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Thursday, November 7, 2019 / 25 Comments

When You Find Out Your Former Church Was Associated With Human Trafficking

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<span style="font-size: large;">So I want to start by saying thank-you to so many of you who have followed our families journey in raising a special needs kid and integrating him into a social life in a small town. Your many comments and stories and words of encouragement, prayers and e-mails have meant the world to us and we truly appreciate it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For those of you who are just getting to know us I will share the links to the other few articles I wrote that show our families story. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today my son and I met my hubby for lunch in the next town at the local diner. We ran into our now former pastors (go figure) and it I realized that I feel sorry for them....truly sorry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">See we found our now former church and attended it for around 4 months not knowing them or doing any research about them other than reading their website.  We attended services and liked the music but for awhile the pastor didn't even preach he just kept having these guest speakers. The first guest speaker was a guy that tried to persuade us that God wanted us to not listen to any music other than </span><span style="font-size: large;">Christian music. That wouldn't work for us. I tried that in college for a week and I remember telling God at the end...God I can't do this and I heard him clearly say back to me...Valerie who ever told you ....you had to? I was a music major in college and a former professional singer. Life would be no fun without a variety of music.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The 2nd dude was like the preacher's wife's brother or cousin and he rambled on about something I don't even remember at this point.They have their own ministry too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then the preachers wife taught on how Jesus' relatives names prophecized his future...snoozer....because the Bible tells us not to worry about genealogy and then the next week she again rambled on about something else and didn't even make a point. It's OK though because we liked the music and the people were nice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Eventually after a month or so we heard him speak. He was OK but not great. That's OK though... he was less than a year into pastoring his own church and everyone has to start somewhere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well the thing I should have looked up sooner was the church that provided the covering for the church we were attending. That my friends is where the scandal began. See it was a church plant we were attending. That's a new church being financially provided for by another existing church.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm not going to retell our story here...you may go read it <a href="https://www.cottagemakingmommy.com/2019/09/raising-special-needs-kid-in-small-town.html">here</a> <a href="https://www.cottagemakingmommy.com/2019/10/raising-special-needs-kid-in-small-town.html">here</a> and <a href="https://www.cottagemakingmommy.com/2019/10/raising-special-needs-child-in-small.html">here.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What I will say is that our family was going through the 2nd most trying thing we ever had been through as adults and reached out to our new pastors for spiritual guidance and help in getting our son through some overwhelming trauma he experienced before ever making it to our home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We ended up with a mess and preachers, a former friend, and 10 other adults (who are part of the church plant) and some kids who no longer talk with us because we called the preachers wife out on her bs and she told everyone in the church and our son's football team our son's personal story and secrets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">See church is a simple concept...you go socialize, fellowship with other believers, create a community, participate, see each other through the hard times and learn and go out in the world and share the good news of the gospel. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Not these people.   </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You say anything against what they are doing and they will take you down. Now nobody just learns to run a church like a cut throat corporation...demanding 10 percent of your income for tithing overnight. No...people who are arrogant have learned from somebody somewhere how to play the game. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">See it took googling for like 2 minutes to find the home church of these pastors in another state. The great state of Louisiana. Turns out their pastors made the news...not once...not twice but three times my friends being accused of embezzling funds to make their own movies. During the process multiple deacons and members of the church and children in the church school came out and shared their experiences with these people which amounted to human trafficking. I spent a great deal of time watching the news stories, reading the blogs, reading the comments in the blogs and posts and watching the preview to the movie. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was sick to my stomach. How can these people even call themselves pastors and how could I have trusted the people I thought were our pastors to share our son's story with them and get advice on what to do with him? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't know their pastors from personal experience I just know our former pastors and how they've treated us and our little boy and can attest that we were treated very badly. It' s all about money and control. Not love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm going to share the links to the articles here and the news story and the preview to the videos online that are all shareable and all over the world wide web.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Take a look and tell me what you think. If you were us would you be sick to your stomach too? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The 3 part news story on the preachers can be seen here </span><a href="https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/investigations/david-hammer/former-church-deacons-say-they-were-ostracized-for-speaking-out/289-159939924">https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/investigations/david-hammer/former-church-deacons-say-they-were-ostracized-for-speaking-out/289-159939924</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">More of the news stories and the trailer to the movie the church was making can be seen here</span> <a href="https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/investigations/david-hammer/the-good-life-practices-at-new-orleans-east-church-questioned/156156962">https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/investigations/david-hammer/the-good-life-practices-at-new-orleans-east-church-questioned/156156962</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">More reading here</span> <a href="https://theoldblackchurch.blogspot.com/2016/05/lord-have-mercy-is-another-mega-church.html">https://theoldblackchurch.blogspot.com/2016/05/lord-have-mercy-is-another-mega-church.html</a> and here  <a href="https://www.firstladyb.com/new-orleans-mega-church-pastor-wife-face-arrest-alleged-tax-fraud/">https://www.firstladyb.com/new-orleans-mega-church-pastor-wife-face-arrest-alleged-tax-fraud/</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This amounts to human trafficking. The people who were advising our pastors...who are their pastors...are being accused of human trafficking and fraud.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Texas Attorney General classifies human trafficking as "</span><span style="background-color: #004d78; color: white; font-family: "ibm plex serif" , serif; font-size: 18px;">Human trafficking is modern-day slavery. It is the exploitation of men, women, and children for forced labor or sex by a third-party for profit or gain."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For us we are healing...... we are moving forward and are in a new church. We have sat down with our new pastor...who is very well qualified and has been a pastor, missionary, college professor and now dean  and shared our story. He has been helping us through the process of healing. He prayed and believes our son needs to be integrated and loved not separated and critiqued and treated like a leper. I am so grateful we survived this situation. As for our now former pastors I forgive them. In fact I pity them. I want to believe in my heart they truly love God and wanted to serve him and lost their way in a situation that they didn't understand and had never dealt with but after reading these articles and still being ignored and people still telling us what they've said about us...I know better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Bible says  pray for them, forgive them and bless them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They know not what they have done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They have know idea the hell we were going through or the sheer amount of stress we were under or how much hurt we were processing. They did more harm to our son and us than they will ever know but thank God ....we have a loving and merciful God who has put people in our paths to help us heal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you are a victim of human trafficking or know of one here is a toll-free hotline </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: large;">at <b>1-</b></span></span><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.6px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: large;">888-373-7888</span></span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.6px;">  </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: large;">to get help.</span></span><br />
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When You Find Out Your Former Church Was Associated With Human Trafficking

So I want to start by saying thank-you to so many of you who have followed our families journey in raising a special needs kid and integr...

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Friday, November 1, 2019 / 38 Comments

Fun and Cheap Ideas to Entertain Your Kids on Holiday Breaks

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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I'll admit it....I love holiday breaks with the kids but sometimes they REALLY get on my nerves a lot. Like a lot a lot. They are <u>always</u> hungry....even after you just fed them... and they <i><u>always </u></i>are bored and they <span style="color: red;"><u><i>always</i></u></span> want to play on some tech gadget. So sometimes...you just gotta take the bull by the horns and lay down the law and tell the little turkeys how it's gonna be.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I mean really say...I have no time for your whining...this is how it's going to be and pray it works.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Mr. and I laid down the law a few years ago when all of the relatives and kids wanted to hang with us during the holidays. We were over the non-stop eating and arguing over the television shows and there were little people everywhere making demands.      </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> We were like....glad you are here but NO...this is our show. You don't run our circus and we came up with the following ideas that really work. The munchkins learned something and had fun and for the most part the whining and complaining stopped. Amen.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First we learned to kick the munchkins outside...even if it was cold. They bundled up and had to use their imaginations. The kids created separate little play areas, that for years now, they continue to play at when they come down and it entertains our son all year. Got an old tire? Let them bury it and stand on it. It's good for hours of entertainment. It's free and bonus...they are tired and will fall asleep early. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Second, find a project and assemble it with them. It doesn't have to be BIG or expensive just something to work on together. This past Fall break we bought another set of bunkbeds....they kids keep getting bigger and the pallet parties in the living room aren't as much fun as sleeping in your own cozy comfy bed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Third, Let them have their own photoshoots and take pictures of each other. We went all over the farm and they had fun posing and taking shots of each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fourth, get in touch with nature. Climbing a tree or going to the park are both free. They keep climbing higher so I make sure to stand by with my camera. It's good for hours of fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fifth, pull out the balls....soccer, basketball, football...you name it. Let everyone get in on the fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sixth, play dress up. I've never met a kid under 16 who doesn't like to try on different clothes, costumes or props that we have laying around the house. Here they used Bugles and made Halloween costumes. What? Food works too and they get to eat it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Seventh, go to a local game together. It never is too early to teach kids the value of sportsmanship and just spend one on one time together. They will always remember the time you spent with them and they really value it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also are fortunate to live on a farm so we have bonfires, make smores, sing songs and much more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It doesn't really matter if you live in the city or the country an apartment or a home. All of these can be adapted to entertain your little friends and family affordably.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So tell me what other things you do that don't cost a fortune to entertain your crew during school breaks?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'd love to hear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Fall,</span></div>
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Fun and Cheap Ideas to Entertain Your Kids on Holiday Breaks

I'll admit it....I love holiday breaks with the kids but sometimes they REALLY get on my nerves a lot. Like a lot a lot. They are ...

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Thursday, October 17, 2019 / 42 Comments

Raising a Special Needs Child in a Small Town Sucks Part 3

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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">So B's therapist came to sit w us through his last football practice. She wanted to see for herself how they treat our son. She wasn't impressed w the coaches...and how they completely pretended he didn't exist, while they ran plays w the other kids, our son played catch w 2 others to the side for well over 40 minutes. After that came a game of touch football.                     </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">   So here we are at the end of the season w the final game on Saturday and our son still doesn't have the football pants we paid for, has yet to play in one game and stood to the side during 75 percent of the practices.                </span><br />
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 <span style="font-size: large;">The team finally won a game this past Saturday after 3 players from the other team were injured and an ambulance called. Yes, 5th grade little leaguers can be brutal.                                                                      </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"> Get this... the pastor's son...clotheslined another kid and loved it. The coaches were patting him on his helmet as the other kid had coaches, an emt and parents out on the field for 45 minutes tending to the injured kid.        </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A grandfather of one of our son's teammates went up an asked the league director why he didn't allow our son to play in the games. The league director told him our son had mental health problems other than adhd and that's why he wasn't playing. Angry wasn't even the word I would use to describe my feelings. The only people who could have told the league director anything was the pastor and his evil wife. Our son's rights have been so violated.      </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">Fast forward hours later and the coach posts a photo of 1 part of a play. It ticked off another set of parents who called the kid and the coaches out saying...no he indeed clotheslined the kid. So the preachers sister rattles off ... if you don't like the way they coach... take your kid and go to another team. <b><i>Classy Christian church running family there</i></b>!!!! So chaos ensued and the coach removed the family from the chat and they are no longer on the team. Then of course excuses were made and the pastor's wife rattled off her fake bs saying <b>unity</b> was the number 1 threat to the enemy. </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;"> So they unify people by <i><b>kicking them out </b></i>of church and off a team. You dare speak up...you're out. <b>Hmmm.</b>....<b>cough cough.</b>...<b><i>cult like behavior.</i></b> I thought in America and in churches we are taught to examine and question our leaders??????                       </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">  Back to tonight's practice...B's therapist is sitting w me as the pastor/asst.coach's son arrives, along w other kids and he looks right at us and says...'<i><b>I guess I've been busy doing all these clotheslines." </b></i>B's counselor looks at me and says, "wow." Yep people....again the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">  Instead of just having their son say sorry it was an accident to the other player and not even have to defend what happened....they had to get in a fight w another family and have the pastor's sister do the dirty work for the 5,000th time. With the pastor's wife rounding it up w a mini sermon and our phones dinging in the middle of the night. <b><i>For real people....just say sorry an accident happened.                                 </i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">   Like tonight our son ran all over during touch football trying to have fun and bump around w the other players. They could do it to each other but didn't like when B did it to them. We watched two other boys bump him but when B did it back they called him names. 2 of them were talking about him, in front of me and his counselor, plotting their revenge. We just left it alone. So when one of the  boys called B an idiot and the other pinched his arm leaving a bruise...my genius child flipped him off. Not once, not twice, but 3 times. The pastor got onto him as he should have. I got out of the car and yelled at B and said get your stuff we are leaving. I wasn't mad that B was gotten onto... I wanted B out of a situation before it escalated. He was then lectured and grounded. We don't tolerate bad behavior. Not happening in this house.   </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">  The moral of the story....the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and teach your kid's good behavior regardless of what other people are doing.        </span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">  I've learned more in the last 2 months dealing w former church pastors and douchebags than I have in a long time. Stand up to bullies whether they change their behavior or not. These people are doing the devil's work and still don't realize it.                                                                                                              Always question your leaders...people....and be very careful as to who you allow to interpret and teach the Bible to you and your family. A dear sweet older friend/ mentor sat w me today as I told her the story of our experience and we both knew ....that everything we had just completed in a Bible study came to pass... as a test. She and her hubby even came to the church to visit because I sang their praises so loudly. She even googled their website and read up on their credentials. Now she's reading up on the scandal of their home church and not surprised w their age and behavior that as a pop up church ....they will fail. This woman knows me well and knows my heart and my intentions.   </span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">  <span style="font-size: large;"> People my prayer is that as you read these articles that you never feel alone, raising kids is hard work and kids w special needs are even more challenging.    <b>Never</b> let someone else dictate to you what you or your child can accomplish. <b>Always</b> question your leaders. I had actual love in my heart for our now former pastor's wife because I thought she really loved and cared for our child all along not knowing she was poking holes in our boat wanting us to sink.</span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">After Saturday I doubt we will see these people much if any again. Our child has learned how to stay put and not care what other people say and to continue to pursue his dreams. This mom will stand beside him come hell or high water and if I have to tell off a few more people in the process...then so be it.  Yes we are in a new church and they love us and we love them.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">                                                Now onto Fall and decorating.    </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For Part 1 of this series go <a href="http://www.cottagemakingmommy.com/2019/09/raising-special-needs-kid-in-small-town.html">here.</a> For Part 2 go <a href="http://www.cottagemakingmommy.com/2019/10/raising-special-needs-kid-in-small-town.html">here.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Thanks again friends for listening and to all of you who have reached out w stories about your friends, family members and churches. It means so much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Many Blessings,           </span><br />
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Raising a Special Needs Child in a Small Town Sucks Part 3

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Raising A Special Needs Kid in a Small Town Sucks!!!- Part 2

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<span style="font-size: large;">       </span><span style="font-size: large;"> A week ago our son got hurt at football practice. He was tackled and then 12 kids piled on top of him. They brought him over to sit on the sidelines. You think the pastor or his wife cared? No....they didn't even flinch...nor did the pastor's sister. One mom of the bunch was kind and asked if he was OK. If it had been one of their kids a scene would have been made and declarations of prayers on Groupme would be up. This is what we've dealt w on a weekly basis since sharing anything personal about our lives w these people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Another mom we met a few weeks before we left the church asked if her son and B could play video games together. I said yes. I even messaged her to let her know a few weeks later we had decided to leave the church and if they didn't want to stay in touch it was fine. She said they wanted to stay in touch and get the boys together. She even messaged me a few weeks ago to check in. I messaged her back the other day and she unfriended me. Aren't small town church pastors lovely?  So did the pastor's neighbor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">During this whole process I lost someone I considered to be a dear friend w whom the pastor's wife enclosed a copy of their private Facebook conversations in their letter to our family. I told the friend we were done. With friends like that...who needs enemies. So this past weekend...my former friend went w our former pastors to hand out a bunch of the stuff my hubby, dad and I donated to the homeless. Then they took pictures of themselves doing it and posted it on Facebook. What do you say to that????? All because I stood up to a woman who couldn't keep her mouth shut after telling her about our young son's past. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This my friend's is why people don't want to go to church. It's not because they don't want God....it's because they don't want judgement and pettiness. They want God. Just to be clear...God is love. Going to church isn't mandatory to get into Heaven.  I'm not even sure what these people are hosting is church. They are independent and don't report to elders and a hierachy...like other denominations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> None of what has happened to our family made any sense until I finally decided to Google to find out a little more about who these people are affiliated with. At no point in time...did the pastor's wife say...hey Valerie let's you and I sit down and talk and work this out. No phone call. They even lied to our son and said they sent him chocolates while he was in the hospital. No....this woman was trashing us and our son in the background and we still can't figure out why. What did he ever do to you or anyone for that matter? I told her when she sent me a message  w a praying hands emoji while our son was sick in the hospital saying she loved him I told her, whatever. Don't say you love people when you don't show up at the hospital when they have been sick for days. I also told her she cares more about shopping and socializing then she did about loving God's hurting people. Michael Kors purses and Chanel belts and tops are way more important to her than coming to pray w a sick child. No this woman is out for blood. She does her dirty work behind the scenes. It's a whole new world w pastor's wives who take duck faced selfies of themselves and their children and post it on Facebook. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I put in a prayer request to KLove radio explaining our situation (first time ever) asking for prayer and guidance and also sharing about all of this going on while my dad was being diagnosed w cancer and son being in and out of the hospital. The pastor was so moved he called me personally. Some of the first words out of his mouth were....I was kicked out of a church too...one I built and started in my home w 12 other people. He shared his heart w me as I sat in my car w tears streaming down my face. That my friends was God. God shows up when you need him the most. Never forget that. See Special needs kids are God's special gifts. He gives them to us and the world I really believe to teach us compassion and simplicity and how to love. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I remember at one of our Mom's of Men Bible studies in the park the pastor's wife saying....church people are the worst. Guess she knew that about herself in advance. If Tammy Faye Baker and Elmer Fudd had a baby it would be this woman. Not only is she ugly inside...she's ugly outside. Fake is the term I would use to describe her and that's what the people who also have had difficult encounters with her have said to me too. It's like being stuck in an episode of Mean Girls. Do you all remember the movie? I hated it then and I hate it now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The now former church people ( all 10 of them ) keep unfriending me on Facebook. The biggest gossip of them all is the Pastor's wife's sister-in-law. Ouch....that woman has yet to realize that loose lips sink ships. 2 people have told me what she has said about us. I didn't realize she knew us based on maybe 4 conversations I've had with her. Guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. </span><br />
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a system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object.</div>
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a relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister.</div>
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"a network of Satan-worshiping cults"</div>
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<div data-au="//ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/20180430/belief--_us_1.mp3" data-df="an acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists." data-ex="his <b>belief in</b> the value of hard work" data-hw="belief" data-lb="" data-tae="false" data-te="false" data-tl="en-US" data-url="/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNTZ3pjOrGke8il9p4RBae6pAhLgQg:1570631197507&q=define+belief&forcedict=belief&dictcorpus=en-US" jsname="sUPGue">
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<div data-au="//ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/20180430/persuasion--_us_1.mp3" data-df="a group or sect holding a particular religious belief." data-ex="the village had two chapels for those of the Methodist persuasion" data-hw="persuasion" data-lb="" data-tae="false" data-te="false" data-tl="en-US" data-url="/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNTZ3pjOrGke8il9p4RBae6pAhLgQg:1570631197507&q=define+persuasion&forcedict=persuasion&dictcorpus=en-US" jsname="sUPGue">
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<div data-au="//ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/20180430/group--_us_1.mp3" data-df="a number of people or things that are located close together or are considered or classed together." data-ex="these bodies fall into four distinct groups" data-hw="group" data-lb="" data-tae="false" data-te="false" data-tl="en-US" data-url="/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNTZ3pjOrGke8il9p4RBae6pAhLgQg:1570631197507&q=define+group&forcedict=group&dictcorpus=en-US" jsname="sUPGue">
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<div data-au="//ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/20180430/body--_us_1.mp3" data-df="the physical structure of a person or an animal, including the bones, flesh, and organs." data-ex="it's important to keep your body in good condition" data-hw="body" data-lb="" data-tae="false" data-te="false" data-tl="en-US" data-url="/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNTZ3pjOrGke8il9p4RBae6pAhLgQg:1570631197507&q=define+body&forcedict=body&dictcorpus=en-US" jsname="sUPGue">
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<div data-au="//ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/20180430/faction--_us_1.mp3" data-df="a small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics." data-ex="the left-wing faction of the party" data-hw="faction" data-lb="" data-tae="false" data-te="false" data-tl="en-US" data-url="/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNTZ3pjOrGke8il9p4RBae6pAhLgQg:1570631197507&q=define+faction&forcedict=faction&dictcorpus=en-US" jsname="sUPGue">
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<div data-au="//ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/20180430/clique--_us_1_rr.mp3" data-df="a small group of people, with shared interests or other features in common, who spend time together and do not readily allow others to join them." data-ex="the old-school clique" data-hw="clique" data-lb="" data-tae="false" data-te="false" data-tl="en-US" data-url="/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNTZ3pjOrGke8il9p4RBae6pAhLgQg:1570631197507&q=define+clique&forcedict=clique&dictcorpus=en-US" jsname="sUPGue">
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">Seems to fit our situation. Our son's counselor read over our messages, the letter and all the exchanges we had with these people. She even said, they have no idea how much they've hurt you or B and that you were reacting because you were hurt. She also said they aren't the type that care. She's a spirit filled Christian and even her 81 year old lifelong church going mom, who never comments on anything, said these people are clueless and wrong. They are in error. A simple situation that could be fixed with a conversation and a visit to the hospital has turned into this. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;"> There are a few things I know for sure that are fact when you are raising a child with special needs.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">1. You will be your child's best friend.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">2. People will abandon you. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">3. People don't want to understand.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">4. People will judge you.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">5. People will pity you.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">6. People will tell you you're their hero and then talk about you behind your back.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">7. School will be a challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">8. Social activities and social skills will be a problem.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">9. You will have to change churches often to not exhaust the people.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">10. Your marriage will be tested.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">11. People you thought were your friends will leave you.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">12. You will feel alone...alot.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">13. You will be judged. Everyday. Everywhere.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">14. People will tell you and everyone else what they think your child is capable or Not capable of.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">15. You will be tired.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">16. It's expensive. It will drain your pocketbook.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">Is it fair...NO. These children didn't ask to be born this way or for bad things to happen to them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">I always find it interesting so many people are Anti-Abortion but don't want to be the one's to deal with the difficult children now or into adulthood. They don't want to provide the resources necessary to survive.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">I love good days. Where fits are minimal, there are lots of smiles, we don't have to deal with lots of people's opinions and things seem normal. Those my friends are days to be treasured.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">Now we will go back to home and garden and recipe posts. Yes, I know some of you have asked about the goats. I will share them too.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">Peace Out my Friends.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">For part 1 of this series go <a href="https://www.cottagemakingmommy.com/2019/09/raising-special-needs-kid-in-small-town.html">here.</a> For part 3 of this series go <a href="https://www.cottagemakingmommy.com/2019/10/raising-special-needs-child-in-small.html">here.</a></span></div>
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Raising A Special Needs Kid in a Small Town Sucks!!!- Part 2

A week ago our son got hurt at football practice. He was tackled and then 12 kids piled on top of him. They brought him ov...

Home blessings , family life , homeschooling , special needs kids , summer

Tuesday, September 24, 2019 / 45 Comments

Raising A Special Needs Kid in a Small Town -----SUCKS!!! Part 1

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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A few weeks ago I went to stay a few days at my dad's while he was undergoing a cancer procedure...there was only a day in between his procedure and my son being hospitalized for 4 days.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">My hubby called and said, " you are going to be so pi----- off." I said, "why?" He said, " because they're kicking you out." What I said. Out? "Out of the church." He said. Now I don't think I've ever been kicked out of anywhere much less a church but that's where this story get's interesting. ***( Note...the church is a church plant and has maybe 10 adults besides the pastor's family. Not alot of people and is non-denomintaional so they don't report to an organization.)***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">See I know this is a Home and Garden Blog but dealing with family is part of dealing with our homes. As much fun as it is to decorate...you can't always get to that when you get buried under massive amounts of everyday crud when you are dealing with a special needs child.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We thought this time...we had found the right place. It was small, they believed in healing, they had activities, outreaches, the music was good, they were nice and lots of little boys my son's age.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">They even had a " Mom's of Men" Bible study in the park and it was nice to get to know people all around town that also were homeschooling because of a variety of needs. This time I thought we were lucky. My hubby enjoyed the pastor and the men's group they were doing....I loved the pastor's wife...she wasn't but a few years younger than me....and they had 3 little boys perfect in age to play with our son.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Get this... they all went to a co-op, had a party at their house, visited with a fairly good size network of other homeschool parents who also had lots of kids our son's age. SCORE!!! This time it was going to work out. The small town hell of having nothing to do and no services available for our little man was finally coming to an end. Doors were opening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">After a few Fri. lunch dates in the park, with a group of women and a pastor's wife who had all of these brilliant ideas ... I finally opened up about our little man's past. I spilled my heart to her....slowly...week after week...bit by bit....all about the trauma he suffered before he ever made it to us. Her sweet boys were so exhausted and begging to go home but she stayed and she listened and she encouraged me that things would look up for our little guy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">She started messaging with me on Facebook, called to check in when things were rough and even went to see him on his 2nd hospitalization with her husband. I felt like our little boy was finally going to have a NORMAL future....<i><b>whatever that is...</b></i> <b>Right.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We were even extended an invite to join the co-op, sent the links to join and enroll and they even accepted another local friend of mine and her little girl who too has special need of her own.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This time it was different. We had a <b>whole new future.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Fast forward ...... 3 months later and it all came crashing down...with no real warning. It all fell apart and here it is Fall and our world has been turned upside down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Gossiping women, judgemental moms, loony pastors, a superficial preacher wife, a youth football team that isn't playing our son and even a scandal that made the national news. We are sitting here saying what the heck....did we just go through. We didn't know these people at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So see I will tell you more in a few days but right now....I'm still trying to wrap my head around the enormity of it all. Despite the Hallmark movies we've all come to love.... most small towns are far from Mayberry U.S.A. Raising a family in a place where people love to gossip and churches are more like country clubs....scandals are always looming around the corner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So for a few more days I'm going to sit and think about how to tell you what all happened in our home and family during the Summer of 2019.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">For part 2 of this series go <a href="https://www.cottagemakingmommy.com/2019/10/raising-special-needs-kid-in-small-town.html">here.</a> For part 3 of this series go <a href="https://www.cottagemakingmommy.com/2019/10/raising-special-needs-child-in-small.html">here.</a></span><br />
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