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 > > > .