A family who desperately needs prayer

[HayleyAnn]

 

[Just4Jesus]

*Update* Kolton passed away on November 2nd as a result of a suicide attempt that had left him in a coma since 10/22. Please continue to remember this family in your prayers, as I'm sure they must be completely devastated. Thank you.



This is an updated prayer thread for Kolton Love - a six year old orphan who has become a severely troubled ward of the state. We have been praying for Kolton and his little sisters, three year old twins Emma and Jaylie, throughout their heartbreaking journey these last couple years. Starting when we learned their father Tim, a Master Sergeant in the Marine Corps, had been horrifically wounded conducting combat operations in Iraq in April of 2008. A friend of his started a prayer thread for him here, and many people stopped by to pray and offer encouragement to him and his family and post stories about the awesome people they were. During those months, those who hadn't already known Tim, his wife Jen, and their three little ones, grew to love and care about them very much. Tim went through unimaginably horrible things in the hospital, and sadly lost his fight for life in August of that year.


Jen and Kolton took it very hard, obviously. The twins had been born after Tim was gone on that deployment so they never knew him, and were too young to really be affected by it anyway. We prayed for the whole family as they slowly began to return to life in their small Texas town. Then we learned last June that Jen had been brutally raped while her parents had taken the kids on vacation. A few other tragedies took place as well, including losing her beloved mother to breast cancer, and she was never the same after that. Many things happened that I don't even feel I should post here, but basically she lost her mind and abandoned her kids, obviously not realizing what she was doing. She spent most of the remaining months of her life in and out of psychiatric hospitals. Jen took her own life this past May.


Kolton was at a very fragile age throughout all of this, and he observed things that many adults could not even imagine, much less try to handle. He was of course very, very close to both of his parents. He began having behavioral problems after his dad died, and those problems have escalated over time. Since his mother passed away, he has been having very strong feelings of guilt, believing he let his dad down by failing to be the "man of the house" and protecting her. If you can imagine, that can blow up to be a huge deal to a little guy who so looked up to his dad and wanted to make him proud. The past four months Kolton has been impossible to handle. He was taken into custody by the state due to a couple run-ins with the law and verbal threats to kill himself and other people, and then sent to a boys ranch for juvenile delinquents. While there he beat another boy to the point of unconsciousness, and then bashed his own head into a wall until he had broken almost every bone in his face. After he healed, they placed him into a children's psychiatric ward, placing him in solitary confinement since he could not cohabitate with the other kids. They then sent him to a different boys ranch on the opposite side of the state after he was "stabilized". He ran away from there a couple days after his arrival and wasn't found until a week later on a farm miles away. He was again taken to a psychiatric ward and just recently shipped out of state to a higher security institution. In the past week he's attempted suicide twice by stabbing himself, and tried to run away again, although this time he couldn't due to the secured perimeter. They now have him back in solitary confinement in a padded cell.


I don't know why I care so much about this family. I guess it's hard not to. They were a loving, selfless, Christian family who did so much to better the lives of others. They lived the American dream, and then tragedy struck and it was one thing after another. I met the kids at a Memorial Day get together in honor of their parents, and they were just the sweetest and most beautiful little angels. It was obvious that Kolton had so much love in his heart, he just doesn't know how to handle the hurt. My heart breaks for them.


Tim's sisters started a facebook memorial group for the family, and that's where we have been getting most of our updates. I am grateful for them and pray for them and Jen's family often as well, as I know they are also hurting tremendously. I have been given their permission to post this here, in hopes that we can all come together and pray for this heartbroken family. I know that their faith is hurting as well at this time, as can be expected. Please join me in praying for Kolton, Emma, Jaylie, and the rest of their friends and family affected by this tragedy. They need us. Thank you.


ETA: Please also pray specifically for Jen's dad, Ron. They said he has been having a hard time coping lately and he feels responsible for allowing Kolton to be taken into state custody.

ETA: Kolton passed away on November 2nd after spending several days in a coma following another suicide attempt. The twins have been adopted by Tim's youngest sister and there are some issues taking place which still require lots of prayer. Thank you all for your committment to praying for them.

I wanted to add this photo and the accompanying caption that a friend of Tim's shared on the other thread. I thought it was pretty cute.

October 17, 2004 - Marine Gunnery Sergeant Timothy Love and his 10-month-old son, Kolton, are paid a visit by Ollie the Bulldog at Naval Medical Center-San Diego on Saturday. GySgt Love, a sniper with the 5th FRC out of Camp Pendleton, spent a month at Bravo Surgical Company's field hospital in Fallujah, Iraq after being wounded multiple times in combat there in April. He returned home earlier this month after completing his tour, and is attending therapy in the Comprehensive Combat and Complex Casualty Care unit at NMCSD. Ollie is a military service dog assigned to the unit, where he provides companionship and assists with therapy programs for wounded Marines and sailors.

how sad prayers for this family

 

[JESUSIAM]

Love suffers long and is kind; bears all things; believes all things; hopes all things; endures all things. Love never fails. -1 Corinthians 13:4,7-8

IN HIS NAME,

JESUS

 

[lindseyw05]

Praying as always

 

[NaniKeiki]

Praying.

 

[lindseyw05]

Praying for the little ones

 

[JesusDaughter146]

What an incredible tragedy. How horribly sad! My prayers are with this family and those who know them.

 

[lindseyw05]

Thank you, JesusDaughter They still very much need prayers, guys, so please keep it up!

 

[Kristen.NewCreation]

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