Mitchell's youth night at church went great!   He is doing so good!  The move was a very positive thing.  I know it was God's will because the devil has been fighting us so hard since we moved.  The closing had to be delayed; then the first night in the house, when we woke up, the toilets were all backed up; Mitchell had his first fender-bender; it seems like problems every turn, but that just let's me know that God is at work.  The good news is that Mitchell has a girlfriend.  Her name is McKayla.  She is a really good christian girl.  He is soooooo excited.  He really is doing good.  Thank you so much for all your prayers and thank you so much for thinking of Mitchell.
 
We are still short a computer at home, but I will keep you updated as much as possible while I am at work.  I hope everything is going good for all of you!!!   

Hi everyone!!!  Sorry it took so long for an update, but we have been busy moving, and we just got the internet hooked up late yesterday.  My son seems to be happy in the new house.  He went to the therapist Monday, and he goes back on February 23rd.  From what I can understand, that will be his last session, so the therapist must thing he is doing great.  He is still a little quiet, but he has eaten supper in the same room as the rest of the family the last couple of nights. 
 
Please keep us in your prayers that things will keep heading in the right direction.  We are having a one night youth revival tomorrow (friday) night.  Please pray that Mitchell will be blessed.  He is helping with the music part; my nephew and niece have been teaching him some songs on his base guitar.   Thanks for the prayers, they are working!!! 

I know my last posting was short, but I was using Mitchell's computer and I didn't want him to see me. 
 
He has some of his old friends from his old school contacting him.  I can tell a difference in Mitchell when he is talking with these friends and when he is not.  He is a totally different person.  He is a lot better person away from these people.  I need God's guidance in this situation.  I don't want these bad influences back in his life.  I am praying for Godly friends to stay in his life.  This move cannot come soon enough!!!  Please let your prayers continue!!!!

Thanks for prayers guys!  Right now I need a lot!!!!!  Please be praying for Mitch.  He is having a very confusing week.  I don't know if it is from talking with old friends or what.  Please pray for him.  He is thinking about things that happened in July that seem to be effecting him now.  I am not sure what it is, but please be praying that the devil doesn't creep back in the way he was before. 

I believe I have figured out part of what is bother Mitchell.  He sees all of his friends with their girlfriend or boyfriend, and he told one of his friends that he wishes he had a girlfriend.  His self-confidence is better than what it used to be but he is still scared to ask a girl out.  There is one little girl that he likes, but he is scared to ask her.  Please pray that his confidence will boost a little more and that a girl that God approves of will come along and light up his eyes!!  I think that is part of the problem, he has friends, but in a way, he is lonely. 

Please pray for me this week.  I am feeling a little down.  Mitchell is doing good, he really is.  He has made a couple of comments, not near as bad as he used to, but they kind of hurt my feelings.  I believe he is trying to put on for one of his friends from his old school, Brody.  He and Brody have been friends since third grade.  Brody is the cousin of Josh (the one who helped convince Mitch he was gay).  Brody is not that way, and I am glad he is still friends with Mitchell after everything that has happened.  But, Mitchell is trying to be one way with him and another with everyone else.  Right now, moving really does seem to be the best thing.  Maybe being in the town where all his new friends are will help loosen the bond between he and Brody.  If it is meant for them to still be friends, I pray that attitudes change, in both of them. 
 
Brody doesn't have the best home life, and his dad will not allow Mitchell over there because of things that Josh's family has told him about Mitchell.  So, I think Mitchell has to put on a front and talk about how bad his life is (which he tells everyone else he is happy). 
 
Please pray for me this week!!  Things were going so good, the devil has to try to stir it up!!! 

It looks like we will be closing on the house January 20th.  Mitchell has told Brittney (my niece) that this is really making a difference in his life.  He wanted a Quest Bible for Christmas (which I got him).  He told Britt that he loves his bible, he still loves his school and it feels like his life is finally getting on track.  As I am sure is normal, he still has his days, but he seems to be having a lot more better days than bad.  He is getting to where he sits in the room and eats with us, talks with us and watches tv with us.  It feels good!!!!  Please keep the prayers going.

I hope everything is going great with each of you!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!!!!  Sorry its late!

I have been busy these last couple of weeks.  We found a house, and are waiting on the bank to do their paperwork to send to the attorney.  We had a home inspection done and are waiting on the sellers to agree to the repairs that need to be made.  Needless to say, we had a very, very small Christmas, but I do not think Mitchell and my daughter were too upset.  They are ready to move. 

Mitchell still seems to be doing good.  As far as I know, he has not been talking with Christina, which makes me happy.  He has his good days and his bad days.  I see signs where he is changing and trying to become more masculine.  Then there are days when I question certain things but keep my faith that God is working and moving him in the right direction.

Please continue to pray for my family and the home.  I really do believe it is what needs to be done right now.  We are getting the home at a great price and at a really good interest rate. 

Hope all of you are doing well and had a wonderful holiday!!!

Hey!!  I need some prayer help here!!!  Everything is going great with getting the house!  If all goes well, we will close around January 20th. 

However, tonight my son surprised me with who he wants to hang out with after school tomorrow - his old friend Christina (the one who helped convince him he was gay and has a horrible family life).  She has gotten in contact with him and told him that she has changed and wants to be his friend.  I just do not trust here.  Please help me pray about this.  Someone sent me a quote that says "When God is about to reposition your life know that the devil will began to attack!" 

I told him that I did not want him to hang out with her, that she had hurt him before and I just did not trust her.  He said that was fine, and if I didn't want him to hang out with her, then he wouldn't. But now, I know I will get "wrote about" in his papers.  I don't know what to do.  I know it is best if he doesn't hang with her, but he doesn't understand that I am doing it out of love and concern.  He just sees it as "not trust him and wanting him to have friends". 

Things were going soooooo good.  What happened?  Please help me pray that he will see I am not trying to hurt him but trying to love him, with everything I have that is what I am trying to do!  Please pray for me!! 

We went and looked at a house today.  Please pray that if it is God's will that the money will come through for us to purchase it.  Mitchell and my daughter (Haley) are extremelyl excited.  Mitchell said that we do not realized just how much happier he will be when he gets to move.  He said that it will make every aspect of his life happier.  I feel that having to live where we do now with all the memories that he has really brings him down.  He has to leave all of his new friends in Sumter to come home to where he feels he has no one, and in a way I think he blames me and his dad for that.  If it is want God wants for my family, please pray that we will get the house and my life, and Mitchell's will be much happier.  My husband is going to call the bank tomorrow to see what we need to do.  Please be praying!!!

Well, I have been praying so hard and have requested all my friends to help me pray for Mitchell's attitude.  He came home tonight, in a pretty good mood, and asked his dad if he could go buff the store floor with him on Wednesday morning and then go to breakfast before school.  (my husband owns a side business doing floors)  I am so praying that this is a good move and that Mitchell is not wanting to tell him something horrible or hurtful.  My husband could not do it this Wednesday (tomorrow) because he has to go to Columbia, so Mitch said they could do it next Wednesday.  Please, please pray that this is something wonderful that is taking place.  I know I do not need to doubt this, but I guess I am human, and as a mother, worried.  I do hope and pray he is really wanting to spend time with his father. 

We are trying to buy a house in Sumter, which is where I work and Mitch goes to school.  Mitchell is really excited about this.  Please pray that if this is what God wants us to do, that we will be able to find a home which we can afford and can qualify for a low rate loan.  I am trying so hard to mend things with Mitchell.  Please pray that things are finally starting to heal for my family.

Thanks Guys!!!  By the way, where has grammyluv been?  I haven't heard from her lately.  Hope everything is okay.

Hey everyone!  My son still seems to be doing good with his struggle against the homosexual feelings he was having.  The only problem I am having now seems to be angry feelings he seems to be having towards me and his dad.  He leaves notes where they can eventually be found by me where he writes things like, "I am more mature than those two people will every be; they do not deserve to be called parents; my mom is a senile religious freak; when my sister moves out it will leave me alone with those people (his parents); and really hurtful statements like these.  I am not sure where all this has come from and whether it is typical teenage rebellion.  But please do pray for these feelings that he is having towards me and his dad to go away.  I want him to see just how much I do love and care for him. 

Things still seem to be going good with my son.  Some of his old friends from his old school are starting to try to contact him again.  Please help me pray that they will not come in and undo what God has done!  He is doing so good!  Please pray that these old friends will not come in and influence him to go back to his old way of thinking.  Please pray that he will not become as depressed as what he was and start doing all the things that he used to do.  God has worked such a miracle in his life and I know it is the devil trying to bring him back down. Please pray that he will stay strong and on the path that he is now walking.  I am claiming victory in the name of Jesus! 

Today has been a very good day for me!  My niece (our youth minister at church) let me know that Mitchell told her that he does not believe that he is gay anymore and that he does not feel that he is struggling with those feelings any longer.  He said that he is still depressed over different things.  But from what I understand, a lot of teens struggling with some sort of depression during the teen years.  I believe going to counseling will continue to help him with the depression.  I was just so HAPPY to hear that he no longer feels "gay".  I do so pray that this is true and not some sort of cover.  I have to trust in God and walk by faith - but I do so praise him for a little sight.   His loeg is also doing much better.

Please keep Mitch in your prayers for the homosexual feelings to stay gone and for him to not be so depressed.  I do not think his depression is as deep as it was during the summer, but please continue to pray that God will take the depression away! 

I just had to let you guys know that things are looking up!  Thank you so much for your continued prayers!!!!

Hey everybody!!!  Just wanted to send you a guys an update!

Mitchell seems to be doing better.  In his surveys on his myspace, when it asks "do you love someone" or "does someone love you", he has been putting "I love my parents", "my parents love me".  That is good for Mitchell.  He used to would not put that he would just put "LOL - No!".  And the other day, he told me I was a good mom.  It made me feel so good to hear him say that.   

Please pray for Mitch's leg.  He hurt it at fall fest at his school when he slid into the dunking booth.  He was trying to make one of his friends fall in, and slid on the wet grass and scraped his leg.  It is starting to get infected, and I had to take him to the doctor to get an antibiotic.  Please pray that it will heal quickly so he can enjoy his weekend at youth retreat (it is this fri, sat and sun coming up).   He is so excited!  Please pray that God will bless him and that he will keep moving in the right direction!