life is to short ----"Then I got married and we moved to different hall where the need was great, then to Bethel and then to another hall where they needed help and you know what it was the same no matter where I went. Still I kept my blinders on as my husband told me to do and think about the new system where none of this would happen anymore."
Life is too short... I am so so so sorry. This made me disgusted, sad, and angry. I was thinking the same that maybe I just had a great deal of sexual abuse in my hall. I was hoping. I love these people. My last meeting was a week ago and I am done. I stayed with a family who had three girls the ages of 4, 12 and 19. The 19 year old had been molested by her father brother and uncle. The brother was 30 and still lived at home. And her uncle was getting ready to adopt two little girls. After staying with them I was uneasy as the brother kept busting in on the 12 year old in the bath. The 12 year old is stunningly beautiful and autistic. She was also very comfy being naked in her very womanly body as her mind was that of a 4 year old. At the time of staying with them I did not know the brother had molested the older sister or I would have LOST it. I loved these girls. Before having knowledge of the brother being a chesster molester I went to the elders about the uncle adopting more children as he was studying and his wife was a baptized witness. The elders said I had done the right hing and thank you so much. Then the elder said rather plainly "if that mother wants to allow many molestors take care of her, there is not much that can be done." I was comforted initially because I had never been told that telling was right in issues of my own abuse, but stunned that they would say there was not much they could do. Time passed and then I was visited by the eldest daughter, for some reason I bluntly asked did your brother molest you? She told me the truth. I called the elder and his response was, "keep this to yourself and see this is why only the elders should be told these things."
Thank you all for helping me regain my sainity