Name: Teach Them Diligently (Branson)
Start: 2025-05-15T00:00:00-05:00
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Location: Branson, MO

This topic has 11 replies, 11 voices, and was last updated 12 years, 6 months ago by meagan.

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October 9, 2012 at 9:56 pm
pangit
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I am in tears as I write this. I come to you because I know that each of you are prayer warriors.
My brother just called. He is in the National Guard and is in Kuwait right now. His wife just told him that she is leaving him and taking the kids. We all live in Oregon now and she is taking the kids to Chicago. She wants 90% parental rights and any time the are allowed to come to Oregon he will have to pay for everything. She is packing now and planning to leave by the first of November. They have had a bad relationship for years so this isn’t a huge surprise but it still hurts and it hurts more that the kids are going to be gone. I don’t have money to go and see them in Chicago but if I did I would!! Even though it isn’t a huge surprise that they are getting a divorce, I didn’t know it would hurt so much. Please pray for the Lord’s will to be done in each of their lives. They have four children, 11, 10, 10, 6. Thank you.
October 9, 2012 at 11:41 pm
missingtheshire
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That is so sad, and especially so because it was done while your brother is deployed, that is very cruel. I will pray and recommend your brother gets in touch with the JAG down there where he is and gets some advice pronto…she cannot have it all her own way, and so though it is a shock right now, and dreadfully sad…there are things he can do. He has rights too, and the JAG can talk to him about his options…..in the meantime I will pray for you all especially your bother and the precious children.
October 10, 2012 at 12:57 am
Misty
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Oh, my heart breaks for those kids. Families in these types of relationships have a lot of issues they need to deal with and I can’t imagine it. Hopefuly her heart will soften in time and the kids will be able to come. Cause I am sure she knows that she is not in charge of it all. I agree wtih Missing.. find some help and do it soon.
October 10, 2012 at 1:53 am
blue j
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Whole-heartedly agreeing with missingtheshire. Praying for all of you.
October 10, 2012 at 2:07 am
lgeurink
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Prayed for you now…Jesus wash over the pain…
October 10, 2012 at 2:11 am
MariAnKenobi
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I’ll pray!!
I also recommend getting a good lawyer for your brother. Ask around and find a Bulldog in the family courts. Just because she WANTS 90% custody doesn’t mean she should get it!
October 10, 2012 at 1:58 pm
pangit
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He has an appointment with JAG. They’ve been off base or something so he has had to wait a couple days. They’re going to try and work things out without an ugly court scene, but she also wants her papers signed now and isn’t happy about waiting. I’m not blind to the fact that my brother has played his share in the break up of their marriage. They have both been jerks. If it weren’t for the kids it would’ve been over long ago. I don’t think the kids completely understand what is going on. Daddy is gone anyway. It will hit later. My parents tried to get her to stay in the state. They said they’d pay for a place for her to live but she is determined to go. I wish she wouldn’t take the kids away from family, and the only family that has been involved continually in their lives. Hopefully things can stay civil without him getting trampled on. Thank you for the prayers for his family.
October 10, 2012 at 6:54 pm
Corie
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I am so sorry to hear this. We are a military family and have seen this lifestyle tear many families apart. Praying for your brother and his loved ones.

October 10, 2012 at 7:33 pm
revwife
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Praying for your brother and his family.
October 10, 2012 at 10:30 pm
momto2blessings
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Praying for your family….how sad.
October 10, 2012 at 10:36 pm
sheraz
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We will pray as well.
October 11, 2012 at 12:21 am
meagan
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Hi pangit. I will pray for your neices and nephews. I am the second wife to my husband who has three amazing sons. I have seen how divorce can effect children. Though things have not gotten as nasty as some families that I know, my hubs and his ex-wife have had their fair share of disagreements over custody. I sincerely wish that my hubs had gotten some legal advice before his settlement was done. Make sure your brother can get a good lawyer – even if it isn’t going to go to court! Good is the essential word there – there are plenty of family law lawyers who don’t qualify as that. Kids of any age need their Daddy in their lives. He also needs to see if there is anything legally that he can do to keep her in the state – something I wish my hubs would have done as well. My hubs will tell you that he was so overwhelmed during that time, but it’s crucial to make sound decisions.