Please Pray

Only because I don't want to "re-hash" what I am thinking I am copying this blog the letter that will be passed out to the parents of our junior high students tonight. Please pray.

April 7, 2008

Dear Parents:

It is with heavy hearts that Sean and I share the following information.

On Friday April 5th one of our students named William took his own life. William has been to many of the game night overnights that we have had in the past years and although was high school aged continued to come to Yess occasionally to hang out with the kids and his friends.

We want to inform you of this for a few reasons. First and foremost to let you know that we believe whole heartedly that William is in Heaven now. He had accepted Christ and wasn’t afraid to talk about it with Sean. We also wanted to give you the information that we have so that you can talk with your kids about suicide. We will be talking about William at Yess tonight and the topic will more than likely come up in the future as we tend to discuss topics that impact this age group in a real way.

Please if you would, pray for these students. There are some who feel guilt, sadness, and frustration at not being able to help. Please pray for this weekends conference that the students will be going to. Pray that the students step up to the challenge of talking to their friends about God. Also please pray for the leaders at Yess. Pray that we have the God given words when it seems there just aren’t any.

I thank you so much for entrusting your kids into our hands during the two hours a week that we have. I cannot explain to you just how precious each and every one of them is to us. We count it a blessing to have parents who bring their kids each week and students who come eager to have fun and learn about God.

May God bless your family,