I will not be deterred from my testimony of Gods powerful strength

As some of you know on our last day of vacation (Aug 9 2010) we got a call while driving home from our daughter Erin that our son CD had been arrested.

Turns out the CHP had been running a speed enforcement in Cedar Ridge along highway 174 near were CD was renting a house with several other boys his age from where he works. The officers had positioned themselves near the fire station which is at the crest of a small hill in an area that is mostly shaded. (an obvious choice as it is hard to see when approaching)

Chris was speeding but worse he was messing with his phone. Even more troubling is that the road narrows where the police were located so if you are not paying attention (which CD was not) you will end up driving on the shoulder. That is exactly what happened so, here are three officers on the shoulder, one officer steps into the lane and is flagging down CD as he approaches but Chris does not look up till the last minute then slams on the brakes and barely misses the officers, all of who have run or jumped for safety. CD immediately pulls over and gets out, apologizing the whole time but the damage is done. Chris scared the heck out all the officers and witnesses on scene. The CHP rush the few feet to his truck and are convinced that he sped at them intentionally and tried to run them over so arrested him and charged him with assault on an officer with a deadly weapon. (I'm sure they were quite shaken and one of them was hurt in some way during his flight for safety, something about his back and finger, although the officer was well enough to participate in the arrest.)

Now because of the officers statements that Chris intentionally sped at them he was being held with a high bail and could be charged with one or more felonies.

We had hired an attorney and he was working on an investigation as well as collecting Character references for Chris. CDs next court appearance was September 30th.

In the meantime, I was scheduled to testify at church about the healing from cancer. Although I could have let this shake my faith, I was determined to speak of the glory that God showed in my life, I would NOT be dissuaded from praising him! Through this experience I am convinced that God is powerful and although satin tries to distract us from our praise, our praise is our most important weapon against evil.