Date for Jury Trial is Set...

I received the paperwork announcing the jury trial that is set for January 26th. It has been a long time coming, but I know that God's timing is perfect so this is way it has to be. I have a call into the prosecutor so that I can find out when we need to go down there for depositions.

I was especially thankful this Thanksgiving for safety. That was first and foremost in my mind. I though a lot about what he and his family would be doing this year for Thanksgiving. I guess the prayers were tearful realizing the possibility that their beloved son and brother might not get to be with them for any more holidays after Christmas.

I still find it difficult to believe that not one single person from his family has had any communication with me since I've found out what he has done and confronted him. That was way back in July. Well, his sister was the exception. She sent me an email saying that she didn't know who was telling the truth and it wasn't for her to judge but that the bible says "love covers a multitude of sins." It sure does, but it doesn't cover you hurting one of my kids. Maybe someday it will, but not right now. They are all standing behind him and even left the church to attend elsewhere with him. Our pastor told him not to return on advice of the Christian Law Association. It's such a horrific liability when you have a sex offender in your congregation. It galls me to think of the people who hide behind the church so that they can perpetrate their crimes further. The sad thing is that the church which he is attending now is teeming with children. Most families have four and five kids, ranging from infants to teens.

Now, his sister has on her myspace "praying for someone who used to be very close in my life" and her mood is "sad". I'm glad and thankful for all prayers, but I hope that she is praying for her brother's soul and for him to come clean with what he has done. I guess they all sat around the Thanksgiving table and listened to more of the lies he is tangling himself up in. I know for a fact that he is telling them that we were having problems and just never told anyone. His mother has been going around town telling people that she guesses I had it in my mind to leave when I went to visit my mother. There couldn't be anything further from the truth. There was only one thing that would make me leave him and that was hurting one of my children.