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Carmi and I are really doing good in our marriage. We had some very rough times (which God has used to mold and shape us), but we have gotten through them.

We really have fun being together even though because of ministry, we can feel very drained at times.

We are not only helping ML, but we are now helping her daughter, AK. Her daughter is a call girl who has a 'husband' who is her pimp. When we first met her, her 'husband' had beaten her with a golf club. She left him, but went back to him a week later.

Two nights ago she tried to commit suicide by slamming into a break barrier on the freeway. She did not break anything, but she has contusions, major bruises, messed up back, broken rib, and in horrific pain. When the 'husband' picked her up from the hospital he drove her around in the car for hours hitting every bump on the road and swerving the car around. In the last two days since the accident she has gone out on 4 calls.

She finally decided to leave the pimp. She had us pick her up from the house and we took her to prayer and the hospital. She has someone safe to live with for now. We are praying she will never go back to the 'husband'. She actually IS married to someone else, but separated. We met her true husband today.

It has been a very long day. We started picking people up for church at 8:15am and just got home at 9:30pm. Still have work obligations to do. It is very hard at times to be a volunteer minister and to earn an income when you are self-employed. But at least I can be available when needed.

We have been very busy in helping ML to keep her sobriety and to continue serving the Lord.

With Carmi working full-time (which is good in the sense of finances because I have less time to earn an income), I am thankful for Terry, one of our disciples. He has really stepped up in his growth in the Lord, and being submitted to our leadership.

ML is the woman has been a drug addict and a prostitute most of her life.

Out of all the women we have worked with over the years, she has been the most time consuming. While I was out of town for a week, my wife and Terry (he just celebrated one year of sobriety) did much to help her stay clean and to grow in Christ. She has many issues because of the abuse in her early years and the lifestyle she has lived.

I went to the Los Angeles area to visit with my mother and my son. My mother just went into a convalescent hospital after going to the hospital several times and my son was getting hernia surgery right after joining the Marines.

My brother was concerned that my mom may not be around much longer and I have not seen her for a long time. My son moved to Oregon almost two years ago and then shipped out to boot camp in San Diego a couple months ago. So, it was time to see both of them, even though it was not very convenient for me.