Hey, this is Meredith. This week, we're featuring an episode from the archives. We're going to be back

next week with a brand new story. In the meantime, we're collecting stories for our special

Christmas podcast about angel encounters. If you've got an angel story, head over to The Unfolding

podcast Facebook page and share it with us. We'll see you next week. Enjoy this story

from the archives. Page 48 of the unfolding is the story of Jeannie Thomas. We did not have a

plan B for leading our children to the Lord. We had tried very hard to point our children in the

right direction. And so when she decided she was off the path, yeah, we didn't have a plan B.

God's story has been unfolding.

Since the beginning of time.

He invites you to be a part of it. Another page in the unfolding.

Hi, this is Meredith Foster. As parents, we want the best for our kids. And that was definitely true for

Jeannie and Kevin Thomas. As their youngest child was headed toward high school graduation,

they were looking forward to the empty nest. They had done their best to set their kids on the

path to know Jesus. He'd been the center of their family and their life. So they were stunned

when their daughter told them

she was leaving home and leaving her faith. That announcement began a journey of learning how to

live out your faith in a relationship with a child who rejects it and how to cling to your faith

as you walk through the valley of the shadow of death. In 2011, our youngest daughter, Genevieve, was getting ready to graduate from high school.

You know, we had had some rumblings of the butterfly trying to stretch her wings and figure out where she wants to fly,

and whether she wants to fly next to dad and mom or wants to fly the coop or whatever. But I guess

we call it typical teenage struggles trying to figure out independence and identity and trying to

figure out what her faith looks like. So it wasn't anything that we thought she's off the deep end.

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