Phil,

I'm praying for Gretchan that things happen before her time is up, and that
she realizes the importance of this.

I'm always praying for you and Sandy, as well.

Love and Blessings,
Pat Ferguson

At 12:16 PM 1/24/04 -0700, you wrote:
>What Sandy is referring to concerning our daughter is where she is in her
>diversionary two year program.  To remind you, the two years of diversionary
>would allow her to pay for drug and alcohol classes and if she stayed clean,
>at the end of the two years, they would erase her name from the police
>computers.  This program started last June.  Gretchen was to pay about 162
>dollars a month for four years to the program but she has made no payments
>and she has not had a job for over a year.  Soon she will have to go back
>before the diversionary board to explain her behavior and why she has not
>been making her payments and why she has no job and no place to live.  She
>is thinking she will just skip that board meeting and go before the court in
>hopes the judge will just give her probation.  The judge can put her in jail
>for up to 5 years since she was arrested for drug possession and with the
>intent to distribute.  She would not be allowed to serve her time in a
>county jail but would have to go to a state prison.  She could go to a half
>way house with a work release program but living in half way houses is worse
>than prison time they say because they have so many more rules.  Gretchen is
>coming to the end of her rope, in other words, and she very likely, unless
>some judge feels sorry for her, and that is unlikely, is going to do some
>jail time.
>
>Phil.
>
>Crazy For Jesus
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