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Doug Kass has appeared numerous times in Barron's, having penned his first guest column for us in 1992, on the case for shorting Marvel Comics stock. Those who want more of his humorous and distinctive views on stocks and companies can follow his blog on seabreezepartners.net or watch his frequent TV appearances. A onetime Nader's raider (he wrote a book about Citibank with consumer advocate Ralph Nader), Kass, 63 years old, invested money for such firms as Omega Advisors, Glickenhaus & Co., and Putnam Management before founding his firm in 1997. In his latest Barron's interview, the former housing analyst talks about the recovery in housing and why he's shorting Goldman Sachs. GS 0.6978588421887391% Goldman Sachs Group Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD190.47 1.32 0.6978588421887391% /Date(1448661541879-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1092728 AFTER HOURS USD190.47 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 18323 P/E Ratio 12.530921052631578 Market Cap 81242314486.7383 Dividend Yield 1.3650443639418282% Rev. per Employee 1060000 More quote details and news »
Barron's : You recently cut your long exposure. Why?
Kass: I've been cautious for two years, reflecting the unique structural challenges and head winds that have produced subpar jobs growth and tentative profits growth. Nothing has transpired to make me change my view. Four factors form the potential for a toxic cocktail. First, global growth is slowing. The outlook for corporate profits is worsening, the U.S. is experiencing the third pause in a subpar recovery that began in '08, the euro zone is in recession, and important growth markets like China and India are sputtering. Second, monetary easing is losing its effectiveness. Responsible fiscal policy now holds the key to economic success. Third, the U.S. and euro-zone leaders remain inert and dysfunctional, divided on ideological grounds. At the beginning of the year, I hoped concessions would be made. That hasn't happened. As we move closer to the November elections and the fiscal cliff, election paralysis has set in. Our leaders are acting like grade-schoolers. The European leaders are even less focused on real change. The recent Brussels summit provided baby steps, not bold initiatives. Finally, we have a negative feedback loop hurting confidence in the markets. The potential exists for a further downward spiral in the months ahead.
What happens to the market?
I look at four basic outcomes. First, economic re-acceleration above consensus, which I give a 5% probability. Second, below-consensus growth, a 40% probability. Third, a muddle-through, a 50% probability. Fourth is a recession, precipitated by loss of business and consumer confidence, a 5% probability. This is the worst case. The Democrats regain the White House and the Senate, the Republicans regain the House, and the rancor of partisanship during the debt-ceiling deliberations gives us a further deterioration in confidence. The housing market seizes up. The fiscal cliff is not remedied or addressed. QE3 is instituted, but fails to contain the weakness, because it is pushing on a string. The European recession deepens. We have hard landings in China, in India. Then next year's Standard & Poor's 500 earnings are materially reduced from an expected $116 to $80, and stocks have a huge correction.
"Today's trading is dominated by robots and algorithms. They don't display remorse or conscience." -- Doug Kass Peter Murphy for Barron's
Most positive case: We whittle the cliff, or the gap between currently mandated tax increases and spending cuts, to $150 billion from $500 billion, which only subtracts a half-percent from real GDP next year. In the muddle-through scenario, it goes to $275 billion. The below-consensus growth scenario, it goes to $350 billion. Worst case: We don't whittle it down at all.
If you permit me a metaphor, the market is like a bathtub. Various investors are sloshing around, causing the tub to consistently lose water. There are no inflows to replenish the water. The only active bathers are high-frequency traders doing a disproportionate amount of splashing. They are wild, unpredictable, and don't use soap very often. I suspect the S&P 500 is range-bound between 1280 and 1410 as far as the eye can see, but we face a bias to the downside over the balance of the year.
Yet you recently quoted the late Barton Biggs saying: "When your partner is deeply distressed, depressed, and in a dark mood and offers to sell his share of the business at a huge discount, you should buy it."
Barton was talking about sentiment. Classically, lousy sentiment implies good market value. I'm not so sure that should apply going forward. Since 2007, $400 billion of outflows by individual investors have come out of domestic equity funds, and they committed nearly a trillion dollars to no- or low-yielding fixed-income funds.
Sentiment and expectations are low for a number of reasons. First, a decade of underperformance. Second, two large drawdowns of stocks in the past decade—from 2000 to 2002 and from 2008 to 2009. Three, what I call the screwflation of the middle class, where the average Joe sees stagnating income, while the cost of necessities rises. Buying stocks is low on his list of priorities. Fourth, the flash crash in 2010 scared the crap out of everyone, and we still don't know the reason for it.
Today's trading is dominated by robots and algorithms. They don't display remorse or conscience. They can't read a balance sheet or an income statement. They lead to exaggerated market moves that further alienate hedge funds and retail investors. How can sentiment measures take that into account? Finally, all these market scandals and loss of investor money with Bernie Madoff, Allen Stanford, MF Global, and now Peregrine Financial are important.
Let's have some investment ideas. You are short the brokers. Why?
A few basic reasons. The business model has been disrupted. There will be far less capital-markets activity in the future, in investment banking, proprietary trading, institutional and investment advisory, where competition will be heated. The prop-trading profile wasn't helped by the JPMorgan JPM 0.46365539934190847% JPMorgan Chase & Co. U.S.: NYSE USD67.17 0.31 0.46365539934190847% /Date(1448661585344-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3961427 AFTER HOURS USD67.25 0.08 0.1191007890427274% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 91426 P/E Ratio 11.46245733788396 Market Cap 247261487488.165 Dividend Yield 2.620217358940003% Rev. per Employee 408388 More quote details and news » [ticker: JPM] trading gaffe or the recent revelation that Barclays BCS 0.5983545250560958% Barclays PLC ADR U.S.: NYSE USD13.45 0.08 0.5983545250560958% /Date(1448651024147-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 917177 AFTER HOURS USD13.5 0.05 0.37174721189591076% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 150 P/E Ratio 98.67938371239912 Market Cap 56684516952.0387 Dividend Yield 1.8187657992565056% Rev. per Employee 299237 More quote details and news » [BCS] and others manipulated Libor. The next three to four years will be disruptive. Second, on a short-term cyclical basis, industry conditions are very weak. Third, adverse secular changes will translate into considerably lower industry returns on invested capital and profits. And restoring the run rate of return on equity yields more questions than it answers.
If we go back and look at a composite of JPMorgan, Bank of America BAC 0.22935779816513763% Bank of America Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD17.48 0.04 0.22935779816513763% /Date(1448661579775-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 22574367 AFTER HOURS USD17.46 -0.02 -0.11441647597254005% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 363161 P/E Ratio 13.114262135193938 Market Cap 182010153827.295 Dividend Yield 1.1441647597254005% Rev. per Employee 412933 More quote details and news » [BAC], Citigroup [C] and Morgan Stanley MS 0.5058018446890806% Morgan Stanley U.S.: NYSE USD33.78 0.17 0.5058018446890806% /Date(1448650994185-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2952552 AFTER HOURS USD33.78 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 62005 P/E Ratio 20.79281053797858 Market Cap 65405644323.457 Dividend Yield 1.7761989342806395% Rev. per Employee 640228 More quote details and news » [MS], you'll see that back in '07, their return on tangible capital was around 25%. Last year, it went down to 8% because return on equity was cut in half from regulatory and capital-rule changes; there were lower capital-market volumes, and higher expenses.
I can't see that 8% going materially higher, and I would say it will range between 8% and 12%. It will still be cut by further changes in leverage ratios. We'll probably get a recovery in capital-market volumes at some point. We'll probably get higher rates. We'll get regulatory revenue mitigation, like changing pricing, adding charges for checking accounts and debit card use. We'll get lower expenses. That will contribute to a modest net gain from the 8% returns. So trade the sector, don't invest in it.
Take Goldman Sachs gs 0.6978588421887391% Goldman Sachs Group Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD190.47 1.32 0.6978588421887391% /Date(1448661541879-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1092728 AFTER HOURS USD190.47 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 18323 P/E Ratio 12.530921052631578 Market Cap 81242314486.7383 Dividend Yield 1.3650443639418282% Rev. per Employee 1060000 More quote details and news » ' [GS] reported 7% return on tangible equity in the second quarter. In the second quarter of '07, it was 25%.
Goldman is already down by 25% over one year, to around $98.
I believe it's a value trap because of the cyclical and secular influences. My price target is $80 a share. You can see the secular change in return reflected in the sorts of business they have begun to ramp up, with a new business unit that will lend more directly to corporations, and expanding investment management.
The swashbuckling style that created 25% to 30% returns from the business of proprietary trading are being buffeted by a wave of new regulations, market turmoil, bad PR. They are reshaping to a lower margin, lower valuation sort of business. I have it in a paired trade that is long Oaktree Capital OAK -0.040983606557377046% Oaktree Capital Group LLC Un U.S.: NYSE USD48.78 -0.02 -0.040983606557377046% /Date(1448650923267-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 54706 P/E Ratio 26.225806451612904 Market Cap 7527851453.56882 Dividend Yield 3.2800328003280033% Rev. per Employee 2573990 More quote details and news » [OAK], a defensive alternative-asset manager that trades at a discount to the others as measured by equity capitalization to assets under management. They are conservatively run and have historically been protective of capital in difficult market backdrops. They have the best management and are led by a hero of mine, Howard Marks, who wrote a great book called The Most Important Thing.
What else?
In my last interview with Barron's in 2009 I said my stock of the decade was Altisource Portfolio Solutions ASPS 5.418356063398452% Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. U.S.: Nasdaq USD28.6 1.47 5.418356063398452% /Date(1448650800139-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 241434 AFTER HOURS USD28.6 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 6.908212560386473 Market Cap 551922816.962433 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 111415 More quote details and news » [ASPS]. It was trading at $15 and was spun off from Ocwen Financial OCN 3.264094955489614% Ocwen Financial Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD6.96 0.22 3.264094955489614% /Date(1448650920492-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 714482 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 872714400.535202 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 160379 More quote details and news » [OCN], which I also own. The real positive influence of the U.S. economy to me is the housing market, which is embarking on a durable multiyear recovery that will continue through the balance of the decade.
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The two beneficiaries are Altisource and Ocwen. Altisource now trades at $76. I still like it as much. It provides services in terms of asset recovery of defaulted mortgages. It is one of the few companies I know that is experiencing 45% to 50% revenue growth and doubling earnings in a tepid environment.
Ocwen is the largest subprime-mortgage servicer in the U.S. Banks are disaggregating themselves from the mortgage-servicing business, which tends to be capital-intensive and is now considered a noncore business.
In the past year, Ocwen purchased nonprime mortgage-servicing portfolios from Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Barclays. Its platform now has close to $150 billion of servicing assets in its portfolio. When the loans default, the business goes to Altisource. Altisource will probably earn in excess of $5 a share this year. Ocwen will earn close to $2.50. I think Altisource will trade in excess of par, and in the fullness of time– i.e., in the next year or two–Ocwen can go up as much as 50%.
For-profit education is a longstanding short theme for you.
Private education is a very poor value proposition. There is substantially growing competition from nonprofit universities that have already begun to tease customers by offering free courses. Consensus estimates of earnings are dreams that will turn into nightmares. The stocks have been halved. My largest and favorite short in for-profit education is Grand Canyon Education LOPE -0.05046681806712087% Grand Canyon Education Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD39.61 -0.02 -0.05046681806712087% /Date(1448650800202-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 49165 AFTER HOURS USD39.61 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 14.835205992509364 Market Cap 1867175816.35376 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 208950 More quote details and news » [LOPE]. It trades at $17, and my price target is $8 to $10.
Anything else?
If I want to be long domestic housing-related stocks like Altisource and Ocwen, it follows that I want to be short companies exposed to the disarray in Europe and the prospects for an extended period of slow growth.
The first is American Express AXP 0.22318314967219974% American Express Co. U.S.: NYSE USD71.85 0.16 0.22318314967219974% /Date(1448661465114-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1501413 AFTER HOURS USD71.85 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 12.992766726943943 Market Cap 70718071563.3454 Dividend Yield 1.6144745998608212% Rev. per Employee 639148 More quote details and news » [AXP], which missed in the second quarter. The rate of growth in its bill business dropped by half in that quarter from the first, principally because of exposure in Europe. Earnings estimates face a geographic head wind. There's also a competitive head wind, from offerings like the JPMorgan Sapphire card. Even Goldman Sachs just started a consumer bank that will be a competitive threat to American Express.
The second is Henry Schein HSIC 0.7526051717483597% Henry Schein Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD156.63 1.17 0.7526051717483597% /Date(1448650800273-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 140711 AFTER HOURS USD156.63 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 27.478947368421053 Market Cap 12988700176.8695 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 598908 More quote details and news » [HSIC], one of the largest distributors of dental equipment, both consumables and heavy equipment like X-ray machines. It also has a veterinary business. The valuation is relatively high. I think Henry Schein will guide lower in the second half because 35% of its revenue base is non-U.S. Of that, probably 75% is in Europe. It is a serial acquirer that has made probably 50 acquisitions in the past five years. Also, I see a more difficult environment for the consumer in the years ahead as deleveraging continues. A lot of dental expenses are postponable and discretionary. The stock is virtually at its all-time high.
Finally, my favorite short of the next decade is the U.S. bond market, for those that possess deep enough pockets, have the fortitude and the patience. I am long ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury [TBT], which is the inverse, double-short bond ETF. Over the past 2½ years, bonds have achieved a near 60% total return. A remarkable feature is the consistency of positive returns and the absence of many drawdown years of consequence. Nevertheless, they should be viewed as a return-free asset class that is very risky. The 10-year yields under 1.5%, less than half the yield during the recessions in 2001 and 2008. That means I am paying over 65 times earnings for a 10-year-bond, a rich price even by Amazon's or LinkedIn's standards.
A taxable investor who buys the 10-year pays about 40% to Uncle Sam in taxes. So his after-tax yield is 0.9%. The inflation rate is 2%. So the investor is getting a rather large negative return. A diminution of the flight to safety is a first possible disruptive factor.
Other factors that form the basis for my bond short are that the muddle-through economy might gain speed, that Fed policy stays on hold, that inflation will ultimately rise, that housing is embarking on a durable recovery, that ultimately there will be a large reallocation of investment out of bonds into stocks, and that U.S. fiscal imbalances are not being addressed, so bond vigilantes who will demand higher yields are likely to appear.
Every year, you predict potential surprises for the market. What's the biggest one for the second half?
That Obama wins by a substantial plurality and that the Democrats regain control of the Senate and don't have control of the House. The market feels that Romney is far more pro-market than Obama. In this case, I think you could have a further drop in valuations, beyond what you might expect from a difficult second half for corporate profits.
About 70% of the companies that reported earnings so far have beaten expectations. But 65% have missed the top line on sales. If the election result means that Congress becomes more dysfunctional, the market is in big trouble.
Thanks, Doug.
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Teaching Students How to Write to Avoid Legal Liability
Clark, Thomas, Business Communication Quarterly
Researchers are paying increased attention to the relationship between business communication and legal issues. For example, a recent (April 1996) issue of The Journal of Business and Technical Communication was devoted to legal writing and eight papers at the 1996 ABC annual convention addressed legal and ethical issues. This attention reflects the perception that we have entered what law professor Annette Crawley has dubbed the "era of toxic torts." In addition to growing numbers of suits filed by business competitors and government agencies, "citizen groups, neighborhood associations, employees and consumers are litigating ... in record numbers" (Crawley, 1993, p. 223). These suits are typically aimed at corporations and their executives, who can be held personally liable for violations of the law.
Corporate lawyers are highly mindful of the potential for severe personal as well as corporate liability. Ronald (1994) cites a 1992 Arthur Andersen survey revealing that general counsel finds the threat of jail for corporate executives an overwhelming concern. Similarly, a recent Price Waterhouse survey found that 40% of the companies responding had elevated oversight of corporate compliance to the board of directors' level (Williams, 1995).
This article describes guidelines I provide to my students in a unit of the business communication class devoted to legal issues. I decided to incorporate such instruction after a discussion with a corporate lawyer representing a Fortune 25 consumer products company. Her company turns over an average of 500,000 pages of company documents annually in response to subpoenas. Opposing lawyers search these messages for any violations of the law, including, for example, antitrust activities, unsafe products, or failure to comply with environmental or personnel standards. Documents prove to be crucial because cases often revolve around proof of intent, a claim typically proven through the language used in memos, letters, reports, and even e-mail and voice messages. She tells fellow employees that chances are good that they will be subpoenaed at some point to discuss a message they either composed or received.
The corporate lawyer offers the following recommendation, which echoes one business communication teachers often impart to their students: Learn to write so that you can be clearly understood and also cannot be misunderstood. To implement this recommendation, I focus on two business writing principles:
1. Choose words carefully. Avoid words that have negative or damaging connotations, preferring language with positive or neutral connotations.
2. Draw conclusions carefully. Write with factual precision; avoid speculation and sensationalism; and, in light of increasing employment litigation, justify employment decisions solely on grounds related to meeting norms for the position.
Choosing Words Carefully
Word choice figures prominently in litigation. To illustrate the importance of avoiding words that have negative or damaging connotations (Locker, 1989), ask the class: If you were a lawyer sifting through thousands of pages of subpoenaed documents searching for incriminating evidence, would you give special attention to ones marked with guilty sounding words such as "Destroy after reading," "Confidential, For Your Eyes Only," and "No copies," phrases which suggest a fear that disclosure would be damaging to the company? The consensus of "yes" answers illustrates to the class how phrases that indicate the priority of a document to an internal audience may, in fact, be used to prove guilty intent by a hostile audience, an important insight into audience analysis (Fielden & Dulek, 1990).
Negative Connotation
Antitrust litigation illustrates the relevance of negative connotation to avoiding legal liability. Government and corporate attorneys prosecuting antitrust cases search for words that indicate intent to inhibit open competition. …


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I know where you are comming from, I get to feeling the same way. I feel as though I wont be able to make it. I will pray for you, and hope that we both can find the joy of the lord and weather this storm. Hold onto the hope that the lord will deliver us from these feelings, he knows the plans he has for us and it is not to harm us but to give us a future and a hope!
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I hope things get better. Your path through life will be more clear as time passes, just be patient and stay strong and true to yourself and everything will work out. If life was never hard then you'd never know how strong you truly are. I believe you will have an amazing life and I wish you the best of luck. -TW
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I will be simple: the lack of faith is my lack or certainty of a call from God to do something more than what is written in His word. (or at least what I understand to be written in His word) I think of all the great men of the bible and it seems one thing is for sure, they KNEW God was asking them to do something. From Noah to King David, these men (somehow) understood in there heart that God, not men nor just good intentions, was calling. My lack of "faith" is not knowing for sure it is God speaking and not just my own interpretation of what I perceive to be God. Let me give an example: If God was "calling me to be a preacher" than do I just say in the book of Romans is says "how will they hear unless someone preaches to them". Is this enough to say your are "called". For me, which I would conclude as a lack of faith, this should be enough but doubt prevails if I ask myself the question: "Are you 100% sure God is asking me to do this?".
Somehow I feel these men I read about, had no doubts about God's voice "calling" them to do this or that. Even in the new testament, Saul was struck down. It was a "without a doubt" moment.
My resolve: I feel like I am displeasing God. I am not sure if it is fair to ask God to make sure I have a "without a doubt moment". What if God doesn't want to do this? Is He not the potter and I am the clay? Does God not have the "right" to do whatever He pleases?
What if it is just my own heart deceiving me so the blindness of my soul can not see correctly. Or, is God saying 'you are not the one', many are called but few are chosen. Is is sin that is blocking me from hearing God. Is is just a spiritual battle and like Danial, Satan is hindering? Or, is it simply a lack of faith. Should I just jump into ministry without really knowing God is calling, except my interpretation of the book of Romans. I could go on and on with questions such as this.
I can't help thinking and asking God: "Lord forgive my unbelief, my shortcomings, my inability to know for sure. Lord, my life is slipping away and I only want to please you. Lord, I am not asking to be famous or great, only in Your eyes. I only want to please You, yet I constantly struggle with the feeling that somehow the problem is within me. This "feeling" makes me think I am not trusting. It makes me feel I lack faith and I don't know how to get faith. Yes I read His word. Yes I pray. Yes, I am active in His work. Yes, I at least think I love him with the best love I know how to give God.
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Hi friend. I am going through the same thing right now and I'll I can say is keep praying. Be the better person through all this and don't gloat that you can live without him or are having fun without him. Like I said, i'm going through the same thing too and my friend is showing off how much fun she's having without me and all the fun places she's going. It's not fun but I know God has everything planned out and looks at our thoughts and actions. Also, if you ended the friendship, being a guy, I can say that he won't communicate with you until you communicate first. Hope that helps :) I'll pray with you!
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Just wanted to say I am taking the 30 day challenge...listening keeps my focus on God throughout the day, and helps me think less about myself! I see this only being beneficial, so why wouldn't I take the challenge?! ;)
To help relieve some of the financial burden you could look to a pregnancy resource center. They help out with diapers wipes clothes and things like that. I know how much diapers can cost as I have been buying them for 15 years non stop now (I have 6 kids from 15 to 8mos). By doing this you will be saving some money to help put towards the bill. Also look into getting on disability for the month that you are out of work. It might take a month to see the pay but it will help you in the long run. One other thing to think about is remember that God WILL provide.
I think even though we may not admit to it sometimes, a lot of us feel this way. When I feel this way I try to remember this scripture in Acts 17:25, he himself gives life and breath to everything, and he satifies every need. I'm praying the Lord would fill this void of lonliness in your life. That he would bring your hearts desires accourding to his will. The Lord I believe wants us to bring everything to him, even our lonliness and how we feel. God Bless please hang in there, the Lord see's you and he will never leave you, he cares for you and loves you.
thank you very very much for all your prayers, Mr Fehring passed last night.
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Praying for deliverance from drinking. That the Lord would give you peace, and that you would feel real freedom of stress and worry by casting your cares on him. That the Lord would give you strength to keep your eyes on him.Hang in there I completly understand it's easier said than done. My hope and prayers are that you can keep moving foward and not go back to old behavior. I think it's awsome that you were able to be delivered from this in the past. God Bless
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Dear JD,
My wife and I want to become foster parents. I heard you on the radio this afternoon and as you spoke with such passion for fostering, I teared up. We have been discussing fostering since this past new years when we took a trip to Utah. Our friends there are fostering a 2 month old baby boy and a 5 year old girl who were products of drugged out moms. They warmed our hearts. We didnt quite know how to get started until I heard you on the radio. I myself am adopted and know the impact of having christian adoptive parents here in Las Vegas. I am 44 and my wife is 37. We attend canyon ridge. We feel God is putting us in this direction, since He keeps laying a path before us. Please help us get the ball rolling.
God first and always,
Brenton and Tonys Grindle
First of all, God is awesome the way he works. My wife and I have been thinking and praying about being foster parents. When I heard you on the radio this afternoon talking about good and bad foster parents, I teared up at work. We have freinds in utah that are foster parents and the kids they have there warmed our hearts. My wife and I have been going to canyon ridge for over two years, it is where we met and got married. we worked with kids ministries for 1 1/2 years. I know we would be great christian foster parents. We are in the process of trying to get all the information we need to get the ball rolling. When I heard you on the radio, you talked with such passion about it. Myself, I am adopted. I know the impact good foster parents can make. I grew up in a christian home here in Las Vegas. We would like to make a difference. Please help us get started.
God first and always,
Brenton and Tonya Grindle
Praying the Lord would bring the help you need. Also that you would find your strength in him,and not to loose hope, but to keep your eyes on him. Jesus says to keep asking and that he never leaves us or forsakes us. Praying for peace, guidance, and for the Lords will to be done. God Bless.
You are never alone, God is always with you even when it feels like he isn't. I know this is a tough trial in your life but know that it'll pass. You will find someone who will be with you an will accept you for who you are. Whatever you do don't end anything, God has plans for you wonderful plans that are better than anything you could think of. You are here for a reason. Always know that God loves you. :) <3. I'll pray for you ill keep you in mind and I know that someone wonderful will come into your life. Stay strong and persevere through this okay? May God bless you!!
Praying for protection for your self and your children. That your chilldren would know they can come to the Lord for peace,protection,and someone to talk to. Also that The Lord would protect your children from passing any abuse on to there children or the next generations.I'm not sure if your husband is saved if not I'm praying for salvation for him.Also that the Lord would bring healing in his mind from past abuse, all that he's been through and seen. That the Lord would provide help for this marriage and answers to make things better in your home. Lastly that the Lord would give you wisdom and strength to make the best decisions on how the Lord would have you handle your marriage and the situation that your in.God Bless, I pray for the Lord to give you peace and comfort.
Praying for God to bless you with continued finances to help you.For wisdom, guidance,and direction as you and your fiance come together. Also that the Lord will give you strength and peace through prayer and through the word.