Today

Today we met our lawyer. We are so encouraged!

It's Official

Crack of dawn...no joke, I was served with documents from Patrick's lawyer by the sheriff department. From what I can tell I have 20 days to respond in writing.

It's official.

The lawyer made mention that he thought it was interesting that I only included one paragraph from the original letter I received from him in my last post.

What I didn't mention from his original letter, included the fact that the lawyer is suggesting we go to mediation with Patrick to clear up this matter, or that I simply remove the blog (specifically, all the embarrassing and humiliating parts about Patrick and his family) or the lawyer would suggest a lawsuit.

The lawyer also wanted to be clear by reiterating;

"This letter is not meant to minimize the terrible journey that your family and daughter have had to travel and will continue to travel as a result of Patrick's actions. I do not want in any way to minimize the effect that Patrick has had on your family. I believe that God's grace can heal all wounds no matter how deep they are.

I have a deep belief that Jesus Christ suffered the effects of all sin, sorrows, grief,and tragedy in the Garden of Gethsemane and on the Cross so that he would know how to succor us in our time of need. He will be with you and your family as you travel the path of healing. I know personally that Jesus Christ can take our burdens from us and completely heal any harm that we have suffered whether it be physical, emotional, mental,spiritual, or otherwise."

Now that you have this additional information do you like Patrick or his lawyer, Michael J. Davis (in Tacoma, WA) any better?

Reeling

I am still having a hard time processing that Patrick D. Rojas, level 2 sex offender, with at least six victims ranging from 1.5yrs old - 11yrs old, is threatening to sue me, my family, one of his victims families. And he is threatening to sue me for telling the truth!

An excerpt from the letter I received from the attorney representing Patrick:

"Some of what you have written about Patrick is not factual; it is supposition. Much of what you have written is private information that is embarrassing and humiliating in nature. Such disclosures can expose you to liability based upon Washington State law."

It's a mad, mad world!

I can't believe....

I still can not believe that the person who sexually abused my child is threatening to sue me!

Print Copies

I am checking into my legal rights for maintaining this blog as is....but in preparation of the possibility that I may actually need to remove important facts from my blog I would encourage anyone interested to print off specific posts. I have added a few specific links to some posts. Remember to print off pictures of Patrick and his family so you know who they are.

Discovery

What Eddie Knew

The Elders

Jairus Rojas

Recap

Ironic

Shout out to the Rojas boys

Eddies Resume

Eddies Location

Threat of a lawsuit

Patrick suing us?


In today's mail: If I don't remove personal information about Patrick and his family by June 4, 2010, the attorney Patrick hired will advise Patrick to take us to court for violating privacy laws.

Easter

Some victory on the road to spiritual recovery. My family went to church on Easter. It was rough getting there. We were battling some physical illness and general negativity that morning. Silently, I thought to myself that a spiritual battle was taking place. I knew we just needed to press on. We did. Honestly, I wasn't spiritually moved by my church experience but I considered the fact that I didn't even think of the Rojas family or our former church until halfway into the worship service, a victory.

It seems silly to say that being at church and actually not thinking about the Rojas family is a victory but because of all the betrayal from our spiritual leaders, their families, our church family and the way the word was twisted, it is a huge victory. We had been indoctrinated into some "almost truths." The kind of half truths that are so close to the truth that it's easy to miss that they are not really the truth at all.

Since all of this I have so many mixed emotions about church in general. For starters, is attending church even biblical? Fred knows what I mean. Anyway, that is another issue that I personally do not have the energy to debate. All I know is my understanding of what it means to be a "Christian" and to have a relationship with Christ has drastically changed since our family was victimized and betrayed from within the body of Christ. I know I do not need to attend a church to be a follower of Christ or to have a personal relationship with my Savior.

Why do I keep trying to go back? I am not really sure to tell you the truth. Not sure if I really want to or if I feel pressure from others to. I know that with very few exceptions that is what most of my Christian friends are quietly waiting for. I can't foresee ever having the love of church that I once did. I believe church will always be tarnished for me. That reality brings me to tears and to the end of this post.

Click on this link to hear this song: Your Hands by JJ Heller