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If you all are handing out hugs, I'm all in! I could use one...

Sorry I've been away, been super distracted with some stuff going on...am catching up, lots to read!
You have been missed...

I'm proud of you all for hanging in there even when it does seem like nothing is happening, tenacity
and perseverance will pay off, I believe.

Thanks, Raz, for putting a voice to that frustration, I know you have invested so much here, as have many others.

A hug for you today!

Oh hell, my computer is $%#$!!!

Where was I?

They hit the bit time and their persistance pays off. They don't seem to be in this for personal gain, but to get more of us off our sorry backsides and really living again. It is so easy just to leave it to them. Yes, yes we all have figured out that Bemused is very clever and probably can outwrite any of us with his wit and wisdom, but this should be an example to celebrate, not a reason to leave him to do what we should all be doing.
Is there a pastor in your life, a politician in your neighbourhood that has not heard about this scandal? Well change that, speak out like the real heros of this site. Or have it on your conscience that another child is being abused because you couldn't be bothered.
NTM and other missions who have acted so disgracefully need to be shamed into confronting their past or sunk beneath the waves of righteous indignation.
If you are reading this and still in NTM, think hard and long about other options. If you are a donor, then ask questions and demand answers before another cent leaves your bank account.
If you are Raz, a big Downunder hug from us MKs down here who appreciate your bravery.
And last but not least, no hugs for you Bemused, but a salute to man who has learned to truly live after what would have destroyed most ordinary MKs and left them barely existing. You are a damn good friend for those on the side of truth and justice and a formidable foe to be feared for those who aren't!!!!!!

O.k., this computer is officially stuffed, so lets try putting that little Aussie rant into one post and then I'll see if I can sort this damn computer out!


Yes, yes, that's all very nice, hugs all round. But look at the background to this folks. Here we have two MKs from very different walks of life who have joined forces to help so many and one is publicly acknowledging the other by going out of their comfort zone. Look how many posts these two have written between them and then read some of those posts.
"Oh but Aussie, they have been sent by God to help us, let us all join hands and sing Kumblah Yah". Oh please, one of them doesn't even know if he believes in God!!!!! So I doubt he thinks he has been sent by God at all.
I know Bemused, I'm one of the few to have an insight into what happened to him as a child, because I was on site. His life was sheer hell, because he was different and being different made him the bulls eye for the bull shit. They tried to break him at Numonohi and the other MKs joined in. Yet where are they now? Just being the cowards they were way back then and where is Bemused? Here trying to encourage us, show us how to get through this and working his ass off with Raz to make a difference. Of all the MKs I grew up with, Bemused has the least reason to be here, because he was abused by the most and yet the mark of the man is that he has forgiven those who kicked him so viciously when he was down and is now speaking out for the very people who did this to him. And they can't get off their sorry asses and even help each other because they are still stuck in the mindset of the past.
Bemused broke the mold, he stopped existing and started living, that takes real guts.

Look at Raz and Bemused, look at the letters they have written. Most get little result but every so often they hit the big time and their persistance pays off. They don't seem to be in this for personal gain, but to get more of us off our sorry backsides and really living again. It is so easy just to leave it to them. Yes, yes we all have figured out that Bemused is very clever and probably can outwrite any of us with his wit and wisdom, but this should be an example to celebrate, not a reason to leave him to do what we should all be doing.
Is there a pastor in your life, a politician in your neighbourhood that has not heard about this scandal? Well change that, speak out like the real heros of this site. Or have it on your conscience that another child is being abused because you couldn't be bothered.
NTM and other missions who have acted so disgracefully need to be shamed into confronting their past or sunk beneath the waves of righteous indignation.
If you are reading this and still in NTM, think hard and long about other options. If you are a donor, then ask questions and demand answers before another cent leaves your bank account.
If you are Raz, a big Downunder hug from us MKs down here who appreciate your bravery.
And last but not least, no hugs for you Bemused, but a salute to man who has learned to truly live after what would have destroyed most ordinary MKs and left them barely existing. You are a damn good friend for those on the side of truth and justice and a formidable foe to be feared for those who aren't!!!!!!

It's perfectly normal and acceptable to feel down sometimes and it is perfectly acceptable to let fly with a chainsaw in righteous anger too. It's part of being human. Many of us endured childhoods that were devoid of natural human emotion and affection, rather full of fear.
I grew up with people close to me who told me they loved me, but sure had a strange way of showing it. Love was not unconditional, it came with strings and those strings choked. But hey I survived and life is pretty good, in this world of half full glasses that is my lot. Sure it isn't exactly pleasant knowing you are the black sheep of the family, but this black sheep at least has a clear conscience and isn't dining with some strange looking sheep that look more like the dog on the back of my bike .

If I have one regret, it is that all this didn't come out decades ago and I would have not wasted so much mental energy trying to figure out if I really had imagined what I saw and experienced. The blame for that I lay squarely at those who denied so vigorously and resorted to petty name calling to cover their own involvement.

Maybe this is The Stall, Before the Fall.

But for those who peer into the toilet bowel of our pasts in their comfortable retirement centers and mission offices and still say what they see is not extremely unpleasant and offensive, then it is THE STOOL BEFORE THE FOOL , and the flush button is getting closer to be pushed.

The stool before the fool??!!!

Oh good grief. I'm on the floor again. Somebody better bring a hoist ... I need some help getting up. And my dentures flew over there in the corner.

My husband says the answer is "TIME." He reckons give almost anything enough TIME and it becomes almost obsolete/forgotten. These organisations and churches that have covered up pedophile behaviour so long know time is on their side not the side of the abused. You can read almost any blog or forum that relates to past child abuse and that is the excuse. I know for a fact some solicitors won't take abuse cases because of TIME, it isn't their fault they just know how this works. Makes me upset. Past sin in the camp is still sin in the camp even with all the new practices and procedures these organisations/churches put in place. You know, trust us now as we have new practices and procedures. Hogwash! Full stop.