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I think I would fall into deep depression as well if I even thought I had to serve in any capacity with NTM. I look back now at the time in my life when I unfortunatly thought NTM was where life was at and I shudder at that thought. I'm sure there are still some people who have life in NTM, but I can only think "what a waste."

I was thinking a bit about what you are saying as I was working last night.

We have a lot of elderly, frail and confused patients where I work. Some of them don't tend to stay in one position in bed, which is good for avoiding bedsores, but a nightmare as they tend to fall out of bed. The easy solution is to put up the rails on the side of the bed up and keep them from falling out.
However some academic politically correct idiot, who has obviously not been a nurse on the ground for decades has called the use of bedrails "a restraining device"! Therefore because we are "restraining" a patient, we have to get written consent (ha, ha, there is no way that is practicle) from the patient, or fill in enormous amounts of paperwork and do checklists every two hours, to make sure the patient hasn't got their feelings hurt.
The point is, these rules are completely ludicrous, made up by someone who is out of touch with reality, but question them at your peril!

And it made me think of NTM, the rules, regulations and evolutionary path taken, sometimes seems out of touch with the daily routine of life, but it would take a brave NTMer to say "this is nuts".

Good comparison Bemused. My father-in-law fell out of bed in a hospital in America. I pleaded with the doctor and nurses to just put rails on to keep him from falling out. They didn't and he did. Broke his hip and never fully recovered. I would love to see every victim of NTM fully recovered from the torture they were put through but NTM won't put their rails up either.

I saw this quote today. I believe it applies in a significant way to the mute spectators observing our struggle from afar.

"To stand by and do nothing out of self preservation is to be dead already. Silence is a loud decision."
Beth Moore

LOUD!!!

My husband builds and runs a haunted house every year at our local park. He has teen and preteen volunteers to be the characters and everyone has a great time. It's quite a big affair and usually 20-30 kids are involved. He told me yesterday that a young girl came to him and complained that one of the boys had touched her back inappropriately twice. My husband asked the boy if he had done it and he admitted that he had. My husband sent him home.

Guess what NTM? That's how it's done.

I want to thank the employees of New Tribes Mission for raising enough questions about the disciplinary actions taken with regard to Gary Earl that the Executive Board actually felt the pressure to send out the following explanation:

Excerpt from a "members-only" email sent out by NTM:

"In this case [Gary Earl beating a girl in his dorm bloody], after the investigative team finished its report, an independent panel was utilized to help determine disciplinary actions. All involved agreed that Gary Earl could no longer actively serve with NTM, and should be removed from the possibility of working with children, but that the findings did not require dismissal."

As explanations go, it is pretty thin, but that isn't the point. The Executive Board does not want any disgruntled employees; if possible, they want all employees to remain blissfully gruntled. You, by asking them hard questions, have pressured them to give YOU more information than they would even give the VICTIM! I am not making this up.

When one of Gary Earl's victims asked why he had not been dismissed, she was told by Brian Coombs, "This will be difficult to explain, my explanation will most likely generate a whole lot more questions."

YOU, who were not beat bloody, get an explanation, albeit one that I trust will, indeed, generate a whole lot more questions. SHE got the offer of a phone call, with all the inherent deniability that goes with that.

So, I commend you for asking for explanations. I hope you will keep it up. You are, potentially, an important part of excising the cancer of child abuse from NTM.

"Independent Panel".