Kathy, I've been praying for you and I will continue to do so.

I'm praying that you will hear from Matt. I'm praying for your 
Church, and for Chris and everyone in your family.

Sending many of those lovings and squeezings.

Love you,
Pat Ferguson
At 10:38 AM 7/11/2006, you wrote:
>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