I'm praying, Kathy.

Sharon
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From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 1:23 PM
Subject: It has been a while


> Hi guys,
>        Well, I've been quiet lately, haven't I?  Pretty good for
> me!!  "NOT!"  Actually, Ive been keeping up with the reading pretty
> well, so I know pretty much what is going on, but I either lack the
> energy, or the words to describe my life lately, so I just read about
> yours.  I guess I've just found it easier to remain a passive lurker
> lately.    If nothing else, this does show that I can be still for a
> season at least!  GRIN!
>        Ned and Vinny, you will be happy to know that I finally got my
> piano tuned yesterday.  Yea!   The humidity had done a number on it,
> but Greg also hadn't put it together correctly when he decided to try
> to check things out for himself lat summer when I began asking you
> guys questions about it.  Liz and I have been rassing him a bit about
> it, now that we know.
>        Two weekends ago, I was at a women's retreat in New hampshire where
> I was one of the music leaders.  At first, it appeared that I would
> be the only musician, but God does answer prayer and we did manage to
> get a worship team together before all was said and done.  It went
> much better that way.  Yea!
>        I finally heard back from the drama company about my skit on the
> parable of the four soils and they want to see it so I'm busy
> tweeking and polishing it and hope to get it in the mail by the
> weekend.  Of course, I'm still dreading the rejection letter as a
> result, but I'll never know if I don't try.  I'd really appreciate
> your prayer over this venture for me.  I feel as though I"m really
> stepping out in faith.
>        I'm also busy with my knitting.  I need it for peace of mind with
> everything that is happening around me.  I made a prayer shawl for my
> sister and am now learning a really complicated pattern for an
> afghan.  Well, It may not be complicated for people to whom knitting
> is old hat, but for me, I'm pretty amazed!
>        I wish that parenthood were going as well.  Our oldest, Matt, is
> now
> employed at Holiday Inn on the housekeeping staff.  He likes it, but
> Matt likes everything.  What he struggles with is being self aware
> enough to know whether or not he is doing well.  He works second
> shift and he still doesn't have his driver's license, even after
> taking the test twice, so Greg still has to run in and pick him up
> and then, of course, pick up chris from Nicki's house along the way.
>        Chris has 27 days more to live with us and then, he is out!!  We
> had
> a meeting with a social worker today and two people from the
> department of corrections to try to figure out where Chris will live
> next.  Of course, it would be easiest if he stayed here, for them,
> but even then, if he moved out, they aren't interested in helping him
> too much, especially with any funding.  The problem is that he will
> still be on juvinile probation for three months after he turns 18 so
> he will be ending up in some sort of a no mans land.
>        While Chris's outward violence against us has stopped, "he says he
> doesn't want to go back to jail), the passive aggressive stuff has
> increased.  Unfortunately, most passive aggressive behaviors don't
> break the law, just frustrate everyone else in the house hold.  He
> has urinated in a potted plant, stolen his brother's i.d. to try to
> buy cigarettes, stolen things out of our room, not to mention
> retreaved things that we had taken from him that he shouldn't have
> had in the first place.  He spends a lot of his time at Nicki's, but
> he has lied about us so much and undermined our character so much to
> them, that they think that we are real jerks to even want to get rid
> of him.  He is such an excellent liar and con, I almost feel like I'm
> living with the guy from the movie, "Catch Me If You Can."  The
> stories get so convoluted that we can't even tell what is up and down
> sometimes.  Other people, however, who don't know him well, like the
> people that we met with today, don't know that, or in truth, care to
> know that.  If they did take the time to know, they might actually
> have to act and as long as we are around, they have more pressing
> matters to deal with.
>        This family counselor that the courts hired to work with us wrote
> this really glowing report about how our family had improved
> dramaticly with his help; no doubt insuring job security for him and
> the agency that he works for.
>        You know, what is so hard is that this is all just so
> wrong!!  Nicki's parents have said that, if worse comes to worse,
> Chris can move in with them.  Her father claims that he can get Chris
> a job at the Home Depot, where he works, but this guy is a drunk and
> a liar himself.  Nevertheless, Chris is clinging to the offer, if
> nothing else works out.  The probation officer also recommended that
> we give Chris the bike of ours,  that he has been using since he
> doesn't have anything else for transportation.
>        I know that I don't know the end of the story yet.  I know that
> anything could change at any time, but this is a pretty low point in
> the story right now.
>        God bless everybody.  Hopefully, my life will settle down again
> soon
> and I can be a more frequent contributor again.
> I love you guys and I appreciate your being there, always!
> Kathy
>
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