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A Texas father fatally shot his two teenage daughters before turning the gun on himself in an apparent double murder-suicide, authorities have said.

Officers from the Mesquite Police Department responded to a home in the 1300 block of Bradford Place at around 10:25pm on Tuesday night to reports of gunshots heard.

When police arrived at the residence, they found 63-year-old Raymond Haydel lying on the floor inside the home, with a gunshot wound to his head.

As they continued their search of the property, they found the bodies of Natasha Haydel, 17, and her younger sister Alexa, 16, who both had suffered multiple gunshot wounds. They were dead at the scene, police said.

Investigators believe Haydel shot both of his children, and then committed suicide. Detectives are still working to establish a motive for the double murder-suicide.

Police say it appears Haydel and the girls’ mother, Michelle Chapman, 42, were no longer together. Natasha and Alexa lived permanently with Chapman in Forney and had been visiting their father in Mesquite when the fatal incident occurred.

Legal documents observed  show that Haydel and Chapman filed for divorce in 2012. Chapman remarried three-years later.

Wes Hardin, who is the father of one of the girls’ boyfriends, voiced his shock that Haydel was capable of committing such a cruel act of violence against his own daughters.

‘We know what we need to know and sometimes things happen that you don’t want to put a reason on,’ Harden told. ‘Of course we are angry but we know the girls would want us to celebrate their life… the outpouring of support from the kids is amazing.’

Darion and Lindsay Daily, who live two doors down from the scene of the shooting, told how they watched through the night as investigators processed the crime scene.

‘It was blocked off, and they had it taped all off so we really couldn’t see nothing,’ Darion said.

‘It was shocking to hear what transpired,’ added Lindsay.

Darion said he spoke to the first officer on the scene: ‘He was like, “I’m the one that had to kick the door in and see that.” And it was too late,’ Darion recalled.

Natasha had just graduated from Forney High School just 10 days before the fatal shooting occurred. Alexa was a sophomore at the school, and both of the girls played in the school’s band.

The Forney Independent School District released a statement Wednesday, mourning the sisters’ deaths.

‘Yesterday, we learned of the tragic loss of two of our Forney High School students, and our hearts are broken,’ the statement said. ‘We extend condolences to Natasha and Alexa Haydel’s family and to our Forney Family.’

Forney High School is also offering online visits with grief counselors to classmates of the two girls.

Tributes to the two girls have flooded onto social media, remembering them both as ‘Bright, beautiful and talented’.

‘I am truly heartbroken by this loss,’ Sheri Jones wrote on Facebook. ‘Natasha was one of the student aides that I got to work with…Her creative nature inspired many story times. And her ideas brighten the days of so many little ones. The world lost two beautiful souls.’

Riley Warren, the percussion director at Forney High School, wrote: ‘Please keep the mother of these girls in your prayers as the Forney community heals from the tragic loss of two incredibly bright and talented young people. I’m at a loss for words…’

A GoFundMe set up by the Hardin family to help cover funeral costs for the two girls had reached $24,430 in donations towards its $25,000 goal as of Thursday evening.

‘Natasha is and always will be my best friend,’ Gwen Keem commented in one donation. ‘She was loved by me and my whole family. I was with her the morning before and I’m forever heartbroken.’

‘Natasha and Alexa Haydel were taken from this world too soon,’ added Shannon Hardin, who organized the fundraiser.

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ഒളിമ്പിക്‌സിനോട് അനുബന്ധിച്ച് രണ്ടു ലക്ഷത്തോളം ബൈബിള്‍; തയാറെടുപ്പുമായി ഫ്രഞ്ച് ബൈബിൾ സൊസൈറ്റി

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പാരീസ്: ഒളിമ്പിക്‌സിനോട് അനുബന്ധിച്ച് രണ്ടു ലക്ഷത്തോളം ബൈബിളിന്റെ വിതരണത്തിനായി തയാറെടുപ്പുമായി ഫ്രഞ്ച് ബൈബിൾ സൊസൈറ്റി. 140,000 ഫ്രഞ്ച് കോപ്പികളും 60,000 ഇംഗ്ലീഷിലുള്ള ബൈബിളും വിതരണം ചെയ്യാനാണ് സൊസൈറ്റി പദ്ധതിയിടുന്നത്. ബൈബിളിലെ പുതിയ നിയമമാണ് വിതരണം ചെയ്യുക. വിതരണം സുഗമമാക്കുന്നതിന് വിവിധ ക്രിസ്ത്യന്‍ മിനിസ്ട്രികളുമായി സൊസൈറ്റി രൂപരേഖ തയാറാക്കിയിട്ടുണ്ട്. ഫ്രഞ്ച് ഹാൻഡ്‌ബോൾ ചാമ്പ്യൻ ജോയൽ അബാറ്റി, ഓസ്‌ട്രേലിയൻ ഹൈജമ്പർ നിക്കോള ഒലിസ്‌ലാഗേഴ്‌സ് എന്നിവര്‍ ഉള്‍പ്പെടെയുള്ളവര്‍ പദ്ധതിയുടെ ഭാഗമാകുന്നുണ്ട്.

ഓരോ രാജ്യത്തെയും ബൈബിൾ സൊസൈറ്റി വഹിക്കുന്നതു സ്തുത്യര്‍ഹമായ പങ്കാണെന്നും സമകാലിക ലോകത്ത് ബൈബിളിന് ശക്തമായ സ്വാധീനമാണുള്ളതെന്നും ഫ്രഞ്ച് ബൈബിൾ സൊസൈറ്റിയുടെ ജനറൽ സെക്രട്ടറി ജോനാഥൻ ബൗലറ്റ് പറഞ്ഞു. പാരീസ് ഒളിംപിസ്കിനു സാക്ഷ്യം വഹിക്കുവാന്‍ ലോകമെമ്പാടുമുള്ള 11 ദശലക്ഷത്തിലധികം സന്ദർശകർ എത്തുമെന്നാണ് അധികൃതരുടെ കണക്ക്. സെപ്തംബർ എട്ടിന് സമാപിക്കുന്ന ഒളിമ്പിക്സിലും പാരാലിമ്പിക്സിലും ഫ്രഞ്ച് ബൈബിൾ സൊസൈറ്റി പുതിയ നിയമത്തിൻ്റെ പകർപ്പുകൾ വിതരണം ചെയ്യുമെന്നും ഫ്രഞ്ച് ബൈബിള്‍ സൊസൈറ്റി വ്യക്തമാക്കിയിട്ടുണ്ട്.
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‘God Had Big Plans’: Man’s Incredible Story of Escaping Abuse, Chaos to Find Jesus Christ

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In a world of lies, David Hoffman is on a mission to deliver truth.
Hoffman, author of “Relationships Over Rules: 7 Principles to Lead Gracefully and Love Generously – Harnessing the Power of Relationships to Overcome Your Past and Embrace Your Future,” is a successful business and family man today — but his journey didn’t start out that way.

“The world tells us all these rules of what you can’t do,” he told CBN News, citing some of the lies he was tempted to believe. “I grew up Jewish, so I can’t be a believer … I was raised in a broken household without a lot of love, and so I can’t be married with kids and show them unconditional love.”

While many people might buy into lies like these based on their circumstances, Hoffman said there’s another path, one centered on the Lord.

“I just want to encourage people that, with [God] in the center — with the gifts He gives you — with the relationships He places in your life, you can reach your true potential,” he said.

Hoffman said his upbringing led to complex feelings and emotions. Overall, he felt a lack of love as a child, and this missing puzzle piece left him with a great deal of pain.

“My father left when I was 11,” he said. “I grew up with like a lot of neglect and I felt like I was alone a lot.”

Hoffman continued, “I would ask God why He would let all these bad things happen to good people.”

It’s understandable why he felt so conflicted. Hoffman described a childhood filled with abuse. The challenges were profound — so much so that, when nourishment was reportedly withheld, he resorted to eating dog food when he was hungry.

And that’s just one example of his purported struggles.

Over time, Hoffman came to understand God’s nature and character, realizing the Lord isn’t the author of any of the evil we might face in life.

Rather than living in lament, he came to appreciate this reality.

“I just want to encourage people … that your past does not define your purpose,” he said. “And your past doesn’t dictate your potential. And, so, for me, not having … many loved ones in my life, not feeling a lot of love, not having a lot of opportunity … it made me crave those and appreciate those.”

Hoffman said he has “learned forgiveness” and has “no malice towards anyone” from his past. In fact, the struggles have only made him stronger and more persistent.

“Adversity became a gift as I got older, because, again, I’m grateful,” he said, noting he doesn’t want anyone else to feel the loneliness and pain he once experienced. “I felt like I was always being told, ‘No,’ and so I want to always find the, ‘Yes.’”

For Hoffman, much of the chaos in his life was healed after becoming a Christian. Because he was raised religiously Jewish, he said he didn’t hear about Jesus until he was 30 years old.

“Unbeknownst to me, God had big plans,” he said. “I didn’t even know Him.”

Hoffman had recently moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, at the time and was working hard to find success — something he discovered after getting into real estate in 2005.

By 2008, business was booming, and then the economic crash hit him hard. Plus, Hoffman had a one-year marriage before his ex-wife left him.

“The money dried up and there was no faith foundation, and so we went separate ways,” Hoffman said.

One night, though, he felt a voice speak to him and that message changed everything.

“So, one day, I’m meeting with a dear friend … who loves the Lord, and the night before, I heard God say to me — I didn’t know it was God yet — but I heard an audible voice say, ‘You’ve trotted your way for almost 30 years. Give me a chance,’” Hoffman said. “And the next day, I went to lunch with a dear friend. And he said, ‘David, you’ve tried your way for almost 30 years. You look tired. Give it to God. Give Him a chance.’ And this same friend had taken me to church two days earlier.”

At that lunch in 2009, Hoffman realized how tired he was and how much he needed the Lord. Erupting in tears, he admitted his need for God, and his journey with the Lord commenced.

“That Tuesday afternoon I said, ‘I’m tired. I’m just tired, God. … I’ve tried it my way long enough. I’m just going to give it to you,’” Hoffman recalled. “The next day, I met my wife.”

From then on, the puzzle pieces started to come together. Now, Hoffman sees how it all connected for God to work good in his life.

“God makes no mistakes,” he said. “I just point to Jeremiah 29: 11 — ‘He has a plan for us and for us to prosper.’ And it’s not always on our time.”

Today, he’s focusing his attention on his blessings, and he hopes “Relationships Over Rules” helps people discover God’s plans for their lives.

“I want to encourage people that their past does not define His plan and purpose of their life or their potential,” Hoffman said. “And that adversity they faced last night or 30 years ago … that is actually providing a unique perspective that only they have to really be grateful to see all that God is doing [in] their life.”

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