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It seems to have become custom in hospices and hospitals of late that when someone passes away a candle is lit outside the room. In a short period of time alas a candle will be lit outside the room of my mother-in-law.
She has been unwell for sometime, but has taken the poor hand that life has dealt her without complaining or being bitter. She will leave us with the knowledge that she has achieved what most parents aspire to, leaving behind her children that have turned out well adjusted honest and decent citizens. I will remember her as being someone with a good sense of humour who pottered through life, enjoying simple things. And although her life has been short and filled with much illness, she has been happy, not encumbered by the baggage many of us find hard to carry.
So if you will excuse me for a while, I shall be for a while a part of a family who has accepted me for who I am, for which I will be truly grateful for many years to come.
To a wonderful woman, you will be missed. Cheers.

Bemused,

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and Jo at this time. May comfort be yours. Full Stop.

Cheers, Bemused. To a life well lived.

May the Lord Bless you and keep you both.
From our Family to Yours

My prayers are with you and Mrs. Bemused at this time. May the God of all peace bring comfort to your hearts during these dark days.

Our love, dear Befused!
Thanks for the wonderful testimony.
We are so sad for you and Jo.

Thank you for your kind thoughts and wishes. Mrs Bemused's mother passed away peacefully, surrounded by her caring family.

Dear New Tribes Mission:

Let's you and I try a little exercise. Why don't we both take off our shoes and exchange them for a bit.

O.k. you've got mine on, so now you can see what I see. Right, firstly you are now an MK and you are looking at the lives of other MKs that you grew up with. The first thing you notice is that some of them are a terrible mess and then you see how that happened. No don't you take those shoes off, because this exercise is uncomfortable! You see that it was caused by childhoods that should of been filled with loving christian adults, but alas were intercepted by child abuser/molesters. And then you see an organisation that didn't do anything about those abusers/molesters, even protected them and in the process sacrificed those childrens lives for "the cause". But now "the cause" is dubious because it has been so badly tainted. You are looking at finding out that you were living next to a jailed paedophile, who recrutied your parents into NTM and then NTM Australia gave the order that the matter be covered up and will not answer any questions on the matter. Those shoes aren't feeling to comfortable about now ay? So what do you do, pretend it never happened, like my father said it never did? Or fight like hell to get justice? Of course its the latter.
O.k. so you've got the picture, life in my shoes is very different from Joe Average and it is that way because of my experiences as an MK and you've just had a brief insight into the nightmare that is many MKs lives.

Now I'm a fair person, so I'll put on your shoes. Blimey they are nice, must of cost a few bucks these ones. Right lets see, I'm an organisation with a reputation to uphold and a higher calling to fulfil. Excellent, I'll get on with the job. Oops hang on, I've just read the above and I'm thinking do I have a conscience, is this guy serious, did this really happen? O.k. I'm thinking I do have a conscience, after all God gave me free will, so I'm thinking I'd better see if this is true. Oops it looks like it is true, now I have options, I can pretend this never happened, I can fob him off or I can . . . Oh I'm crying, I'm weeping, I'm heartbroken and I'm begging forgiveness. I'm writing to every MK I know and asking how can I put this right, I'm not sleeping because of this, until I hear back. I'm calling in experts to get the people who did these horrendous things where they belong. I'm rushing down to NTM retirement homes and asking serious questions about what some of those retirees did! My shoes won't stop . . .

Tell you what. You have your shoes back and you keep mine too. I've got a spare pair somewhere and I think you need to walk in my shoes and every other MKs shoes who has had their lives negatively affected. Walk in them until they are worn out, until there is no soul left on them and then you will see what the journey is like for to many of us.

Bemused

Yes. Yes! Yes!!