Junior

Thanks, buddy. There a local guy who owns a concrete company called last night and wants to meet with him. He's helped out a lot of other guys who had problems and may be willing to give Patrick a job. If anyone could pray that this works out it would be most appreciated.

Falcon,

Prayers sent. Thanks for sharing this difficult issue for your family and showing that there is only ONE way! It always helps to be reminded!

Eric

You're so right, Eric. The think I found most ironic about the whole experience is this: The public schools have gone to great lengths in recent years to keep Christianity and the Bible out of the schools while being openly tolerant of other religeous practices. The first place the courts sent Patrick was to a state run prison for 30 days where he was put in solitary while they ran the usual medical testing and figured out which facilitiy he would go to for his sentence. He was allowed only one book during that 30 days; a King James Bible that was provided by the prison. Maybe the time to encourage the kids to seek the Lord is BEFORE they wreck their lives and damn near kill themselves???? Todays narcissistic, self absorbed society is driving us right over a cliff; it's so sad to see.