Sadly, there is no word at all on the fate of our son, Jason. We depend on someone from the public to come forward if they know something or were to see him somewhere. We keep working on getting national media attention, but unfortunately, it seems if you don't have some scandalous story or a lot of money, you cannot get that type of publicity. Then , there is the hard, cold reality of the sheer number of missing people. We're not alone in this.

We do have hope. What never fails to cease to amaze us is the kindness of people. Strangers ask about us and Jason in the grocery store. We hear that people pray for him and us everyday.  Those kind comments and prayers keep us uplifted as another day goes by without knowing what has happened to our Jason. There is one thing that we definitely know, is that is that we will see him again someday. It may not be in this life as we know it, but in the next.

It's funny sometimes how things happen. Perhaps Jason's disappearance was for a reason, we may never know for sure in this lifetime. We just try to do what we believe that God wants us to do. We believe that he wants us to help other families who experience this unique loss. That is what we set out to do with this website, aside of being a vehicle to potentially find Jason. That is what we do when we work for the passage of Jason's Law.

As it appears that Jason's Law may not pass for some time due to budget woes in our state, (but we won't give up) we set about to find another way to assist others. In October 2003, Project Jason was born. This nonprofit corporation, founded in the state of Nebraska, will compliment the future Jason's Law, but in the meantime, our families will have somewhere to turn if they have a loved one missing.  Please visit the Project Jason website by clicking here, and support us in helping these families.

I'm sure that you're all read the story about the man who wanted to trade the cross he bore in life for another. He was led into a room with many crosses and chose the one that looked most appealing to him. He was then told that the cross he chose was his own.

We all have a cross to bear in life. Some are lighter than others, but each is custom made for the bearer. We are never given more than what we can handle, even though there are times when we must temporarily let God carry our cross. He allows us our rest, and then we pick it back up again. Sometimes we don't like it, but the key is that we accept that it is ours to carry.

We do not like the fact that our son is gone without a trace, but we also know that we must trust in God and His plan for us. Not a day goes by that our hearts do not ache for him.

Over the course of the past 2 1/2 years, we've learned many life lessons. We have come to understand that we are truly blessed in so many ways. 

We wish we could even begin to repay all the kindnesses that have been shown to us. A simple "thank you" doesn't seem to suffice, but it must.