MK forum

Just to be sure you've heard me:

Okay, NTM. It is now 5/9. I called you out five days ago. Nothing has changed. The wording on your website still says Pat Hendrix is an experienced child sexual abuse investigator.

Going to Plan B.

Hope this isn't against any rule but I am not surprised that NTM might not be telling the truth (when I was dealing with my children I called it a lie) about the qualifications of Pat Hendrix.

Do we get a clue as to what plan "B" is?

I have scoured Ms Hendrix's information: introduction, bio, and anything else I can find. I do not see any evidence that she is an experienced child sexual abuse investigator."

Did you try using google? I really don't want to sound facetious, but why do you think she isn't qualified? Email her directly to ask about her career if you have any questions about her qualifications.

Aussie, Plan B has already been launched.

pngmk, I am not questioning whether or not she's qualified to do what she's doing. As I understand her job, she is probably doing fine. What I understand her job to be is that she is the person overseeing the entire investigation operation. That is, she finds and vets the investigators, and puts together the groups of investigators, to investigate the various schools. She is the coordinator. Not the primary investigator.

What I am calling NTM out on is that one sentence: "She is an experienced child sexual abuse investigator." I see evidence that is was trained, by CSPN and other groups. If my observations are correct, she is trained, but not experienced. I imagine she might be getting some pretty intense on-the-job experience right now, but I feel that what NTM states on the website implies she was experienced when they hired her. I'm just trying to call NTM to a place of greater honesty.

Anyone with NTM background knows that there is a difference between a person who took the Phonetic, Linguistics, Literacy, Bible Translation and Field Medicine courses at the training center in Camdenton/Roach, and a person who lived in a tribal village as the first missionary family in that tribe, who learned to speak that language, analyzed it, created an alphabet, set up a literacy course, taught people to read, provided 24/7 medical help to hundreds, and translated and published the entire New Testament.

Yes, there is a difference. New Tribes Mission should be fully aware of the distinction between training and experience.

That's all I'm asking for.

Honesty.

Hey raz -

In your research did you go to the Internet? I'm not the most amazing googler, but I found several articles that very much corroborate the understanding that she has experience in investigation.

Okay. Plan B result: I have communicated directly with Pat Hendrix about this. Pat herself says that she does have experience as an investigator.

That should settle it. I'll back off from this issue now.

If I was to have a major operation, I would like to know that the surgeon is suitably qualified and it would be considered normal practise to enquire as to the qualifications of the surgeon. I would decline the services of the worlds best cardiac surgeon, if it was an operation on my brain that I required.

We are about to lie on an operating theatre bed and have our innermost recollections investigated and disected.

I for one am glad that someone is just checking that all is in order with those who will be conducting the procedure, many thanks Raz.

From what I hear, it would appear NTM-Australia excels in SELF-protection.