The down side of being good at what you do is that we are really being tried now for our efficiency. Jealousy has gotten in the way and it seems that some key persons within the public areana of callers might be told to not have any contact with us.
But we are not here to make friends with LE. We are not here to kiss backside when the lives of citizens are on the line.
It's kind of like the tug -of-war between the LE and Bounty Hunters over the law trying to keep the bounty hunter from the media attention of catching the bad guy so they (LE) tell the bad guy that the bounty hunter is seeking for them. That's right. You'd be surprised in searching for a fugitive how fiercely the local LE works against the bounty hunter becuase if the bounty hunter catches the bad guy with his or her drive, ability, skills, then it shows up the LE so the LE works against the bounty hunter.
It is politics and about saving face not about finding the bad guy ot the missing person.
What is the answer?
The answer is in the independents organizations like Peace4, SMRO Missing Person Projects like ours, and others, standing our ground, keeping the pics out there, using our independent resources and skills and being determined in the face of opposition to do our jobs and callings, try not to focus on the lack of monetary rewards and focus on the treasures we will laying up in heaven if we hold our stand and keep seeking these folks and children who are missing...conduncing the talk shows, records searches, continuing to build networks across the land, partnerships, for instance, as a fomrer past professional trucker traveling the eastern seaboard I made lots of riends and know of trucking companies who wold be willing to palce pics of missing person at their terminals, hand out pics to their drivers to keep a look out for while on the road, and on and on...
Another "out" for helping is that we get double-crossed sometimes even by other private investigators and officials and even family members who are shallow and want credit before results. We share next thing we know is that we are sitting on back row while a media john is up front disclosing all of our secreats and tips never such as a courtesy mention of our name.
I made a Georgia law agent mad at me and he pouted and is still pouting because I would not lay down and play doormat to his ego and give up my sources on a missing case we are working now from a legal citizen standpoint...but we have to remind ourselves why are we here and what are we doing. Are we gleaning for votes for city council or are we working for families and victims? It makes the difference.
Jim
Jim Harnage
Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc.
Missing Person "Project Reward"
P. O. Box 1112
Lake Park, GA 31636
229-559-4996
229-300-4882
www.silentministries.org
http://jimharnage.ning.com
"Unity & Friendship Are Grossly Underestimated"
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Need An Attorney?
We respect the judicial system that operates this country today. However, we have discovered that the judicial system is not always available to those with limited access due to financial hardship.
Unfortunately, it is the very crimes against persons that have drained their pockets making it difficult and almost impossible to get justice or remedies against thos ecrimes committed against them.
Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc. began this outreach as a silent indicator to those individuals who need a voice to be heard behind the scenes for them on behalf of loved ones suffering domestic violence, rape, abuse, deprivation of memdical care, deprivation of due process and their right to life, liberty, and property.
Silent Ministries Citizen Project was placed on my heart while pondering the increasing needs of those who cannnot afford an attorney but jus as well need redress of thier grievances and damages.
No attorney? No jury? No redress? Take you needs to the high court. Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc, The Citizen Project, has discivered that court is not just for criminals but for those who yearn for redress before things get criminal.
Why do people commit suicide? Why men and women who never owned a gun and never hurt a soul all their lives suddenly turn sour and go what is called "postal" killing others?
First, it isn't all of a sudden. It takes months sometimes years of abuse, hurt, desperation, and overwhelming before the the lid blows off the keg of dynamite.
The mind gives and cracks and the flesh goes off on a spree of blood and murder.
Why does this happen? It's called "no hope."
Too many people feel that cold courts have frozen them out, corruption, doors slamming in their faces, reputations gone bad over rumors and people believing the worst of persons before they are proven innocent, and other factors,take away all hope of justice.
Sure their spouses were beating them. But the spouse is a law enforcement officer and a fishing buddy of the judge. The attorneys square off in the court room then go have a cold one together and discuss how they further each other's careers so they betray their clients and turn to corrupt pastors to plead for their sin's forgiveness.
Sure these battered and bloody individuals are telling the truth about abuse and stalking and they have spent months and years compiling their cases. Unfortunately, they are telling truth to corrupt judges and legal representatives who are doing anything but legally representing thier client. These money-mongerers are concerned about anything but justice because justice for them means telling the truth, making an enemy for truth, and losing bribes.
What do you do? Take it to the courts yourself. File your complaint, if not in State court, then in Federal court.
Can you do that? Yes you can and you should. Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc under the Citizen Project will assist you in getting justice and redress of your complaints under your rights under the United State Consitution.
You have a right to due process and equal protection under the law. America is still the land of the people. Majority does not make it so and though some Americans may feel in the minority you still possess rights and a process to guarantee those rights.
There is a Scripture on Old Testament that speaks of taking your possessions. It says, "Ramoth ( a city) is ours and yet we do not go and possess it." Possession is 9/10 of the law. You must possess what is yours and that means taking action. It is ok to have faith but one must put works to faith for it to work. It is ok to pray but one must put legs to their prayers and work for what they believe in.
Let us assist you in hearing your case before the courts. Do not wait on money. Don't wait on corruption for doing so will only make you an old man before you see relief.
Silent Ministries will help to determine if you have a federal case and if so what to do next.
Call us or write Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc The Citizen Project. Silent Ministries will request a copy of your case. You will be requested to sign a limted power of attorney. Filing fees apply along with "server" fees by the county sheriff or United States Marchall Service. You will be requested to make a small donation to help cover costs of paperwork, postage, and copies.
Be it rape, crimes against property, due process, lack of protection under the law, deprivation of rights, missing persons and lack of law enforcement interest, corruption, child custody, child support intervention for both parents or guardian, protection from domestic violence, child abuse, elderly abuse, or other abuse, public records investigations, or other issues, Silent Ministries is founded by 34 years of experiecne and a healthy, aggressive drive.
Silent Ministries uniquely carries self-defense weapons for sale and cell phones for individuals who cannot afford one and need to communicate in the face of an abuser or stalker.
With all due respect, Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc begs pardon of anyone who says that there is no hope for the American individual.
Join Silent Ministries today at http://jimharnage.ning.com and also view us at www.silentministries.org/
There is hope. There is God, you, good friends, loving neighbors, and Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc of Lake Park, GA.
Silent Ministries
P. O. Box 1112
Lake Park, GA 31636
229-559-4996
229-559-6832
229-300-4882
www.silentministries.org
http://jimharnage.ning.com
"Unity and friendship is grossly underestimated."
Unfortunately, it is the very crimes against persons that have drained their pockets making it difficult and almost impossible to get justice or remedies against thos ecrimes committed against them.
Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc. began this outreach as a silent indicator to those individuals who need a voice to be heard behind the scenes for them on behalf of loved ones suffering domestic violence, rape, abuse, deprivation of memdical care, deprivation of due process and their right to life, liberty, and property.
Silent Ministries Citizen Project was placed on my heart while pondering the increasing needs of those who cannnot afford an attorney but jus as well need redress of thier grievances and damages.
No attorney? No jury? No redress? Take you needs to the high court. Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc, The Citizen Project, has discivered that court is not just for criminals but for those who yearn for redress before things get criminal.
Why do people commit suicide? Why men and women who never owned a gun and never hurt a soul all their lives suddenly turn sour and go what is called "postal" killing others?
First, it isn't all of a sudden. It takes months sometimes years of abuse, hurt, desperation, and overwhelming before the the lid blows off the keg of dynamite.
The mind gives and cracks and the flesh goes off on a spree of blood and murder.
Why does this happen? It's called "no hope."
Too many people feel that cold courts have frozen them out, corruption, doors slamming in their faces, reputations gone bad over rumors and people believing the worst of persons before they are proven innocent, and other factors,take away all hope of justice.
Sure their spouses were beating them. But the spouse is a law enforcement officer and a fishing buddy of the judge. The attorneys square off in the court room then go have a cold one together and discuss how they further each other's careers so they betray their clients and turn to corrupt pastors to plead for their sin's forgiveness.
Sure these battered and bloody individuals are telling the truth about abuse and stalking and they have spent months and years compiling their cases. Unfortunately, they are telling truth to corrupt judges and legal representatives who are doing anything but legally representing thier client. These money-mongerers are concerned about anything but justice because justice for them means telling the truth, making an enemy for truth, and losing bribes.
What do you do? Take it to the courts yourself. File your complaint, if not in State court, then in Federal court.
Can you do that? Yes you can and you should. Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc under the Citizen Project will assist you in getting justice and redress of your complaints under your rights under the United State Consitution.
You have a right to due process and equal protection under the law. America is still the land of the people. Majority does not make it so and though some Americans may feel in the minority you still possess rights and a process to guarantee those rights.
There is a Scripture on Old Testament that speaks of taking your possessions. It says, "Ramoth ( a city) is ours and yet we do not go and possess it." Possession is 9/10 of the law. You must possess what is yours and that means taking action. It is ok to have faith but one must put works to faith for it to work. It is ok to pray but one must put legs to their prayers and work for what they believe in.
Let us assist you in hearing your case before the courts. Do not wait on money. Don't wait on corruption for doing so will only make you an old man before you see relief.
Silent Ministries will help to determine if you have a federal case and if so what to do next.
Call us or write Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc The Citizen Project. Silent Ministries will request a copy of your case. You will be requested to sign a limted power of attorney. Filing fees apply along with "server" fees by the county sheriff or United States Marchall Service. You will be requested to make a small donation to help cover costs of paperwork, postage, and copies.
Be it rape, crimes against property, due process, lack of protection under the law, deprivation of rights, missing persons and lack of law enforcement interest, corruption, child custody, child support intervention for both parents or guardian, protection from domestic violence, child abuse, elderly abuse, or other abuse, public records investigations, or other issues, Silent Ministries is founded by 34 years of experiecne and a healthy, aggressive drive.
Silent Ministries uniquely carries self-defense weapons for sale and cell phones for individuals who cannot afford one and need to communicate in the face of an abuser or stalker.
With all due respect, Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc begs pardon of anyone who says that there is no hope for the American individual.
Join Silent Ministries today at http://jimharnage.ning.com and also view us at www.silentministries.org/
There is hope. There is God, you, good friends, loving neighbors, and Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc of Lake Park, GA.
Silent Ministries
P. O. Box 1112
Lake Park, GA 31636
229-559-4996
229-559-6832
229-300-4882
www.silentministries.org
http://jimharnage.ning.com
"Unity and friendship is grossly underestimated."
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Silent Ministries The Prodigal Project
All this week I have had a burden on my heart centering around the missing persons case in my neightborhood that of Keith Rochelaeu pronounced Rushlow.
To some it appears an issue of lack of interest pervades and to others that restraint is just necessary on the part of LE.
Still, I cannot help but think about the shepherd, the good shepherd, not one who wants all the fleece and money, and no involvement with caring for the sheep, but the one who p[laces his or her life in jeapardy for his beloved friends and family whether they live beside him or a state away.
The good shepherd noticed that one sheep out of 100 was missing from the fold. He left the 99 in the fold safely and tended and traveled the rocks, caves, and ravinces until he located the precious sheep. Then he took the sheep back to the safety of the 99 and made up the whole family.
We pray that Keith be located safe and sound. But if he is not located alive we still believe he belongs with his family who love him dearly.
This should prompt the good shepherds, friends, neighbors, ministers, and services of law enforcement, to turn out in droves organized and in good atmosphere and faith seek and locate that one sheep that is lost out there somewhere.
Another thought that remains attached to my heart today is the psalmist who says that the Lord is my shepherd and comforts me and keeps me with his rod and staff for protection, safety, and guidance. We owe this to all men and women everywhere who have a loved one missing. Jesus said we are neighbors regardless of the distance between us and we have a responsibility to even one lost sheep.
Last, when the disciples complained to Jesus that there were people following him who also loved him who did not believe like them, act like them, or dress like them, Jesus admonished their presumption by asserting that He, Jesus, had sheep who were active in other folds that did not have their skin color, religious ethic, cultural ethnicity, or ways and manners of life. Jesus quickly set them straight that any one who loved him and the sheep could not be wrong.
By position of being a neighbor and shepherd whether minister or sheriff, but also as Christians we owe Keith Rocheleau and his family an obligation to set aside political aspirations and personal pains and organize and utilize the many talents and skills that are available from one another and maintain the search for this one lost sheep until we bring him home.
Jim Harnage
Silent Ministries
P. O. Box 1112
Lake Park, GA
www.silentministries.org
To some it appears an issue of lack of interest pervades and to others that restraint is just necessary on the part of LE.
Still, I cannot help but think about the shepherd, the good shepherd, not one who wants all the fleece and money, and no involvement with caring for the sheep, but the one who p[laces his or her life in jeapardy for his beloved friends and family whether they live beside him or a state away.
The good shepherd noticed that one sheep out of 100 was missing from the fold. He left the 99 in the fold safely and tended and traveled the rocks, caves, and ravinces until he located the precious sheep. Then he took the sheep back to the safety of the 99 and made up the whole family.
We pray that Keith be located safe and sound. But if he is not located alive we still believe he belongs with his family who love him dearly.
This should prompt the good shepherds, friends, neighbors, ministers, and services of law enforcement, to turn out in droves organized and in good atmosphere and faith seek and locate that one sheep that is lost out there somewhere.
Another thought that remains attached to my heart today is the psalmist who says that the Lord is my shepherd and comforts me and keeps me with his rod and staff for protection, safety, and guidance. We owe this to all men and women everywhere who have a loved one missing. Jesus said we are neighbors regardless of the distance between us and we have a responsibility to even one lost sheep.
Last, when the disciples complained to Jesus that there were people following him who also loved him who did not believe like them, act like them, or dress like them, Jesus admonished their presumption by asserting that He, Jesus, had sheep who were active in other folds that did not have their skin color, religious ethic, cultural ethnicity, or ways and manners of life. Jesus quickly set them straight that any one who loved him and the sheep could not be wrong.
By position of being a neighbor and shepherd whether minister or sheriff, but also as Christians we owe Keith Rocheleau and his family an obligation to set aside political aspirations and personal pains and organize and utilize the many talents and skills that are available from one another and maintain the search for this one lost sheep until we bring him home.
Jim Harnage
Silent Ministries
P. O. Box 1112
Lake Park, GA
www.silentministries.org
Silent Ministries Recovery Jim Harnage Lake Park, GA Missing Persons Project
Seminars and training. Support for Family of lost members and loved ones. Call on us to connduct a training for missing persons search teams utilizing hard evidecne and real time search techniques.
Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc is an advocate for victims of domestic violecne and abuse as well as advocate for victims of crime and deprivatino of Constitutional rights. PArt of our ministry is to asisst with filing your Constitutional rights deprivation suit in Federal court.
Victims Rights Advocacy as well as prisoner rights to medical care and counseling. Our goal is to lead offenders to make restitution to victims, assist family members of inmates with advocacy, child support interventino for both parents or guardians, grandparents,search and training of missing person teams.
The Citizen Project is an advocacy for the rights of Citizens. We advocate non-violecne and advocacy through diplomacy until all efforts are exhausted then we will attepmpt to assist with Federal court filings on behalf of children, victims, offenders and inmates for the purpose of turning thier lives around.
Silent Ministries founders Jim and Carolyn Harnage of Lake Park, Georgia head an aggressive drive to advocate for victim's rights and offenders rights and responsibilities.
Silent Ministries, Inc.
P. O. Box 1112
Lake Park, GA 31636
229-559-4996
Silent Ministries Christmas On Wheels for disadvantaged kids, school supplies, winter jackets, housewares for victims of burn-out of their homes by fires, and we are aggressively active on behalf of families with missing loves ones.
Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc does not require a fee in most cases but we do request a donation on behalf of the work we aggressively do and the responses we recieve on behalf fof our clients.
Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc Missing Persons Project is very pro-aggressive on behal fof missing persons, their families, and working with law enforcement.
www.silentministries.org/
http://jimharnage.ning.com
Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc is an advocate for victims of domestic violecne and abuse as well as advocate for victims of crime and deprivatino of Constitutional rights. PArt of our ministry is to asisst with filing your Constitutional rights deprivation suit in Federal court.
Victims Rights Advocacy as well as prisoner rights to medical care and counseling. Our goal is to lead offenders to make restitution to victims, assist family members of inmates with advocacy, child support interventino for both parents or guardians, grandparents,search and training of missing person teams.
The Citizen Project is an advocacy for the rights of Citizens. We advocate non-violecne and advocacy through diplomacy until all efforts are exhausted then we will attepmpt to assist with Federal court filings on behalf of children, victims, offenders and inmates for the purpose of turning thier lives around.
Silent Ministries founders Jim and Carolyn Harnage of Lake Park, Georgia head an aggressive drive to advocate for victim's rights and offenders rights and responsibilities.
Silent Ministries, Inc.
P. O. Box 1112
Lake Park, GA 31636
229-559-4996
Silent Ministries Christmas On Wheels for disadvantaged kids, school supplies, winter jackets, housewares for victims of burn-out of their homes by fires, and we are aggressively active on behalf of families with missing loves ones.
Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc does not require a fee in most cases but we do request a donation on behalf of the work we aggressively do and the responses we recieve on behalf fof our clients.
Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc Missing Persons Project is very pro-aggressive on behal fof missing persons, their families, and working with law enforcement.
www.silentministries.org/
http://jimharnage.ning.com
Cows, The Constitution, and Ten Commandments by Silent Ministires Member
Cows, The Constitution, and the Ten Commandments
> > Think about this:
> >
> > 1. Cows
> >
> > 2. The Constitution
> >
> > 3. The Ten Commandments
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > COWS
> >
> > Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad
> > cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada
> > almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the
> > state of Washington? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls.
> > But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering
> > around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow..
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > THE CONSTITUTION
> >
> > They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq ... Why
> > don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart
> > guys, it has worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it
> > anymore.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > THE 10 COMMANDMENTS
> >
> > The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a
> > courthouse or Congress is this -- you cannot post 'Thou Shalt Not
> > Steal' 'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery' and 'Thou Shall Not Lie' in a
> > building full of lawyers, judges and
> > politicians ..... it creates a hostile work environment.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Also, think about this ... if you don't want to forward this for fear
> > of offending someone -- YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM! It is time for
> > America to speak up!
Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc
The Citizen Project
P.O.Box 1112
Lake Park, GA 31636
www.silentministries.org
http://jimharnage.ning.com
229-559-4996
> > Think about this:
> >
> > 1. Cows
> >
> > 2. The Constitution
> >
> > 3. The Ten Commandments
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > COWS
> >
> > Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad
> > cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada
> > almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the
> > state of Washington? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls.
> > But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering
> > around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow..
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > THE CONSTITUTION
> >
> > They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq ... Why
> > don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart
> > guys, it has worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it
> > anymore.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > THE 10 COMMANDMENTS
> >
> > The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a
> > courthouse or Congress is this -- you cannot post 'Thou Shalt Not
> > Steal' 'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery' and 'Thou Shall Not Lie' in a
> > building full of lawyers, judges and
> > politicians ..... it creates a hostile work environment.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Also, think about this ... if you don't want to forward this for fear
> > of offending someone -- YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM! It is time for
> > America to speak up!
Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc
The Citizen Project
P.O.Box 1112
Lake Park, GA 31636
www.silentministries.org
http://jimharnage.ning.com
229-559-4996
Monday, August 24, 2009
The Citizens Project
Silent Ministries Inc., corporate headquarters in Georgia for Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach (SMRO) has now started assisting clients under their program, The Citizens Project.
The Citizens Project is a program devised by SMRO to help individuals fight for fairness and justice under the United States Constitution. All persons in the United States should be given their constitutional rights regardless of race, religion, sex, creed, ethnicity or age. Unfortunately, there are many people in this country who experience discrimination based on one of the fore mentioned factors.
The most common injustice in the United States is discrimination due to inadequate or insufficient funding or income. This affects individuals and organizations all over the country. When issues such as these are brought to light, all too often they are swept under the rug by corrupt government officials.
It is the promise of the Citizens Project under Silent Ministries Inc., led by Pastor Jim Harnage, to gather together as one people and become the voice which will fight for justice in all cases submitted for review.
If they do not have the funding to immediately take action on a case, they will do what they can without funding, while holding fundraisers to acquire the necessary funding for the case.
This is only one of many of the programs offered by Pastor Jim Harnage and the members of Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach. If you are an individual who has been exposed to domestic violence, sexual or physical abuse, child abuse, discrimination, custody or child support issues, you should most definitely get in touch with SMRO, Inc. and ask them about the programs available.
They have free counseling services provided by a college psychology student. If you are in need of someone to talk to or need help with counseling services and do not have the money, you may reach the Ministry Counselor, Miranda Rhuda, at misswriter415@aol.com
This ministry strives to provide low fee social services to all of those in need, regardless of social class or financial dependency. If you are interested in learning more, you may visit their website at http://www.silentministries.org Write directly to Pastor Jim Harnage at jharnage7@aol.com or write the ministry with a request at smrobadd@aol.com
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The Citizens Project
This is about opening the door to fairness and justice for individuals who have a strong case for deprivation of Constitutional rights but no money to afford an attorney. If we answer your request to take your case we are almost already certain we can assist you with winning. We will tell you the truth if you have a leg to stand on or if you need to pursue another route or back up, and live to fight another day.
We will assist with immigration issues and disadvantage persons such as babies being deprived of healthcare because they are a different skin color or nationality. Children made to work in the fields and used for sex by their parents in the migrant camps to pay their coyote fees, or "come to America" fees to illegal traffickers.
We are aggressive at Child Support Intervention and we help both parents. Custody, sexual molestation, police reports, discrimination, domestic violence, domestic violence and especially officer involved domestic violence, rights deprivation, pain and suffering, government corruption, U. S. Constitution rights deprivation especially with respect to equal protection under the law, and others.
Send us your case. We will review it, assist you in making recommendations, and if funds are not available for an attorney we will strive to locate a pro bono or low-fee attorney to take your case. We do not place as much store in pro bono projects as we once did but there are still a few out there who abide their commitment to offer some services free of charge.
No attorney?
This is where we are strongly developing The Citizen Project with an eye out for opposition. We the people was a strong and binding concept back then and we the people are still in control today we just do not exercise it. Discrimination, rape, murder, i.d.theft, crooked officials, dv, abuse, child support, deprivation of rights, DO Not stop just the people, the victims of this country, are going through some very tight financial times. We still need to be heard. We still need our damages to be awarded with fairness. There is still a need for professional child support intervention for the children. The needs of an individual do not just go away because he or she cannot afford to be treated fairly.
There still remains bias, discrimination, prejudice, police corruption, agency corruption into the 21st century. It just has a new name, a new agenda, wider lines of jurisdiction, and clean neighbors so we pay it little attention until we are stung by the scorpion and made overwhelmingly sick with the venom of cold attitudes toward our children in the emergency rooms because of race, color, religion or nationality.
Though I've ministered and been a pastor since I was 15 years of age I have always felt a great burden to address the plights of the battered, abused, discriminated, and disadvantaged (BADD). Recently while riding and praying it hit me like a ton of bricks...The Citizen Project.
This is our country and the only thing to fear is fear itself. We recently purchased our first home after pastoring and living in parsonages with my wife being fussed at by parishioners for changing the curtains or wanting her own refrigerator color. I was walking around the small piece of land with our home and office on it with future dreams and visions and all of a sudden...it hit me...this is mine! You can't run me off this. If I tell it like it is you cannot threaten me with the church council firing me. If I uncover corruption and inequity where children's lives are threatened and many have died, their deaths and burials covered up, lost and forgotten, before we could get changes made in my area.
People, this is your land! You do not work for Congress, Congress works for you. The Ten Bill of Rights and the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States are your bible to read and thank God for and then demand that they be enjoyed to the fullest extent. Not barring the Bible, the Word of God, this is our land, God is our God, and the citizens must exercise their voice to their Congresspersons that next year we are going to do a lot of firing at the polls.
You do not work for the landlord, the landlord is you and the government works for you. Let's join together at the polls next time and "fire" the most inept Congress that ever sat in the history of the United States of America.
From Washington to our state's assemblypersons and representatives who polish indifference with a million dollar smile and hope we swallow the condescending puke having threatened our children's Peachcare, tougher laws and regs on our elderly, failure to protect our elderly against crooked CEOs and company greed through which their savings and retirements disappeared overnight, cuts in postal worker's retirement instead of firing a postal director so tight he squeaks when he walks, state taxes, local taxes, federal taxes, user fees, universal fees, Johnny-come-home fees, so many fees on our phone bills and public services that we can't afford the long distance cross country to have a 10 minute conversation with grandchildren whom we've not seen in years and probably won't this year because we cannot afford the fuel...
Somebody pass the offering plate because I feel like preaching...fire their butts and send them home, take way their social security, take away their pay raises, strip them of all dignity, make them look like an idiot because in their fifties and sixties they are so spoiled they don't even know how to make their own coffee, let them pay their fuel to town to purchase groceries like we do, and make them have to post date a check just to get their child into the emergency room at 2 in the morning...this is what must be done to our Congress and most state representatives.
Completely abolish the Omsbudsman. Why? Because they are of no use anyway. Need them and they will tell you their hands are tied. Show them the law that says they have jurisdiction and must investigate corruption and listen to them tell you "I am sorry but my hands are tied."
So...fire their fanny...and place oversight of our children's agencies back into the hands of the people and the first time a pervert wants to fondle little jimmy then let's make the pervert cry tenor as we cut out the very manhood that made him a curse to our children. Tie the tubes that continue to spit out precious moments that end in evil memories and place every mother and father who do not know how to be a dad in the labor/delivery room nursing 50 wailing, hungry mouths every night till they are eighteen and maybe they will learn some responsibility.
With the thought of The Citizen Project I felt a heaviness and compassion for people whose cases would have turned out differently had they been capable of affording an attorney.
As a last resort we will research your case and assist you in building your case, offer recommendations, and assist with filing your case in court on a pro se basis...meaning without an attorney, a little known right of yours,
The Citizen Project concept bore heavily on my heart as I thought of the individuals who were deprived of their rights to protection, due diligence, damages for suffering and violated rights, yet could not afford an attorney because the court will not appoint an attorney except in a criminal case in contrast to the financially capable individual who gets off scott-free and smirks at the complainant as he/she struts out the court room knowing they have scaled the walls of justice yet again on the flying carpet of filthy lucre.
We will look at your case. Most cases and resolutions can be found in the decisions handed down by the U. S. Supreme Court and it is from there we begin our research.
Email at jharnage7@aol.com, call 229-559-4996, or write us. We will send you a limited affidavit to sign authorizing us to work on your behalf.
We will conference you and get your opinion and even asking you to help with your own case.
Be it child support issues, custody, divorce, missing person, officer involved domestic violence ( prefer the ones with the most challenge), deprivation of rights, child endangerment, Omsbudsman, CPS and CWS, migration issues and assistance with technical issues, protective orders for domestic violence victims, police reports, sexual molestation, The U. S. Constitution, discrimination, and other issues the American Citizen deals with daily.
This is The Citizen's Project. Put the word out.
Silent Mininstries Recovery Outreach SMRO/BADD
Silent Ministries, Inc.
Jim Harnage
SMRO, Inc.
P. O. Box 1112
Lake Park, GA 31636
We will assist with immigration issues and disadvantage persons such as babies being deprived of healthcare because they are a different skin color or nationality. Children made to work in the fields and used for sex by their parents in the migrant camps to pay their coyote fees, or "come to America" fees to illegal traffickers.
We are aggressive at Child Support Intervention and we help both parents. Custody, sexual molestation, police reports, discrimination, domestic violence, domestic violence and especially officer involved domestic violence, rights deprivation, pain and suffering, government corruption, U. S. Constitution rights deprivation especially with respect to equal protection under the law, and others.
Send us your case. We will review it, assist you in making recommendations, and if funds are not available for an attorney we will strive to locate a pro bono or low-fee attorney to take your case. We do not place as much store in pro bono projects as we once did but there are still a few out there who abide their commitment to offer some services free of charge.
No attorney?
This is where we are strongly developing The Citizen Project with an eye out for opposition. We the people was a strong and binding concept back then and we the people are still in control today we just do not exercise it. Discrimination, rape, murder, i.d.theft, crooked officials, dv, abuse, child support, deprivation of rights, DO Not stop just the people, the victims of this country, are going through some very tight financial times. We still need to be heard. We still need our damages to be awarded with fairness. There is still a need for professional child support intervention for the children. The needs of an individual do not just go away because he or she cannot afford to be treated fairly.
There still remains bias, discrimination, prejudice, police corruption, agency corruption into the 21st century. It just has a new name, a new agenda, wider lines of jurisdiction, and clean neighbors so we pay it little attention until we are stung by the scorpion and made overwhelmingly sick with the venom of cold attitudes toward our children in the emergency rooms because of race, color, religion or nationality.
Though I've ministered and been a pastor since I was 15 years of age I have always felt a great burden to address the plights of the battered, abused, discriminated, and disadvantaged (BADD). Recently while riding and praying it hit me like a ton of bricks...The Citizen Project.
This is our country and the only thing to fear is fear itself. We recently purchased our first home after pastoring and living in parsonages with my wife being fussed at by parishioners for changing the curtains or wanting her own refrigerator color. I was walking around the small piece of land with our home and office on it with future dreams and visions and all of a sudden...it hit me...this is mine! You can't run me off this. If I tell it like it is you cannot threaten me with the church council firing me. If I uncover corruption and inequity where children's lives are threatened and many have died, their deaths and burials covered up, lost and forgotten, before we could get changes made in my area.
People, this is your land! You do not work for Congress, Congress works for you. The Ten Bill of Rights and the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States are your bible to read and thank God for and then demand that they be enjoyed to the fullest extent. Not barring the Bible, the Word of God, this is our land, God is our God, and the citizens must exercise their voice to their Congresspersons that next year we are going to do a lot of firing at the polls.
You do not work for the landlord, the landlord is you and the government works for you. Let's join together at the polls next time and "fire" the most inept Congress that ever sat in the history of the United States of America.
From Washington to our state's assemblypersons and representatives who polish indifference with a million dollar smile and hope we swallow the condescending puke having threatened our children's Peachcare, tougher laws and regs on our elderly, failure to protect our elderly against crooked CEOs and company greed through which their savings and retirements disappeared overnight, cuts in postal worker's retirement instead of firing a postal director so tight he squeaks when he walks, state taxes, local taxes, federal taxes, user fees, universal fees, Johnny-come-home fees, so many fees on our phone bills and public services that we can't afford the long distance cross country to have a 10 minute conversation with grandchildren whom we've not seen in years and probably won't this year because we cannot afford the fuel...
Somebody pass the offering plate because I feel like preaching...fire their butts and send them home, take way their social security, take away their pay raises, strip them of all dignity, make them look like an idiot because in their fifties and sixties they are so spoiled they don't even know how to make their own coffee, let them pay their fuel to town to purchase groceries like we do, and make them have to post date a check just to get their child into the emergency room at 2 in the morning...this is what must be done to our Congress and most state representatives.
Completely abolish the Omsbudsman. Why? Because they are of no use anyway. Need them and they will tell you their hands are tied. Show them the law that says they have jurisdiction and must investigate corruption and listen to them tell you "I am sorry but my hands are tied."
So...fire their fanny...and place oversight of our children's agencies back into the hands of the people and the first time a pervert wants to fondle little jimmy then let's make the pervert cry tenor as we cut out the very manhood that made him a curse to our children. Tie the tubes that continue to spit out precious moments that end in evil memories and place every mother and father who do not know how to be a dad in the labor/delivery room nursing 50 wailing, hungry mouths every night till they are eighteen and maybe they will learn some responsibility.
With the thought of The Citizen Project I felt a heaviness and compassion for people whose cases would have turned out differently had they been capable of affording an attorney.
As a last resort we will research your case and assist you in building your case, offer recommendations, and assist with filing your case in court on a pro se basis...meaning without an attorney, a little known right of yours,
The Citizen Project concept bore heavily on my heart as I thought of the individuals who were deprived of their rights to protection, due diligence, damages for suffering and violated rights, yet could not afford an attorney because the court will not appoint an attorney except in a criminal case in contrast to the financially capable individual who gets off scott-free and smirks at the complainant as he/she struts out the court room knowing they have scaled the walls of justice yet again on the flying carpet of filthy lucre.
We will look at your case. Most cases and resolutions can be found in the decisions handed down by the U. S. Supreme Court and it is from there we begin our research.
Email at jharnage7@aol.com, call 229-559-4996, or write us. We will send you a limited affidavit to sign authorizing us to work on your behalf.
We will conference you and get your opinion and even asking you to help with your own case.
Be it child support issues, custody, divorce, missing person, officer involved domestic violence ( prefer the ones with the most challenge), deprivation of rights, child endangerment, Omsbudsman, CPS and CWS, migration issues and assistance with technical issues, protective orders for domestic violence victims, police reports, sexual molestation, The U. S. Constitution, discrimination, and other issues the American Citizen deals with daily.
This is The Citizen's Project. Put the word out.
Silent Mininstries Recovery Outreach SMRO/BADD
Silent Ministries, Inc.
Jim Harnage
SMRO, Inc.
P. O. Box 1112
Lake Park, GA 31636
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Ask Pastor Jim
Pastor Jim Harnage of Lake Park Georgia is opening his knowledge and years of experience to answer any and all questions of faith that you may have.
Please go to http://silentministries.org/askpastorjimharnage.html
He will provide you with an answer and guidance to all of your questions.
Please go to http://silentministries.org/askpastorjimharnage.html
He will provide you with an answer and guidance to all of your questions.
Why Join Our Ministry?
Joining our ministry will give you the peace of mind of knowing:
1. That you are making it possible for battered women and children to learn how to become free and proserpous through our classes and seminars.
2. That you are supporting a real, live evangelical ministry and orphanage in India with Pastor Dakes. We have witnessed this ministry and I know that God has placed Pastor Dakes there for a purpose. These kids, of whom I have photos of each one and their testimony, are being delivered rom sin, witch craft, educational ignorance, and hunger in this ministry.
3. That your donations and gifts make Christmas possible for "at risk" children.
4. That you support an international prayer ministry where you or a loved one can receive prayer any time day or night.
5. That you are helping us correspond with at least 20 inmates through bible studies and prayer support whose past lives on the streets of drugs, prodigality, promiscuity, rape, sexual offenses, deviations, perversions, or murder, has led them into a dead end road where they are shown their greatest need is God, how to repent, accept forgivness, ask others for forgiveness, and make life straight for the victims and themselves. Other ministries are working with hundreds of inmates but Silent Ministries felt the leading for one area of need and it is those involved in needing delieverance from abuse and domestic violence. We ask for the worst of the worst because that is from whence comes the greatest praises and thanksgivings.
Our desire is to see this ministry go international within 2009 and we need to train, pray, and equip others for this task. We hope that you will join us!
1. That you are making it possible for battered women and children to learn how to become free and proserpous through our classes and seminars.
2. That you are supporting a real, live evangelical ministry and orphanage in India with Pastor Dakes. We have witnessed this ministry and I know that God has placed Pastor Dakes there for a purpose. These kids, of whom I have photos of each one and their testimony, are being delivered rom sin, witch craft, educational ignorance, and hunger in this ministry.
3. That your donations and gifts make Christmas possible for "at risk" children.
4. That you support an international prayer ministry where you or a loved one can receive prayer any time day or night.
5. That you are helping us correspond with at least 20 inmates through bible studies and prayer support whose past lives on the streets of drugs, prodigality, promiscuity, rape, sexual offenses, deviations, perversions, or murder, has led them into a dead end road where they are shown their greatest need is God, how to repent, accept forgivness, ask others for forgiveness, and make life straight for the victims and themselves. Other ministries are working with hundreds of inmates but Silent Ministries felt the leading for one area of need and it is those involved in needing delieverance from abuse and domestic violence. We ask for the worst of the worst because that is from whence comes the greatest praises and thanksgivings.
Our desire is to see this ministry go international within 2009 and we need to train, pray, and equip others for this task. We hope that you will join us!
How We Got Started
E-ministry, or our email prayer ministry began about two years ago with one single prayer request from a mother of a twleve year old girl in Texas. The mother, Rhonda and I were doing a person's locate when she mentioned to me in a email that her daughter, 12 year old Abigail, had been taking treatments for leg bone cancer. They were praying for her healing. We joined them in special prayer along with the Aunt Judy. Long story short Abigail is healed today of leg bone ancer. She has been through some painful treatments and multiple surgeries but thank God, prayer, and the anointed field of medicine, Abigail is healed.
Rhonda, her mother, would alway send her emails to me signed "Searching for Rainbows." Rhonda, who is now a spokesperson for children at Texas' MD Anderson hospital who are undergoing treatments for potentially terminal illnesses now signs her emails "Seeing Rainbows."
We made a few emails encouraging others to send their prayer requests and the ministry developed into an international email prayer request ministry with approximately 1200 families representing approximatley 2400 prayer warriors praying for you. In 2008 Silent Ministries also began offering online abuse and grief counseling.
Individuals have been delivered from drug addiction, mental, and emotional trauma from abuse and domestic violence. Inmates have testified to accepting Jesus as Savior and recieve Bible courses through the Inmate Pen Pal Ministry. Others have testified to deliverance from depression, suicidal thoughts and tendencies, and witchcraft. There are testimonies of healings and family and marital recovery.
We strive to serve God as silently as possible but sometimes we have to shake the devil's front door to get his attention to the fact that we all are created by God for Him to use and to be at peace and no individual was created to be bound, beaten, battered, abused, or stay sick and depressed, discriminated, and discouraged.
We are all God's beautiful creation and God has a purpose for each of us. Our trials and suffeinrgs are what teaches us obedience and makes us graduates of His school to go forth and help others.
Please send us your requests and pray for us. If you wish to join us it is free. It is our vision in 2009 to open an International Community Chapel of Hope to teach the power of unity, love, prayer, and friendship. We already have a burden and vision for a mission program to a church in India with Pastor Dakes. We have recieved over 50 photos of children in that ministry and orphaage who are themselves being delievered from witchcrft and hunger and taught how to be self-supported. The power of unity is grossly underestimated. We will teach prayer and the Word.
We are blessed with the services of Ms. Miranda Rhuda to set up our newest web sites. We thank god for her skills and talents. We look for God to do great things in all of our and your lives as we all obey God.
If you wish to donate to this ministry it goes to support these ministries such as clothes, food, Christmas and birthdays for disadvantaged kids, stamps to correspond with inmates, self-defense products for the abused and battered, cell phones for the disadvantaged battered mother in imminent danger, protection orders and haven for battered women and children, child support investigations and child watch and security for "at risk" children, weekly messages, and inspirational books written by Jim Harnage on life, abuse, ovecoming, and how to stand up for yourself.
There are just too many arms of this ministry to mention here but we strive to work for God's glory. We ask for your love, prayers, and support but most of all we ask for your prayers. God is awesome and He has everything under control.
God loves you and we love you.
Jim and Carolyn
Rhonda, her mother, would alway send her emails to me signed "Searching for Rainbows." Rhonda, who is now a spokesperson for children at Texas' MD Anderson hospital who are undergoing treatments for potentially terminal illnesses now signs her emails "Seeing Rainbows."
We made a few emails encouraging others to send their prayer requests and the ministry developed into an international email prayer request ministry with approximately 1200 families representing approximatley 2400 prayer warriors praying for you. In 2008 Silent Ministries also began offering online abuse and grief counseling.
Individuals have been delivered from drug addiction, mental, and emotional trauma from abuse and domestic violence. Inmates have testified to accepting Jesus as Savior and recieve Bible courses through the Inmate Pen Pal Ministry. Others have testified to deliverance from depression, suicidal thoughts and tendencies, and witchcraft. There are testimonies of healings and family and marital recovery.
We strive to serve God as silently as possible but sometimes we have to shake the devil's front door to get his attention to the fact that we all are created by God for Him to use and to be at peace and no individual was created to be bound, beaten, battered, abused, or stay sick and depressed, discriminated, and discouraged.
We are all God's beautiful creation and God has a purpose for each of us. Our trials and suffeinrgs are what teaches us obedience and makes us graduates of His school to go forth and help others.
Please send us your requests and pray for us. If you wish to join us it is free. It is our vision in 2009 to open an International Community Chapel of Hope to teach the power of unity, love, prayer, and friendship. We already have a burden and vision for a mission program to a church in India with Pastor Dakes. We have recieved over 50 photos of children in that ministry and orphaage who are themselves being delievered from witchcrft and hunger and taught how to be self-supported. The power of unity is grossly underestimated. We will teach prayer and the Word.
We are blessed with the services of Ms. Miranda Rhuda to set up our newest web sites. We thank god for her skills and talents. We look for God to do great things in all of our and your lives as we all obey God.
If you wish to donate to this ministry it goes to support these ministries such as clothes, food, Christmas and birthdays for disadvantaged kids, stamps to correspond with inmates, self-defense products for the abused and battered, cell phones for the disadvantaged battered mother in imminent danger, protection orders and haven for battered women and children, child support investigations and child watch and security for "at risk" children, weekly messages, and inspirational books written by Jim Harnage on life, abuse, ovecoming, and how to stand up for yourself.
There are just too many arms of this ministry to mention here but we strive to work for God's glory. We ask for your love, prayers, and support but most of all we ask for your prayers. God is awesome and He has everything under control.
God loves you and we love you.
Jim and Carolyn
Monday, July 27, 2009
HACKER GOT US
Recently, our members may have noticed a very inappropriate comment by JazItUp4U.
It had very foul words in it. I do not know how, but someone else hacked our blog and put inappropriate words on our blog. We are in the process of fixing this. Please be patient and I really hope that it does not happen again. Thank you!
It had very foul words in it. I do not know how, but someone else hacked our blog and put inappropriate words on our blog. We are in the process of fixing this. Please be patient and I really hope that it does not happen again. Thank you!
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Florida Panhandle Pollution Investigated for Possible Carcinogenic Effects
May I ask you all to welcome Darrell Hocker. Please visit his page. Silent
Ministries, Inc is gearing up to make Darrell's cause our cause.
His 5 year old child is in remission of cancer. This cancer is suspicious of
being a result of point source pollution, a project that is affecting over 100
known individuals in the Florida Panhandle area.
We have been where Darrell and his family are today. Darrell has taken ove rthe
overwhelmig task of leading his community in an awareness program in hopes of
saving lives and preventing future cancers and illnesses.
We are agreeing in prayer for Darrell's child and for God to give Darrell and
his wife the fortitude and grace needed to see this fight through on behalf of
his child and the community.
Research Darrell's true life real time story. You will find many of his facts
and findings to coinicide with our investigation of a similar project in our
story Inside The Dixie Mafia and EPA Fails To Investigate.
Pray and contact your friends and family in the Florida Panhandle area to join
this site and become familiar with Darrell's story and a possible cancer plume
as a result of pollution from the Indian Head Project near Apalachicola and East
Point, Florida.
I pastored there several years and the people and area are dear to me. It
appears that I may be going back under dfferent circumstances this time.
Pray, pray, pray for this project as we hold up Darrell in prayers and support
and await the moment he calls on us for help.
Jim
Ministries, Inc is gearing up to make Darrell's cause our cause.
His 5 year old child is in remission of cancer. This cancer is suspicious of
being a result of point source pollution, a project that is affecting over 100
known individuals in the Florida Panhandle area.
We have been where Darrell and his family are today. Darrell has taken ove rthe
overwhelmig task of leading his community in an awareness program in hopes of
saving lives and preventing future cancers and illnesses.
We are agreeing in prayer for Darrell's child and for God to give Darrell and
his wife the fortitude and grace needed to see this fight through on behalf of
his child and the community.
Research Darrell's true life real time story. You will find many of his facts
and findings to coinicide with our investigation of a similar project in our
story Inside The Dixie Mafia and EPA Fails To Investigate.
Pray and contact your friends and family in the Florida Panhandle area to join
this site and become familiar with Darrell's story and a possible cancer plume
as a result of pollution from the Indian Head Project near Apalachicola and East
Point, Florida.
I pastored there several years and the people and area are dear to me. It
appears that I may be going back under dfferent circumstances this time.
Pray, pray, pray for this project as we hold up Darrell in prayers and support
and await the moment he calls on us for help.
Jim
Friday, July 17, 2009
Silent Ministries is asking for your prayers!
I am calling on all Nanas and Papas, mothers and dads, sons and daughters, and
friends for your help.
We are beginning case in California of alleged abuse of children by individuals
within departments which are sworn to protect them and to determine and uncover
government corruption in those departments.
This case will be our first of a civil rights case so we ask for your prayers.
God is bigger than any mountain that we can or cannot see.
We are requesting the assistance and awareness of local governments, the United
States Attorney General, California Attorney General, and the office of GAP or
Government Accountability Project.
Pray for a 5 year old daughter in Florida who is possible a victim, along with
hundreds of others, of a rare from of cancer than can be contracted through a
point source pollution. We are gearing up to assist this community when we are
called upon.
We ask for your prayers about a state mandate that could hinder private agenices
like ours from giving the needed assistance to children who are not recieving
their court-ordered child support.
We are initially undertaking a case in which the court has not enforced the case
where the children are owed over $40,000 in back child support. It is just what
the term means. Child support. Help us pray and support this case.
Love
Jim
SMRO, INC.
P. O. Box 1112
Lake Park, GA 31636
229-559-4996
friends for your help.
We are beginning case in California of alleged abuse of children by individuals
within departments which are sworn to protect them and to determine and uncover
government corruption in those departments.
This case will be our first of a civil rights case so we ask for your prayers.
God is bigger than any mountain that we can or cannot see.
We are requesting the assistance and awareness of local governments, the United
States Attorney General, California Attorney General, and the office of GAP or
Government Accountability Project.
Pray for a 5 year old daughter in Florida who is possible a victim, along with
hundreds of others, of a rare from of cancer than can be contracted through a
point source pollution. We are gearing up to assist this community when we are
called upon.
We ask for your prayers about a state mandate that could hinder private agenices
like ours from giving the needed assistance to children who are not recieving
their court-ordered child support.
We are initially undertaking a case in which the court has not enforced the case
where the children are owed over $40,000 in back child support. It is just what
the term means. Child support. Help us pray and support this case.
Love
Jim
SMRO, INC.
P. O. Box 1112
Lake Park, GA 31636
229-559-4996
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Georgia Child Support Scam Alert
October 2, 2007
ATLANTA (GA) – The Department of Human Resources (DHR) Office of Child Support Services (OCSS) along with the Governor’s Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA) would like to alert the public of a child support collecting company that is allegedly engaged in fraudulent practices in Georgia. According to OCA, a company named Child Support Services of Georgia is contacting non custodial parents to set up child support payments. Once contacted, consumers believe that they are in contact with the official State of Georgia, Office of Child Support Services when in fact they are being contacted by a company that has no affiliation with this Office. Allegedly, once those payments are made, the company pockets the money and the custodial parent doesn’t receive a penny.
"It is important the public is ma de aware of this possible scam that takes money out of the hands of deserving Georgian citizens" says OCSS Acting Director Keith Horton. "OCSS is the only official state support collection agency within Georgia and we have not authorized anyone to collect funds on our behalf. We take this type of allegation seriously and we will ensure that all reported activities are properly investigated and prosecuted to the fullest letter of the law."
According to the OCA, Child Support Services of Georgia has misrepresented themselves by advertising their location as Atlanta; however the company is physically located and operated out of Florida. They are also misrepresenting their affiliation to OCSS by claiming to collect funds on behalf of OCSS. After being contacted by Child Support Services of Georgia, consumers enter into written contracts with the company and are then charged significant fees and surcharges. After the company allegedly fails to deposit the collected payments into consumer’s accounts, consumers then experience difficulties in canceling their contracts.
OCSS and Child Support Services of Georgia are in no way affiliated. If you have been victimized by this company, please contact the Governor’s Office of Consumer Affairs at 1-800-869-1123 or 404-651-8600.
ATLANTA (GA) – The Department of Human Resources (DHR) Office of Child Support Services (OCSS) along with the Governor’s Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA) would like to alert the public of a child support collecting company that is allegedly engaged in fraudulent practices in Georgia. According to OCA, a company named Child Support Services of Georgia is contacting non custodial parents to set up child support payments. Once contacted, consumers believe that they are in contact with the official State of Georgia, Office of Child Support Services when in fact they are being contacted by a company that has no affiliation with this Office. Allegedly, once those payments are made, the company pockets the money and the custodial parent doesn’t receive a penny.
"It is important the public is ma de aware of this possible scam that takes money out of the hands of deserving Georgian citizens" says OCSS Acting Director Keith Horton. "OCSS is the only official state support collection agency within Georgia and we have not authorized anyone to collect funds on our behalf. We take this type of allegation seriously and we will ensure that all reported activities are properly investigated and prosecuted to the fullest letter of the law."
According to the OCA, Child Support Services of Georgia has misrepresented themselves by advertising their location as Atlanta; however the company is physically located and operated out of Florida. They are also misrepresenting their affiliation to OCSS by claiming to collect funds on behalf of OCSS. After being contacted by Child Support Services of Georgia, consumers enter into written contracts with the company and are then charged significant fees and surcharges. After the company allegedly fails to deposit the collected payments into consumer’s accounts, consumers then experience difficulties in canceling their contracts.
OCSS and Child Support Services of Georgia are in no way affiliated. If you have been victimized by this company, please contact the Governor’s Office of Consumer Affairs at 1-800-869-1123 or 404-651-8600.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Women's Worth
To my sisters in the Lord...
There comes a time in every woman's life when she has to take a close look at herself. Not at her circumstance, not at what she did, and not how unfair life is.
Women must look at themselves in the glory in which God created them. Women must look at their imperfections and acknowledge their humanity and flesh but they also must view themselves through the sacred mirror of impartiality and holiness that God views them through.
It is while gazing and meditating upon the true beauty of God in them that women will find faith and energy to fulfil God's purposes and destinies.
Be careful of what you are convinced of yourself. Caution yourself as to whose eyes you look through or see yourself through. Push ahead.
Have you ever admired a woman who has been through changes in her life? Or have you made up in your mind that she is just messed up. Before you make this mistake, take a closer look.
A woman who has endured the most unusual life is someone of wisdom, someone who has been chosen by God to go through things that have made her stronger.
Think of all the great women in the Bible: Mary Magdalene who was tormented by a past. Ruth and Naomi both spouses of weak-willed and weak-minded men. And the nameless woman (Mark 5) with a sickness that required her by the old law to cry "Unclean!" and separated her from doing business as usual or making friends. Have you ever felt like you have no name? no identification? Lost? No purpose? Does your sickness or trial make you fell ostracized and separated from society. Make you feel like you are a laughing stock. Makes it difficult for you to live as others would normally live?
Mary was a prostitute, a very uneasy woman. But by the time Jesus was done with her, she was His closest follower.
Esther was unfortunate in marrying an abusive man, but by the time God was done with her, she had married one of the wealthiest men in the land. Before we wonder, ' What's up with her?' ask yourself, 'What's up with me?'
That woman could be my mother, sister, aunt, in-law, stepmother, niece, grandmother, great-grandmother, neighbor, friend, or co-worker, etc. That woman could be ME.
Women were ordained, anointed, and blessed to be carriers of life. God never intended woen to be channels of abuse and vessels through which to convey death.
Let's build and encourage each other, as did Ruth and Naomi . Pass this to all the women in your life. Encourage and love, forgive and forget, and trust that the woman that receives this will be touched in some way. May the peace and love of Christ be upon you!
There comes a time in every woman's life when she has to take a close look at herself. Not at her circumstance, not at what she did, and not how unfair life is.
Women must look at themselves in the glory in which God created them. Women must look at their imperfections and acknowledge their humanity and flesh but they also must view themselves through the sacred mirror of impartiality and holiness that God views them through.
It is while gazing and meditating upon the true beauty of God in them that women will find faith and energy to fulfil God's purposes and destinies.
Be careful of what you are convinced of yourself. Caution yourself as to whose eyes you look through or see yourself through. Push ahead.
Have you ever admired a woman who has been through changes in her life? Or have you made up in your mind that she is just messed up. Before you make this mistake, take a closer look.
A woman who has endured the most unusual life is someone of wisdom, someone who has been chosen by God to go through things that have made her stronger.
Think of all the great women in the Bible: Mary Magdalene who was tormented by a past. Ruth and Naomi both spouses of weak-willed and weak-minded men. And the nameless woman (Mark 5) with a sickness that required her by the old law to cry "Unclean!" and separated her from doing business as usual or making friends. Have you ever felt like you have no name? no identification? Lost? No purpose? Does your sickness or trial make you fell ostracized and separated from society. Make you feel like you are a laughing stock. Makes it difficult for you to live as others would normally live?
Mary was a prostitute, a very uneasy woman. But by the time Jesus was done with her, she was His closest follower.
Esther was unfortunate in marrying an abusive man, but by the time God was done with her, she had married one of the wealthiest men in the land. Before we wonder, ' What's up with her?' ask yourself, 'What's up with me?'
That woman could be my mother, sister, aunt, in-law, stepmother, niece, grandmother, great-grandmother, neighbor, friend, or co-worker, etc. That woman could be ME.
Women were ordained, anointed, and blessed to be carriers of life. God never intended woen to be channels of abuse and vessels through which to convey death.
Let's build and encourage each other, as did Ruth and Naomi . Pass this to all the women in your life. Encourage and love, forgive and forget, and trust that the woman that receives this will be touched in some way. May the peace and love of Christ be upon you!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Case / Client Update
As a result of our letter writing campaign and efforts on behalf of our client, she has recieved her first child support check for $200. She also has a court date to get her case revised and improved.
I am also currently working on getting her brother a new trial in Texas based on with held evidence.
Love
Jim
I am also currently working on getting her brother a new trial in Texas based on with held evidence.
Love
Jim
Inspiring Letter from Pastor Harnage to Anonymous Client
This is a letter to one of our clients from Pastor Harnage:
Your story of 20 years reminds me of the Jew's oppression at the hands of the Egyptians when God sent Moses to them with a message. Exodus 3:7 "...I have seen the affliction of my people...and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters...for i know their sorrows and I am come down to deliver them out...and bring them up...unto a good land and a large...the cry of the children is come unto me...and I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them with. verses 7-10.
God has seen yours and your husband's sorrows. God has heard your cries. He has seen how you have been hard timed and oppressed by people who are jealous of you, your lives, your happiness, your stand, and your success. God has sent before you a wind to prepare a way for triumph for you and the kids. It is not for us to understand the why. It is for us to know that God is in control regardless of what it looks like.
By faith, you, your husband, and Carolyn ( my sife of 32 years) and i agree together on God's promises in Acts 16:31...and thou shalt be saved and thy house." When Satan has accosted us and our house, children, home, job, sickness, or otherwise I keep remembering the promises of God where He promised me my house.
I am ready for deliverance and victory for my house and your house and other's homes who are trusting God in the middle of the storm.
Again, let's agree on the Word which is the will of God that says...Peace, be still." (Jesus).
In Jesus' name we speak peace, be still to this storm while God works. We speak a word of faith and ask god to give you your house and all that is therein from the front post to the back post from one side to the other and that God, in Jesus' name give you double for your trouble!" Amen. I feel the presence of the Lord through this keyboard right now.
Let's agree and believe God. We claim those kids, your safety, that God melt hearts and those who are hiding behind doors that God expose them like only he knows how.
Here are other promises we want to hold onto, agree with, and spek by faith. There are so many but here a few. We are believing God with you for a total and monumental victory. Let's just take a moment and worship God and praise Him for being God. Amen.
Jeremiah 32:27. Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me?"
Isaiah Chapter 35.
Isaiah 41: 10-20. All those who were inflamed against you shall be embarrassed, ashamed, and frustrated and they will be as nothing. Those who strive with you will persih.. Those who war with you shall be as nothing. You will seek them and not find them.
Isaiah 43.
Isaiah 51:11-13
Isaiah 53:4. Do not fear. FOr you will not be ashamed. You will not become frustrated. You will forget the shame of your youth and you will not remember your widowhood any longer.
Jim and Carolyn Harnage
Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc.
P.O.Box 1112
Lake Park, GA 31636
229-559-6832
229-300-4882
A 501(c)3 Organization
www.silentministries.org/
http://silentministriesrecoveryoutreach.blogspot.com/
No fee social services. A gift of any amount makes you a member of an aggressive 501c3 ministry organization. All supporters or donors recieve a reciept.
Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc. Incorporated and registered with the Secretary of State of Georgia.
Owners and proprieters have over 30 years experience in pastoral ministry, office administration, research, sales, collections, small business advocates, child support asistance, investigatory, and other social services assistance.
Child Support Recovery, Pro Se Assistance, Collections, Power of Attorney, Limited Power of Attorney, Elder Services, Corporate Filing Assistance, Domestic Violence-Abuse Seminars, Life Bible & Family Certificate Studies, Protective Orders, Divorce Pro Se,Order of Contempt, Forma Pauperis, Pro Bono Search, Public Records and Assets Search, Child Guard (Local), Missing Persons Locate, Inmate Advocacy, Request New Trial, Request Health Care, Consumer Protection and Advocacy, Protect Your Savings and Profit Sharing, Delivery and Transportation Services, Courier, Employment Search Assistance, Indigent-Homeless Advocacy, Child Advocacy, Pastoral Ministries.
Your story of 20 years reminds me of the Jew's oppression at the hands of the Egyptians when God sent Moses to them with a message. Exodus 3:7 "...I have seen the affliction of my people...and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters...for i know their sorrows and I am come down to deliver them out...and bring them up...unto a good land and a large...the cry of the children is come unto me...and I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them with. verses 7-10.
God has seen yours and your husband's sorrows. God has heard your cries. He has seen how you have been hard timed and oppressed by people who are jealous of you, your lives, your happiness, your stand, and your success. God has sent before you a wind to prepare a way for triumph for you and the kids. It is not for us to understand the why. It is for us to know that God is in control regardless of what it looks like.
By faith, you, your husband, and Carolyn ( my sife of 32 years) and i agree together on God's promises in Acts 16:31...and thou shalt be saved and thy house." When Satan has accosted us and our house, children, home, job, sickness, or otherwise I keep remembering the promises of God where He promised me my house.
I am ready for deliverance and victory for my house and your house and other's homes who are trusting God in the middle of the storm.
Again, let's agree on the Word which is the will of God that says...Peace, be still." (Jesus).
In Jesus' name we speak peace, be still to this storm while God works. We speak a word of faith and ask god to give you your house and all that is therein from the front post to the back post from one side to the other and that God, in Jesus' name give you double for your trouble!" Amen. I feel the presence of the Lord through this keyboard right now.
Let's agree and believe God. We claim those kids, your safety, that God melt hearts and those who are hiding behind doors that God expose them like only he knows how.
Here are other promises we want to hold onto, agree with, and spek by faith. There are so many but here a few. We are believing God with you for a total and monumental victory. Let's just take a moment and worship God and praise Him for being God. Amen.
Jeremiah 32:27. Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me?"
Isaiah Chapter 35.
Isaiah 41: 10-20. All those who were inflamed against you shall be embarrassed, ashamed, and frustrated and they will be as nothing. Those who strive with you will persih.. Those who war with you shall be as nothing. You will seek them and not find them.
Isaiah 43.
Isaiah 51:11-13
Isaiah 53:4. Do not fear. FOr you will not be ashamed. You will not become frustrated. You will forget the shame of your youth and you will not remember your widowhood any longer.
Jim and Carolyn Harnage
Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc.
P.O.Box 1112
Lake Park, GA 31636
229-559-6832
229-300-4882
A 501(c)3 Organization
www.silentministries.org/
http://silentministriesrecoveryoutreach.blogspot.com/
No fee social services. A gift of any amount makes you a member of an aggressive 501c3 ministry organization. All supporters or donors recieve a reciept.
Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc. Incorporated and registered with the Secretary of State of Georgia.
Owners and proprieters have over 30 years experience in pastoral ministry, office administration, research, sales, collections, small business advocates, child support asistance, investigatory, and other social services assistance.
Child Support Recovery, Pro Se Assistance, Collections, Power of Attorney, Limited Power of Attorney, Elder Services, Corporate Filing Assistance, Domestic Violence-Abuse Seminars, Life Bible & Family Certificate Studies, Protective Orders, Divorce Pro Se,Order of Contempt, Forma Pauperis, Pro Bono Search, Public Records and Assets Search, Child Guard (Local), Missing Persons Locate, Inmate Advocacy, Request New Trial, Request Health Care, Consumer Protection and Advocacy, Protect Your Savings and Profit Sharing, Delivery and Transportation Services, Courier, Employment Search Assistance, Indigent-Homeless Advocacy, Child Advocacy, Pastoral Ministries.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Folding Toy Beach Chairs Recalled by Build-A-Bear Workshop Due to Laceration Hazard
NEWS from CPSC and HC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission & Health Canada
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 14, 2009
Release # 09-220
Firm's Recall Hotline: (866) 236-5683
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
HC Media Contact: (613) 957-2983
Folding Toy Beach Chairs Recalled by Build-A-Bear Workshop Due to Laceration
Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health
Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary
recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled
products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Folding Toy Beach Chair for Stuffed Animals
Units: About 260,000 chairs in the United States and 9,700 in Canada
Importer: Build-A-Bear Workshop(r), of St. Louis, Mo.
Hazard: This toy chair legs can bruise, pinch or cut fingers if caught while
folding.
Incidents/Injuries: There have been eight injuries reported.
Description: This recall involves a wood frame, canvas seat, toy beach chair for
stuffed animals. Some styles include an attached pillow. The toy chairs are blue
(style #'s 002281, 004463, 009907, 011565, 102281, 109907, 111565), red (style
#'s 007391, 011566, 107391, 111566), fuchsia/white stripe (style #'s 013226,
113226), Orange/white stripe (style #'s 013227, 113227).
Sold by: Build-A-Bear Workshop stores nationwide and online at
www.buildabear.com from March 2001 through October 2008 for about $8 in the US
and from March 2003 through October 2008 in for about $10 in Canada.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Return the toy beach chair to any Build-A-Bear Workshop store to receive
an $8 USD/$10 CDN store coupon. If it is not possible to return the toy chair to
a store, you can contact the company for alternate instructions on receiving a
refund.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, please contact the Build-A-Bear
Workshop toll-free at (866) 236-5683 Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 6
p.m. CT, Saturday 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. CT, or visit the company's Web site at
www.buildabear.com (PDF)
Note: Health Canada's press release can be seen at http://209.217.71.106/PR/recall-retrait-e.jsp?re_id=748
To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including pictures of the recall product,
please go to: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09220.html
From Bitter to Better
Since you are surrounded by so many witnesses who have won before you strip off and throw aside every unnecessary weight and that tendency to quit that so overwhelms you and run with patient enduracne and with steady and active perseverance and persistence the rase that is before you. Look away from all distractions unto Jesus the Leader, Source, and Finisher of our faith Who endured the cross and ignored the shame and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Do not be weary and lose heart. Hebrrews 12:1-3 Amplified Bible.
You began a job today. You took on a project. And now you are having second thoughts. You can do this. Break out of the norm. Expand your coasts and borders and pray God to keep you from evil as you serve him in your capacity. You are in God's will today. Go from bitter to better and don't quit now.
Love;
Jim and Carolyn
Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc.
Nationwide faith-based non-profit social services, pro se assists, pro bono assist, consumer rights complaints, child support assistance and recovery, collections negotiations, corporate filings and 501c3 partnership, prison ministry, inmate health care complaints, pen pals, legal research, domestic violence and abuse seminars, "From Bitter To Better" Life Seminars, victim protection and relocation, clothing, food, partnership fundraisers.
Jim and Carolyn Harnage
Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc.
A 501c3 Non-Profit
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Our Personal Relationship with S.T.O.P.
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Psychology of Abuse
Secure attachment in childhood nurtures social competence. When circumstances prevent a child from forming attachments, they are often withdrawn, frightened or even speechless. These affects can last into adulthood. Serious emotion scars will be present for the remainder of their life.
This is often the case with abused children, such as those who have been raised in a home or location where there is little stimulation and attention from their primary caregiver. In worse situations it may be actual extreme neglect and emotional, physical or sexual abuse.
Often into adulthood the emotional scars represent themselves in either fear or aggression. It often causes issues with partnering. Some abuse victims who have children will often feel neglectful and/or abusive to their young.
The unloved become unloving. Most parents, who have abused their children, will admit to being abused themselves. Many inmates convicted of violent crimes or murder will also confess to being abused in childhood.
Does this mean that today's victim is tomorrow's victimizer? No, it is not always that. As a matter of fact, if the abuse was isolated to early childhood, children who are abused are more likely to not become abusive or turn into violent criminals. They have the opportunity to become normal adults. However, treatment of emotional scars is necessary and the isolation from the abuse must take place in early years. The older the child is when being abused, the longer it will take to recover… possibly causing issues in adulthood.
Young children who are terrorized by physical abuse often suffer from symptoms such as nightmares, depression, eating disorders, substance abuse or aggression. Sexual abuse if severe and prolonged, place children at risk for health problems, psychological disorders substance abuse and criminality.
Children are generally very resilient, however when extreme childhood trauma is experienced, permanent footprints can be left on the brain. When repeatedly threatened, causing a fear response in the body, the brain chemical of serotonin (which calms aggressive impulses) is made sluggish. The brain literally produces less natural aggression calming chemicals from repeated fear experiences. This is what causes aggressive teens and/or adults.
"Stress can set off a ripple of hormonal changes that permanently wire a child's brain to cope with a wicked world," said researcher Martin Teicher (2002).
Psychological research shows that twins (with the same genes, same parents, and same habitat) will grow up substantially different if one is abused and one is not. The twin, who has suffered sexual abuse including intercourse, has greater risk of depression, anxiety and substance abuse than their twin.
Although child abuse increases the risk of depression, many abused people do not suffer from depression and most depressed people have not been sexually abused.
There is a chance for a normal life for those who have abused as children or adults, but you must act now!! Take the steps needed to improve the life of someone abused now… you might be their only chance at living unaffected.
REFERENCES
Myers, David G. Psychology: 8th Edition in Modules
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Recall - Dahon and REI Novara Folding Bicycles Recalled Due to Fall Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation
with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following
consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately
unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: 2008 model year Dahon and REI Novara Folding Bicycles
Units: About 11,500
Importers: Dahon California Inc., of Duarte, Calif. and Recreational Equipment
Inc. (REI), of Kent, Wash.
Hazard: The hinge on the handlepost can crack, posing a fall hazard.
Incidents/Injuries: There have been 25 reports of the handlepost hinge on these
bicycles cracking, including one minor injury involving scrapes and bruises.
Description: This recall involves model year 2008 Dahon and REI Novara folding
bicycles. The models included in the recall are as follows:
Dahon Ciao P8, Curve D3, Curve SL, Glide P8, Jetstream P8, Mu P8,
Mu P24, MU SL, Mu XL Sport, Vitesse D7 HG, Speed D7,
Speed P8, Speed TR, Speed Pro TT, Mariner D7
REI Novara Buzz FlyBy and FlyBy Shuttle
The words "Dahon" or "Novara" and the model name are printed on the bicycle.
Hinges with an "R" embossed on the face of the upper handlepost hinge and/or a "Radius Handlepost" sticker on the handlepost are not included in the recall.
Sold by: Authorized Dahon California dealers and REI stores nationwide from
March 2008 through April 2009 for between $430 and $1,300.
Manufactured in: Taiwan and China
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop riding these bicycles and contact any
Dahon California dealer or REI store for a free inspection and repair.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Dahon California at (800)
442-3511 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. PT Monday through Friday or visit the firm's
Web site at www.dahon.com
Torcofix/Torcoflex and Mountz Torque Wrenches Recall
Name of Product: Torcofix/Torcoflex and Mountz Torque Wrenches
Units: About 670
Importer: Mountz Inc., of San Jose, Calif.
Manufacturer: Richard Abraham Herder KG, of Solingen, Germany
Hazard: The internal spring mechanism on the wrench can fail or break, allowing
bolts or screws to break or become unscrewed, posing a risk of injury to the
user or bystander.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Description: The wrenches were sold under three styles names: Richard Abraham
Herder KG "Gedore/Rahsol" label, the Mountz "Titan" label, and the Mountz
"Erico" label. Only wrenches with the serial numbers within the following ranges
are included in the recall:
From serial no. | To serial no.
1268368 | 1341104
A003977 | A039760
B000493 | B032301
C000001 | C017795
E000001 | E020205
F000001 | F013249
H000001 | H000128
2174340 | 2230753
Recalled wrenches include the following product/brand names and model numbers:
Product/Brand | Name Model Nos.
GEDORE/RAHSOL TORCOFIX K with Ratchet | 4550-10; 4550-20; 4550-30; 4550-40
GEDORE/RAHSOL TORCOFLEX K with Ratchet | 3550-07; 3550-10; 3550-20; 3550-30;
3550-2006
GEDORE/RAHSOL TORCOFIX Z with Spigot | 4410-01; 4420-01; 4430-01; 4440-01
GEDORE/RAHSOL TORCOFIX SE with rectangle holder | 4100-01; 4200-02; 4201-01;
4300-01; 4301-01
GEDORE/RAHSOL TORCOFIX K US with Ratchet | 6550-15; 6551-07; 6551-10; 6551-30;
6551-60
MOUNTZ TITAN with Ratchet | 280012; 280013; 280014
MOUNTZ TITAN with Spigot | 280022; 280023; 280024
MOUNTZ ERICO ELT110D with Ratchet | Unavailable
The serial number is printed on the side of every torque wrench and the model
number is printed on the label on the front and the back of the steel tube.
Sold by: Mountz Inc. through wholesale catalog sales and wholesale through
industrial distributors, private label (Erico) and direct to OEM's mostly in
North America from July 2006 through April 2008 for between about $150 and $300.
Manufactured in: Solingen, Germany
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled wrenches and
contact Richard Abraham Herder KG to receive a repair or replacement wrench.
Recalled wrenches can be sent to:
KLANN Tools, Inc.
7187 Bryhawke Circle, Suite 700
North Charleston, SC 29418
Mountz, Inc.
1080 North 11th Street
San Jose, CA 95112
Consumer Contact: For additional information, please contact KLANN Tools
toll-free at (866) 367-5526 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday,
e-mail klanntools@knology.net or visit the firm's Web site at
www.klanngedore.com
To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including pictures of the recalled
products, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09212.html
Abalone and Venetian Carnevale Necklace Craft Kits Recall
Name of product: Abalone and Venetian Carnevale Necklace Craft Kits
Units: About 2,900 in the United States and 36 in Canada
Importer: Action Products International Inc., of Ocala, Fla.
Hazard: The lobster clasps in both craft kits contain high levels of lead. The
Abalone Necklace's pendant also contains high levels of lead. Lead can be toxic
if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Description: The recall includes the children's jewelry craft kits "Abalone
Necklace" (item #67117) and "Venetian Carnevale Necklace" (item #67118). Both
kits contain components to assemble necklaces including charms, beads, wire and
clasps. The kit's name, model number, and "Curiosity Kits" are printed on the
product's packaging.
Sold at: Various retailers in the U.S. and Canada from June 2007 through April
2009 for about $6.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled children's craft
necklaces away from children and contact Action Products International to
arrange for the necklace's return and to receive a free replacement. Shipping
will be free for consumer returns.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Action Products
International at (800) 772-2846 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, or visit the
firm's Web site at www.APII.com
Note: Health Canada's press release can be seen at http://209.217.71.106/PR/recall-retrait-e.jsp?re_id=737
To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including pictures of the recalled
products, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09211.html
Saturday, May 9, 2009
What is Counseling? By Miranda Rhuda – Psychology Undergrad and Ministry Agent
Counseling is a relationship between a skilled/trained individual and a person who is seeking help. Both the skills of the helper (or counselor) and the atmosphere in which the counselor creates, assists those seeking help to learn to relate with themselves and others in more productive ways.
Usually, counselors are psychologists who have undergone rigorous training and/or received their doctoral degree. However, this is not always the case. A counselor may not have received their psychology degree, but may be a clinical practitioner with the proper training. However, a counselor must have the personality to help people, not only the required skills. Without the proper personality, the skills are useless.
Client and counselor relationships should be therapeutic, never degrading. The point of a client/counselor relationship is to empower the client so that they will no longer need a counselor to soothe their anxiety, deal with problems or validate their self worth.
A client cannot build a relationship with others until they have built a position relationship with their "self". They must explore and know what they like, dislike, distrust and/or hate. They need to establish and build positive values, expectations and lives. Once this task is completed, they can them move on to exploring a relationship with others.
Removing the symptoms of a client will not alone remove the problem. The problem will again resurface, therefore a counselor must educate the client on how to properly deal with the problem when and if it surfaces again. The counselor must educate the client on both interpersonal and intrapersonal skills to achieve this goal.
Interpersonal skills are things such as assertiveness and conflict resolution. Intrapersonal skills are doing things like praising yourself when you deserve it and not taking the blame for the mistakes or bad decisions of others. You must learn to not take everything so personally!
If you are interested in counseling services, please contact Miranda Rhuda with Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach. Services are free. Send me an e-mail to misswriter415@aol.com or smrobadd@aol.com
You may also read more about Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach by visiting http://www.silentministries.org
Saturday, May 2, 2009
How to Become a Penny Pincher - Money Saving Tips
Do not buy something JUST because it is on sale. Only buy what you need, WHEN it is on sale.
Do not waste money thinking that you have to get a new car every five years. You will never get ahead that way.
Brown bag your lunch to work, rather than buying or eating out.
Use public transportation when possible, it is cheaper than gas.
Lotteries are a waster of money and a tax for the naieve. Do not waste your money on lottery. This should be spending cut #1.
Only shop for clothes when you absolutely NEED to. When your clothes are worn, have holes or are faded and you can no longer wear them and look decent, that is when you should purchase new clothes. You can only wear a max of 14 outfits a week (and that is wearing two a day). There is no need to own 300 items of clothing.
Pay off your credit card balance whenever possible. There is no reason to THROW money away into the INTEREST trashcan.
If you were to lose your job, you should have enough money to cover your household for six months. This should be the emergency savings and it should be goal #1 for getting ahead.
Making more money is not the answer to your troubles. Spending less is the answer. If you made more, you would just spend more and you would be in the same boat as you are now.
You should be saving at least 10% of your gross income. The ideal target is 15 to 20%. Saving is a great addiction when you begin to see the numbers of that account begin to build up. You will want to make it grow and grow more. It makes you feel like you are worth more when you can say that you have "X" amount of money.
How to Save and Become a Penny Pincher for Household Expenses
Detergent, paper towels, trash bags and small appliances are all household expenses. Small expenses, over time add up to major money.
Keeping your housekeeping expenses under control:
Do not try and maintain a lifestyle beyond your means. Live beneath you financial means. You do not need to display how much money you have by spending it on unnecessary household items.
Follow storage and care instructions for food and clothing. This prevents errors and wasting.
Buy NON-Disposable products such as Razors that last, cloth napkins, rags and kitchen towels. They may cost more the moment that you are buying, but they will save you lots of money in the long run.
Always try to learn how to do household repairs yourself if you can, it is cheaper than hiring someone to do it.
Get in to recycling. Save cans and turn them in for money to the scrap yard. Save on your trash costs by recycling or burning rubbish.
Do not use the excuse that an appliance is broken, to purchase a new one. Most of the time, the part to fix it is cheaper and it will last just as long with a repaired part. Most appliances can be fixed for little cost.
Live by this rule: "Use it Up, Wear it Out, Make it Do or Do Without It."
Save receipts for major purchases so that you can report losses to the insurance company if something disastrous occurs.
Save all your warranty's and keep them in the proper location so that you can find them when you need to return your item. Many people lose their warranty and then just PAY for repairs or replacements. It is a waste of the money paid for the warranty, the money to purchase the item and the money paid to purchase the new item. BIG MISTAKE due to disorganization.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Friday Devotion
New Testament Philippians Chapter 4:12,13.
Amplified Bible: I know how to be abased and how to live humbly in straitened circumstances, and I know how to enjoy plenty and live in abundance. I have learned in any and all circumstances the secret of facing every situation whether well-fed or going hungry, having a sufficiency and enough to spare, or going without and being in want.
I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me ( I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ's strength.
I charge you to be anointed today and to walk in the strength of God's peace and sufficiency. You are more than adequate to accomplish for you and others what is in your heart.
We love you dearly and pray for you.
Love;
Jim and Carolyn
Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc.
Child Support Recovery and Mutual Negotiations
Nationwide Social Services
A 501c3 Organization
Amplified Bible: I know how to be abased and how to live humbly in straitened circumstances, and I know how to enjoy plenty and live in abundance. I have learned in any and all circumstances the secret of facing every situation whether well-fed or going hungry, having a sufficiency and enough to spare, or going without and being in want.
I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me ( I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ's strength.
I charge you to be anointed today and to walk in the strength of God's peace and sufficiency. You are more than adequate to accomplish for you and others what is in your heart.
We love you dearly and pray for you.
Love;
Jim and Carolyn
Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc.
Child Support Recovery and Mutual Negotiations
Nationwide Social Services
A 501c3 Organization
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Living Without Child Support. Pamela Brasher. Horrifying Details.
Living Without Child Support
By Pamela Brasher
Editor's Note: Pamela S. Brasher is a walking testimony that the broken government child support enforcement system needs repairs. Although, many states frown unfavorably on the rising tide of private child support enforcement agencies Pamela's story is testament to the need for, and reasons, private enforcement agencies, like private security agencies, are knocking passionately on doors of government agencies with hand fulls of affidavits from hungry children and desperate parents to hand over cases that have grown cold and lifeless. This testimony will bring tears to your eyes and hopefully passion to your heart to help us fight for her.
Jim Harnage, Outreach Pastor and Minister, Owner, Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc. Child Support Recovery.
> There are over twelve million single mother households in the United
> States today. Each of these single mothers has a unique, yet similar story
> to tell. I am one of those twelve million single mothers and I would like
> to share my story with you.
>
> My name is Pam Brasher. I am forty-three years old and the single mother
> of three children ranging from ages eleven to seventeen years. I live in
> Southside, Alabama and I am employed by the City of Southside where I am
> the secretary to the Mayor.
>
> I am writing to you today because I believe you are sympathetic to the
> difficulties women face in a society which seems to care little for the
> welfare of single women and their children.
>
> I am one among thousands who have grown weary of defending my rights in
> the court systems and winning my cases only to receive nothing in return.
> I deserve justice not only for myself, but for my children as well.
>
> I am one of many who are unheard of…but highly noticeable. One of many
> whose hair is never in place, who is sleep deprived, who is running on an
> empty tank financially, emotionally, mentally, and physically. I am one of
> many who face the day with a look of contemplative concern that comes from
> too little sleep, limited food in the cupboard, and bill juggling since
> last year's tax return. Hercules himself would tremble at the range of
> responsibilities women like me face each day.
>
> No one is capable understanding or appreciating the method to the madness
> in my life unless they to are a single parent attempting to care for
> themselves as well as their children with little or no help from the other
> parent. The work load is overwhelming. Earning a living, preparing meals,
> caring for children, helping with homework, cleaning house, paying bills,
> repairing the car, handling insurance, and doing the banking, income tax,
> marketing, the list goes on and on. Only a single parent can see clearly
> how the house can sustain itself and stand against all the odds and
> restraints that are present in the social and legal system. I crawl out of
> bed each day because I have no other choice but to try and survive. I
> survive anyway that I can. I do it twenty-four hours a day, seven days a
> week. I am the famous juggler of time, activity, finances, and
> responsibility; I have defied the laws of gravity, physics, and economics.
>
> In October of 2004 I joined the ranks of many other women in society
> today. I became a single mother of three exceptionally bright children. I
> was awarded full custody, $1200.00 a month in child support ($92.31 each
> week, per child) and $300.00 in alimony. My ex-husband was ordered to pay
> all medical expenses (which has been paid by me since 2006), and the
> monthly mortgage on our home until our youngest son (who was six at the
> time) graduated from high school. He met and married a woman with two
> children in May of 2006. He purchased a nice home with a pool, on a golf
> course, and in the country club. He bought new furniture and appliances
> for every room. He had the best of everything. As the next two years
> passed, my ex-husband stopped paying medical and orthodontic payments. His
> life insurance policy, which he was ordered to be kept current by the
> courts, was canceled. He refused to help with school expenses and he
> became increasingly angry and abusive on the weekends he had with the
> children. During this time and after court ordered counseling, he was
> stripped of any visitation rights unless supervised. This was due to
> physical, mental, and emotional abuse.
>
> In January of 2007 I received a letter stating the mortgage on the home my
> children and I had lived in for seventeen years had not been paid in over
> four months and foreclosure proceedings had begun. In February 2007 the
> judge ordered my ex-husband to bring the mortgage up to date or be
> incarcerated. He made no attempt to make the mortgage payment on the home
> his children lived in, however, the mortgage payment of $1400.00 on the
> home his wife and two stepchildren lived in remained current.
>
> In June of 2007 my children and I were notified that we had ten days to
> vacate the home. We were emotionally and mentally devastated. We had no
> idea where we would go or what we would do. I knew that on my weekly
> salary it would not be possible to pay rent, much less utilities. Not to
> mention, I was still making a loan payment each month for siding on a home
> I was forced to leave. I don’t believe I have ever felt so alone and
> afraid. A relative offered to let us stay in his home until we could get
> back on our feet. I honestly don’t know where we would have gone or what
> might have happened to us if he had not been there.
>
> For four months my children and I lived out of two rooms in someone
else’s
> home. My son and I shared one room and slept on a mattress in the floor.
> My daughters shared the other room. Although I was thankful for the roof
> over our heads and the compassion my cousin had shown, the humiliating
> circumstances of being homeless and unable to provide a home for my
> children was almost more than I could bear.
>
> My former husband received a generous salary and benefits from a large
> corporation. The company provided him with a new vehicle, paid for his
> auto insurance, fuel, cell phone, and internet access. He was capable of
> meeting his responsibilities as well as any material needs our children
> may have had. However, he chose to provide a more than comfortable life
> for himself, his wife, and his two step-children, leaving his own children
> homeless.
>
> As for my obligations, I have always demonstrated the utmost in
> responsibility by ensuring the mental, physical, emotional, nutritional,
> and educational needs of my children were met on a daily basis. My
> children have and always will be my top priority.
>
> My ex-husband was incarcerated for six days for failure to bring the
> payments current. He was released after his wife (who works in
> administration for a local hospital) had a doctor send a letter stating he
> had an anxiety disorder and his condition required his immediate release.
> This came as quite a shock to me, considering I had been married to him
> for fifteen years and he was mentally and physically the picture of
> health. In the meantime, his income increased $1200.00 each month since he
> no longer paid the mortgage on the home his children had lived in all of
> their lives. His lifestyle did not change, but was better than ever. The
> legal system released him from jail. To this date he has not suffered any
> consequences for his actions. He went on with his life and his income
> increased while the children and I were without a roof over our heads and
> he still wasn’t providing court ordered medical payments.
>
> In October of 2007, after four months of being homeless, I was able to
> purchase a new home for myself and my children. It was considerably
> smaller than our old home and we were forced to sell most of our furniture
> and many family treasures, but we were determined to find the silver
> lining in our shattered lives. With only $94.00 remaining after the weekly
> mortgage and insurance payment of $230.00, our income was budgeted to the
> penny and dependent on the child support payments. We learned to do
> without many things, but we realized we still had what was
important…each
> other. The bond between my children and I is remarkable and unbreakable.
> We were determined we were going to survive. My oldest daughter, Anna,
> began working the summer of her freshmen year in high school. She
> continues to work to help support not only herself, but her brother and
> sister as well (all while maintaining a 4.3 grade point average). Anna is
> an amazing young woman. Her childhood has been stolen from her because her
> father refuses to meet his obligations as a parent.
>
> In February 2008, with bills due and cupboards bare, I received the news
> Mr. Brasher had willingly resigned from his well-paying job of eight years
> because it was too stressful and he was depressed. He had threatened to
> quit many times. Once again, the walls were closing down around me.
> Knowing that I would now be the sole person responsible for the well-being
> of my children, I swallowed my pride and made the humiliating walk through
> the doors of the Department of Human Resources in search of some temporary
> assistance, however, I quickly learned that because I am employed and
> considered to be a middle class citizen I was disqualified from receiving
> any financial aid from the government.
>
> For the past fourteen months I have been in and out of court (more times
> than I care to count) fighting for my children. During this time I
> received child support only when Mr. Brasher was threatened with
> incarceration. From August through November I did not receive any child
> support payments what-so-ever.
>
> In December 2008 I was awarded a judgment of $7,500.00 for back child
> support and $4,238.75 for failure to provide previous provisions of the
> Court regarding my oldest child’s vehicle and insurance. The issues
> regarding current child support obligations, past due medical receipts,
> and post minority support were addressed in court but were not mentioned
> in the ruling. However, the judge ordered Mr. Brasher to pay $200.00 each
> week in child support arrearages.
>
> Last week I received a final ruling in my case. I was awarded a judgment
> of $9,710.35 for child support arrearages and $3,723.24 for past due
> medical bills. Mr. Brasher’s child support obligations were reduced to
> $569.00 each month (or $43.77 each week per child). His court ordered
> child support arrearage payments were reduced from $200.00 each week to
> $100.00 each month. Again, the post minority support was not mentioned in
> the ruling even though it was addressed a second time in court. I honestly
> thought there must have been a terrible mistake. It will take him over
> eight years to pay back the past due child support alone, no interest
> factored in and not including the additional judgments I was previously
> awarded. It seems my fate as well as my children’s has been sealed.
>
> My circumstances are neither special nor rare. In fact, my story is
> entirely too common. I am a single parent who is owed child support; one
> of many who has worked with an attorney and the court system only to have
> my case continued and the court orders ignored. I have stood by and
> watched the courts give my children’s father a “slap on the wrist”.
I have
> tried to help myself, pursued my case with the state agency, and sought
> temporary assistance only to be denied or rejected. I am one of many who
> have run out of options and who are consumed with the feeling of despair
> and defeat.
>
> The prospects for the increasing number of children living with mothers
> who can not provide them with the basic necessities won't brighten.
> Although continued improvements in the collection rate are vital,
> providing support to single parents and their children means going beyond
> simply improving collection.
>
> The legal system falls short of supporting single parents when it comes to
> enforcing court orders for dead beat dads. Months go by before the courts
> will hear a case. They are often continued repeatedly and the single
> mother and her children are forced into bankruptcy, losing their homes,
> cars, and their dignity. The time frame for hearing court cases and
> enforcing court rulings is detrimental to single mothers whose daily
> survival depends on receiving their child support payments on time and
> without delay. It does not matter how many court battles we win or what we
> are awarded if the system cannot enforce the court order. We are left with
> nothing but a piece of paper stating we are victorious.
>
> I have been blessed with three amazing and exceptional children. They
> excel academically and are in the top of their class. Over the years, they
> have observed me struggling to survive financially and emotionally. At a
> very young age, they have learned the meaning of personal sacrifice. They
> deserve justice, a sense of security, and peace of mind in their lives.
>
> I have always strived to do the best for my family. I consider myself to
> be a strong woman; tough, and determined; however, due to circumstances
> beyond my control, I have reached the end of my rope. I am not sure how I
> can improve the situation I am in. I am not sure if I can break the
> barricades that are blocking me from providing the basic necessities and a
> home for my children. The current laws and programs do not provide the
> support single parents need to recover from the struggles they face.
>
> Again, I am a single parent, one of many who are alone; one of many who
> has visions of a better life for their children. It is my hope that you
> will help to raise awareness of the plight of single women in society
> today; their struggles and their fears; their courage and their strength.
> It is only when we come together that our voices can be heard; it is only
> then that we can fight for our rights and focus on regaining the
> confidence and dignity which has been cruelly stolen from us.
>
> On behalf of the millions of single parents across the United States, I
> would like to know my voice is being heard. An answer must be found. The
> children we are attempting to raise are the future of this country, but we
> cannot do it alone. Help me in my efforts to provide a better road to
> their future. Help me move a mountain.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Pamela S. Brasher
By Pamela Brasher
Editor's Note: Pamela S. Brasher is a walking testimony that the broken government child support enforcement system needs repairs. Although, many states frown unfavorably on the rising tide of private child support enforcement agencies Pamela's story is testament to the need for, and reasons, private enforcement agencies, like private security agencies, are knocking passionately on doors of government agencies with hand fulls of affidavits from hungry children and desperate parents to hand over cases that have grown cold and lifeless. This testimony will bring tears to your eyes and hopefully passion to your heart to help us fight for her.
Jim Harnage, Outreach Pastor and Minister, Owner, Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Inc. Child Support Recovery.
> There are over twelve million single mother households in the United
> States today. Each of these single mothers has a unique, yet similar story
> to tell. I am one of those twelve million single mothers and I would like
> to share my story with you.
>
> My name is Pam Brasher. I am forty-three years old and the single mother
> of three children ranging from ages eleven to seventeen years. I live in
> Southside, Alabama and I am employed by the City of Southside where I am
> the secretary to the Mayor.
>
> I am writing to you today because I believe you are sympathetic to the
> difficulties women face in a society which seems to care little for the
> welfare of single women and their children.
>
> I am one among thousands who have grown weary of defending my rights in
> the court systems and winning my cases only to receive nothing in return.
> I deserve justice not only for myself, but for my children as well.
>
> I am one of many who are unheard of…but highly noticeable. One of many
> whose hair is never in place, who is sleep deprived, who is running on an
> empty tank financially, emotionally, mentally, and physically. I am one of
> many who face the day with a look of contemplative concern that comes from
> too little sleep, limited food in the cupboard, and bill juggling since
> last year's tax return. Hercules himself would tremble at the range of
> responsibilities women like me face each day.
>
> No one is capable understanding or appreciating the method to the madness
> in my life unless they to are a single parent attempting to care for
> themselves as well as their children with little or no help from the other
> parent. The work load is overwhelming. Earning a living, preparing meals,
> caring for children, helping with homework, cleaning house, paying bills,
> repairing the car, handling insurance, and doing the banking, income tax,
> marketing, the list goes on and on. Only a single parent can see clearly
> how the house can sustain itself and stand against all the odds and
> restraints that are present in the social and legal system. I crawl out of
> bed each day because I have no other choice but to try and survive. I
> survive anyway that I can. I do it twenty-four hours a day, seven days a
> week. I am the famous juggler of time, activity, finances, and
> responsibility; I have defied the laws of gravity, physics, and economics.
>
> In October of 2004 I joined the ranks of many other women in society
> today. I became a single mother of three exceptionally bright children. I
> was awarded full custody, $1200.00 a month in child support ($92.31 each
> week, per child) and $300.00 in alimony. My ex-husband was ordered to pay
> all medical expenses (which has been paid by me since 2006), and the
> monthly mortgage on our home until our youngest son (who was six at the
> time) graduated from high school. He met and married a woman with two
> children in May of 2006. He purchased a nice home with a pool, on a golf
> course, and in the country club. He bought new furniture and appliances
> for every room. He had the best of everything. As the next two years
> passed, my ex-husband stopped paying medical and orthodontic payments. His
> life insurance policy, which he was ordered to be kept current by the
> courts, was canceled. He refused to help with school expenses and he
> became increasingly angry and abusive on the weekends he had with the
> children. During this time and after court ordered counseling, he was
> stripped of any visitation rights unless supervised. This was due to
> physical, mental, and emotional abuse.
>
> In January of 2007 I received a letter stating the mortgage on the home my
> children and I had lived in for seventeen years had not been paid in over
> four months and foreclosure proceedings had begun. In February 2007 the
> judge ordered my ex-husband to bring the mortgage up to date or be
> incarcerated. He made no attempt to make the mortgage payment on the home
> his children lived in, however, the mortgage payment of $1400.00 on the
> home his wife and two stepchildren lived in remained current.
>
> In June of 2007 my children and I were notified that we had ten days to
> vacate the home. We were emotionally and mentally devastated. We had no
> idea where we would go or what we would do. I knew that on my weekly
> salary it would not be possible to pay rent, much less utilities. Not to
> mention, I was still making a loan payment each month for siding on a home
> I was forced to leave. I don’t believe I have ever felt so alone and
> afraid. A relative offered to let us stay in his home until we could get
> back on our feet. I honestly don’t know where we would have gone or what
> might have happened to us if he had not been there.
>
> For four months my children and I lived out of two rooms in someone
else’s
> home. My son and I shared one room and slept on a mattress in the floor.
> My daughters shared the other room. Although I was thankful for the roof
> over our heads and the compassion my cousin had shown, the humiliating
> circumstances of being homeless and unable to provide a home for my
> children was almost more than I could bear.
>
> My former husband received a generous salary and benefits from a large
> corporation. The company provided him with a new vehicle, paid for his
> auto insurance, fuel, cell phone, and internet access. He was capable of
> meeting his responsibilities as well as any material needs our children
> may have had. However, he chose to provide a more than comfortable life
> for himself, his wife, and his two step-children, leaving his own children
> homeless.
>
> As for my obligations, I have always demonstrated the utmost in
> responsibility by ensuring the mental, physical, emotional, nutritional,
> and educational needs of my children were met on a daily basis. My
> children have and always will be my top priority.
>
> My ex-husband was incarcerated for six days for failure to bring the
> payments current. He was released after his wife (who works in
> administration for a local hospital) had a doctor send a letter stating he
> had an anxiety disorder and his condition required his immediate release.
> This came as quite a shock to me, considering I had been married to him
> for fifteen years and he was mentally and physically the picture of
> health. In the meantime, his income increased $1200.00 each month since he
> no longer paid the mortgage on the home his children had lived in all of
> their lives. His lifestyle did not change, but was better than ever. The
> legal system released him from jail. To this date he has not suffered any
> consequences for his actions. He went on with his life and his income
> increased while the children and I were without a roof over our heads and
> he still wasn’t providing court ordered medical payments.
>
> In October of 2007, after four months of being homeless, I was able to
> purchase a new home for myself and my children. It was considerably
> smaller than our old home and we were forced to sell most of our furniture
> and many family treasures, but we were determined to find the silver
> lining in our shattered lives. With only $94.00 remaining after the weekly
> mortgage and insurance payment of $230.00, our income was budgeted to the
> penny and dependent on the child support payments. We learned to do
> without many things, but we realized we still had what was
important…each
> other. The bond between my children and I is remarkable and unbreakable.
> We were determined we were going to survive. My oldest daughter, Anna,
> began working the summer of her freshmen year in high school. She
> continues to work to help support not only herself, but her brother and
> sister as well (all while maintaining a 4.3 grade point average). Anna is
> an amazing young woman. Her childhood has been stolen from her because her
> father refuses to meet his obligations as a parent.
>
> In February 2008, with bills due and cupboards bare, I received the news
> Mr. Brasher had willingly resigned from his well-paying job of eight years
> because it was too stressful and he was depressed. He had threatened to
> quit many times. Once again, the walls were closing down around me.
> Knowing that I would now be the sole person responsible for the well-being
> of my children, I swallowed my pride and made the humiliating walk through
> the doors of the Department of Human Resources in search of some temporary
> assistance, however, I quickly learned that because I am employed and
> considered to be a middle class citizen I was disqualified from receiving
> any financial aid from the government.
>
> For the past fourteen months I have been in and out of court (more times
> than I care to count) fighting for my children. During this time I
> received child support only when Mr. Brasher was threatened with
> incarceration. From August through November I did not receive any child
> support payments what-so-ever.
>
> In December 2008 I was awarded a judgment of $7,500.00 for back child
> support and $4,238.75 for failure to provide previous provisions of the
> Court regarding my oldest child’s vehicle and insurance. The issues
> regarding current child support obligations, past due medical receipts,
> and post minority support were addressed in court but were not mentioned
> in the ruling. However, the judge ordered Mr. Brasher to pay $200.00 each
> week in child support arrearages.
>
> Last week I received a final ruling in my case. I was awarded a judgment
> of $9,710.35 for child support arrearages and $3,723.24 for past due
> medical bills. Mr. Brasher’s child support obligations were reduced to
> $569.00 each month (or $43.77 each week per child). His court ordered
> child support arrearage payments were reduced from $200.00 each week to
> $100.00 each month. Again, the post minority support was not mentioned in
> the ruling even though it was addressed a second time in court. I honestly
> thought there must have been a terrible mistake. It will take him over
> eight years to pay back the past due child support alone, no interest
> factored in and not including the additional judgments I was previously
> awarded. It seems my fate as well as my children’s has been sealed.
>
> My circumstances are neither special nor rare. In fact, my story is
> entirely too common. I am a single parent who is owed child support; one
> of many who has worked with an attorney and the court system only to have
> my case continued and the court orders ignored. I have stood by and
> watched the courts give my children’s father a “slap on the wrist”.
I have
> tried to help myself, pursued my case with the state agency, and sought
> temporary assistance only to be denied or rejected. I am one of many who
> have run out of options and who are consumed with the feeling of despair
> and defeat.
>
> The prospects for the increasing number of children living with mothers
> who can not provide them with the basic necessities won't brighten.
> Although continued improvements in the collection rate are vital,
> providing support to single parents and their children means going beyond
> simply improving collection.
>
> The legal system falls short of supporting single parents when it comes to
> enforcing court orders for dead beat dads. Months go by before the courts
> will hear a case. They are often continued repeatedly and the single
> mother and her children are forced into bankruptcy, losing their homes,
> cars, and their dignity. The time frame for hearing court cases and
> enforcing court rulings is detrimental to single mothers whose daily
> survival depends on receiving their child support payments on time and
> without delay. It does not matter how many court battles we win or what we
> are awarded if the system cannot enforce the court order. We are left with
> nothing but a piece of paper stating we are victorious.
>
> I have been blessed with three amazing and exceptional children. They
> excel academically and are in the top of their class. Over the years, they
> have observed me struggling to survive financially and emotionally. At a
> very young age, they have learned the meaning of personal sacrifice. They
> deserve justice, a sense of security, and peace of mind in their lives.
>
> I have always strived to do the best for my family. I consider myself to
> be a strong woman; tough, and determined; however, due to circumstances
> beyond my control, I have reached the end of my rope. I am not sure how I
> can improve the situation I am in. I am not sure if I can break the
> barricades that are blocking me from providing the basic necessities and a
> home for my children. The current laws and programs do not provide the
> support single parents need to recover from the struggles they face.
>
> Again, I am a single parent, one of many who are alone; one of many who
> has visions of a better life for their children. It is my hope that you
> will help to raise awareness of the plight of single women in society
> today; their struggles and their fears; their courage and their strength.
> It is only when we come together that our voices can be heard; it is only
> then that we can fight for our rights and focus on regaining the
> confidence and dignity which has been cruelly stolen from us.
>
> On behalf of the millions of single parents across the United States, I
> would like to know my voice is being heard. An answer must be found. The
> children we are attempting to raise are the future of this country, but we
> cannot do it alone. Help me in my efforts to provide a better road to
> their future. Help me move a mountain.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Pamela S. Brasher
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