My uncle’s reply:
“As for helping the family with fast offering funds from the church. The handbook says that FO funds are intended to be used for the members of the ward. There is the option to help non-members in rare instances, but they must reside within the boundaries of the ward where the help comes from. It is up to that Bishop to decide whether or not to use the funds to help a non-member. If the non-member is not given FO funds, then they are to be referred to other agencies within the community. There are other resources in the community for non-members. They just have to find the person who knows how to access those resources….not sure who that would be in your City.
Hope this helps.”

The mother being in despair is the thing we need to pray for the most. I will pray for her and for again that the innocent are protected and the truth comes out.

The son wouldn’t speak yesterday, wouldn’t open up to the investigators. The mother got a call this morning from the police saying they are closing the case because the son hasn’t reported anything criminal to the police, that there will be a custody hearing next week.

Bad news on all fronts.

Mom is feeling pretty much hopeless at this point.

Friends and family. Please pray for Jacob today. Pray for him to have the courage he needs. That he has the strength and confidence to speak what is on his heart and in his mind. Pray that his fears will subside so that the truth may be revealed. Please ask God to let him know that whatever the outcome is he is loved. Those are my prayers for today and I ask for your support and that your prayers will be the same for him. 2:00pm today

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Sorry for the short notice, but today is the 2nd ChildHelp interview – 2pm Pacific Coast time. The child is heading over to the police station to be questioned/interviewed. He just needs to open his mouth and speak, tell his story, etc. Thanks again everyone.

Also, does anyone know if local wards can use their funds for these types of things? I know they can use it for food, rent, medical/dental expenses and in many times is at the Bishop’s discretion. Does court/lawyer fees qualify? Because it seems like a single stake could take care of that bill easily.

Is the hearing May 15th — or is it Thursday?

For the update…for rallying us together in the first place….and for all the sharing (of info and feelings) you have done in the past, that has helped so many of us here and is still doing immense good for many minds at this very time.

My household will indeed be refocusing on the 23rd and helping everyone involved to see this through to the beautiful outcome which the Lord has prepared and promised.I know that many others will be livicating their sacred energy to this situation as well.

I do not want to hijack this post or in anyway diffuse the attention we are placing on this temporary trial to support mother and child and uphold truth and justice. I only want to go with my feelings and thoughts as sparked by this wonderful opportunity to bond and use our collective power for good.

This is consecration friends. I seethe very practical reasons behind the invitation in scripture to “Bear one another’s burdens” This is not a purely emotional plea. It is an emotional plea but it is simultaneously a practical and cool headed way of helping us cope with challenges. For the child this is something that directly threatens him. The mother is almost as drastically effected as she is so close to the child…this is as it should be. Tom has the particular and special blessing of being knit together with the mother and child in heart and yet perfectly positioned just two steps from the center of this event so as to be able to offer unique and much needed comfort of a mental (Left Brain, Masculine) type.

The rest of us are given a very wonderful opportunity. We can either behave as the world and remain free from emotional attachment as long as possible since we find ourselves sufficiently “removed” or far from the problem. It is given us to choose. We may then also feel overridden at one point or another with emotions…but guilt will be primary among them and will direct our God-Given power in the WRONG DIRECTION. (Just like this huge social experiment with Kony 2012) In this case once we feel enough external pressure to quote “GET INVOLVED” rather than living and choosing “IN LOVE” loving and being loved as we are now learning to do…..then going with external pressure we will give over our agency and power to the Evil One to ironically align ourselves with the problem. Becoming “INVOLVED” then means wrapped up in it and unable to effectively fight against it/ rearrange it.

But through a conscious and willing act of “Mourning with those who mourn” we get this Christ power that does not run out but instead grows as it is given and shared.The EMOTION and the seemingly detached THOUGHT work TOGETHER …TO GATHER all of the needed elements for the miraculous and perfect outcome.

Spiritual gifts are more quickly manifest on the physical plane when we have all temporal things in common…because it allows it to easily slide into place like a lubrication. But even as a Cybe-Tribe there is sooo much we can do with united or choreographed intention.The distance itself can be used as a strength….because if I bear Tom’s burdens it is actually easier and more efficient and he can offer something which I can not see or do for myself being that much more engaged at close range with the obstacle.

I love you guys. Thank you to everyone here for their help and support in my life and for allowing me to return that love. We should be striving for Zion, where we can live consecration to the fullest…but we can’t over look the powerful things we areperfectly capable of even while we all find ourselves still under some very real bondage in a firmly rooted TEMPoral Babylon….lets use the spirit to rearrange the physical reality for ourselves.