Oh Kathy,
Perhaps it is just the darkest before the dawning. I am sorry to hear this
disturbing news. We do know that the Lord in with Chris and he has a
solution for Chris but it is hard to think about that right now. I will
continue praying for you guys!
Huggs and blessings.
Virgie and Hoshi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 8:46 AM
Subject: awakened in the night by a phone call
> Hi Guys,
> Well, after giving a pretty good report of how things went Friday, it
> would seem that, possibily, the roller coaster is going again. Last
> night, we were awakened in the middle of the night by a phone call from
> the girl friend of Chris's roommate. Her name is Sam. She was really
> upset. Evidently, Chris packed up and moved out yesterday and moved to a
> friend's house and in the process of moving, took her computer. Then, she
> said that she got the computer back, but the hard drive was missing. Then
> she called back to say that Chris had come back in the middle of the night
> and punched her boy friend in the face. We don't know what to think. We
> have no way of getting hold of Chris. We have no clue how this girl got
> our phone number. We don't know who is telling the truth. Chris had told
> us on Friday that she was calling around, spreading a lot of lies about
> him stealing, but she claimed last night that she wasn't the one who was
> doing it and that the actual culprit is the guy that Chris moved in with.
> I have a feeling that everybody is lying and we hadn't planned on getting
> into the middle of any of this, but, here we are. This girl, Sam, claims
> to have gotten the police involved and if Chris is guilty of assault and
> battery, as an adult, he may have just kissed is plans for the military
> goodbye. She also let us know that Chris was indeed fired from his job
> on Saturday, but if that is because of the lies she told, or the truth
> that Chris really was stealing, we just don't know.
> I don't know what to think. The phone call was jarring, to be awakened
> from a deep sleep, to say the least. We got up and locked our doors and
> just prayed. I just pray that, somehow, the truth will get sifted out of
> all the mess and that the right people are punished. If that's Chris,
> then, I'm sorry, but we won't rescue him from his own foolishness. That's
> a hard thing to say as a parent, but in Proverbs it says, "Discipline your
> son, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to his death. A
> hot tempered man must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to
> do it again." Proverbs 19:18-19 The best thing that Chris could do is
> turn to Jesus.
> Kathy
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