Pray

You all know how I asked for prayer a while back for my family and a crisis we were going through. Well, it hasn't ended since then, and now it's been kind of consumated. My youngest sister, Shelly, ran away last night. The last few weeks we had been trying to deal with some major problems with her; my parents even sent her to a Christian camp for "troubled teens", which cost them around $3,000. So, she got home last night, and after my parents went to bed she snuck out the window or something. Please pray, for my parents especially, but also pray for Shelly's safety and especially salvation. Unfortunately, conversion will be very tough for Shelly because she has been in a church that's great at confirming complete pagans in the faith--All you have to do is follow the paths laid down by everyone else in the church for LOOKING spiritual, and all anyone will do is give you assurance that you're saved and goin to heaven baby! For example, the youth pastor doesn't worry about sin in the youth group; he'll just say, "Oh, they're Evangel kids!" And why not? They go on all the missions trips, and they all "throw sticks in the fire" at camp. Shelly really thinks she is saved, though the rest of the family knows she is not. In a note she left, she actually said something to the effect of "I know God has great plans for me"!

Now I'm just ranting, and that's probably not good.

Please pray, though.

Matt.