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In Reply to: Thanks for the update, Karen posted by Acheick on July 07, 2002 at 21:16:26:
I was glad to hear from you too, Karen. This is such a HARD thing to go through. By the way, what state is he in? I mean what united state, not mental state!! As awful as this is and as much as your heart goes out to him, the more unpleasant it is, the better it is, because not wanting to go back will be a major influence in his life when he comes out. He will not want to return. But, the flip side to this is, I am dealing with another friend of my son's who went to jail, got saved, came out raring to go, and ended up much worse and back in jail for 3 years. I figured out it was because he was listening to the tapes in his head. In his case, it was his parents telling him all those years he was worthless. I'm sure your son has tapes playing in his head and we need to find him some books to read to help him play some new tapes. The problem is they can only get books if they are sent directly from the publishers but if you go to a bookstore and find some you like, you can call the publishers and have them send them to him. But make sure you know where he's going to be for a couple of weeks before you do that. They might not forward them. Josh McDowell is a really good author for young kids. I will definitely pray that all this turns out right. I know it tears a mother to pieces.
