Overwhelmed is a major understatement for how all of us feel right now. I am trying to remain rational in the midst of nothing rational. I hear so many in an outcry and I am screaming the loudest. None of this should have happened ever. What he did to Puppy was devestating but what he has done to my family is unspeakable. Only God can heal this and I trust that over time He will. The prayers and support have been the only thing carrying us through.
We have contacted a lawyer & the police are doing everything the law will allow. Many people have reported issues with the neighbor in the past but we never would have guessed he'd pull something like this. I don't understand why the same man who would coax Puppy into his driveway would suddenly turn on him and hate him so. I have much that I want to say but I'm not sure how much I can because everything is still so up in the air. The kids are going to take a long time to heal. In 2006 our 15 year old golden retriever collie died but we were unable to get another puppy due to renting, so we ended up with a rabbit and guinea pigs to try and fill the void. We lived in the Cleveland area at the time. At the end of 2011 we lost our aunt in a tragic car accident. We moved into the family home here in Pemberville shortly after. Our kids were not keen on leaving all their friends but there was one bright spot - we could finally get their much prayed for puppy. Because the house was in such need of work we postponed until Feb 2013 when a past youth pastor announced they had puppies to give away. The only one left was the one we had already all fallen in love with and wanted. A couple days later we drove 3 hours one way to get him. This Sunday in only 3 minutes he was stolen away from us. How do you comfort a sobbing child who can't understand why anyone would rob her of the puppy she has begged and prayed for for years? How do you control the rage that builds inside as you hold your 2 babies all night because every time they close their eyes they see a man they called friend with a gun as he murders their beloved pet. Movies can't even show animals being killed because everyone knows it isn't something you get over. How can you make sense of any of it? You can't. I can't. But I feel the prayers of the saints as they have lifted us up and because of God's grace we can still breathe.
We live in a broken world. It was not created this way but we chose to seek our own will instead of God's and as He warned sin has brought death. I thank God that there is a Heaven and that no matter how bad it gets here it is the worst that His children will ever know. But on the flip side no matter how good it gets here it is the best that anyone who refuses to submit to God's will will ever know. Chris is not living in submission to God's will and doesn't have the assurance of Heaven. He is an ill man who needs to meet a healing Savior. Please pray that he will because Hell is not a nice place. That does not let him off the hook. There should still be consequences or he will continue to believe that he can literally get away with murder. Please also pray for his family as they are hurting through all of this as well. His wife has been nothing but loving toward our family and she loved Puppy as well.
Here though is where I come begging for help. Prayer is the most important thing you can do & please don't just say you are, actually do it because God hears and answers. Tonight Chris is next door in his own bed with his own puppy while my children are terrified to go outside as they mourn the loss of the puppy that he took from them. There is something desperately wrong with that on every level. I do not understand all the loopholes of laws and I know a lawyer friend is looking into how to do something more but there are loopholes that he is getting through and most of what people are talking about has no real value because the law doesn't agree from what I am being told. He will appear in court tomorrow (Sept.11) at 10 AM but the only charges are inducing panic and injuring an animal. That doesn't get him help that gets him nothing and we are left with the mess. From what I understand there could be fines but how does that help us, right now I couldn't care less if the county makes some money, what about my children. If he had shown them porn he'd be locked up right now but he can murder their beloved pet without remorse and walk around like nothing happened!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What I need is someone who can help us make him get help someplace away from a school and a family with 7 children. I cannot get them another puppy as long as that man is there. Even if I could afford a fence, I would not dare put another puppy at risk. That's not right! Someone somewhere knows someone who can be the answer to our prayers with knowledge and resources far beyond ours. Please please put the word out until that prayer is answered. He is a veteran whose wife has to tell him over and over, "the war is over". He needs help before someone is hurt worse. There has to be something that can be done. Please pray and share.
Thank you,
Misty Sunshine
Toledo 11 News did an interview today. If you want to see it the link is: http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/23397364/pemberville-puppy-shot-and-killed-in-front-of-children
Also, someone just sent me a note that we are on the front page of the Sentinel Tribune. The link is: http://www.sent-trib.com/front-page/blog
We have contacted a lawyer & the police are doing everything the law will allow. Many people have reported issues with the neighbor in the past but we never would have guessed he'd pull something like this. I don't understand why the same man who would coax Puppy into his driveway would suddenly turn on him and hate him so. I have much that I want to say but I'm not sure how much I can because everything is still so up in the air. The kids are going to take a long time to heal. In 2006 our 15 year old golden retriever collie died but we were unable to get another puppy due to renting, so we ended up with a rabbit and guinea pigs to try and fill the void. We lived in the Cleveland area at the time. At the end of 2011 we lost our aunt in a tragic car accident. We moved into the family home here in Pemberville shortly after. Our kids were not keen on leaving all their friends but there was one bright spot - we could finally get their much prayed for puppy. Because the house was in such need of work we postponed until Feb 2013 when a past youth pastor announced they had puppies to give away. The only one left was the one we had already all fallen in love with and wanted. A couple days later we drove 3 hours one way to get him. This Sunday in only 3 minutes he was stolen away from us. How do you comfort a sobbing child who can't understand why anyone would rob her of the puppy she has begged and prayed for for years? How do you control the rage that builds inside as you hold your 2 babies all night because every time they close their eyes they see a man they called friend with a gun as he murders their beloved pet. Movies can't even show animals being killed because everyone knows it isn't something you get over. How can you make sense of any of it? You can't. I can't. But I feel the prayers of the saints as they have lifted us up and because of God's grace we can still breathe.
We live in a broken world. It was not created this way but we chose to seek our own will instead of God's and as He warned sin has brought death. I thank God that there is a Heaven and that no matter how bad it gets here it is the worst that His children will ever know. But on the flip side no matter how good it gets here it is the best that anyone who refuses to submit to God's will will ever know. Chris is not living in submission to God's will and doesn't have the assurance of Heaven. He is an ill man who needs to meet a healing Savior. Please pray that he will because Hell is not a nice place. That does not let him off the hook. There should still be consequences or he will continue to believe that he can literally get away with murder. Please also pray for his family as they are hurting through all of this as well. His wife has been nothing but loving toward our family and she loved Puppy as well.
Here though is where I come begging for help. Prayer is the most important thing you can do & please don't just say you are, actually do it because God hears and answers. Tonight Chris is next door in his own bed with his own puppy while my children are terrified to go outside as they mourn the loss of the puppy that he took from them. There is something desperately wrong with that on every level. I do not understand all the loopholes of laws and I know a lawyer friend is looking into how to do something more but there are loopholes that he is getting through and most of what people are talking about has no real value because the law doesn't agree from what I am being told. He will appear in court tomorrow (Sept.11) at 10 AM but the only charges are inducing panic and injuring an animal. That doesn't get him help that gets him nothing and we are left with the mess. From what I understand there could be fines but how does that help us, right now I couldn't care less if the county makes some money, what about my children. If he had shown them porn he'd be locked up right now but he can murder their beloved pet without remorse and walk around like nothing happened!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What I need is someone who can help us make him get help someplace away from a school and a family with 7 children. I cannot get them another puppy as long as that man is there. Even if I could afford a fence, I would not dare put another puppy at risk. That's not right! Someone somewhere knows someone who can be the answer to our prayers with knowledge and resources far beyond ours. Please please put the word out until that prayer is answered. He is a veteran whose wife has to tell him over and over, "the war is over". He needs help before someone is hurt worse. There has to be something that can be done. Please pray and share.
Thank you,
Misty Sunshine
Toledo 11 News did an interview today. If you want to see it the link is: http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/23397364/pemberville-puppy-shot-and-killed-in-front-of-children
Also, someone just sent me a note that we are on the front page of the Sentinel Tribune. The link is: http://www.sent-trib.com/front-page/blog
RSS Feed