October 27, 2007
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Changes
Jason is home this weekend. Yesterday I got an impassioned call, “please come and get me.” Now this is my very tough and brave 19 year-old son. He has always felt he is following in the footsteps of his three older brothers. So he has tried to be as tough as he could be.
Yesterday he wasn’t being tough. Much that he didn’t like and was actually frighted about was going on on campus and he wanted out.
During the past two weeks there had been many major fights. One of them sent and RA to the hospital with knife wounds. Another fight involved guns. The fire alarms have been going off nightly, pulled by students playing pranks.
Jason’s bike has been turned into a pretzel by some student bent on doing as much damage all over campus as he could affect before he got caught. Many other bikes have had the same damage. Now my son is one of the few students who are poor enough not to have a vehicle and depend on his bike to get him around the campus and the town.
The last straw was an apparant attempt by a student to hack into the campus computer system and plant a virus or series of viruses there. Now many students have trouble with their computers. Jason is just trying to learn and get his degree and get out of there.
So today he is at a college nearby trying to transfer there so that he will at least be closer to home. What do you tell a child who is not niave by any means but who has never experienced so much evil so close at hand? How I wish I could turn back the clock and keep him a little boy where a kiss would fix his bumps and bruises and make it all better. Not the answer I know but I would surely minister to a mother’s heart that is breaking for her son.
Comments (4)
Tell him to stay safe but not too safe. Don’t be reckless, but don’t live in fear. That is the price of being a man, you have to find that balance, but he’s doing okay-ish. He’ll be all right.
You are both in my prayers.
Oh my goodness. It sounds like a campus turned war zone. I will definitely be praying for the Lord’s guidance. That must be extremely difficult for him, my heart goes out. This country is in big trouble. Have you heard about the anti-God movie coming out in Dec. for children entitled The Golden Compass? Frightening. It’s incredibly evil.
Praying for wisdom and guidance for your family and of course divine protection. Psalms 91.
Hugs and blessings, ~Amelia
sounds like a good idea but there is always going to be fights so tell him to watch his back.
Lupus