[Magdalen] Prayer Request--Amber Alert

[Ginga Wilder]

Prayers for Beth, that she will be found safe and returned to her
guardian.  Prayers for all children who are lost or abducted or growing up
in abusive environments.  May God have mercy.

Ginga

On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 6:46 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Most of you in the US will probably have heard of this case by now if you
> watch the national news or look at internet news sites. I'm sharing it
> because as the mother of a daughter it weighs on my heart, and because
> she's a Tennessee girl.
>
> I ask your prayers for the safe return of Mary Catherine Elizabeth "Beth"
> Thomas, who was taken by her health science teacher last week from Maury
> County, TN. She is 15 years old and he is 50. She is from a troubled family
> situation--her mother was charged over a year ago with child abuse and
> neglect, I don't know the circumstances, and does not live with the
> family--and there is reason to believe that the teacher, Tad Cummins, has
> been "grooming" her for some time. He was dismissed from the school system
> after his inappropriate relationship with her became known to the system,
> but her father wasn't notified soon enough, apparently. Cummins disappeared
> with her last Monday and there has been only one possible sighting of them
> since. It is listed as an aggravated kidnaping because he is known to be
> armed with two handguns and because she is underage, and there is a
> nationwide Amber Alert. Please pray for her safe return.
>