Thank you so much for asking about my son - makes me feel great knowing you guys are all praying!!!

He seems to be a little happier, and I really believe there may be a girl he likes, but he will not tell me.  My nience, who is our youth minister, is going to pick him up from school on Thursday and see if he will talk some with her.  If she lets me know anything, I will definitely share with my prayer warriors!!

He is going to our church youth retreat next weekend (Nov. 21-23, I believe).  He is excited about going.  Please be praying that he will receive an awesome, awesome blessing while he is there - that God will pour his spirit all over him.

Please continue to pray that christian friends will come into his life that are great role models and will lead him down the right path!! THANKS GUYS!!!!

Hey everyone!  Just checking in with you guys.  Hope all of you are doing good.  My week has been so-so.  I've been down a good bit this week - just been feeling a heavy burden which has had me praying a lot.  But I know that on the other side of this trial, is a land of blessings.  I guess going through the valley is what makes me a stronger christian.  My son still isn't quite acting himself - still quiet and seems some of his joy has faded.  I know this is satan trying to creep back in, but I keep rebuking him in the name of Jesus, and I know that my son is going to be OK!  I keep telling myself to just hold on, God will move in his own time, which is always best.  It's a struggle, but I am keeping the faith!  Must admit, the last couple of days, I have cried a lot of tears  , but God sees those tears and he will wipe them away.  He will help me reach my mountain top, and I will smile again!  Thanks for all your prayers, for without them, I don't know if I could be as strong as I am.  The devil fights hard, but I know with all the christian friends I have praying, he will never win!  Love you guys!!!

My son has been very quiet the last couple of days, and it has me worried.  I found a note which he wrote a friend about how he was disappointed in himself for letting himself believe something that was not the way it was.  He said he could not believe he had set himself up for that much hurt.  I am pretty sure he is talking about liking AJ and thinking AJ liked him.  The last time this happened with a girl was when he lost confidence in himself and looked for answers in the wrong direction (homosexuality).  Please pray that he will see if that is what happened or whatever it was that did happen, God let it happen for his good.  AJ, I am pretty sure, was the one who was trying to fix him up with a guy.  From what I have found out, AJ told Mitch she was bi-sexual (or used to be).  Mitch just seems very unhappy the last couple of days, and I do not want all that has gone so right in his life this last month to be torn down.  Please pray that he will see that God is working in his favor and that everything that happens is what God wants at the time and will always work out for our good in the end.

That is a big possibility.  I am fasting breakfast every morning, praying until midnight, when I must get sleep to work the next day, and then I pray all day at work.  Thanks for your prayers!  I need all the help I can get.

Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Right now I am fighting rulers of the darkness of the world and spiritual wickedness!!!  There is someone, I am not sure who, is trying to fix my son up with another guy!  Please help me pray, PLEASE!!  I know God can handle this and it makes me angry at the devil for doing this!  I am at complete war here with the devil and all his evil!  He is trying to destroy my son who is doing so good at trying to be good.  He is putting little thoughts in his head that I am finding on different notes he has written and thrown away, but I always find on accidnet.  Maybe it is God letting me find these to let me know that I need to pray more or pray harder.  Please help me pray - it seems like when I start climbing the mountain from the valley the devil tries to push me back down.  Please help me pray that all this wickedness will be driven out of my son's life.  IT HAS BEEN ONE BAD DAY!!!!

Thanks everyone!  I need those prayers!  why is it that when you are finally feeling hopeful, like everything is falling into place, the devil throughs something in there to bring you down and destory your joy?  It's been one of those days!!!  Like the song says, "God, will you just holdl me while I cry?"  I am not going to let the devil claim my victory for my son!  I know it is going to be along process for my son, he is still young and unsure of his sexual feelings, but I gave him to God when he was born, and he still belongs to him.  The devil keeps trying to bring me down, and I have got to learn to lean on God more.  I know I am in a fight, but I know that God has already won the battle.  Please pray for me to keep the faith and to stay strong.  Every time I give God praise, the devil tries to bring me down.  Pray that my faith will be unwaivering, for both me and my son!  You guys just do not know how great it feels to know that there are people out there who I can talk to who care and who are willing to help me pray.  You all are heaven sent and I thank God for each of you!

Hey everyone!  Sorry it has been a while since I have been on but things have been really busy at work and my computer at home is not working properly.  I talked with my son's therapist last week, and she said he seems to have really made good progress.  She said that since he has been coming to talk with her and changed schools that he seems happier and is starting to like himself more.  Please continue to pray for him.  He seems to be heading in the right direction, and I give God all the praise and glory.  He is an awesome God!!!

Hope all is well with each of you!!!!

Thank you guys for all the prayers for my son and his friend.  Pleaes contnue to pray for me and my son.  We have good days and bad days.  There are days it seems he takes a step back instead of forward.  I know he still struggles with his sexuality, so please pray that the devil will have to release his hold on him and set him free!  I know God can do this!!!  What a testimony he will have!!!! 

Her name is AJ.  She had been a rebellious teen at a young age (13) and got kicked out of public school.  The only choice they had for a school was Sumter Christian (where she attends) or Wilson Hall (which would cost an extra $3,000 to $5,000).   Wilson Hall is for the extremely wealthy families.  So, their only choice was Sumter Christian.  They are trying to move her out but she cannot go back to public school and they cannot afford another private school.  They are not allowed to home school here.  AJ has changed her life since she started attend Sumter Christian and likes Mitchell alot.  She believes in christianity now, but her family is not happy about that.  They are not allowing her to hang out with good christian people or attend service in a christian church.  She is really having a hard life.  Please pray for her.  Mitchell said he is praying for her because she is unhappy at home. 

I know it sounds weird to have to go to a christian school when your family is wiccan.  But right now, they have no other choice.  And this may be what is needed to bring them where they need to be.  Please pray for this family.

Hey guys!  Need some prayer here.  The little girl that Mitch likes, well her parents told her she could not date him because he is a good christian.  She too is a christian, but is scared to tell her parents that because they are wiccans.  Her parents told her she had to date this other guy who is not into christianity.  This has hurt Mitch and he is feeling rejected, which I feel is causing some of his old feelings to return.  God has moved so much in his life.  Please pray that this will not cause him to fall back into his homosexual feelings.  He really likes this girl, and I feel she likes him to but is afraid to say so.  Please pray that Gold will move in this situation that Mitch will not feel hurt and rejection because of this but that he will move on and find the one he is supposed to talk to and if it is her, that God will move in her parents so that she can talk to Mitch.  The devil is fighting him since he is doing so good, and I don't want him to get Mitch back on the wrong path.  PLEASE PLEASE PRAY!!!

Thank you to everyone for your prayers during last month.  Mitchell, my son, seems to be really happy at his new school.  He has made new friends and is showing some interest in a young girl there, who he wants to ask to be his girlfriend.  I would like to ask you to pray for my brother.  His daughter came home the other day and told him that she was engaged, to another girl.  Please pray for him and his daughter.  Hope all of you are doing great and I am praying for you all.  Thanks guys!!!

Hey everyone!  It's been a while since I've posted anything, but September is a difficult month for my family.  It is the month my dad passed away and also my mom's birthday (who has also passed).      My son seems to be doing ok.  He has really given out any signals one way or the other.  Just continue to keep him in your prayers that God will keep directing him into the path he has chosen for him.  Please continue to pray that he will continue to keep loving himself more each day.  Thanks!!!

Hope everyone is doing well!!!  I'm praying for ya'll!!!!

Just wanted to let you guys know that things still seem to be going good for my son.  He is still enjoying his new school and seems to enjoy the bible lessons he has each day.  He seems to be getting a little more confident in himself.  Please continue to pray for him that he will become the man that God would have him be.  He really does seem to be doing a little better.  Thanks!!!

Someone sent me this poem, and it made me stop and think.  We always need to take time from our busy schedules to tell our friends and family about how much we love and appreciate them because you never know when they will not be here any more. 

Around the corner I have a friend,
In this great city that has no end,
Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,
And before I know it, a year is gone.
And I never see my old friends face,
For life is a swift and terrible race,
He knows I like him just as well,
As in the days when I rang his bell.
And he rang mine but we were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men.
Tired of playing a foolish game,
Tired of trying to make a name.
'Tomorrow' I say! 'I will call on Jim
Just to show that I'm thinking of him.'
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,
And distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner, yet miles away,
'Here's a telegram sir,' 'Jim died today..'
And that's what we get and deserve in the end
Around the corner, a vanished friend.
Remember to always say what you mean.
If you love someone, tell them.
Because when you decide that it is the right time it might be too late.
Seize the day. Never have regrets.
 And most importantly, stay close to your friends and family,
for they have helped make you the person that you are today.

(Author Unknown)

They (and I)  tell him why but I think his self-esteem is just so low that he doesn't understany why people feel that way.  He needs prayer to see that what people tell him is true and not just something that they think he wants to hear.  God has done so much for him already.  I know that he can do this also!!