God works in mysterious ways. Looks like it here too. Sorry about your
missing funds Kathy. Will continue praying with and for you.
Vicki
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 6:04 AM
Subject: [ECHURCH-USA] God certainly knows what he is doing.
> Hi Guys,
> Well, yesterday was Wednesday and I thought that I'd give you an
update on
> Chris. He had been planning on getting high yesterday after his visit to
> the probation officer. You will recall that I was praying that he would
get
> busted. It looks like God had a better idea. Leave it to a
> Prffessional. Let me tell you. Well, Chris went back to his old dealer
> on Tuesday and left $30 in our mailbox for the guy to pick up and deliver
> the goods. Well, you guessed it. The money is gone and there was nothing
> in its place. "A fool and his money," I guess. Chris is mad and he has
no
> clue that we know so he can't talk to us about it and he just has to
bottle
> it all up inside for now. He made some threats in instant messaging about
> slashing their tires, but he's too much of a chicken to do that. Plus, he
> is on conditional release. Nothing like a straight ticket back to jail.
> To get us to take him to the bank to get the money, he told us
that he
> wanted to buy a school T shirt, which of course, he hasn't. He took the
> last $20 out of his account, leaving $1.30 to his name. He told somebody
> that he put $30 in the mailbox though and this morning I discovered $10
> missing from my purse. That probably makes me as mad as anything!! We've
> already told him that we are cutting off internet privileges at the end
of
> the month if he doesn't pay up his cable bill to us. We're dropping
> cable at the end of the month ourselves. With this new car and paying
for
> repairs on the old, we just can't afford it and dile up works fine for
> us. He won't be able to play his games any more or I M whenever he wants
> too, but tough. He refuses to go back to his old job because he hates the
> fact that his pay is direct deposit, but we arre more sure than ever that
> this was the right thing to do. We may not have that luxury if he lands a
> new job and he has filled out a few applications now. He can't talk to us
> about any of this because he would have to admit to so much, but I am
> praying that he will talk to his therapist about all this tomorrow. This
> guy is really decent. We really like him, but we are trying to stay out
of
> the picture as much as possible so that Chris and he will build the
> relationship instead of having us involved with it.
> After Chris got ripped off last night, Greg did take him down to
the
> Wednesday service at Calvary Chapel. The pastor is a good guy. He and
> Greg are friends, but Chris doesn't know that either. Anyway, Chris was
> much more comfortable last night and said that he is willing to go
> back. Go God!
> Kathy
>
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