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Friends, if you have the inclination, could you please pray for the well being and safe return of one of our ward's young women? Her first name is Rachael, and she has been missing since Friday.
It's a complicated situation, and we are hopeful that she will make her way back home, but those of us who love her are very worried.
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Thanks to you all. She was found today, and now we'll pray that...well, we'll pray that she gets the help she needs and makes better choices in the future.
You guys are great.
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Glad Rachael made it back home before I saw this thread. It sounds like this wasn't an abduction. I'll add my prayers for her future well-being.
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TW, what's the latest on this wayward teen? I hope she gets help from leaders & family before she makes increasingly worse choices with lifelong or eternal consequences. Posts: 12819 | Registered: Apr 2005
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Thanks for asking. She came home and lasted about 2 hours before leaving again.The police have basically told the mom that she can keep bringing her home, but she can't make her stay.
Your concerns are mine. There is a boy involved who is a destructive person and who she feels some sort of Savior complex for. It's dangerous. We've fasted and prayed and tried to reach her, with no success.
Today, our stake president talked about how sometimes prayers don't get answered for a long time. He used Alma praying for his son, Alma the Younger, as an example. I found myself feeling that is all we can expect from this situation...just pray and pray and hope that one day she can return and regain all the progress she was making when she left.
quote:There is a boy involved who is a destructive person and who she feels some sort of Savior complex for.
That is so sad. Are you saying she feels she needs to act as his savior? I've known people who felt it was their responsibility to "fix" other people. The results were often heartbreaking.
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Pal: yes, she feels that her love can change him, save him, make him be good. She tends to feel this way about most people (very compassionate and protective friend), but this boy uses her in every possible way, and then throws her back when he is ready to move on to someone or something else.
She doesn't even begin to know how far in over her head she is. She had made wonderful strides over the past few months...and I haven't been able to find out what changed that. The hard part is we had seen real change and a sweet, budding testimony in her.
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