Kathy, be assured of my  prayers...how hard for you not knowing about Mat!
So if a person is 20 they can just disappear and no one cares...how long
before they will look in to it for you?
As for Chris, it's too bad for him...maybe jail will get his attention in a
way nothing else could! Still I know as a mother you must worry about him.  
Praying for the church as well, that the mission statement would become more
an action than just a lovely statement, praying for  discouragement, the
enemy of  our peace and joy!
Try and take care of y ourselves during all of this!
I worry so easily seemingly, working on that trust issue!!
Seems God's dictionary and mine don't match up on words like trust,
forgiveness, love, asking Him for his definition to replace mine!
Rhonda

-----Original Message-----
From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Kathy Du Bois
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 10:38 AM
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Subject: the latest from Maine

First of all, thanks you guys for continuing to pray.  I'm afraid 
that the latest isn't good.  Well, at least we heard from Liz last 
night and she is loving it down there.  She has to practice much more 
than she is used to and she is expected to have her pieces memorized 
for her recital, but she thinks that she can do it, so good for her.

Chris called last night from jail.  He was picked up for 
trespassing.  His court appearance is today.  Greg is working at the 
post office so we won't be going.  We told him long ago that we would 
never bale him out, so there you are.  He was with Nicki and she got 
arrested too.  I guess that they were in an abandoned building doing, 
who knows what.  Nicki's mom called last night to make sure that we 
knew about Chris.  Evidently, Nicki was released because she is still 
a juvenile.

Still no word on Matt.  A friend of ours, in the Grand Rapids area, 
called the police and was told that, because Matt is 20, we must 
assume that he doesn't want us to hear from him and they aren't going 
to do anything to help.  Greg's name is on Matt's bank account out in 
Michigan, so Greg signed up and was able to access Matt's account on 
line and there has been no recorded activity since June 29.  Please 
pray that we hear from him soon, one way or another.

Our church is also having a quarterly business meeting this Sunday 
and the flag issue is going to be re-visited.  Many people are 
wanting to vote to change the flags back, not because it's right, but 
because they want the conflict to go away.  I just pray that God will
prevail.

Also, Greg and I are disappointed because a few years ago, a vision 
to action committee was formed in our congregation to try to move our 
people from the 1950s to the 21 century, or at least close.  We 
created a nice mission statement, but then not much else.  The people 
got distracted by busy activities that did nothing to move us forward 
and now, the committee has pretty much disbanded with no progress, 
but a nice statement, being made.  It's just one of those times when 
it is very discouraging to be in the ministry.  It feels like we are 
being attacked on all sides, both family and church and yet we must 
continue to move forward, trust God and love the people anyway.  I'm 
sure that your prayer for us is most helpful.
God bless,
Kathy