I want to thank you all for your prayers. It brings so much hope into my heart. So far I have not heard anything from my daughter. It has been so long and so hard for me. I have not given up hope. I am trusting in our Lord to save her and heal our relationshipo. I continue to pray to Him that she will see the destruction in her relationship and how it effects her as well as her family. I pray for God's powers to keep Satan and his evilness from my daughter. I am on my 7th day of Novena to St. Jude that he may also help me in my request to God for delivering my daughter from this evil. May God bless you all for giving me strength through your loving hearts.

Thank you Lord Jesus! I just heard from my daughter. It was only to ask me to send a copy of her birth certificate and social security number - but at least I could hear her voice again. Praise God! I miss her so much and I love her with every breadth I take with my whole heart and soul. I always have. I will never forget the first day I saw her and I could hold her tiny body in my arms. She was 3 days old and a preemie. She filled the hole in my heart - the need to be a mother. I tried my best to be a good mother all her life. She is turning 23 in July and I so need her to stay in my life. I don't want to lose her or her love. If her lifestyle by God's will, then I pray he gives me the strength to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can...and the wisdom to know the difference. I pray that He deliver her from the evil around her - from the people who are tearing our family apart by bringing Satan to her life. I pray so much for God to help her and to help me be strong until the day He brings her back to me. I pray He lets her know how much I love her and miss her - that she NEVER needs my forgiveness because forgiveness is what a mother is. We love our children for who they are unconditionally. I only want to see her filled with our Lord's love - to be happy in her life - to be well in mind and spirit - and to have a decent relationship with someone who TRULY loves her - not these people who are using her for their own deeds. Please - keep praying with me. Don't leave me alone. I need you all at my side - I know He is here with me, but I can't stop crying. I am so desperate for Him to hear our prayers for her. God bless you all for everything you do for us and for others. Words cannot express how much your prayers and thoughts mean to me. God bless you all in His mercy!

My sister just joined our website - her member name is Glorilou and she has submitted a prayer request for my daughter, Leni. Thank you, Jesus, for bringing us an additional member!

As I am a school counselor, I decided to browse many clip art pictures to find this one - the guardian angel. I thought this was more like me so I chose it as my "new" picture! I also attached a picture of my daughter, Leni, and my son, Keaton. Thank you all again for your prayers and giving me strength in His name! I am still praying for patience, endurance and strength to Jesus, God, our Lord, and St. Jude to help my daughter! Please keepy praying for her and with me! I love you all!

First of all, I want to thank you all so much for your help, support and beautiful prayers! I am VERY WORRIED FOR LENI RIGHT NOW. It seems things have taken a turn for worse! I just received a text message from one of her "friends" who is now on her way to FL to be with Leni. Leni went to the doctor - I don't know what medicin he gave her. I don't know if she had a reaction to it or if she took too much. All I know is that she woke up in a neighbor's apartment on their couch and the police brought her back to her apartment. I don't know if she's been charged with anything. I'm so worried for her - emotionally and her well-being. I'm so far away here in GA and I cannot leave my job to go there now to help her. I know she is 23 and should be dealing with this herself. But I love her and so I hurt for and with her. Please do not give up on her or me! Stay with me, friends - I need you now more than ever!

Again, thank you all my friends for your prayers and support. Praise the Lord - Leni is doing MUCH better! The psychiatrist on staff at the hospital in FL called me and explained that the migraine medicine had a reaction to the bipolar medicine she is taking. He is sending the ER report to her psychiatrist. She only took ONE pill. They did drug testing and the ONLY thing in her system were the prescription medications she was supposed to take. The police DID go through her apartment (they were at first concerned re: possible suicidal ideation or illegal drugs) and THERE WERE NO DRUGS, DRUG PARAPHENALIA IN THE APARTMENT! I'm SO relieved! Thank you, Jesus!

The ONLY thing I'm worried about now is that she is still wanting to come home - quit school, quit her job and come back to GA. The 2 people in her "relationship" are there now and staying for a month. Although I am most thankful that they can be there to help her and I ask God to bless them for that....HOWEVER, they both are trying to convince her to come back home....to stay with THEM - not because of her family. This is Satan's work because it is so very selfish of these people to even THINK of telling her to come back to GA when they know how much she's wanted to go to the school there for saving endangered species as her career. She was working so hard to become 1 of 15 out of 50 in the program to earn an internship in GA at a very large zoo that saves endangered species.....and she could end up with a job if she does well with the internship. Their reason to convince her? They thought she was going to kill herself with the meds. NO - that is NOT true at all. It was a reaction to a "new" medication for her migraines! Please pray for Leni that she continues to grow stronger through God and remains in FL to complete her schooling. Dad & I suggested she look for a roomate so she's not alone there - she has 2 months before her lease is up. That way she has someone there if something happens again. This seems like a good solution. I'm still praying to our dear Lord to guide her in a better direction - that she gets out of this "3" relationship - to find a good man to love and who will love and respect her back. I remain hopeful as I know the Lord is listening to my prayers and all of yours. I will not give up or give in! My love to you all!

You are all such beautiful wonderful friends! Thank you so much for your greatly needed prayers! God bless you all for your help and strength and faith!

I just heard that Leni is back in the hospital again. Her headache is continuuing and they thought she had appendicitis. The test results came back and they found out that when she took the migraine medicine and was disoriented, she apparently took 28 Klonopin pills! NO she was NOT trying to kill herself - this was purely through her disorientation. The doctors found out that her stomache is distended due to a urinary tract infection from all the medicine she took. Her gastrointestinal system is also affected. They have her a strong antibiotic and called her psychiatrist to get her an appointmet to see him today. Again, I am so thankful to our dear Lord - our God - and all your prayers - that this possible disaster has turned out okay and Leni will be fine. I do thank these 2 "friends" for being there to help Leni through this but I still pray they're driven from her life as they control her life thru the evil within them that needs to be cast out. They never let Leni use the phone to call me while she was in the hospital - this is their way of keeping me away. I told them I am going to FL to help Leni through this. They told me in no uncertain terms that I should wait because she'll be okay and I don't need to come - there are already 3 people and 3 dogs in her 1 bedroom apartment. This infuriates me - I am Leni's mother. They have no legal ties to her. But again - they do not want me there so they can keep control. I told them I am the mother and I will come if I choose - that the apartment does not belong to them - I pay the rent. They are trying their best to keep me from my daughter - but I pray for them that they will see what they are doing to Leni and that God removes the evil and selfishness from them. I pray to God to give me strength to not let these people anger me or get me down. I will not let them control me. As a christian, I will never "hate" anyone - but I do not like at all what they do. Pray for God's forgiveness for them and their thoughts. Pray for Leni that she "sees the light of God" and that these people are ruining her life, hopes and dreams she's worked for the past few years. Pray that God heals Leni's soul and body - that she gets well. I thank you again, my friends! I will update as I can. I will more than likely leave tomorrow for FL to be with Leni. I love her so much and I'm so worried about her - but I do know that God is with her now as are His angels! He will keep her safe! I have faith that He will deliver her from all evil, forgive her for her sins, and bring her back to Him. God bless you all!

Change of plans. I will not be going to FL afterall. Satan has a hold of Leni - she does not want me to come there. She insists she is coming home - yes, to "live with" those 2 people. They convinced her to quit college/her job and come back to GA. I am so depressed. This means she will lose all medical and dental insurance (they will drop her from my insurance if she quits school!) AND her student loan will become due. She is not thinking clearly about all she is losing. After 2 years of trying to get into this program, she is giving it up. She says her "bipolar" keeps her from continuing - yet 3 days ago she was telling me she feels better than ever with being off all other drugs and only taking what her psychiatrist prescribes. She just called me and is saying the OPPOSITE of what the emergency room doctor told me....the reason they only prescribe 1 month of medication is so that they CANNOT overdose - this is a state mandate! She told me the hospital told her the opposite - I know this is NOT true because as I said, the staff psychiatrist called me to tell me this! Satan is holding her so tightly she is not thinking at all. These people have such a hold on her! If they really cared they would NOT convince her to come back home to THEM but would encourage her to stick with school. I told her I would help her through this time. She said she had another emergency where 2 more teeth broke off in her mouth and she is going for an emergency dentist visit. She will no longer have this dental insurance once she withdraws from school! She has missing bones in the area above her teeth and will need implants/root canals, etc. This would be covered by my insurance totally BUT if she quits school it will cost approx. $14,000 and we cannot in any way pay this kind of money. She is going downhill fast and DEAR GOD I NEED A MIRACLE NOW! THERE IS NO MORE TIME TO WAIT! ST. JUDE PLEASE HELP ME TO GET TO GOD FOR THIS MIRACLE! I need Leni to stick it out with school, stay on her bipolar medication and get these 2 "users" out of her life. First they broke up our family and now they are taking away what she's wanting to do in life - just for their own selfish purpose. I do not know what to do now or where to turn so I turn to God again and pray that he hears my desperation in needing a miracle. I know His "time to grant miracles" is not always when we want them - we are to have patience, but I have run out of time and need God's help NOW. Please, my dear friends - help me. I am so worried and upset and confused. I can't convince her to stay there - she will come home and lose everything. Please help me! Please hear my cries!

Dear friends - my sisters and brothers - Words cannot express what I feel in my heart for all your prayers, candles, belief in our Lord, the strength, hope and advice you give me. I did go to FL. My daughter called me back and apologized - said she needed her mother. But it was a trick by her, & the man and woman (living together for 15 years - not married) in her life. When I got there, I found that the man had been arrested for domestic violence against his partner of 15 years. She asked my daughter to call 911 and so this man threatened to kill Leni. He was released from jail on his own recognizance. He apparently has also abused his live in girlfriend emotionally for years. She is 6 weeks pregnant by him. She was smoking marijuana when I arrived....as was my daughter. They brought it there - a large container. I tried to tell the woman it would harm the baby - she told me her doctor said it was ok but we all know this is not the case. I got there on Sat. night - his live in girlfriend picked him up when he got out of jail and took him to a hotel (he was not to have contact with her until his trial in 3 weeks.) Then she came back to my daughter's apartment. On Sunday, he came to the apartment. I told him he had to leave because the police would arrest him. My daughter and his other girlfriend said no one would know if the police were not told. I am a counselor and knew he was not to be there - if the neighbors contacted the police & I was there, I would be considered committing a felony (or misdemeanor?) by permitting him to stay there. The apartment is in my husband's name and I pay the rent - so it was not for him to say if he could stay. He pushed his way in, became very violent and so I packed my things, told my daughter I love her very much but I could no longer take this and I was not going to lose my job, etc. She was very upset that I would not allow him in and said the 3 of them just wanted to talk to me to agree with this situation. It does not matter to me what her sexual orientation is - my concern is the drugs, lies, etc. that they tell my daughter to keep hold on her. I found out that she's been breaking off pieces of her teeth on purpose to get pain medicine from the dentist. She has been using me and her father for years this way. She calls and cries that she needs money and we always transferred it to her account. I was told her "attempted suicides" were fake to get meds. These people said terrible things to me - that I am not her mother because she's adopted, that I made her this way because I didn't raise her properly and then my very life was actually threatened by the man. I was screaming in the parking lot for someone to please call 911 but no one did. I had to call myself to get help. They had me file a report and now I have to go to the police dept. where I live in GA and file the report with them since this "couple" lives here and I am afraid for my life as well as my family. I am so disappointed and shocked and hurt that my daughter was behind all this and stood with them and said nothing to me and nothing to stop them. I am so sick to my stomache. I raised her the best the Lord showed me - I took her into my life when she was 3 days old - she was born IN MY HEART - not UNDER it. I AM HER MOTHER! They told me that I kept her from finding her biological mother - that is a falsehood as well. When she was 14 she was hysterical because she felt "empty" - I offered to take her to FL to put her name in the registry so we could find her if she was also registered - but then Leni didn't want to go. Just recently she told me she went to a website that the woman gave her to find her biol. mother - I again reminded her that all she needed to do was go to where she was born and put her name in the registry and if her biol. mother was also in the registry, it would match it and give her the info to go find her. I would NEVER keep her from filling that void in her heart - I reminded her of this and asked why she was saying I tried to keep her from finding her biol mom - but she didn't answer - they answered for her through more horrible accusations that were not true. I raised her as a good Christian. But I now realize that there has been nothing I could do to change this situation - I see the light now. I see that I have to "let go and let God." I couldn't see this before. God forgive me! God forgive my child and forgive these people "for they know not what they are doing." Lord have mercy on all their souls and help the growing baby inside the woman to live a happy and healthy life and that the baby not be harmed by the drugs this woman is taking. She doesn't realize how precious life is - our God's greatest miracle. I have lost my baby for now - but I will continue to pray that Jesus, our Lord and Saviour, and my dearest God will carry out His plan for her - whatever it may be, and hope I am a part of the future with her. Now I pray for peace in my own heart. I feel betrayed by my daughter yet I know it's the bipolar and the drugs. But she has shut me out of her life. She text messaged me while I was on my way home and said the man & his girlfriend called his mother so she could put a restraining order against ME where I live for threatening to kill HIM. As God is my witness I said no such thing to him - I didn't wish any harm on him whatsoever. He chased me out of the apartment and lunged at me as I was trying to get in the car and told me that if I called the police or came back around Leni, he would kill me. That's when I screamed for help. My daughter just stood there, smiling. It sickens my heart. But now I know the truth. Now I know that I was the one being used. I don't care - I still love my daughter no matter what and I forgive her for all. I will always pray that God bring her back to me and into my life. She did not want to come back to FL because she is depressed - she did not want to come back and live with her family - these people only wanted her to quit school and come back to them because a "long distance relationship is too hard." She is 23 and it is her life. I cannot control what is happening. I can only pray for her soul and for her to have peace. I will hold this burden in my heart forever. Lord, grant me peace. Lord, grant me forgiveness for whatever I did that made my daughter feel this way about me who has always given her nothing but my love - I have always been at her side through her illness and the attempted suicides - I have helped support her financially, medically, emotionally. I would give my life for her. Dear God I feel so lonely without her already. But this isn't about me - it's about her...I want her to be happy. May God bless you all, again, for your heartfelt prayers and candles. Please continue to pray for her & if you can, continue to light more candles. Whatever candles I receive, I will place back on this request for Leni - and I will also save some for all of your prayers. May God bless you all - you are wonderful, caring and loving people. May God bless you for your support and help for me and Leni. Please don't give up on us. I know that God is with me - but I still need you all, my friends, to stay with me to help me through this heartache. I love you all!

Just to let you all know - I have been to the police department and will be going before the Superior Court judge to have a restraining order placed on these 2 people. We are now using the tough love approach - no $ from us, cell phone shut off, no car insurance payment, no medical or dental insurance. She is now totally on her own. I hate to see her hit rock bottom but it may be what she needs to "see" the truth of all this. Since she is 23, I am not able to get a commitment order - can I?! She was in the ER and usually, at least in GA, the state automatically sends them to get help....but maybe that's only for minors? If anyone knows - please let me know! Your knowledge is coming from God to me and I love him more than life itself. I know He is with me even though my heart is breaking - I know He is still with my Leni - this must be what His will that it happen this way to make her see for herself. It may be HER only hope of salvation. We say people cannot change others but as a counselor I have learned that we can change ourselves and our ways, which actually causes others to change as a result. So we'll try the tough love and keep praying! Thank you again all you beautiful beautiful people. God is with you always! Praise his name!

I had no luck today - I tried to get a restraining order against these 2 "friends" of Leni's but to no avail. I was unable to get them granted. (Not enough evidence.) I'm sure this is God's will and He must have good reason. Maybe it would make matters worse - I'm sure He will let me know the reason in His time. I will continue to pray for Leni and all of you, my friends! I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONTINUING PRAYERS FOR LENI & I! What would I do without all of you to lean on and help me see His plan for both Leni & I?! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU ALL - AMEN AND AMEN AND AMEN!

Leni did text message her dad today - wanted to know if she still had insurance for medical/dental. He did a text back to her to contact me since I'm the one who holds the insurance. She did text me....simply "What about med?".....My heart was beating loud and hard as I opened it to read it. I was so hoping it would have been addressed to "Mom" and signed, "love, Leni." I guess I'm seeing more and more how her heart is elsewhere right now. But I am okay, my friends. I know God has led me to do this as part of His will and plan for Leni. This must be His way of showing her how much I love her and need her in my life as much as she needs my love and me in her life! Time will tell - I will be patient and wait for God to answer me and guide me. In the meantime, I did text her back that she is no longer on my dental or medical insurance and will need to look into getting one for herself. This is the hardest thing I've ever had to do and my heart is still so heavy and I cry all the time....I love my daughter so very much and never thought I'd see the day I had to resort to this. It is a burden I will carry with me until all is well and the Lord has brought her back to Him and to her family. Again, may God bless you all for everything! YOU ARE MY WONDERFUL WONDERFUL FRIENDS! I LOVE YOU ALL!

I RECEIVED MY MIRACLE!!!!! PRAISE THE LORD! I am still in Ohio visiting with my family. Leni text messaged me. The "male" in her relationship got drunk again, was abusive to her and she left. She says they are still friends, but she still has the cell phone they gave her. She HAS moved back into our house but in August she will share an apartment with her long time friend, Megan, who is a WONDERFUL PERSON AND A GOOD INFLUENCE! Leni will also go back to college in GA. She does not want to be by herself in FL anymore - I do think it's a good idea for her to stay near home. She is out job searching right now and applying back at school to begin in August. THANK YOU ALL SOOOOOO VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HEARTFELT PRAYERS AND SUPPORT! The dear Lord has heard us all and delivered her from the grasp of Satan! She has a friend here in the hospital, "Dr. Rob", who is on a respirator in critical condition. I told her I would pray for him because I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES. I know my dear, sweet great niece, Isabelle, who was born on June 4th, was brought down from Heaven and with her she brought God's miracle for Leni. Leni text messaged me back that she was "sure Dr. Rob would thank me if he could hear me." I told her that "he already heard me because God's Angels are with him now." She thanked me for my prayers and told me she loved me very much. God works in mysterious ways. I always remember, "knock and the door shall open, ask and you shall receive." I knocked, I asked, I prayed....and He answered me. Now I pray for Dr. Rob to recover and have a second chance in life and that Leni stays close to us and gets better each day. I know God has wrapped his loving arms around his lost sheep and is bringing her back to his lighted path. Thank you, Jesus, Mary, Joseph, St. Jude, dearest God! And again, thank YOU ALL, my friends! I love you all for staying with me so long! Love, Joyce

God is testing my belief in Him. Although Leni is back home with us, she has gone back to live with the "couple." I'm astonished after the "man" was abusive to Leni that she would even consider going back to him! I have been praying daily- saying novenas - to thank God for the miracle. I will now continue to pray novenas to Him to give me another miracle that she realizes the situation is not good, and that she leaves this "couple" behind and moves on. I will not give up hope or my faith in our Lord. I still believe in miracles. I will continue to pray and hope that alll of you will continue to pray with me for Leni's full deliverance back to God. I am thankful for the few days we had her home and will continue to believe that some day she will be back....I know the Lord will bring her back to us. In the meantime, she is "on her own" paying for everything herself. Will continue with the "tough love" and not provide her with medical/dental/auto insurance or any living expenses, including groceries. I have taken her off as my beneficiary in all policies but my Will states her share of our $ when we pass will go to any children born to her at the age of their 30th birthday if she is still with this couple. If she has moved on, the $ will be hers. My son is the executor on the Will now. He feels the same as we do - and cannot understand why she doesn't see that what she's doing is wrong and only hurting herself along with her family. I told him to stay strong and keep praying for her to come back to God and see the light he is shining down on her - that God never gives up on His children.

My dear friends - I have not heard from you in a while. I am still desperate with this situation. I have been waiting for 2 years for Leni to see that this couple is using her - I do not know their "true" intentions, but they are saying may lies to her, brainwashing her - telling her not to talk to me. I need your help in prayer, and if possible, light some candles for her since I have not had any in so long to light for her or others prayer requests. God bless you all for your continued help and support! I love my Leni and don't want to lose her.

My dear friends from prayabout - I am feeling so despondent and depressed today! Tomorrow - the 9th - will be my Leni's 23rd birthday. It will be the FIRST birthday for her that I will not be a part of. She told me she was going to dinner with the "couple" she's involved with and did not offer to come by earlier in the day either. I asked her to come and she just said, "Why don't we just celebrate on a different day?" THIS BROKE MY HEART! All her life I have raised her with great love and understanding. Not a day went by that I didn't tell her how much I loved her. I can't stand feeling this way much longer. I cry all the time and am having a hard time getting past all of this. I pray and pray and pray, and you all pray and pray and pray...yet God doesn't seem to be listening. Things keep getting worse every day. She used to call me EVERY DAY (before she left for FL a year ago and even while she was in FL for the past year!) Since she's come back, she RARELY calls me - sometimes text messages me. She called a few days ago from outside their duplex and they came outside and wanted to know who she was talking to AND SHE SAID TO HER DAD! I asked why she didn't say to her MOM and she responded that it was just out of habit. HUH?! This really bothered me, and only qualifies their constant "controlling" her life more than ever. Dear God - PLEASE hear my prayer and help me and Leni with our relationship! I miss her so much - and I hurt more and more every day that passes. I beg you, dearest Lord, to save her from this life with people that cannot be trusted, lie to her, and drive her away from her family to "seclude" her only with them. In Jesus' name, in St. Jude's name, I pray and beg of you, oh Lord! Amen and Amen!

We were finally able to celebrate Leni's birthday (July 9th) this Saturday. We were set up to go on Thursday (the 7/10). However, she called me to say she couldn't make it....said that her girlfriend had a birthing class and her boyfriend couldn't make it and she couldn't let her girlfriend go alone...this was at 7 pm at night. This man goes NOWHERE unless it's to drink with his friends. The next day, more came out about this - he WAS at the birthing class but, as she put it, "I have a new family now and I wanted to be there for our child." This is NOT her child. It is the couple's child! Leni has no connection to their baby other than she is in a relationship with them. I was so deeply hurt that she didn't tell the truth, but especially by the "new" family part. We've been her family for 23 years and it seems we are not her family any longer. We scheduled for Friday and AGAIN she called me late afternoon to say she had to reschedule because she didn't have "gasoline" in her car and had no money (she still has not looked for a job!) I offered to pick her up/take her back or that her brother would do this. Then she said, "well, R & T are also giving me a surprise b'day party tonight." AGAIN this couple sabotaged our getting together with our daughter....and Leni felt she needed to be with them and not us. Again, I'm crushed but I told her we understood. She was crying so I'm wondering if THEY made her call and cancel. I told her I didn't know if the cake she wanted me to make her would stay ok that long (made on Thursday expecting her to come over that day.) She started to cry again and said she really wanted a piece of the cake. Well the Lord helped us and her cake was fine on Saturday. Somehow she did have gas in her car and she met us at the restaurant. When she walked in, I knew immediately that SOMETHING was wrong. She said she was exhausted and sick the last 3 days. (How did she go to dinner with them, to the birthing class with them and stay up til 1 a.m. with her "surprise" b'day party from them if she's been ill/exhausted? Didn't make sense!) She said Saturday was the "worst" day but she didn't want to cancel on us again.....we told her that if she was not feeling well, we did not expect her to come, much less drive the way she looked. She had already ordered dinner and we were waiting for it to come so she could box it up and take it back home. In the meantime, she constantly looked at incoming text from them and kept sending them text messages - they have SO MUCH CONTROL that they can't even leave us in peace with her to celebrate her birthday! I was very disheartened! My husband asked her to put it away but she never did. We convinced her to come back to our house and "rest" and if she didn't feel better later, we'd drive her back if she didn't want to spend the night. She came back to our house and "miraculously" (I say this sarcastically!) felt good enough to eat a huge piece of her VERY sweet and rich cake. She left no more than 20 minutes after arriving and seemed perfectly fine. Again, we were manipulated. I just don't know what to do anymore except to just accept that I have lost my baby - my first born! Things just keep getting worse with no reprieve and my heart aches more than ever. I don't think I can take this much longer. I'm more and more depressed everyday. Please, my friends, pray for her to come back to God and to her family! We love her with all our hearts! Thank you for your continued support and prayers. I don't know what I would do without all of you! God bless you and I love you all!
Joyce

I asked my daughter to go with me anyplace today....she said she hadn't gotten any sleep...so said no. Then called and asked me to take her "job hunting"....at 6:30 tonight because she was busy doing things with Tasha & Ronnie til then. Asked her to go tomorrow instead for job hunting - better in the a.m. than p.m. for her - again, she said she was "busy" with her "new" family. Asked her to come with my husband, son & I on Sun. to a movie together as A FAMILY (she seems to have forgotten that we've been her family for 23 years!) and AGAIN she said she had to check with Ronnie & Tasha to see if they had plans...she continues to put us off, cancels on us when we try to get together, and then when she is with us, she's really not with us - they continually text message her on the average of EVERY 2 MINUTES so they continue to keep control and do not give us peace or time with our daughter. I'm so devastated in the turn around of her heart lately. I SEEM TO HAVE POSSIBLE ANSWERS FOR MY FRIENDS HERE ON PRAY ABOUT BUT CAN'T SEEM TO FIND ANSWERS TO MY OWN SITUATON! Please pray for God to give me the strength I need to not give up on Leni - to courage and determination to never stop trying, and to continue my faith in Him that He will answer my prayer and bring my daughter back to me/deliver her from Satan and the evils inside her "new family's" hearts/the wisdom to Leni that these people are using her and breaking up our family--they only want $ from us and "free love" from her. I love my daughter, even if I've lost her forever. God bless you all for your prayers! Love & hugs! Joyce

My daughter told me tonight that she COULD be pregnant (by the man of the "couple" she is involved with) and if she isn't, she IS trying so her and the female (who is already pregnant by the male 2 1/2 months) can have their children together. My friends - the man has NO JOB (he is collecting disability for PTSD (so our tax $ is paying for him!) and drinks 12 beers a day PLUS DRUGS, PLUS MEDICINE), the female works for the same county school system as a "puppeteer" (and is still using drugs!) They live in poverty, have NO $. My daughter has NO insurance and NO $ to get prescriptions for her bipolar. Also found out tonight that the "couple" have been filing "joint taxes/married" for years with IRS (NO THEY ARE NOT MARRIED!) AND the female lied to the school system AND THE INSURANCE CO. because she has him on her insurance as HER SPOUSE. (The county pays a large portion of our insurance!) What will happen to these unborn children?! The male is EMOTIONALLY ABUSIVE and HAS BEEN PHYSICALLY ABUSIVE TO THE FEMALE AND WAS ARRESTED! I NEED MY DAUGHTER TO GET OUT OF THIS SITUATION IMMEDIATELY AND NOT BE PREGNANT! PLEASE MY FRIENDS! PRAY - LIGHT CANDLES - SAY NOVENA'S...MY TIME HAS RUN OUT AND I NEED A MIRACLE NOW!

DEAR GOD - DEAR ST. JUDE - DEAR ST. RITA - DEAR JESUS, MARY & JOSEPH - DEAR ANYONE WHO WILL HEAR MY CRIES! I am in GREAT desperation and NEED A MIRACLE NOW! My time has run out! I pray, I beg, please do not let my daughter be pregnant and I pray that she finds her way back to God, her family, and away from these evil people who have entrapped her, brainwashed her in so many ways. PLEASE DEAR GOD - I AM BEGGING AND PRAYING ON MY KNEES, I WILL GIVE MY LIFE TO YOU IN TRADE OF SAVING MY DAUGHTER FROM THIS SITUATION! PLEASE - ANYONE IN HEAVEN - HEAR MY PRAYER AND GRANT ME A MIRACLE! With the blood of Jesus, with my faithful soul, with my life - I pray. Amen and Amen. HELP ME!

Today is Thursday and I am so thankful for all your prayers for my URGENT need for a miracle. I trust in the Lord and the power of prayers. May He deliver my child back to me and lift all our prayers for her because He hears all, knows all and has the power to do all. May God bless you all. Please, my friends, keep praying as we need as many as possible to save Leni now! I love you all so much! I thank you all for your support and comfort! Praise the Lord for he will deliver my Leni back to me safely.

I just changed Leni's picture. Dear Sister Becky (memo) made it for me and it is dear to my heart, as is Becky! Had to give her credit for this and her creativity with the computer! Thank you, Becky!

Hello all my friends and prayer warriors! I just wanted to update you with recent events from today. My daughter called her dad to ask for $ - she is broke and needs $ for gas to look for a job. I think it is another attempt to bring guilt and for us to give in but we will remain strong. She said she was thinking of calling my sister, Gloria, to ask her for $. I KNOW my sister will NOT do this as she will let Leni know she cannot go over her parents' head on this. My husband told Leni he thought it was a good idea to call her Aunt Gloria and get a different perspective on things...and once she does, Leni may call him back to discuss things. My sister said she will plant the seed for Leni to come home, get well and get her life together, finish college, be successful and THEN think about relationships...being away from these people for some time may help Leni see the truth in this false relationship. It will also give us time to bring our dear Lord back into her life and her heart. PRAISE THE LORD BECAUSE I TRULY BELIEVE THIS IS HIS WAY OF BRINGING HER BACK HOME TO HEAL! Thank you all and please continue your prayers that God continues to move her in our direction.

Well Leni did call my sister to ask for $. She told her we had cut her off from our life (not true) and she was out of our Will (not true either!)...told my sister that her and the "couple" love each other very much. My sister told her she didn't care about her sexual preference - just wants her to be happy and didn't think she was happy without God and with living in poverty and without $. Leni said she need $ for gas to get a job - so Gloria is sending $ to ME to take Leni to get her tank filled. (Yes, we do that for Leni as well every now and then!) She told my sister that I am "f_ _ _ed up and that her dad is an a_ _ h__e." She said she will NOT come home. My sister told her we love her very much and only want the best for her - that we cannot continue to support her for the rest of her life - that she is 23 and needs to get a job. BUT she also needs to finish college to get a degree so she can have a good life. It was a good conversation but Gloria said it was like Leni listened to nothing - in one ear and out the other...only wanted $. I think she told my sister all those lies because she wanted her Aunt to feel sorry for us and think that my husband and I are bad parents. But my sister knows me well and that Leni was only trying to manipulate her. Later Leni called my husband and sent a picture of her windshield - she said a "basketball" cracked it. No - not possible....but a fist could. Remember, the male is an alcoholic, takes drugs (including his father's) and is abusive emotionally & physically, not to mention controlling of Leni & T. BUT it doesn't mean he did this. She told my sister she has no car insurance, BUT SHE DOES. My sister thinks that R is making Leni get $ and giving it to him. No - cannot prove this, but the thought has crossed my mind very often as she was always out of $ and I found a letter that asked her to send $ to them when she was still in FL. I do not trust these people. I want Leni to be happy - but I'm scared for her mental and physical state with them. So, here I am still praying to God - trusting that he will bring Leni to see the truth and come back to Him and her family. At least with my sister she has an "open" relationship and feels comfortable talking to her. My sister will NOT stand in judgment of Leni or R & T - she told Leni she doesn't know these people and that she doesn't care what her lifestyle is - she is still her niece. I'm lucky to have my sister - lover her with all my heart! Although she lives in OH and I'm in GA, we are VERY close, call each other often, and email daily. I am blessed by God!

Day 6 of 9 saying the Novena to St. Jude. I continue to pray the rosary daily at 2 pm, along with a few others - please join us to help each other's prayers to be heard. God bless you all. I am still keeping faith and I do feel my trust is finally in the Lord to fight this battle for me. I know now that there is nothing I can do except to pray and give Him my praise for past blessings and blessings to come. I love you all! God bless!

OOPS! Meant to say day 9 of the Novena to St. Jude! Leni did come over today - we had a very nice 3 hours together! Even had dinner together and she is coming back on thursday for my husband's (her dad's!) birthday. God is beginning to move in the direction of answering my prayers. Praise his name around the world! I also thank St Jude for pleading my case to our Lord through him. It appears that brighter days may be ahead...I'm not holding my breadth right now BUT I do think things are beginning to at least be better between Leni & I! And for that I am thankful and count the blessings God has given me with this precious time with her again. Amen and Amen! Thank you all again for your prayers - I know they would not have been heard without all of yours! God bless you all, my dear friends! I love you all! Joyce

Wll past the 9 days of Novena! Continuing to pray the rosary at 2 pm for all the beautiful people on pray about who have brought me hope, faith and wisdom through your prayers hoping to help you with yours! I am still praying for Leni to realize my love for her and that our house will always be her home - the door is always open for her to come back, as well as my open heart for her love! Thank you to all of you - God bless you, always! Love, Joyce

Dear Sisters & Brothers - I went to some of your prayer sites and asked you to go to "Karma" to pray for this person - I AM SO WORRIED BECAUSE THIS SITE IS NOW NON-EXISTENT! PLEASE PRAY FOR KARMA - I DO NOT KNOW WHO THIS IS - NO IDENTIFYING INFO. BUT THIS PERSON WAS DESPONDENT AND I FEAR WAS CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE. NOW I AM ESPECIALLY WORRIED!

Dear God our Father in Heaven - I pray for Karma that he/she is safe today. Protect Karma by sending Your Guardian angels down for comfort and protection. Wrap Your loving arms around Karma that this person knows You are with him/her always. Bring comfort and love and healing. Through the Sacred Heart of Jesus I pray. Amen

Well Leni did it again. She asked to go to the movies with me and then back to our home for dinner with the family tomorrow. I checked movie times and called her back and left a phone message. She called me back 2 hours later and said, "sorry! I forgot I'm going with R & T & T's family to Savannah this weekend. Good-bye!" So AGAIN she canceled on me. Really hurts my feelings. I truly feel she has good intentions to do things with me but then if something else comes up with the "couple" she goes with them instead.....I also believe the couple comes up with things so she has to cancel with her own family. Or maybe it's just a passive-aggressive "dig" that they're more important than we are. I don't know and I don't want to think about it anymore. I'm tired. I'll just keep praying for God to fight my battle for me...I can't control what she's doing - only He can change her mind. Work starts back up on Monday so my mind will be occupied again. Thanks for listening and being here with me, my friends! Love and hugs, Joyce

I am not doing too well, my friends. I am feeling ill but I'll be fine! I guess it's all the stress of everything going on with Leni. I miss her SO MUCH! I'm still praying and waiting for God to answer my prayers - but I DO trust that He will take this on for me! I haven't heard from Leni since Friday when I called her. I have come up with a new "idea." I will not call or text her anymore - perhaps she needs her "space" to think about everything so I am giving that to her. When she is ready, she can call me/text me. I just pray to God that she does call! She used to call me or text message me AT LEAST once a day when she lived in FL going to college. Now she only calls if she needs something or has a question....and then she usually only talks to her dad - never asks for me. Dear God WHAT IS IT THAT I DID THAT SHE TREATS ME THIS WAY?! Was I not a loving mother all her life?! I did so much for her when she went through the worst of her bipolar and 5 attempted suicides. When she wanted to find her biological mother (adopted her at 2 days old!), I told her to go to W Palm Bch courthouse and put her name in the directory and it would give her the match - FREE. She never went. I've been there for her each time she went to the emergency room or the hospital, etc. I was there through happy times as well - her graduation (top of her photography class and I was SO PROUD!), first day of school, first move away from home (to FL for college), watching her grow from 2 days old to 23. Never abused her physically or emotionally. As a school counselor I always used Love & Logic, giving choices, empathy & encouragement. When she had a problem I REALLY listened. I was a "guide" and a "role model." She had consequences for poor choices - but nothing serious ever happened. I love my daughter - I always will NO MATTER WHERE SHE IS OR WHAT SHE DOES! Please, dear God, give me an answer to my prayer SOON. I need her God - and I need You!

I am not doing too well, my friends. I am feeling ill but I'll be fine! I guess it's all the stress of everything going on with Leni. I miss her SO MUCH! I'm still praying and waiting for God to answer my prayers - but I DO trust that He will take this on for me! I haven't heard from Leni since Friday when I called her. I have come up with a new "idea." I will not call or text her anymore - perhaps she needs her "space" to think about everything so I am giving that to her. When she is ready, she can call me/text me. I just pray to God that she does call! She used to call me or text message me AT LEAST once a day when she lived in FL going to college. Now she only calls if she needs something or has a question....and then she usually only talks to her dad - never asks for me. Dear God WHAT IS IT THAT I DID THAT SHE TREATS ME THIS WAY?! Was I not a loving mother all her life?! I did so much for her when she went through the worst of her bipolar and 5 attempted suicides. When she wanted to find her biological mother (adopted her at 2 days old!), I told her to go to W Palm Bch courthouse and put her name in the directory and it would give her the match - FREE. She never went. I've been there for her each time she went to the emergency room or the hospital, etc. I was there through happy times as well - her graduation (top of her photography class and I was SO PROUD!), first day of school, first move away from home (to FL for college), watching her grow from 2 days old to 23. Never abused her physically or emotionally. As a school counselor I always used Love & Logic, giving choices, empathy & encouragement. When she had a problem I REALLY listened. I was a "guide" and a "role model." She had consequences for poor choices - but nothing serious ever happened. I love my daughter - I always will NO MATTER WHERE SHE IS OR WHAT SHE DOES! Please, dear God, give me an answer to my prayer SOON. I need her God - and I need You!

Thank you all for your beautiful prayers, the wonderful videos/songs, checking in on me, being my friend, praying for me and ESPECIALLY for staying with me through my ordeals. You all mean so much to me! GOD BLESS YOU! My love and hugs to all of you! Joyce

My dear, dear friends - I thank you so much for your prayers and hope! God bless you all! I am beginning to weaken and feel desperate again. For so long I had given my trust in God to bring my daughter home to me. Things seem much worse - no one has heard from her in 8 days now. I am trying to be strong! I pray the rosary every evening and more prayers throughout the day. I'm hoping this is the darkness of the storm before the sun shines again for our family. God bless you all for staying with me! Love, Joyce

I am feeling so down and in despair. I don't know what else to do. I pray that God sends me a message, his blessings and the miracle I so need right now to bring Leni to see all.

I am also so very distraught over one of the students at my school - please, pray for him as well. Have posted a prayer request for him and his foster family. Please go to this prayer as this family needs us now! God bless you ALL for everything! Love and hugs, Joyce

Dear prayer warriors - my wonderful, loving, caring and beautiful friends - God has given me a miracle today through all of you and your prayers! I am overwhelmed by all the prayers, beautiful words of encouragement and so many candles lit for this prayer request as well as the prayer request for the young boy at my school. I have been feeling so down - I posted this just one hour ago. AT THIS VERY MOMENT GOD HAS HEARD MY CRIES FOR HOW HEAVY MY HEART HAS BEEN AND I AM BLESSED THROUGH ALL OF YOU WITH A LIGHTNED HEART FILLED WITH FEELINGS I HAVE NEVER FELT BEFORE! I am overwhelmed and feel so full of God - I have never experienced this before. It is as if he is REALLY inside my heart - it is bursting with love, happiness and the peace I have desired for so long! I don't know how to thank you all for this rich blessing! My words cannot express what I feel in my heart as it has never felt so much love, peace and tranquility as it does now. I pray that God gives this miracle to all of you, my dear friends - for it is like nothing you have ever felt before! PRAISE THE LORD! PRAISE GOD! PRAISE THEM IN THEIR GLORY! My love to you all, Joyce

My blessing from God with some days of peace and heartfelt joy have been interfered with by Satan! Leni called me last night and I was so happy...until she started saying some pretty vile things to me. She says I am lying - that Ronnie never threatened to kill me and that I tried to get Tasha fired by calling her boss. My friends - I DID NOT LIE! Leni was RIGHT THERE when Ronnie threatened me - FOUR TIMES - he even ran after the car with his fists in the air screaming this! Yet she denies this?! I did NOT call Tasha's boss - I don't even know who it is! I asked Leni to put the responsibility where it truly lies - with Ronnie for threatening me to begin with and that he needs to own up to his intimidating words and behaviors. She called me a few names, said she didn't believe me and then hung up. So where does this leave me now? She normally would call back when she'd say vicious things to me - but not this time. No word at all. She called her father on his cell phone right after that and told him to ask me for some of my medicine since she can't get to the doctor until Sept. I CAN'T DO THIS! I can't give her my prescriptions when this may not be what her doctor prescribes. It is against the law. What I don't understand is how she can treat me this way and then call dad and act as though nothing happened and then want me to give her pills. It's just SO STRANGE. None of it makes sense. I know she heard what Ronnie said - I'm sure Tasha went home and said I called her boss to get her fired. Why is God not stopping Satan? God is stronger than Satan. How much longer must I suffer through this or should I just try to put this out of my mind and realize I've lost my Leni forever? I don't know what to do and I so need God to answer me and guide me. Please keep praying for me my friends. You'll never know how much it means to me. I love my God and I know he's with me. I just wish I could understand the "why's."

I love you all! God bless you with an abundance of miracles!

Love and hugs, Joyce

My blessing from God with some days of peace and heartfelt joy have been interfered with by Satan! Leni called me last night and I was so happy...until she started saying some pretty vile things to me. She says I am lying - that Ronnie never threatened to kill me and that I tried to get Tasha fired by calling her boss. My friends - I DID NOT LIE! Leni was RIGHT THERE when Ronnie threatened me - FOUR TIMES - he even ran after the car with his fists in the air screaming this! Yet she denies this?! I did NOT call Tasha's boss - I don't even know who it is! I asked Leni to put the responsibility where it truly lies - with Ronnie for threatening me to begin with and that he needs to own up to his intimidating words and behaviors. She called me a few names, said she didn't believe me and then hung up. So where does this leave me now? She normally would call back when she'd say vicious things to me - but not this time. No word at all. She called her father on his cell phone right after that and told him to ask me for some of my medicine since she can't get to the doctor until Sept. I CAN'T DO THIS! I can't give her my prescriptions when this may not be what her doctor prescribes. It is against the law. What I don't understand is how she can treat me this way and then call dad and act as though nothing happened and then want me to give her pills. It's just SO STRANGE. None of it makes sense. I know she heard what Ronnie said - I'm sure Tasha went home and said I called her boss to get her fired. Why is God not stopping Satan? God is stronger than Satan. How much longer must I suffer through this or should I just try to put this out of my mind and realize I've lost my Leni forever? I don't know what to do and I so need God to answer me and guide me. Please keep praying for me my friends. You'll never know how much it means to me. I love my God and I know he's with me. I just wish I could understand the "why's."

I love you all! God bless you with an abundance of miracles!

Love and hugs, Joyce

Okay - I got the shock of my life tonight. Leni just came over and SHE DID TALK WITH ME! PRAISE GOD FOR HIS MERCY! She found out that she is ONE WEEK PREGNANT. I don't know whether or not to be excited - I will have nothing to do with the father....or his other girlfriend. Leni said she is going to marry the father....why wouldn't he marry his other girlfriend who is also pregnant (3 months) that he's been living with for 15 years? I told her how much I loved her, that I want to be a part of this baby's life, BUT I am standing firm that I want NOTHING to do with the father or his other girlfriend or their baby. I have NO TIES to their baby. ONLY my daughter's. Is this wrong? After what this man has done to me I just feel so confused and helpless. I need to keep praying for God to give me guidance on this one. Thank you all for being there for me though all of this. It's not over yet, but at least I have my daughter coming over and talking with me now! I THANK GOD FOR THAT MIRACLE! Love and hugs to all! Joyce

I am trying hard my friends to keep God in my heart to forgive as Christians should. I am so thankful that God has brought Leni back into my life and I do not want to ever lose her again....I want to be a part of my unborn grandchild's life. Please pray for me to be strong and feel the will of God! Bless you all my friends! You are truly my wisdom, comfort and strength! Love, Joyce

Thank you dear Lord! Leni is not pregnant! Praise His name in all His glory for He has answered this prayer for me. There is still hope for her to get out of this relationship...if she chooses to. If she's happy, then so be it, but I do hope she finds happiness and love with other people who do not abuse her and use her for their own selfish purposes.

She didn't seem very upset which makes me believe she was lying all along and was never pregnant. She tried to "talk" as if she were upset but it was "fake." Said she just got out of the ER after 8 hours. Said she was bleeding heavily and in great pain so she went there and they said she "miscarried." I asked if she was okay and she said, "Oh I'm fine! Right now I'm at the pharmacy getting my prescription filled for the pain" as if nothing happened. Now remember, only a week ago she had no insurance/$ to get ANY medication so how would she have money for pain meds. now? When I asked what they prescribed, she said she never looked at it, which also told me she was lying because she WOULD know the name of the medicine because she ALWAYS knows - usually gets Lortabs, which she is addicted to. So now I am on my knees thanking God for this blessing. I was not only worried about a pregnancy with this abusive alcoholic drug abusing man, but more importantly, I was very afraid that if Leni was pregnant, what would this child go through with a mother who is bipolar, a father who is psychotic, etc. - would the baby be born "normal?" (If not, I would still love that child more than anything!! Don't get me wrong, friends!) So God has spared all of us what might have been. Still, even if this was Leni's "lie" to me, it has broken the evil that came between us and has brought us together to at least talk again like mother and daughter. I will remain patient and continue praying to God that either these people change their ways or Leni leaves for a better place with better people. THANK YOU GOD FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME AND YOUR GUIDANCE IN THE FUTURE! I LOVE YOU SO!

Thank you again, my friends, for all your support and prayers! YOU ARE ALL WONDERFUL. God has blessed me with all of you - I don't now how to thank you all but please know that without all of you, I could not get through any of this! Thanking you all for being with me and staying with me! Love, Joyce

I guess I was relieved too soon. I am not permitted BY LAW to go to R & T's house where Leni is living because of the death threat R made on me. Leni is very upset that I didn't come to see her. I explained all this to her. Yesterday she text messaged 41 NASTY messages to me. Today she text messaged calling me a VERY nasty name and said she never wants to see me again, to leave her alone, and that she wants me out of her life. I thought I could handle this but now I'm depressed once more. I need God more than ever. I know if it is His will, then so be it. Leni may be able to hurt me with these words and keep me out of her life...BUT SHE WILL NEVER TAKE MY FAITH AWAY. I know our Lord is with me with every step and every breadth I take. I guess I just need a little reassurance. It's not every day that the child you adopted at birth and raised with love tells you she never wants to see or hear from you again. I'm DEVASTATED! I'm hoping she's just angry - but I won't know for some time. PLEASE - HELP ME! I need your prayers now more than ever! Love you all! Joyce

GOD BLESS YOU, MARCUS! YOU HAVE THE PERFECT ANSWER TO MY PRAYERS! I WILL TAKE YOUR ADVICE AND LET YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES! GOD BLESS YOU! YOU ARE WONDERFUL! (Marcus is Into_the_light--please send him your love and blessings! Love, Joyce

Hello my dear friends! Just letting you know that all is quiet on the homefront for now. Leni hasn't called in 2 days - since I took Marcus' advice! I am still praying that God forgives her and brings her redemption and salvation so she may walk in His light again and be blessed by his mercy. Thank you all for your prayers! LOVE AND HUGS TO YOU ALL! Joyce

As JChan has so aptly put this, I pray to You dear Father, to place a hedge of protection around Leni that is wide enough, deep enough and high enough to keep her safe. Drench Leni with the blood of Your Son, Jesus Christ as another blanket of protection to keep out all evils and only to let in goodness, love, faith, and hope. Send Your Heavenly angels to surround her with support and comfort and to let her heart feel the deep love I have for her - the love that only a mother can feel for her children. Please bestow blessings on Leni and bring friends to her that will uplift her spiritually, emotionally and keep her from wrong-doings and drugs, to keep her on Your righteous path. Shine Your light and everlasting hope on Her dear Father - help her to have YOU in her heart along side of the love I have for her and You! In Jesus' name I pray. Amen

Thank you, JChan! God bless you!

Hello all my friends and prayer warriors! I have not heard from Leni in over a week. I am worried and miss her so very much - but I know that God will bring her back into my life someday....hopefully before I leave this world. I'm so tempted to try and contact her but I am staying strong with our Lord at my side. I will give her the time she needs to think about all that is happening and continue to pray that God hears my cries as a mother to her daughter and that he wakes her at night to whisper in her ears how much I love her, need her, and miss her. Thank you all for your continued prayers. I've been trying to post on your prayer requests but don't know if they are going through. I love you all so very much and need your continued prayers. Please stay with me! I need you along with God! God bless you all! Love and hugs, Joyce

God bless you all for your prayers and beautiful words! GOD IS MOVING MOUNTAINS FOR ME! Leni CAME OVER last night to APOLOGIZE TO ME AND TOLD ME SHE LOVES ME. She is getting help through Medicaid (for her bipolar) so she has medical insurance, gets therapy/counseling and her prescriptions are free - PRAISE GOD FOR HELPING HER TO FIND THESE RESOURCES AND THAT SHE IS GETTING HELP! I, too, apologized for anything I said or did that hurt her. BUT I let her know that I still remain with her father re: we will NOT accept the "couple" into our homes or our lives. It is HER call what she does with her life. Now I'm praying that she will continue to get better with the help she's receiving and will, in time, see the truth about these people and leave them....if this is God's will. I still need her to be brought back to God and her faith. But one step at a time, my friends - God is taking this one step at a time and I know He has a plan for her ahead. Thank you all again and may our Lord bring blessings upon you all for your prayers and support to everyone on pray about! Love and hugs, Joyce

God IS the Almighty and the Provider and Protector for all His children! I trust that He is continuing to work miracles for Leni to be brought back into His guiding light. I believe He will prevail in the end. She has been over 2 more times to visit with her dad, brother & I since my last posting. She is trying to get us to go for "family" counseling with her and this "couple" but they are NOT my family - I have no connection to them other than they are also God's children. I will gladly go and pay for family counseling with Leni, her father and brother but NOT with R & T. This I cannot do. I have been told by the courts and the police that I am not to have contact with these people after filing the death threat on me. I continue to have faith in my Lord that He will win over all this evil. God bless you all for continuing to support me, encourage me and continue to help me build my strength and faith in Him! Love and hugs, Joyce

Leni is still text messaging/calling me every so often...and still coming over to visit. PRAISE GOD FOR HIS MERCY! We still have a long way to go with rebuilding our relationship, but I know that God is guiding me to do the right things now, and that He will take care of Leni and lead her in the right direction for her life. Again, may the peace of our Lord be with you for all your support and prayers. Be blessed! Love and bear hugs, Joyce

God continues to bless me with miracles, my friends...I know he hears all of your prayers and I am grateful to you all! Leni is coming over tomorrow and our family is going to go to a movie together and then to lunch or dinner if it's a late movie. I feel so blessed by Him. My spirits are up and my heart is overflowing with love for Him, my daughter and all of you. May He bring you all His everlasting peace, protection and comfort! Love, hugs, smiles, Joyce

Leni told me that Ronnie is NOT on disability for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from Dessert Storm! It's his father who receives disability. He only needs to get his drivers license to go get a job - but he cannot go get it since there is a warrant out for his arrest (I'm thinking this is not a warrant but a $2000 plus fine he owes.) When in FL visiting and he was arrested for aggravated assault on his other pregnant girlfriend, even though the D.A. and the girlfriend dropped the charges, he was to remain and go to the court hearing - FL laws. He didn't stay!?! What kind of a man is this who would have 2 women and have them both work while he sits at home? And now the fines added on top of this - does he expect them to pay for this, too? If anyone knows of GA laws under these circumstances, PLEASE ADVISE! I have no candles to get this prayer posted on the front page so please ask others to come here to pray! God bless you all for your support, prayers and blessings! Love and hugs, Joyce

My dear precious friends - I'm so sorry I haven't posted in so long. I've been working late hours (7 am - 8 or 9 pm) and I'm exhausted. I know I'm doing it because it takes my mind off of things. I thank you all for your continued prayers and worrying about me! I feel so loved and supported! God bless you all!

Leni told me that Ronnie was driving a homeless friend of his to the social security office to get help...there was a car accident (no one was hurt thank God!) but it was the other person's fault. The police were called and Ronnie was put in jail for driving without a license. Of course, Leni & Tasha bailed him out. I told Leni there WAS a positive in this occuring. He will go to court and have to pay his fine.....he can now go get his driver's license, get a job, AND START WORKING FOR A LIVING! (He'll have to in order to pay off this debt. He needs to get off his lazy you know what and get moving.) If he doesn't get a job and pay off the $2000 and the fine, he'll be back in jail and they will not be able to bail him out - he'll end up doing time. Maybe that will wake Leni up and open her eyes to this situation for what it is and is not. I trust in God and although this is going slowly, I know that God is with her and helping her to see the light and to see the way of God.

Thank you all again! I love you all! Joyce