[Faith-talk] some updates on Nick, and my day summarized

[Vejas Vasiliauskas]

RJ,
This is TOTALLY our place to get involved.  As a pastor, you 
should be super upset by the treatment that Nick is facing.
And why do we need "both sides of the story?" You hear about 
someone being sexually abused, do you need the rapist's sorry 
excuse of a story before you form an opinion?
Saying "this is not our issue" is such a low comment.  Too many 
people don't get involved in situations that don't pertain to 
them.  Do you know what we call them? "Innocent bystanders." I'm 
putting this in quotes because you are hardly being innocent,, 
you are implying that it's more than OK for Nick to be abused and 
mistreated.
If you were the pastor of my church, I'd leave.  You can be all 
about forgiveness while sitting in the pulpit but your true 
feelings can easily be known by searching Internet forums.
Vejas



 ----- Original Message -----
From: RJ Sandefur via Faith-talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org
To: "Beth Taurasi" <denverqueen1107 at comcast.net>, "Faith-talk,for 
the discussion of faith and religion" <faith-talk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 17:23:03 -0500
Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] some updates on Nick, and my day 
summarized

Beth, This is not our place to get involved.  We do not know both 
sides of
the situation.  RJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Beth Taurasi via Faith-talk" <faith-talk at nfbnet.org
To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion"
<faith-talk at nfbnet.org
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2015 5:15 PM
Subject: [Faith-talk] some updates on Nick, and my day summarized


 Dear list,
 An update or two on Nick: he's ok, but I don't know what will 
happen next.
 I've been in contact with Vallerie Yingling, and we were 
supposed to talk
 on this day at about 3 EST, but we couldn't, so I emailed her a 
bunch of
 information so she can look at that.  I was referred to Donna 
Prime,
 president of the Iowa affiliate.  I also emailed a reporter from 
the Des
 Moines Register last night, but I don't think we can get this in 
the
 paper.  Honestly, I'd like to know if there's any thing anyone 
knows about
 getting something in the paper, and what that could do to help 
Nick get
 the care he deserves, or rather, the rights plus care.  We spoke 
from my
 friend Haley's Skype last night, and Haley is his girlfriend in 
Illinois.
 Just a side note: some stuff I did today included going out to 
Job Club at
 the Atlantis building in Denver.  I learned stuff about resumes 
that is
 really surprising, and I feel more secure about my employment 
future.  So,
 just a praise report on this: I'm having fun at my internship, 
and I'm
 having a lot of fun with Outlook 2007, which I would normally 
hate with a
 passion when it comes to multiple email addresses, which I find 
useful
 with Thunderbird, but I find that my boss/instructor is really 
gentle and
 patient, and I'm surprised he puts up with me.  Smiles.
 Anyway, keep the prayers coming, I'm making some headway in 
making sure
 Nick is out of that group home and in a better state.  Some of 
you might
 have wanted a more factual statement concerning this young man's
 disabilities.  He has little to no useful vision, has been blind 
for a
 while, and has the use of one hand at times.  HE has some 
oversensitivity
 to pain, a classic symptom of Autism, and Autism and blindness 
sometimes
 go hand in hand.  I have friends who are autistic and don't live 
in said
 circumstances, and they're all awesome.  So I don't see why this 
has to
 happen at all.  Thank you all for your continued prayers and 
support.
 Beth

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