Hi Phil,
Thanks for the report.  I'm not getting to post much these days, but I do
read most messages.  Supporting you guys in prayer,
Vinny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 10:00 PM
Subject: Gretchen Report


> She came home from the grocery store with her 10 year old son so I did get
> to talk with her tonight.
>
> She claims she has done no drugs since we last talked as a group to her.
> I
> told her I found that very difficult to believe.  I covered all the things
> I
> had written down and she admitted to some of them.  She was adamant,
> however, about not doing the drugs.  She also began explaining why she was
> behaving the way she was and a very wounded and hurt and defeated person
> began talking and crying.  So, I did a little pastoring and preaching.
> Everything but the offering.  I explained many things to her that were the
> cause of her pain and woundedness.  She began listening.  I talked a lot
> about accountability and the importance of that type of relationship to
> maintain a walk with the Lord.  I told her, as I did this morning in
> church,
> that I would be teaching on this beginning after the first of next year.
> She immediately, before leaving to go to bed, asked to start praying
> again.
> So, that is where we begin; next Tuesday evening.  That is where we all
> start.  thank you for praying.
>
> Phil.
>
>
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