YOUR PRAYERS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED
August, 2000
After Rose comes home I will show her the website; but for now, she is learning what "want" and "need"
truly are. She needs to learn that just because something bad happened to her, that it does not mean that the world owes
her anything. That we reap what we sow. If we do not plant seeds of kindness, love, and
decency we will all fail in our world. Of course, the word of God teaches us this; but in
difficult times, we seem to have a deaf ear...
DAYS LATER
I know that you are very involved in GODS' work: I was wondering if you could find it in your heart
to say a little prayer for my family? You see, what was supposed to be some help from the
safety program (to help us relocate), has been a farce to date. But, we have found a place that
would work wonderfully for the healing process for my entire family. There happens to be a
repossessed farmhouse not too far from here. It is exactly what has been told to both myself
and my granddaughter: It is a place of safety and quiet. It needs much TLC (tender, loving
care), and I would like us to be the ones to give it to the old place. I would never ask my
GOD to just give me something like this. What I would like is for you to pray that we are
guided in the right direction in order to have a chance at a quieter life. I need all the
support and prayer that I can get, right now, to accomplish this without falling apart in
the process.
My youngest daughter found the place quite by accident. She said that she saw a gravel drive
going into some tree-like park area and thought there was nothing there. As she rode down this
drive, she saw a house appear.
The house is in severe need of painting and some love.
It is boarded up and sitting quite majestically among huge trees. My daughter said it is so far
from the road, you would have to ride a bike or drive a car down to get your mail. She said
there is plenty of room for the kids to run and enjoy life once again. You see, our one
little guy is going blind. Andrew has had his vision drop down to 20/300 in one eye and
20/250 in the other. When he has corrective lenses on they can bring his vision up to
20/200 and 20/160. He will start learning Braille this year. So a nice quiet open space
would be great for not only my granddaughter and myself, but also for our grandson Andrew.
I would like for him to be able to enjoy animals before his sight is totally gone; and in
my opinion, this home would be a prayer well answered. It is a place where we could regroup
ourselves, relax, and live a life a little less concerned. To find a peaceful existence
that is all I ask right now.
I have not written to you for a bit because of all the problems we seem to be incurring
at present. I am unsure if I told you that my husband and I started our own business at the
end of February or not. But we are trying so hard under difficult circumstances to make
things easier for our family. But the devil has touched us many times so far. I will not
allow him to win.
The family that is involved with Rose has done a lot of damage to us. They have drained
out some of our transmission fluid causing us to have to rebuild the transmission at
substantial cost because this vehicle is a 1999. The other day we found out there are
metal shavings in our engine. This will be a substantial repair again.
They have chipped our windshield with rocks and cut the valve stems on our tires. All
because we prosecuted their son. Hopefully this will come to an end now as they are leaving
this neighborhood today. But, they have stated to other neighbors that they will be back,
and that payback is a "Mother Fu****." This does worry me; that is why I find the
opportunity of that farmhouse so enticing right now.
AS OF AUGUST 23. 2000
Please if you could find it in your heart add us to your prayers. I really need guidance
and support right now; and the only one that can help me stay strong, is my Lord and Savior.
To see my pleas as others would see it did my heart good. I am confident that my Lord
will lead me in the right direction as He has many times before.
Unfortunately, my ideas regarding that family were right though: Rose was beaten by
several children the other day. They jumped her and kicked her in the face and body.
Thank goodness that they were kind enough to remove her glasses, because they kicked
her right under her left eye. She has many bruises and is in a bit of pain right now,
but she will heal. That family is offering children in the area $100 to beat Rose up
to the point of real injury. From what we have heard, they want blood. So far no one
has actually taken the money though.
One of the offenders that attacked Rose was a 25-year-old male that threw her to the ground
and held her down until the other kids started pounding and kicking her. The fear of that
man being over her had to be so traumatic for her. The police could do nothing as we do not
have a name for that man, and no one in the neighborhood knew him. That is a joke, in itself,
because they had it arranged before Rose went outside. However, one of the other neighbors
saw it happening and stopped it before Rose was too severely injured.
I have never seen such horrible revenge in my entire life. I was always taught "Vengeance is
mine, saith the Lord." I really believed that punishment comes from our Lord for wrong deeds done, not
through angry people like this. And never did I think I would be living a life of fear!
We are all now prisoners in our own home. When asked by someone if we would go through this all
over again, I replied, "Yes, we would." It may be hard to live like this but, in all reality, it
is better to speak out for injustice. If we are to remain silent, we allow this behavior of
abuse to continue throughout the next generation and beyond. We are the only people that can
stop this perpetuation of wrongs by speaking out.
I am sorry to have rambled on once more, but I am very concerned and angry that we must live
as recluses. We cannot even go out for fear of what is next. As you can tell, all prayers are
very much appreciated. I do know the Lord works in mysterious ways, so I will be patient and
await His guidance.
AS OF AUGUST 26. 2000
Rose went to the new school and recognized only one other student from her old school.
This boy was not one of the mean kids she had to deal with before, and they have
been riding the bus together since we live less than a block from each other. She is very
impressed by the new school and has much expected of her now. She must maintain a B+ average
to stay in this school. Rose is fully capable of doing this since before this all happened,
she was a straight A student.
Rose turned 13 on Thursday and is feeling very much the adult right now. We purchased her a
beautiful tricolor gold ring with a lovely rose on it. She was so happy with it that she
immediately placed it on her finger and will not take it off.
We are seeking a loan for the house this week and should know by the end of the week
whether we get it or not. Needlesstosay, we are working very hard trying to get our children
out of this neighborhood; life is truly unbearable here. We discovered that Daniel, the rapist,
is going to the highschool that is about 6 blocks from here to finish his last year.
This is a violation of his probation: He is to be 10 blocks from us at all times.
As a result, we are informing the judge about this on Monday.
When Rose found out he was so near, she looked very frightened. I assured her we will
do everything within our power to keep her safe from him. Her safety is all we think
of now. I also know that as long as we are in this area it is a constant reminder to her
of what happened; but she knows we are working very hard trying to rectify this by moving.
I know it has not been that long since this happened,
and that I am probably expecting way too much,
but I would really like to see a marked improvement in her healing.
Rose has walled herself up behind a wall of silence, and the only thing
she will acknowledge is this website.
Other than that, she is totally quiet about herself and her fears.
We have to guess by her expressions.
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