Update On My Brother

       Hey Everyone!  First of all, I want to thank you so much for praying for my brother and my parents and I through all of this.  I cannot convey to you the deep hurt of loving someone so much who has chosen to walk away from a relationship with the LORD.  It is terrible and it breaks your heart.  Our hope is in the fact that the LORD has promised that Daniel will come back someday, to Him.  That is the promise we hold to.  We are learning everyday to lean on and cling to Him for everything. He is still living at my Aunt and her family’s house (and btw she is not a Believer). He quit his current job and started back at his old job. The problem being that his old work was a very evil atmosphere, even more so then at the greenhouse where he was previously working.  Please pray for continued protection from evil influences and the pressure to do ungodly things. We are praying and asking the LORD why He allowed my brother to go back to that evil place but even though we can’t fathom it the LORD says that His ways are above our so we are trying to trust Him.  He knows what He’s doing much better than us. Daniel is supposed to be coming over tomorrow night to visit and get his test for school corrected.  Hopefully it’ll be a good visit.  We still maintain contact.  I text him a lot, he rarely talks on the phone unless totally necessary. He is still lying and very sketchy about his personal and social life.  He seems a little more hardened than at first and continually gives us reason to believe he is immensely enjoying his “freedom”.  All we can do is pray that the LORD would reveal his sin to him and that it would cause him to become miserable and realize how much he needs the LORD. Please pray with my family and I that the deepest desire of his heart would turn from pleasing himself to pleasing the LORD.  It is only when he is part of His family that he will be truly happy.  Thank you all again.

Kneeling At His Feet,
Maiden Princess