One more time...

[RedMage]

I know I said I should just spare you the drama, but I need to ask you to pray for my friend and me one more time.

It seems I don't get to talk to her anymore, you see, at least for a while. Her parents have decided they don't want her on the internet except for school stuff. And she's still dealing with really terrible things. And I know God will take care of her, but I worry about her not having anyone to talk to and I'm going to miss her so badly. I've only really known her for two months and we've never met in person and yet she's the best friend I've ever had.

[Tenshi no Ai]

I'll continue on to pray for you both...

[RedMage]

Good news! Her parents have decided her internet use isn't completely restricted to school stuff.

Bad news! They don't want her discussing certain issues she's facing with other people outside the family.

I respect that she's trying to honor her parents, but it's really hard to deal with when she wants or needs to tell me about a problem or a prayer need and she can't. Please pray that she'll be able to get through these things with just God to talk to about them.

(If this situation seems to swing from better to worse and then better again rather rapidly to you, imagine how the two of us feel. )

And besides that, the distance between us and the time before we get to see each other in person is really burdensome sometimes. Please pray we'll stick together.

Thanks to anybody still paying attention, I feel like I have to keep asking for prayer as long as someone may read it.

[Tenshi no Ai]

Thanks to anybody still paying attention, I feel like I have to keep asking for prayer as long as someone may read it.

Oh lots of us are still reading, just that not everyone replies^^ And of course I'll continue to keep you both in my prayers...

[Ryupower]

*will pray*

[SP1]

Still reading it. Still praying.

[RedMage]

Thanks. Keep at it, because it's looking like we may be separated for a while again. Yeah, it seems like we go through this every week to me too. I wonder how many times I can go through this before I lose the capacity to be hurt by it. Ugh. That's a horrible thing to say. I hope that never happens.

Don't know exactly why this time. She said it was partially to do with her parents, but more to do with her. She said God was asking her to let her heart be broken by giving people up. For how long, I guess she doesn't know. It's not definite, apparently, but it's looking that way. She told me not to worry if she wasn't online tonight or the rest of the week or for however long. I said I'd try not to.

I'm just rambling. Sorry. Sorry for bothering you all with this soap opera for so long. I'd stop if I didn't want prayers anywhere I could possibly get them, for her more than me. I just have to deal with losing her, maybe, she had to deal with maybe losing everybody and all of the horrible things in her life she still has to fight through. I mean, I've got my own problems, but they seem pretty inconsequential in comparison. I always felt bad talking about them to her because of that. She said it didn't matter.

OK, enough rambling in this post now, for real.

[Doubleshadow]

Ramblings fine with me; you care where most wouldn't. Praying.

[RedMage]

Just thought I owe you all the update that things are going better again. :-) She is limiting her online time for a number of reasons, and it's not ideal, but I respect why she's doing it and it's not as if we don't get to talk at all.