Prayer Request

I missed a call today from one of the boys who lived with us two years ago. It was obvious he had been crying and could barely contain it when he left the message. He said, "This is J, I just called to tell let you know gramma is in the hospital and she is dying." His voiced cracked and he then said he would call me back later. I have tried to call him, but have been unable to reach him. I finally got ahold of his grandfather and he told me gramma has cancer all over her body and she is having a difficult time breathing. I let him know we will be there first thing tomorrow after church. So again if you would pray for gramma to be able to breath easy and for J to get through this and know he is loved.

J was abandoned by his mother when he was four years old. He and his two year old sister were left alone in their apartment for two weeks before they were found. He was taken into CPS who placed him and his sister in foster care for two years, when an aunt came to get them. She had them for six months, then decided she could not keep J, so she called his gramma to take him. At six years old, he was devastated, he didn't want to leave his sister behind and he didn't know what was happening, but the choice was not his to make.

His mother at one time was attending court reporter school, but met J's father who was deep into the drug scene, and she became addicted to crack. She is still very much addicted, he is 21 years old now. J's father has been to prison five times for drugs and various things, he is doing better now, has been clean for five years, still struggling with an anger problem.

When J came to live with us, his gramma had just been diagnosed with Breast Cancer. He had been incarcerated for sixteen months for delivery of marijuana and had just been released. She called one night and asked if we could take him in, because she was unable to do the things he needed for parole, etc. So we did, he lived with us for approximately two years off and on, then finally went home to gramma's house. His problems have come from living in a dysfunctional enviroment when he was a baby and all through his teenage years.

Gramma is the only person J has felt security with for so many years and now she will be going home to Jesus. I know he will feel lost for awhile. So lift him up in prayer, along with gramma and grandpa if you would. Thanks everyone and God Bless, I will be off for the next couple of days, so I won't post again until Tuesday.