PoirotsGirlFriday
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I would venture a guess that the church Tyler is reported as being dedicated to, is NOT the church where the Slavic youth group is at. And here's why: I know a family that goes to church with Tyler's family and they (the family I know) are East Indian. I can't imagine that an East Indian family would attend services at a Slavic church, so I'm pretty sure Tyler's family does not go to church at the place where the Russian youth group is at. Even his sister specified it as a "Russian youth group" instead of "our church's youth group". What I am wondering is how or why Tyler went there. Was he invited by a friend? Interested in a Russian girl? (I knew a non-Slavic boy who started hanging out at a Slavic church for that reason!) I hope the police investigated the reason why he was there, just in case there is anything suspicious about it. As some on here have mentioned, it may have been a recent addition to his life, since Tyler is not in any of the church's photos.
As a former home schooled kid from a conservative, religious family not too different from Tyler's (from the sound of it), I would hasten to remind everyone that appearances can be deceiving. Everyone thought we were the perfect family, too, but there was a lot going on behind closed doors that no one knew about. Sometimes I am really surprised that my brothers didn't run off when they were about Tyler's age. But if they had, everyone would have been shocked and would have claimed that they weren't the type to run away. I don't have anything against homeschooling or conservatism, I still hold to much of the way I was raised in. *But* I just know from personal experience both in my home and in all my friends' homes (who were raised the same way) that often devout families just hide their problems better than others out of pride or a strong need of privacy. They also tend to be harder on their teen boys than they are their girls, as boys tend to give the parents more "trouble" in these type of circles. I noticed Tyler was the only son in a family of girls.
But maybe I am just being hopeful because I hope he did run away and that he is ok!!! Him choosing to leave would be the best case scenario at this point. Really, really hope he is ok! And once again, this is all just my personal experience and opinion. Not saying at all that there was anything amiss in Tyler's home. I don't personally know them. But as soon as I read various details about the family, I immediately recognized it as a family unit very similar to mine and to all my friends' families. I just hope LE will take ALL possibilities into consideration.
I agree with some others on here who find it a little odd that he didn't text the youth group pastor/leader as he normally would, to say he was coming. I also couldn't help but find it strange that he apparently does have a cell phone (since he normally texts the youth pastor?) but didn't have it with him. I don't know many boys his age who would ever go off and leave their phone at home! Not without going back for it, anyway!
As a former home schooled kid from a conservative, religious family not too different from Tyler's (from the sound of it), I would hasten to remind everyone that appearances can be deceiving. Everyone thought we were the perfect family, too, but there was a lot going on behind closed doors that no one knew about. Sometimes I am really surprised that my brothers didn't run off when they were about Tyler's age. But if they had, everyone would have been shocked and would have claimed that they weren't the type to run away. I don't have anything against homeschooling or conservatism, I still hold to much of the way I was raised in. *But* I just know from personal experience both in my home and in all my friends' homes (who were raised the same way) that often devout families just hide their problems better than others out of pride or a strong need of privacy. They also tend to be harder on their teen boys than they are their girls, as boys tend to give the parents more "trouble" in these type of circles. I noticed Tyler was the only son in a family of girls.
But maybe I am just being hopeful because I hope he did run away and that he is ok!!! Him choosing to leave would be the best case scenario at this point. Really, really hope he is ok! And once again, this is all just my personal experience and opinion. Not saying at all that there was anything amiss in Tyler's home. I don't personally know them. But as soon as I read various details about the family, I immediately recognized it as a family unit very similar to mine and to all my friends' families. I just hope LE will take ALL possibilities into consideration.
I agree with some others on here who find it a little odd that he didn't text the youth group pastor/leader as he normally would, to say he was coming. I also couldn't help but find it strange that he apparently does have a cell phone (since he normally texts the youth pastor?) but didn't have it with him. I don't know many boys his age who would ever go off and leave their phone at home! Not without going back for it, anyway!