Life's Storms

I don't  typically put my personal life out there, but I am tired of pretending like everything is just peachy. Two weeks ago our "eldest" broke up with her boyfriend. She then took her 3 kids and his 10yo to another county and refused to give him his son back. She refused to come back into the county because she felt unsafe. Meanwhile, he was calling me threatening my family, saying he was going to spill blood. I finally told her if she didn't return his son, I was calling the cops on her for kidnapping. She proceeds to bring her three and his to my house completely enubruated. She had no shoes, I gave her a pair of my daughters. Her son had no clothes, the twins were dressed, his son had clothes and but noone had jackets. She said I am disappearing please take care of my kids. She gave me her tax refund card, with $11000 on it. Said take what I owe you, pay mck $1500 and use the rest for my kids. Well as it turns out  the ex doesn't have a car (did I mention he has multiple felonies was just in jail for almost 6 years?)so all 4 kiddos spent the night with me. I took his son and her son (2yo) shopping for clothes and blankets etc spent $800 on them. I had gone to her house and got what clothes I could find (which I had bought 90%of) but they were all so filthy and gross I had to throw most of them away. The bed, mattresses blankets and sheets that I had just purchased in October (because the one they had was so saturated with urine)were gone. Mattresses on the floor with no sheets or blankets, rips in the one mattress. All the toys they had were thrown away by this man. And the mom just let it happen. Anyways, I returned his son to his ex girlfriend, although she said he proposed to her?  I contacted her sons bio dad to pick him up. I am left with the twins. She was intoxicated for about 6 days straight, said she was going to detox/rehab, but it never happened. She cancelled her tax refund card,, they are now back together. We went to court and got emergency  custody. Shes mad bc noone told her. Well they tried to serve her  for 5 days but she left her low income housing once she got her $$ and they just are living the life for now. She's couldnt meet the constable bc she got a flat tire. She hasn't tried to contact any of her kids. They are lieing and hiding. She has an eviction  notice, lost her job and is in the process of losing her kids.How is that not enough to do fight for your kids. As soon as the money is gone, what will they do? I have had 13 kids come through my house that we have helped raise and I just don't think I can raise another two. Even if they are the cutest kids ever. Addiction and trauma are so hard to overcome, we have tried for almost 17 years to help her. She was willing to stay in another county while this man threatened my family and now that she's back with him she thinks her kids will be fine there? Did I mention she bought a gun for him? Bc of his felonies he is not allowed to be around a gun. The girls have asked me if he is going to kill them, bc he said he would kill them and mommy. They ask if mommies alive. They say he threw all their toys out, and their blankets. He says he gave them everything they wanted. I can help for so long, this was the last straw for me. No more effort on my part She needs to step up, fight for them and walk away from him. Somehow I dont think thats what will happen. The week after this happened, another of our kids is in the hospital a second time fighting for her life due to complications of heroin abuse

I am only human. I am tired. My heart hurts.If you read all of this please pray for them.For my girls, the kids, the ex all of them.  They need Jesus oh, the love of my Jesus, The healing grace love and peace that can only be found in Him. Spirit fill them.