Kathy, I'm praying for Chris and your family. I know it has to be hard going through all of this but I'm glad he has a good therapist and he went to church. Keep hanging in there. Amy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 8:04 AM Subject: God certainly knows what he is doing. > Hi Guys, > Well, yesterday was Wednesday and I thought that I'd give you an update on > Chris. He had been planning on getting high yesterday after his visit to > the probation officer. You will recall that I was praying that he would get > busted. It looks like God had a better idea. Leave it to a > Prffessional. Let me tell you. Well, Chris went back to his old dealer > on Tuesday and left $30 in our mailbox for the guy to pick up and deliver > the goods. Well, you guessed it. The money is gone and there was nothing > in its place. "A fool and his money," I guess. Chris is mad and he has no > clue that we know so he can't talk to us about it and he just has to bottle > it all up inside for now. He made some threats in instant messaging about > slashing their tires, but he's too much of a chicken to do that. Plus, he > is on conditional release. Nothing like a straight ticket back to jail. > To get us to take him to the bank to get the money, he told us that he > wanted to buy a school T shirt, which of course, he hasn't. He took the > last $20 out of his account, leaving $1.30 to his name. He told somebody > that he put $30 in the mailbox though and this morning I discovered $10 > missing from my purse. That probably makes me as mad as anything!! We've > already told him that we are cutting off internet privileges at the end of > the month if he doesn't pay up his cable bill to us. We're dropping > cable at the end of the month ourselves. With this new car and paying for > repairs on the old, we just can't afford it and dile up works fine for > us. He won't be able to play his games any more or I M whenever he wants > too, but tough. He refuses to go back to his old job because he hates the > fact that his pay is direct deposit, but we arre more sure than ever that > this was the right thing to do. We may not have that luxury if he lands a > new job and he has filled out a few applications now. He can't talk to us > about any of this because he would have to admit to so much, but I am > praying that he will talk to his therapist about all this tomorrow. This > guy is really decent. We really like him, but we are trying to stay out of > the picture as much as possible so that Chris and he will build the > relationship instead of having us involved with it. > After Chris got ripped off last night, Greg did take him down to the > Wednesday service at Calvary Chapel. The pastor is a good guy. He and > Greg are friends, but Chris doesn't know that either. Anyway, Chris was > much more comfortable last night and said that he is willing to go > back. Go God! > Kathy