Karen,
I hope and pray that you are correct!
Kathy


At 05:12 PM 7/15/2005, you wrote:
>All right.  He sounds like he really is a good kid but just trying to find
>himself.  Some of us have to go through hell to get to heaven sort of speak
>
>--
>Christ is either Lord of all or he is not Lord at all.
>Karen Carter '74
>
>
>
> > Karen,
> > He did say last night that he is grateful to have parents who will go to
> > such lengths for him.  One other thing that we talked about last night is
> > one of his friends who is a real druggy and we both know that the mother in
> > that situation has chosen  to bury her head in the sand.  Chris will often
> > make comments out of the blue about how, we're doing it the right way, even
> > though he still fights us tooth and nail.  I'm pretty sure that, even
> > though he hates the consequences, he's pretty  glad that he has such tough,
> > nosy parents.
> > Kathy
> >
> >
> > At 11:46 AM 7/15/2005, you wrote:
> > >All right Prasie the Lord.  Of course you know he is always in
> > >control.  And God maybe showing Chris that he truly is loved.  Sometimes
> > >kids act up because they think they are not loved.  Just keep reminding
> > >him that you do these things because you know he is better than how he
> > >acts and that you are doing it because you love him and he may not
> > >understand it nhow but in later years he will look back and be thankful
> > >that it was this way.,
> > >
> > >--
> > >Christ is either Lord of all or he is not Lord at all.
> > >Karen Carter '74
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi guys,
> > > > Thank you so much for praying.  What a wild day I have had.  This
> morning,
> > > > Greg talked to Nicki's mother and told her about the scheduled
> appointment
> > > > at planned parenthood.  Well, at first we thought that we weren't
> going to
> > > > be found out because Nicki's mother covered for us and said that
> planned
> > > > parenthood had called to remind her of her appointment.  We were
> praising
> > > > God that we were still going to escape detection.  Then, this
> afternoon,
> > > > before dinner, we don't know why, but Chris burst into our bedroom,
> where
> > > > Greg was working on the lap top and just asked outright, how long
> have you
> > > > guys been listening to our phone conversations?"  Well, we tried to
> talk a
> > > > bit thehn, but Chris was very angry, understandably, so we just
> dropped it
> > > > and went to dinner.  I had a feeling that I had better stay home
> from bible
> > > > study to face whatever storm was brewing.  Sure enough, I caught Chris
> > > > snooping around in our bedrom.  I calmly sat down on the bed and Chris
> > > > said, "what do you think I want to talk about Mom?"  So, I laid
> back and
> > > > just told him to go for it.  He shut the door and sat down beside
> me on the
> > > > bed and started asking questions about how much we knew and so on
> and so
> > > > forth.  I explained to him that we started monitering him when he
> started
> > > > sneaking around and hanging around people that we didn't know.  I
> was also
> > > > able to talk to him about birth controll and going back to his original
> > > > policy on abstaining from sex until marriage and, over all, it went
> pretty
> > > > well.  We ended on a good note.  Unfortunately, we just had another
> tiff in
> > > > the kitchen because he is grounded for the day and he still wants
> to go to
> > > > Nicki's so life isn't good, or perfect or, whatever, but I feel
> like God
> > > > gained another victory today in this crazy battle.  You guys needed
> to know
> > > > because your prayers really helped.  Now I have to run because my five
> > > > minute turn on the computer is over. GRIN!   Besides, it's getting wild
> > > > around here again, but, there was a victory today.  Yea!
> > > > Kathy
> > > > .