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> For many months now, Gretchen has been drifting away from the Lord and her
> family. By the way, I removed her from the list before writing this
> message. I don't think she was reading the echurch mail anyhow. Gretchen
> is back to lying all the time, associating with people with whom she
> shouldn't, smoking, she has been caught more than once, and we don't know if
> she has done any drugs but we have strong suspicions that she has been drunk
> when we were on our vacation and I would bet money that, at the very least,
> she has smoked some dope. She is never where she claims she is when away
> from home either. My son's drapery shop was doing extremely well when they
> hired Gretchen. They were scheduled 6 to 8 weeks out. Now, they have lost
> a lot of money and the business has steadily declined. Now, they are lucky
> if they have one week of work in advance and last week, they were down to
> just two days of week. They have gone without paychecks a couple of times
> recently in order to pay bills and taxes. The business has had to borrow
> money to stay open. Some of you already think I'm a screw ball so you won't
> mind what I am about to say. I have told my son that I personally believe
> the lack in business has direct relationship to Gretchen's employment since
> it is a family owned business. Additionally, I have known for several
> weeks, that spiritual fiddling with relationships within my own family
> realm, has been occurring, and even to the degree it has touched at least
> one of the people with whom I pray on a regular bases. So, I am being
> pressed, due to circumstances that are effecting my family, to make another
> decision that isn't going to be easy to make. I'd appreciate your prayers
> because this involves two little boys who never did anything to deserve what
> they have had to face in their little lives. By the way, I left out a whole
> ton of things that have been going on so what you just read is only the tip
> of the iceberg.
>
> Phil.