All I can say to this is wow what an awesome God we hve hugs


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Vinny Samarco" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: Wheww! Chris had a close one!


> Hi Kathy,
> The Lord obviously has his hand on Chris.  He just needs a bit more fear
> of
> the Lord, and I mean fear, not awesome reverence, or however the Niv
> translated it.
> Vinny
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 11:07 AM
> Subject: Wheww! Chris had a close one!
>
>
>> Hi Guys,
>>         Chris had a close scare Saturday night and I just have to share
>> it
> because
>> it shows the awesome creativity of our heavenly Father.  You know, some
>> of
>> this just has to be from the Lord, because I would never even think of
>> these things.  It just goes to show what a boaring parent I must be when
> it
>> comes to discipline.
>>         Chris was really pretty decent this weekend.   I mean, he behaved
> fairly
>> well and we got along okay.  He even offered to make the pizza on
>> Saturday
>> evening, something that he hasn't done for at least two years, because he
>> knew that we were upset about some stuff going on with our oldest son
>> Matthew and we had to do some parenting in that direction; if you can
>> parent long distance.  Anyway, after dinner, Chris wanted to go to
>> Nicki's
>> house.  Where else?  Greg took him there in the van so that they could
> take
>> the bike along and then Chris was willing to come home on the bike.
>> Chris
>> has been pretty good about respecting our curfew so we decided to give
>> him
>> an extra hour on Saturday evening and say that he could come home at
>> midnight instead of 11:00 pm.  Well, at 1:00 am.  Chris showed up in our
>> bedroom and said, "Mom, Dad, there's a cop here.  He wants to talk to
>> you."  Oh, what a way to wake up!!
>>         Well, out went Greg in his pajamas, and, guess what, it was the
> same
>> officer that arrested Chris a month ago.  This time, however, Chris
> dropped
>> the attitude.  Good boy and he acted very subdued.
>>         The officer had seen Chris riding on the road and turn into our
> driveway
>> so he decided to check it out.  He parked his crewser right behind where
>> Chris parked the bike and told Chris that he wanted to talk to us.  Into
>> our living room he came, at 1:00 am.  Wow!    The cop wanted to see if
>> Chris was violating a curfew and he also asked a bunch of questions about
>> how Chris is doing on his conditional release.  Whew!  Chris is lucky
>> that
>> he has been behaving himself!  Even though he was late, Greg let it slide
>> and said that things were okay.  The officer also pointed out that Chris
>> should have lights on his bike for night riding.  We got some lights for
>> him yesterday.  We do feel that that is our responsibility since, if
>> Chris
>> were ticketed for improper lighting on his bicycle, we'd have to pay the
>> fine anyway.
>>         After the officer left, Chris was just shocked.  He said, "what
> are the
>> chances that it would be the same police officer?"  Greg was able to
>> point
>> out that, obviously, the chances are pretty good.  Chris can now reflect
> on
>> the fact that he is known and being watched by the legal profession.
>> It's
>> not just us any more.
>>         Chris explained that, without lights, he accidently took a wrong
> turn on
>> the way home and that's why he was late.  He took Greg back to the spot
>> yesterday afteernoon and showed Greg what he did to make a mistake.  Greg
>> said that it is believable so, we're willing to let it go unless we learn
>> otherwise.
>>         Now, today, Chris is working for a neighbor, which means that
> he'll
>> probably have some spending money again.  After last week, I'm nervice
>> about that, but I'm learning to just keep praying and trusting in God who
>> sees all.  Chris is pretty much beyond our controll, but he's not beyond
>> God's.  I guess that I'm just tired of the roller coaster, but I'd better
>> get used to it because there are probably more twists and turns to come.
> I
>> hope that my stomach can hold out!  GRIN!
>> Kathy
>>
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