Mar. 31, 2008
Homeschooled Boy Missing and then Found Sunday night
Posted in Everyday Life
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Last night, about 7:30 California time, our pastor's wife from Madison, WI called us. My husband talked to her and she was rather frantic because of another family from our church had called them to say their 11-year-old son was missing. They were on their way to the family's home to help search for him. Daniel, had gone out bird-watching, which wasn't unusual, but didn't come back in after an hour had gone by. When they went looking, no one could locate him. The blessing is that the police started searching for him right away. I believe they were already looking for him after only being gone for a couple of hours. It felt so strange to have this happen to good friends of ours. They have five children, homeschool, and our two oldest are good friends with two of their girls and have spent the night at their home on several occasions. My heart went out to them and I was wishing we were still in Wisconsin so we could help join the search. But I knew the Lord knew exactly where he was and we had the privilege of praying for him and his safety. Channel 15 News in Madison had the story on their website (and on TV). My mom and aunt were surprised that he was reported missing because in California, they typically wait 24 hours. I'm so glad they didn't wait that long. 24 hours, even in 43 degree weather, is still too long in my opinion. I called his mom last night at 9:40 p.m. (11:40 their time) to see if they had heard anything, but to also let them know that the description that was given on the website was incorrect. As I was talking to her, they were informed that he had been found. I quickly let her go so she could get all the details, but I was so glad to hear that he'd been found. The Lord answered our prayers quickly. |
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Apr. 29, 2008 - Hi
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