I know this a long one, but take a minute and read....we need your prayers

Last night I left the apartment by myself for the first time in a long time. I headed off for a relaxing night of getting my hair cut. I left at 6:00, I got back at 8:30. When I got home Jay informed me of something really creepy that had happened.
We have a neighbor whom I have never really trusted. My spirit of discernment always goes crazy when this man approaches Caden and I, especially since he only approaches us to talk when we are alone. Apparantly last night, around 7:10, this man knocked quietly on our door. Jay opened the door and the man stood there looking very startled to see him. He had a puppy on a leash. He mumbled over his words, stunned at the fact that Jason was home, and then said, "I knew you had a baby and thought the puppy might want to play with him."

Jay looked at him like he had six heads, after which the man started to back up slowly and say, "Maybe this was a mistake."

"Ya, it was a mistake." Jay said calmly.

He relayed this story to me when I got home, and after speaking to a friend, we decided that he should go over there and calmly explain why it was inappropriate to have come over and to ask him not to do it again.
Jay left and I whispered a prayer of protection over him, after which I laughed and thought, "Oh Kathy, you're so dramatic. What's the worst that can happen."

Well, here's what happened.
Jay knocked on his door and within 30 seconds the man opened it in his underwear with a pistol in his right hand. Jay stepped back and calmly said, "I didn't come here to fight. I don't have anything on me. I just wanted to tell you that your actions tonight were inappropriate and please leave my family alone."

The man raised his gun, and without pointing it at him, gestured to it as if to say, "Look what I've got."

Jay turned and left. He got home and told me what happened. 911 was called. The police came out and got Jay's statement and decided to arrest the guy for aggrevated assault with a weapon. They told us they would call us when the man was apprehended.
30 minutes went by and nothing. Then we heard a voice outside. It was a police officer with a megaphone saying, "THIS IS THE TALLAHASSEE POLICE DEPARTMENT. YOU NEED TO COME OUTSIDE." We looked out and there were many police cars and officers everywhere. Our neighbor had locked himself in his apartment and was not planning on coming out. A while later an officer came to our door and told us we would have to vacate the premises because the S.W.A.T team was going to move in on him. We got Caden up and were escorted through the wooded area behind our building in order to avoid the crazy man's apartment. Alot of residents were outside videotaping and taking in all the live action. We were announced as "The Victims" and were brought back behind the SWAT vehicle to identify a picture of the man and to tell our story, again. We then went to our friend Diana's apartment.
The policeman stayed with us for the rest of the evening...since we were 'victims' and all, and by 2:30am the SWAT team had surrounded the building, they had given him many warnings, they had opened his door and continued to warn him to come outside and finally they set off a thing called a 'Banger' which emulated the sound of a gun shot. At that point "creepy creepster, tighty, whity gun man" came outside and surrendered.
At 3am they told us we could go home. He's in jail now but he could get out anytime. We'll be notified when he is released and I think when I get that phone call I'm going to have a panic attack.
What were his intentions? Why did he come here when he did? What was he planning on doing to Caden and I? Did he bring his gun with him when he came to 'play'? All of these questions are going through my head.
I have so many questions and so many insecurities right now. But I do know this:
- I have the bravest husband in the world , who handled this situation with complete courage and wisdom.
- I have an amazing church family, who have rallied around us and have offered us whatever we need to get through this. I love you guys SO much.
- I will never again tell myself that I am being silly when my sense of discernment is going crazy, when I feel that someone is not safe. It's one thing to put myself at risk, but I will never let someone I don't trust anywhere near my Son.
- God sees everything before I do and every step I have is ordered by him. I'm not saying I don't determine my own destiny by my choices, but that God, in order to fulfill his plans for my life, has intervened on my behalf with a hedge of protection to keep me safe an alive inspite of others evil choices. He stepped in and made a way for us to be alive and together instead of broken and seperated by the sick insanity of our next door neighbor...which means he must still have some plans for us, and that's awesome.

I know that God loves this man and that he is a creation of his just like I am. My prayer for him is that he gets the help he needs, so that he can't hurt anyone anymore, including himself.
Pray for us friends. Pray that we will never meet up with that man again. That we will be safe for the remainder of our 10 days here and that we will be able to calm down and have peace because right now it is a hard thing to find.