To the Katy Christian Ministries Staff and All,

I would like to take this time out to say thank you very much for all that has been done now and as well a in the past.

It is really good to know that you all are there when we are in need.

Thanks especially to Ms Marjorie for being my Social Worker along with the rest of the Social Services staff.

You are doing a great job distributing goods and services.

Thanks also to the community who provides this service.

Thanks again – Very, Very Much!

God bless all of you.

Margie

Marina a victim, now a survivor of family violence and incest by her father.

“I was a very happy child, very outgoing and had good grades! What people did not know is that I was being repeatedly raped by my own father.  It would happen every time he felt like it, when my mom was not at home. This had been happening since I was 5 or 6 years old until I ran away from home at the age of 15. My father would threaten me by telling me that if I ever told anyone, he was going to hurt my mother.

I believed him until one time when I was 12 years old, I saw a very violent episode of my father about to stab my mom in front of me and my younger brother. I heard screaming, I yelled, and I saw blood. Me and my younger brother ran towards him and took the knife away.

Soon after, we left home and became homeless. Without my dad around anymore, I finally told my mom what he had done to me. She did not believe me and moved back in with my father instead. I felt betrayal, anger and isolated. He continued raping me. I left home again. Someone finally believed me and offered help by taking me to the police. A report was made and they said they would help me. When my dad found out that the police wanted to talk to him, he disappeared. He never got caught because he was running away from the police.

But, the police never gave up on me. At 20 years old, a detective came knocking on my door regarding my case. They didn’t give up on me! I gathered some information of how to find him and he got caught. He was arrested in another state, brought back to Texas and the trial began. He was sentenced to 15 years.

At 23 years old, already a mother of 3 children and happily married, my mother gave me a heartfelt and deep apology; this time, she listened. The truth is that I forgave my mother a long time ago.

The support group at KCM and counseling has helped me a lot, not only teaching me how to deal with my emotions from the past, but also how to communicate effectively with my husband and children. Thank you.”