Kathy,

Your final sentence of the update went straight to my heart and I join you 
in prayer that Chris will become thoroughly sick of all the mess and just 
give himself unreservedly to Jesus, without question and with nothing else 
in his heart but to do His will!

Be assured I'll continue to pray along with you . . ..

Praise God for His great love to Chris and keeping power!  Truly, without 
that Chris would not be here to see God's hand of mercy!


--
Carol
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 6:11 PM
Subject: the latest on Chris


> Hi guys,
> Well, I actually have a few minutes to myself to sit and think, so why not 
> get you caught up on the saga of my wonderful prodigal!  GRIN!  We finally 
> heard from him this past  Sunday.  He called to wish Greg a happy Father's 
> day.  I think that Greg was a little disappointed because after talking to 
> him for only a few minutes, Chris asked to talk to me.  Anyway, we're all 
> caught up on the events of his life.  It's a mixed bag, as always.  The 
> program that he is involved with has moved Chris into another place.  From 
> the way that Chris described it, it sounds kind of like a town house. 
> Even though the place is a two bedroom, Chris is there alone and he loves 
> it.  Who wouldn't.  He believes that he's about ready to take the G. E.D. 
> and he has talked to a recruter once and has taken the pre-military test 
> which determines your strengths and weaknesses.  He still hasn't talked to 
> Greg's Brother David, who has been in the military for 21 years, because 
> he just doesn't want to make the call.  He's still with Nicki and all that 
> mess.  Nicki's brother has been arrested twice now for drug trafficking, 
> but Chris insists that he's not involved.
> Now, for the flip side.  We don't know exactly what the truth is.  Chris 
> says that he quit is last job and his old roommates say that he was fired. 
> Anyway, Chris doesn't have a job right now.  His X roommates either 
> trashed or sold almost everything Chris owned, including most of the 
> things that we had given him over this past year, so he really doesn't 
> have   much to his name any more.  His X roommate was eliminated from the 
> program and so he and his girl friend totally trashed the apartment that 
> they were living in.  Chris did say that he went back to the place with 
> some of the workers involved with the program to help clean up after they 
> were gone.  Chris had never been allowed in most of the apartment because 
> the roommate and girlfriend and baby had pretty much claimed the place. 
> Chris said that there was lots of mold and garbage to deal with and it was 
> pretty gross.
> Chris told me that he only sees about two or three of the people now that 
> he used to hang around with.  Pretty much, everyone is two faced in the 
> street crowd and drug culture.  He's paying a high price for his freedom, 
> that's for sure.  I just pray that he gets sick of the mess soon.
> Kathy
>