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| Susan_2 (Susan_2) |
URGENT PRAYER REQUEST! About two hours ago my child came in with a bloody hand. He told me he was messing around with a fellow at the courts who was wearing a spiked wristband and it punctured him. Then he went upstairs and turned off all the lights, closed all the shades and hid. Then I notced A LOT of cops out front and several young kids who come see my son once in awhile were against the cop cars. Then several of them got arrested and several were let go. Then we heard a knock at my front door and I could see from the window it was my mother so , my son went to let her in. When one of the offercers saw my son he told my on to come over that he (the cop) wanted to talk with him (my son). My boy went to speek with the officer and I could tell their chat wasn't cool when my boy told the officer he was not going to say anymore and e was going to go bak into his house. At this point the cop told my son to put his hands up as he was under arrest. This is the point that the **** hit the fan. My son went nuts and I went nuts when several huge, strong officers threw my boy onto the driveway and smashed his face nto the cement, schackled his legs and handcufed him and THREW him into the back of the police car. Right at this moment just by coindence my 27 year old son drives up and sees what is going on. I was out there getting ready to attack the cop and the cop tells my older son to get me away from my baby or he (the cop) will mace me I don't back away and the cop points his mace can at me and my older boy gets me out of the way. My mom gets to nearly feeling a heart attack coming on and she goes in her house to lay down. My child is now in the hospital because he banged his head so hard on the steel bars in the cop car that he is getting ex-rays and possible a CAT scan. Then if he's not got a concussion or other serious physical injouries he'll be sent to the county psycharactic ward. After thsat it's back to juvenile hall. I still don't have any idea what brought all this on, no one has told me. Please, pray! | ||
| Janet (Janet) |
Susan, I will be praying for you and your son, that God's peace will be felt. I will also pray for His healing and loving touch over your son. God be with you, Janet | ||
| Colleentinker (Colleentinker) |
Susan, I will be praying for you and for your son. I too will pray for God's peace and healing to be with you and him, and that your son will be willing to know and face the truth and accept Jesus' love in his life. Colleen | ||
| Susan_2 (Susan_2) |
UPDATE! My child was taken to juvenile hall but he was too self-abusive and combative and had to be admitted into the county psycharactic impatient unit. I have to go over there now and sign numerous papers, such as release of medica records, permission for them to medicate him, etc. I immagine he'll be out of my home for at least a year. We will pray, o.k.? that while he is in an institution he will get the help he so greatly needs so he can yet have a high quality adulthood. He only turned 17 in November so really he does have (hopefully) a long and good life yet ahead of him. Gotta go, thanks to each of you for your prayers. | ||
| Colleentinker (Colleentinker) |
Susan, we'll continue to pray for you and for him. Thanks for updating usóI was wondering how things were going for you and for him as I was driving home this afternoon! Colleen | ||
| Derrell (Derrell) |
Susan, I'm so sorry to hear about your child. I am praying for him and for you. Derrell | ||
| Another_Carol (Another_Carol) |
Susan I can symphatize with you, having gotten our son out of jail one night many years ago on a drunk driving charge. It is so hard to watch our children in pain. It is at this age that we start to trust totally in our Lord and Saviour to show us what to do. You are in my prayers. Carol | ||
| Susan_2 (Susan_2) |
There is a text in the Bible that says to raise up a child in the way that is right and when he is old he will not depart from it. I know I haven't always been real good at raising up my kids but I do know that I have always loved them and wished a good and criminal-free life for them. Therefor I will request that we all pray that the Lord's will will be done regarding my child. Let's not pray for him to return home at this time because it may be in his best interest, in the long term goal of a successful adulthood going into and including his old age, that he be in a secure and structured placement at this time. BTW, he is now safely back at juvenile hall. I still don't have a clue what the charges are against him, no one in authority will tell me, or tell him. However tomorrow morning my son, me and his attoney are meeting to mull over all this drama. Thank-you for your prayers. | ||
| Susan_2 (Susan_2) |
Two days ago I misplaced my distance glasses. I do have my reading glasses but they really are not much help for what I need my glasses for. I'm pleading with you to pray for God's mercy in leading me to my glasses. Thank-you. | ||
| Sabra (Sabra) |
Susan, I'm praying for you and your son. That He will guide you in what to do. | ||
| Colleentinker (Colleentinker) |
Susan, I'm still praying for you and your son. Colleen | ||
| Susan_2 (Susan_2) |
Dear Cyber-friends, I went to visit my son. I do not know how to go about filing a police misconduct or police brutality report but I truly believe one neds to be filed on behalf of my child. He is extremely brused and scraped and swollen from the police mishandling him. My mother and I observed the entire episode and it was not as suvere as the beating Rodney King got but honest my child was abused by those cops. My childs lawyer took pictures of his injuries. Toorrow we have a heaing. I will tell you ll right now one thing. AlthoughI wouldn't necessarilly want to live in a community where there were no police, at the same time I like to keep my distance from them. 17 years ago one of mybest friends that I'd known since I was 18 years old was cold bloodedly murdered by two police offers. Why? Because he was black with a high position job and he was living with his white girlfriend. He was alone when the cops shot him dead. The cops said it appeared to them as if my friend was reacing for a weapon. Actually when he realized the cops were coming uon him and he put his hand in his pocket all he had in his pocket was his wallet with his i.d. The cops friends were all into those white supremist group but at the internal investigation on the killing of my friends them having all friends who were totally into the white power movement was not allowed to be brought out because the cops were not official formal members of those groups. The police suffered no punishment a all ever. I think of this often when I'm with my husband as he is black and I am white. When we are out, especially if we are travellijng in isolated areas and especially at night oh, how I pray for the sheild of the Holy Spirit because there are some evil people in this world and some of them have the jobs that put them in a position that we are to trust them. I only trust my God to protect me and my loved ones. | ||
| Colleentinker (Colleentinker) |
Susan, you have are carrying some heavy loads. My prayers for you continue. Colleen | ||
| Susan_2 (Susan_2) |
Please, keep my husband in your prayers. He had to go to another part of the state on business and got home just several hours ago. Yesterday he'd been fixing his friends fence and the sharp rod went through his arm, nearly severing his arm. He had to get the muscles inside his arm sewed up as well as the tendons and then the outside of his arm is sewed back together. The hospital people wanted him to be admitted but he refused and came home. It is a very,very serious injury. | ||
| Colleentinker (Colleentinker) |
We'll be praying for him, susan. Colleen | ||
| Carol_2 (Carol_2) |
Can I ask for prayer from you guys??? We're having "kid" problems. Please pray for the salvation of our kids (our blended family has four: one mine and three my husband's.) My 17 year old, who has always been extremely easy, is beginning to act out some. As I've mentioned before, her father is having marital problems and has been considering divorce from his second wife (therefore leaving my daughter's baby half-brother, like he left her! At least that's how she sees it.) Also, I think leaving the SDA church has been harder and more traumatic on her than she realizes. She sees benefits to my leaving and not enforcing SDA doctrines (she can go places or work on "Sabbath" etc.) She was baptized at the typical age for SDAs to be baptized, but I'm pretty sure she's never had a true conversion experience. I've tried since leaving the church to get her involved in the church we're attending, but I have to push. She does attend occasionally, and is going on a mission trip spring break with the youth. I'm praying that will be a life-changing experience for her. She's not real excited about going, and still doesn't know the kids very well, but I'm hopeful that will change after the trip. Anyway, we're just going through some difficult times right now, and I don't know, I just don't feel like I'm cut out for this stuff. I'm an anxious "worrier" to begin with, and now with some of the stuff going on, I don't know if I am going to make it raising teens. Please keep us in your prayers. Oh yeah, one more thing......I just said this to my younger sister and her husband, and will pass on this unsolicited advice to any of you who are parents with young children. Make it a priority to find a church home with lots of activities for the kids, an "on fire" church. Try to make sure your kids are growing up with their main friends being church (and of course strong Christian) friends - I wish so badly I could turn back time and had left the SDA church when my daughter was very young. She grew up in church school, but with SDA kids that for the most part were spiritually dead, confused, rebellious, etc. Working for the public school system now, I can see the strongest Christian teens are those who have been raised going to church and socializing FREQUENTLY with their friends from their church. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT!!! Anyway, I've rambled enough, love and prayers to all of you, Carol #2 | ||
| Colleentinker (Colleentinker) |
Carol, I agree with you about finding an on-fire church with dedicated kids' teachers. I've watched both our boys become bonded with their friends from church in a more personally significant way than those from school. This happened during their teeanage years, and they also go to a Christian school, which has been good for them. But the church input has been really life impacting. I will pray for you, Carol. How old are your step-kids, and what gender(s)? The early to mid teens are so difficult. I think that on average, judging from my experiences teaching high school, 14-15-year-old boys are in just about the hardest time of their entire lives. I've talked to so many parents who say they can't figure out what happened to their good-student, good-natured boys who have suddenly started earning D's and F'd and refusing to do homework. The good news is that they seem to begin to stabilize around 16-17. The bad news is it's HARD for a while! (Wow, I thought either I or our older son would have to move out when he was a freshman! Today he is 20 and wonderful!) I have decided that a child needs as many people praying for him or her as possible. I learned recently that two of my colleagues have been praying for our sons for two or three years, and I didn't know they were doing so! I am so thankful that God puts certain people on our hearts to pray for them. I'll pray for you and your daughter, Carol. Colleen | ||
| Sabra (Sabra) |
Carol, I will definately keep you and your family in prayer. You have a wonderful family and I know you are going to get through this just fine. Try not to worry, it does no good and is a big waste of effort. Don't blame yourself for anything either. You have done a wonderful job and kids get at an age where they have to figure things out on their own, just like we did! E-mail me anytime! Blessings, Sabra | ||
| Roseheartgirl (Roseheartgirl) |
Hi Carol, I will pray for your family to. Just love that girl of yours more, love is the best medicine of all I find. Just love her through it all. Tell her how much you love her and that you well be their for her. And let her know that God loves and cares for her. I know how kids can be difficult at times and get on your nerves sometimes, even though my kids are still very young. My son is a very independent six year old, and I seem to be always admonishing that he is to young to do this and that. And at the same time I am trying to keep the communication line open with him. He wants to grow up to fast, and do what the older kids are doing in the neighborhood. My dad calls him a real life Dennis the menace. I was also baptized in the adventist church like your daughter at a very young age, but before the typical age of 12. My mom really wanted me to wait until I was 12. I wanted so much to be baptized, that my mom let be go ahead and be baptized at the age of 11. I accepted the Lord into my heart at the early age of 10, and he has been with me ever since through it all. As a saying goes through thick and thin. And it seems he has lead me out of SDA'ism one step at a time. And I never really pictured he would lead me out of the SDA church. Well that is enough for now, it is off to bed. | ||
| Another_Carol (Another_Carol) |
I am asking for special prayer for my daughter and son-in-law who are going into mediation today at 3:30. I count this as a plus because it will at least facilitate some dialoge of which there is next to known on his part. Like I said earlier in my post 2 people cannot resolve anything unless they talk about in a manner that is respectful of both parties. The unique thing about this situation is that we are not speaking about what is best for those who are the parties of this divorce but rather we are speaking of the product of the marriage and that is 2 young boys who need their Father and Mother to be united in the way they should be raised or we have a situation such as 1 Kings 3:26-28. What really is the best for the child? May you pray that God would intervene and that His love would reign supreme. Thanks for all the love and prayers that have already gone up. We wait for His counsel, Carol |
