Morning Has broken

I woke this morning to the usual flurry of emails, texts and other messages vibrating the bones out of my BlackBerry. Through half opened eys, peering onto the piercing bright screen I read a message from Steve, which was not of the type one wants to read at the start of the day, especially since i had not even made it out of bed.

Steven sent a text last night saying that on Saturday he had taken an overdose and cut his wrists. As far as we know he is ok, since he text me last night and this all happened on Saturday. Unfortunately this is not the first time we have been through this with Steve. We are trying to get hold of him as we speak so hopefully will be able to offer a better perspective on his current situation.

I did speak to Steve on Friday and he was in great form, so one must wonder what happened between Friday morning and Saturday.

To give you all an update, it seems that the solicitor that worked with Steve and the other party who was involved in this case wants money. US$40k to be precise which is simply not going to happen, it is a ridiculous request and one the solicitor knows too well will not be entertained. However, things have moved forward, Steve is going back to court to see if he can be released. As with all these things there is so much going on under the surface that it can be difficult to see the wood for the trees, but one can never be sure of what could happen. Steve seems to think he will be released this month, and, when I had a chat to his solicitor in my disastrous Spanish, he too seemed to think Steve would be out by April. Who knows?

We will of course keep you up to date.

In the meantime we wait and hope that Steven does not really find the will to end his lfe. I would hope that this current situation is Seven wanting some attention.

We would be so grateful if you can pray for Stevens mind, that he will settle and be patient just that little longer. All we can do here is request he is visited by the Honorary Consul and hope they give him the support he needs.

As soon as we have more information we will let you all know.

To all those who are helping financially we want to thank you so much. We let you know before Christmas how your money had been spent so far. We hope you found this helpful. For now, our focus is on providing food for Steven and raising enough to buy him a ticket back to the UK when he is released, and we hope and pray that will be sooner rather than later.

May God's will be done in all things.