OMG...How horrible for your loved ones and especially the kids. Prayers going up for a safe and speedy resolution to this.
Praying that our Heavenly Father will open the judge's eyes to see justice for your brother.
I will pray for him, but did you mean he still isn't aware of where they are? I pray he finds them safe and well.
My best to him.
Nam Vet
Prayers for a successful outcome.
Prayer sent.
Prayers for the entire family.
Prayers bump
Lord, please let this good man be reunited with his children. Amen.
Prayer on your brother's behalf forwarded up by request!
May God be with you and may His hand be shown.
On another note; I would like to thank everyone for their prayers for my wife Ruby. I put out a prayer request the week before Katrina reorganized the area because Ruby had suffered numerous skin cancers and the doctors decided to do a Cat Scan and other tests to see if her lymph system had been invade. In the doctors words, "If this is the case, then it is incurable."
We were supposed to get the results the Monday that Katrina blew through/over us and it took until last Monday to finally run into someone (A guy in our church is a nurse at Keesler AFB where the tests had been conducted) that could hunt down someone who had access to the results. We had a terrible scare when a doctor told her over the phone that they saw nodules on her liver and that she had to come right in the next day to set up more tests. I was terrified of losing my lifemate to liver cancer and she wasn't real thrilled. Her faith is stronger than mine, but we both spent a sleepless night.
When we got to se a doctor the next morning, I broke down and sobbed when she said it was actually lesions that were probably only expanded blood vessels and "nothing to get scared about". She also told us that the lymph system had not been compromised. They set us up for some more tests to make absolute sure of everything, but it looks like God decided to let me keep my wife for a while longer. It really put the trashed house and lack of insurance money into a whole new perspective.
At any rate, thanks so much for the prayers and support and Praise the Lord for His many Blessings!
God Bless and forgive me for posting onto another prayer request - I foprgot the initial contact that sent the prayer ping out for me.
My sister-in-law, Angela, made it to court today. Her lawyer tried to get visitation for my brother denied, but the judge was very angry with her legal shenanigans, and my brother can now see the children for 3 hours, plus talk to them on the phone, once a week. He also has to pay Angela $300/month for the children.
Korin and Damon are now enrolled in school, but Aaron had some sort of breakdown during all of this and is not enrolled. We do not know the particulars, only that he was seen in an emergency room.
The judge was also very aware that some mothers try to stretch this part of the process out for years, and told Angela this was the only hearing he would allow for this portion. He would not let her keep Eric and the children on a string.
The next court date is scheduled for November 17th, at which time Eric's lawyer will ask that the children be relocated to his home and away from Angela. Angela was also served with divorce papers, and the hearing for this will be sometime in January.
Thank you all for your continued prayers. I had hoped for better news, but all in God's time.
I'm glad things are getting better for your brother and the children. God bless all of them.
Prayers up.
Lord be with your brother and his dear kids
My brother was supposed to talk on the telephone to his children yesterday evening, per the judge's order. My sister-in-law did not allow this to happen.
Eric is scheduled to meet with his children this Thursday, but I am frightened that my sister-in-law will make good on her threat that he will "never get the kids".
My fears are accentuated by a tidbit of news we received from one of her former co-workers. The day she left her job, the FBI and local law enforcement officers were called to the nursing home, where she worked as some sort of aide that could administer medications. Now when asked, the administrators at the nursing home will not acknowledge that my sister-in-law ever worked there.
Would you please remember the safety and protection of Damon, Aaron and Korin in your prayers? Thank you!
Prayers frequently going up for your brother and his kids.
Dear bothers and sisters, Eric finally got to see his children last evening with their grandfather…and I was able to speak briefly with Aaron and Damon on the telephone.
I cannot begin to relate the emotions that fill my heart, nor could any words suffice. My gratitude is boundless to our Lord, and profound to all of you…my willing prayer partners and caring brothers and sisters.
Angela was not supposed to be at their meeting, but she came anyway to speak with Eric. She told him it was never her intention to get a divorce and that she loves him, but just wanted some attention from him. Unbeknownst to her though, Eric spent 2-1/2 hours talking to her pastor earlier in the day. The pastor said that for the past few months, their little church has been giving Angela thousands of dollars for things like heating oil, food, etc. Eric told him that all he heard about was $40.00 for gasoline.
The pastor was, to say the least, stunned and said he needed to think about things. But he stressed that God does not like divorce, and that the pastor would like to see Eric and Angela work things out.
In court last week, Angela told the judge that Eric was guilty of abusing the children and locking them in closets for days on end. She also said she was afraid for her life, which was why she took the kids and ran.
I find all this very hard to believe, because Eric’s first wife shot at him (and missed, thank God), spent some time in jail for the assault, and yet Eric never once raised a hand to her…and she admits that he never abused her.
For the record, Eric has gotten in touch with numerous agencies in Wisconsin to help him out with energy costs for the home, food, and Medicaid for himself and the children. Eric does work, and he works very hard, but doesn’t make enough money by himself to support the household. Angela receives a significant amount monthly from the U.S. Army for some sort of disability (which we have never been able to nail her down about), and together they were able to make ends meet.
I have agreed to pay for psychological evaluations for Eric, Angela, and the children so the Guardian ad Litem will have enough information to make a quality recommendation to the court for custody. You would not believe how much this will cost, and it will take all I have saved for tuition and my own future needs. I happily offer these resources to the Lord and I know He will provide for whatever I need, when I need it.
I have warned Eric that as soon as Angela realizes that her plans to get back together with him will not bear fruit, that the unpleasant person he saw in court last week will reappear. He is ready for this.
I deeply and humbly appreciate all of your continuing prayers for my brother and his children. Thank you all so very, very much! I pray for God’s richest blessings upon each of you.