ABOUT ME
ON FEB 13, 2009 MY BEST FRIENDS DAUGHTER AMBER DUBOIS WAS ABDUCTED WHILE ON HER WAY TO SCHOOL. I WAS LIVING IN PORTLAND OREGON AND WAS NOT SURE WHAT I COULD DO. SO I QUIT MY JOB AND WENT DOWN TO ESCONDIDO CALIFORNIA TO HELP SEARCH FOR HER, WHILE I WAS DOWN IN CALIFORNIA SOME VERY WONDERFUL PEOPLE FROM THE LAURA RECOVERY CENTER CAME AND HELPED US SET UP A SEARCH CENTER FOR AMBER. THEY TAUGHT US THE DOS AND DON’TS OF SEARCHING FOR SOMEONE. THEY GAVE US POINTERS ON HOW TO GET DONATIONS OF FOOD, AND SUPPLIES THAT WE WOULD NEED TO OPERATE A SEARCH CENTER. AND SOON WE WERE SENDING OUT SEARCH TEAMS TO HELP US LOOK FOR AMBER. PEOPLE WERE COMING TO DONATE FOOD, WATER AND OTHER SUPPLIES.
I WAS THERE FOR 4 ½ MONTHS AND WE STILL HAD NOT FOUND HER. I KNEW ONE DAY SOON I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO PORTLAND, MY HUSBAND WAS STILL WORKING UP THERE, I HAD A GRANDDAUGHTER AND DAUGHTER WHO LIVES WITH US AND THE BABY NEEDED HER NANA.
WELL THE DAY CAME WHEN I FINALLY HAD TO GO HOME AND IT WAS WITHOUT FINDING AMBER. MY HEART WAS RIPPING INSIDE OF ME. ALL I COULD DO WAS CRY AND PRAY TO GOD THAT AMBER WOULD BE FOUND SAFE, THAT SOMEONE SOMEWHERE WOULD FIND HER AND BRING HER HOME.
WHEN I GOT BACK TO PORTLAND 2 DAYS LATER ON JUNE 28, 2009 I RECEIVED A CALL THAT LINDSEY BAUM WENT MISSING ON JUNE 26, 2009. SHE IS 11 YEARS OLD NOW, SHE WAS 10 WHEN SHE WAS ABDUCTED ON HER WAY HOME FROM A FRIENDS HOUSE NOT 5 BLOCKS AWAY IN A SMALL TOWN OF MCCLEARY WASHINGTON. I DROVE UP TO THE VERY SMALL TOWN OF MCCLEARY TO MEET MELISSA LINDSEY’S MOM. WE TALKED AND I OFFERED AS MUCH HELP AS I COULD GIVE HER. AND THAT IS HOW WE STARTED OUR SEARCH FOR LINDSEY.
OUR SEARCHES CONTINUE EACH AND EVERY WEEKEND UNTIL WE CAN NOT SEND PEOPLE OUT SEARCHING ANYMORE. ONCE THE WEATHER CHANGES FROM RAIN TO SNOW AND ICE WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEND SEARCHERS OUT SAFELY. EACH WEEKEND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THIS IS THE DAY WE FIND LINDSEY. WE HAVE NOT YET FOUND HER OR AMBER AND ON OCTOBER 25, 2009 AMBER WILL HAVE HER 15TH BIRTHDAY. HER MOM AND DAD WILL HAVE A GATHERING IN THE PARK TO HOLD A CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL AND SPEAKERS TO REMEMBER AMBER.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG SAD 8 MONTHS SINCE AMBER WAS ABDUCTED. HER BABY LAMB THAT SHE WAS TO BUY AT SCHOOL THAT DAY FOR THE FFA CLUB WAS RAISED BY A STUDENT THAT OFFERED TO RAISE THE LAMB TILL AMBER COMES HOME. AND NOW THE LAMB HAS BEEN SOLD AND STILL NO AMBER!
NO PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS HELL! EACH DAY WAKING UP AND ASKING THEIR SELVES IS TODAY THE DAY WE FIND MY CHILD. THEN THE DAY TURNS TO NIGHT AND ONCE AGAIN THESE PARENTS CAN NOT TUCK THEIR CHILD INTO BED, KISS THEM GOODNIGHT OR TELL THEM HOW VERY MUCH THEY LOVE THEM.
I NOW AM A REGISTERED VOLUNTEER FOR THE LAURA RECOVERY CENTER AND HAVE MADE THIS MY MISSION FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE TO HELP FIND MISSING CHILDREN, TO SHOW PARENTS HOW TO OPEN A SEARCH CENTER. AND TO FOREVER LOOK FOR AMBER UNTIL SHE IS BROUGHT HOME…..
PLEASE WON’T YOU HELP US?
PLEASE SEE THE PAGE A TRIBUTE TO AMBER.
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