
blowing up doesn't solve anything, and it just makes people more mad.
<smile> I'm not trying to tell you what to do. <smile>

I'm praying for you.

Blessings,
Pat Ferguson
At 07:55 AM 8/15/04, you wrote:
>Guys, I really need some prayer, bigtime.  I'm on the verge of really
>telling Kristin's mom off bigtime.  For the past two days, all she's done is
>be nothing but totally rude to me.  To start with, Kristin went 200
>something minutes over her limit on her cell, and now owes Verizon over 400
>dollars.  So, I get back from keyboard lessons, and check my phone for
>messages.  Kristin's mom called me, chewing me out saying that quote:  we!
>need to be more careful, and that I shouldn't talk to her as much when I
>know darn well she's limited on minutes.  Truth is, I haven't talked to her
>much at all on the phone as I didn't wish to run them up.  Then, she tells
>me how much Kristin owes down to the exact cent, as if it's any my business.
>Then she tells me that she doesn't know how she's gonna pay it off, as if
>she wants quote:  me! to pay it.  Then today, they were supposed to go to
>church with me.  They were supposed to be here by 8:45.  It's 8:47, and they
>just! left home.  They may a not even left yet.  Then, when I call, her
>mom's very disrespectful, and doesn't answer either of the phones.  Finally
>I get through, and Kristin tells me her mom said we could make the next
>service.  I told Kristin to tell her mom that would be at 11:00.  She
>refused as she said her mom was mad at me.  I asked why, and I then heard
>her mom saying, Chris should a been up sooner, and should a called us
>sooner, and... excuse? excuse? excuse!  Why can't they take responsibility
>for their own damned problems!  Parden the language, but I'm irate!  Her mom
>and I are not! getting off on good feet this week, and I must say, I'm also
>a teeny bit angry at Kristin, as she knew she had limited minutes, but
>apparently, she didn't care.  Her and I really need to talk, but on her
>level of sinsitivity, I don't want to make myself look like I'm talking down
>to her, or somehow punnishing her.  I simply need to remind her, even though
>I know she probably won't take it that way, and a corse, if I talk to her,
>her mom will get even more blessed out at me.  Just pray that in the car,
>and at Kriwstin's grandparents' house, that I don't blow up and explode
>because this is the most furious I've been in quite a while.  If they were
>running late, the least they could have done is call and let me know, for
>Christ's sake!
>
>Just... just.. please pray, that's all I'll ask at this point.
>
>Chris.