[__ Prayer __] My only girl: missing 3.5 years now

[MrVersatile48]

I recall sharing how the most moving moment of the recent UK Day of Prayer at NEC was the word about God drawing back the prodigals

Next 3.5 weeks are the best time each year to contact folk you ain't seen in ages, yes?

Please pray for my Laura Dawn - she turns 19 on 10 Dec if she's still alive - I haven't seen her for 3.5 years & regular enquiries have been blanks, be it with old school friends, police, social services & Missing Persons, etc

I just have to hold by faith to the fact that she gave her heart to Jesus in the few months that she lived with me at Southport AoG, before moving back to N Wales for a few months, then disappearing as soon as she left school

As a keen cadet, she may well have gone global backpacking & decided to stay incommunicado in some remote rural area - she may well be writing books/articles/screenplays under a pen name, as she was always impressed with the story of a successful comic book illustrator who lived in an isolated idyll

Whatever way she may have disguised her distinctive sandy hair & big, powder blue eyes - (coloured contacts, etc) - I'm sure even laser cosmetic surgery couldn't change the attractive slight turn in one eye: she's a slim 5' 4" & was last heard of in Prestatyn, where she was a cadet, but was in Rhyl High

We were always playing jokes on each other

When I took 2 days, before her 18th birthday, to tour Chester, Mold, Prestatyn, Rhyl, Colwyn Bay & Llandudno, I made sure I kept the story light-hearted, as more folk are more likely to tell each other: many folk shut sad stories out of their minds, yes?

Same before her 16th & 17th birthdays: I told many folk how friends always said how much like me she looked - she'd always say, "Don't be daft: how can I look like my dad - I'm a girl!"

The last T shirt I saw her in said, "What part of 'perfect' don't you understand?"

Like any daft, devoted dad, I thought, silently, "its possible application to you, darling?"

Last year, I went round unshaved, to make saying she looked so much like me really funny, (adding, with a philosopher's chin rub, "especially the stubble: she'll kill me, won't she?!")

Last guy I spoke to, who'd also had experience of the mental health system, as she & I have, thought he recognised the description

I said to him, as I had to others, 'even if she's become an addict &/or a prostitute, God forbid, you can say her 'daft old dad' still loves her & always will, OK?'

Each Dec, I've gone round all the trendiest places, where I'd be most likely to meet her, or folk who know her - as well as on buses & trains, etc - as I'm sure I shared last Dec

Honestly & truly, God always reminds me that she & I are both in His hands & safest there

He always reminds me that any temptation to worry is a cue to pray: hand it over to God & leave it there

Being from a military family & having worked 2/3 years as a night security guard, some of those tips may be useful for others, yes?

We Scousers are famous for training ourselves to see the funny side of anything - 'better to laugh than to cry'

Bible versions inc, "He who is of a merry heart has a continual feast'


"Be thankful to God in all circumstances"

"...continually giving thanks & making melody in your hearts to the Lord"

Much more on that theme in the Merlin Carothers classics, 'From Prison To Praise' & 'The Power of Praise'


So do pray for all missing girls - all missing kids & their parents & grandparents at this most sensitive time of year, OK?

Thanks for reading all this

& God bless you richly for caring about His missing kids

Ian

 

[Rosalee]

Prayers

Praying for you & your daughter- may your relationship be healed & blessed from above.

Rosalee Decker
This is the Day that the Lord has made; we shall rejoice & be glad in it."

 

[lovely]

Mr. V.

My prayers, and know that you are a tremendous blessing to me. I pray that she and you meet again here, but if not here, there. The Lord bless you.

 

[Relic]

Ian,

How ironic that you would post this message the very next day after I wrote to one of the members here in a PM to see if they were from an area in which I think my son might be in hopes that I might gain some ground in my search for him. I haven't seen him in 5 and 1/2 years since his dad left the state without a forwarding address or any means of contact. My son is now 20 years old and will be 21 come next July.

Even though our situations are different, I understand the pain of not knowing where your child can be. All we can do is hope they are doing well, and yes, all we can do is give it to the Lord.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts about your precious daughter. Through your hope, my hope has been given encouragement. I know one day that my son will know the truth and that he will contact me once again.

You memories and thoughts of your daughter are so beautiful.

From now on, when set aside special moments of prayer for my own son to be reunited with me, I will be praying for your desire to be reunited with your daughter also.

God Bless you.

 

[MrVersatile48]

Thank you all so much

Relic, do feel free to post a description of your son, & any story that God may use to inspire prayer & even spark words of wisdom & knowledge, as in 1 Corinthians 12

4There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men.

7Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues,[a] and to still another the interpretation of tongues. 11All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.


All 3 replies are an answer to prayer, as they remind me of very precious memories of Laura Dawn - named partly thru being born with a full head of golden hair & partly an echo of the Scots classic Lorna Doone

Laura has the most marvellous imagination & storytelling gift: from age 4, she could mimic teachers & would make up the most amazing nonsense when she hadn't understood 'what they were going on about'

We would be literally rolling round the floor laughing, clutching our aching sides & begging her to stop

& she'd say, 'How dare you talk when teacher is talking: go & stand in the corner with your hands on your head!'

Such sharp wit will have made impact wherever she's been

& she inherited not only my vocal mimicry, but her mum's gift at 'gurning' - pulling faces - she's much funnier than Karen or I

When she was 'dumped' @ my flat, 4.30am one Sat night, the first thing she said wasn't hi but, "Dad, do you know where the nearest Army Cadet base is?"

She had her career marked out, all the way up to Brigadier & returned to N Wales - though not to her mum - because '"Dad, English schools have some subjects that Welsh ones don't, & don't have some that we do: if I stay here, I'll have to repeat a year & won't get into Sandhurst"

Again, such focus & determination makes a mark anywhere, yes?

I did email Sandhurst, but she had said, while she was with me, that the army wasn't fair to girls

Just time to say that she played both keyboards & a military kinda flute called a fluegel (or similar name)

& to link wicca thread that mentions her mum:-

http://www.christianforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=23738

Must go

Ian

 

[MrVersatile48]

Praying for that missing baby in FL just now reminds me to share the most amazing encouragement I got on Sunday @ my missing girl

Jane Calamita - wife of visiting evangelist Enzo - is from my native Birkenhead & told me that her mum is now at Calvary AoG, Victoria Road, Prestatyn, where we went when Laura was a baby: she said she'd ask her to pray & relay any news

Love to Pastor John & all there

& to all at Rhyl Baptists, Sussex St - I lived in a chalet all thru a freezing winter, when the matrimonial home was repo'd, & folk there were & are so warm

God bless!

Ian

 

[MrVersatile48]

For others in dire need, see Do use other prayer requests sites too:-

http://www.christianforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=26703

Just time to encourage other parents to say which celebs most closely look like your missing kid

Faces change in 3.5 yrs (from 15.5 to 19 girls!) - so my Laura Dawn could well look a bit like Faytene Kryskow by now

http://www.christianforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=26648


(& in a few more years, even more like Shirley Maclaine in her classic comedy, Shirley Valentine

I just have time to ask if readers can maybe yahoo your local radio station to play Tell Laura I Love Her & ask her to contact her dad @ this site, yes?

Thanks

Ian

 

[MrVersatile48]

I just realised that I never linked here for more prayer details:-

http://www.christianforums.net/viewtopi ... 843#308843

The holidays made me feel abscence of all news all the more

Others with missing relatives, etc, do feel free to post prayer requests, OK?

God bless & thanks again!

Ian

 

[DISconect2]

Thank You for sharing MrV and Relic I will be praying for you and you children.

 

[MrVersatile48]

Thanks: in God's timing, many uni/college courses start today & I just know in my spirit that there will be young folk who have left home long ago mixing with freshmen whose shared thoughts of home, during orientation, will spark a hunger in prodigals to make contact, yes?

Again, other parents, do post details of your lost loved ones at this time

& there must be young folk with missing dads who need prayer too

God bless!

Ian

 

[Relic]

PRAISE GOD!!!!!

Ian,

This is so strange that you would make that post about young folks going back to college!

The most wonderful thing happened after five long years of not knowing where my son has been!!!!!!! After five long years of not knowing my sons where abouts or where his dad had moved, his dad finally decided to write a letter to my mother letting her know that my son is now in Arizona living with his uncle and is attending college for his bachelors degree!!!!!! My sons dad included a phone number where my son could be contacted! I called him and was able to speak with him after 5 long years of not hearing a word from him!!!!!! At first I cried so hard he could barely understand me. When he realized it was me he said, "Mom, is that you?" Tears flowed even more! There was so much to tell him about what's been happening in the family, people moving to different states, the birth of 5 little babies and the death of his uncle, and he told me of the death of his dad's mom, his other grandmother. So many thing have happened. My son drove to Arizona by himself so he could attend a special college. I can't wait to speak to him again and pray the Lord keep us in communion.


Thanks to all of you who have prayed. I praise God for answered prayers!!!!!

God restores!!!!!!!!




Ian,

You and your daughter are still in my prayers!
Have you posted a picture of her? If not, then will you please?

I pray God unite you both!

God Bless you.


.

 

[MrVersatile48]

Relic,

That is such wonderful news!!

With Masters Commission HQ @ Phoenix, AZ, I'm sure your son will come in contact with keen Christians - see http://www.mc.org

I don't have any photos of Laura Dawn, but as I said, girls can change a lot from 15.5 to 19: taller & more filled out, etc - shape of face can change too, yes?

As Lovely said, I know I'll see Laura Dawn again, be it here or in the best rendezvous of all: God knows best in all situations

Again, to encourage other parents of kids who may have just started a new study course, we can pray that, as the various problems of study/work in a new town dawn on them, God will prompt the prodigals to contact friends & family - http://www.700Club.com on Tues talked about adolescent angst & their search for self discovery/identity

May Romans 8:28 encourage readers who may have given up hope @ long-lost loved ones to share whatever details will best focus prayer, spark folkks' memories & maybe even inspire visions & words of knowledge, as in 1 Corinthians 12, Joel 2 etc

Romans 8:28 (New International Version)

More Than Conquerors

28And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,[a] who have been called according to his purpose.

Footnotes:

Romans 8:28 Some manuscripts And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God
Romans 8:28 Or works together with those who love him to bring about what is good

God bless!

Ian