She was sad and just extremely shy and semievasive, didn't want to talk to adults. At the youth pastor's advice, the Bernalls took away Cassie's phone, pulled her out of the school she was attending, put her in a private Christian school, and forbade her to contact her old friends. And one out of 10 have done it. That's a heavy price. . . . They did more than any parent.
Good kids have a good influence on bad kids.
If you go to a church youth group and nobody talks to you, you're not going to come back. While Cassie began making new friends at the church, though, her old friends began to harass her, driving by and throwing things at her house. There are thousands and thousands and thousands of kids who have committed themselves to Christ because of Cassie's example. It can be discouraging, but it can also be rewarding. . . . I will die for my God.