Phil,

I'm Praising God with you for Gretchan's change inattitude in her letter.

I'll continue to pray for her. I know she will do just fine and she will
know Jesus soon! I just know that.

Love and Blessings,
Pat Ferguson



At 07:41 PM 2/27/04 -0700, you wrote:
>We received a second letter from Gretchen.  She actually said she was
>thankful she was in this rehab center but she was still having trouble
>sleeping.  Gretchen's sleep pattern was all screwed up from her drug usage
>anyhow.  She detailed a story of one of the Alcohol Anonymous ladies who
>spoke recently to their class and it gave Gretchen hope we have not heard in
>Gretchen for a very long time.  The women are housed in a residential area
>only about 15 minutes from where we live but they are picked up each morning
>and taken to the place where they work for part of the day.  Then they have
>drug and alcohol abuse classes in the evenings.  Her oldest boy, Everett is
>8 years old.  He is beginning to ask questions about when she is coming home
>and when we can see her.  He was thinking, from what we gathered tonight,
>that his mom would be home in a month.  Of course, she won't be out for
>several months but we can go see her in 30 days.  It will be 90 days before
>she can get a pass to come home on weekends.  So, in short, this is likely
>going to be more difficult for the little guys.  I won't be writing about
>each letter she sends, of course, but I thought it was interesting to notice
>a shift in Gretchen's attitude after only three days.
>
>Phil.