At this point, we will refrain from commenting in detail on the letter the Kochs sent out. We will appologize to any of our friends, family and supporters who received such a disgrace. Everyone that knows us, knows who we are and what we stand for, and it is always THE TRUTH!!!! So it might not of been today the the truth prevails, but it will happen. God has a plan, and it is always in his time.
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- Kim Lau
- Mark and I have been happily married for 16 years now, we have five grown children collectively, and our little guy we adopted from Jamaica. Who will be 7 in March. So that makes six children. We had been living in Jamaica for almost a year and a half doing mission work. God is number one in our life, and we want to serve him in any way he wants us too. We would love for you to follow us as we keep you up to date on our new son Dontae, and our everyday life.
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15 comments:
I believe the truth prevailed when the kids were removed by CDA from the Koch's house, 2 were placed in your continuing care and the Kochs were directed by CDA to have no further contact with the children.
In my humble opinion, the Koch's last e-mail was strictly retaliatory.For as long as the Kochs continue to publicly defame you and CDA representatives, they will bring shame upon themselves and continue to lose their continuing supporters.
Where can I see this letter?
who is asking?
We need to pray for the Kochs souls for all the lies they are telling. It will all come back and bite them and cause embarrassment to them. They need to stay in Texas where they have a home and give up on the Jamaican outreach. They havc ruined themselves with the community.
In response to the prior post for the Kochs to give up their Jamaican outreach... The Kochs have many supporters in Whitehouse, neighbors, Gully Bank, and Petersville in addition to grown children(past residents of My Fathers House). Their supporters outnumber the few people involved in these false accusations. Anyone involved with the Kochs ministry including the Laus saw the good that was done in Jamaica by the Kochs. Why else would the Laus contract to run the home and bring teams to Jamaica to support the home, children, and the Kochs ministry there?
You obviously don't have a clue what you are talking about, since you have to hide behind the name anonymous. And if we are such bad bad people, then why do we have two of the children with us? CDA approved!
Let me clarify that I am not accusing you of being bad people. I simply pointed out that you and many of your supporters saw the good in what the Kochs were doing in Jamaica enough to take on the house manager position. This led you to be very defensive. The Kochs do have supporters in Jamaica. They also had many children at My Fathers House for years including Felix since he was a baby. CDA approved! As you suggested I have contacted CDA but received no response yet. I look forward to their response.
you brought up a good point. We did come here with the intentions of helping the Kochs ministry and caring for the children. But once we got here our focus turned soley to the children and their welfare. We may have become Protective but not defensive. And BTW Felix was a private case, and therefore was not CDA approved. If you don't know the facts, please don't make assumptions.
I was quoting your words in the prior post to having two of the children CDA approved! I wasn't aware that you had any other children from My Fathers House except for Anita and Felix. I will refrain from commenting further until I hear from CDA regarding the reason the home was closed. Like you I hope that the truth prevails and the supporters of both families can hear the truth so the negative comments about the Kochs on this blog will stop. I do continue to pray for both families every day and for the neighbor that continues to post negatively on this blog.
FACTS !!!!!!!!THE TRUTH WILL BE KNOWN BY ALL but in the mean time, many neighbors and people they used to call friends do know the truth and the TRUTH WILL BE TOLD !!!!
GOD LOVES THE TRUTH.
Why did all the children, past and present that live in the home give statements to CDA??? That is why they closed down the home and took the license away. It is NOT OVER YET !!
Hey Mark and Kim, hoping all is well with you and the children. Don't get discouraged by these people who come on here mysteriously and live behind there "Anonymous" so that they can defend the Kochs. Some are sicker than others, and these people obviously are so ignorant you could present them with fact after fact and it wouldn't mean a hill of beans to them because there reality is so blurred and there loyalty to the Kochs no matter what. It's time for people to stop living behind masks, the truth will be revealed, in Gods timing. Keep up the good work guys, continue the good fight. Talk to you soon.
Darius Aaron
Ok, so this does not apply directly to this day's post but I feel it needs to be said. Yes, I am posting anonymously even though some people seem to have trouble with anonymity. I just don't feel it is necessary to share my personal information with strangers. Please just think of me as a concerned outsider. I have been following the current goings on with My Father's House after being informed that it was closed down. I spent time at My Father's House three years ago and it was a great experience. That being said, I do not have enough experience or evidence with either party involved in this dispute to know who is telling the truth. I do know that supporters on both sides are claiming to be Christians and under that claim every post that is placed on this website should be dripping with love and understanding. That however is not what I've seen.
Romans 12:18 says, "If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone."
I understand that as friends and loved ones of either couple we want to support and defend the ones we care about. But please don't let that lead to harsh words of hatred. We are all searching for the truth which the Spirit will reveal to us in His perfect timing. I just want to encourage everyone to please pause and think before posting here about what you are saying. Is it in love? Will it glorify God? Please, please lets try our best to act in love and with open hearts and minds.
Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I have been reading all the comments on Kim and Mark's blog. Some I agree with and some I don't. I would like all to know that Kim and Mark does not have anything to gain by telling lies on Jim and Penie. I know for those of you who are die hard supporters, and love and respect the Kochs, the recent news on My Fathers House is a hard pill to swallow.I have much reason to believe Kim and Mark becasue I was made aware of incidents that were reported to the CDA before Kim and Mark even became aware of these events. We can all agree that the Kochs have done good works with mission teams coming to Jamaica. However, should Kim and Mark then turn a blind eye to their wrong just becasue they have done good works? Isaiah 64:6 says ALL OF US HAVE BECOME LIKE ONE WHO IS UNCLEAN, AND ALL OUR RIGHTEOUS ACTS ARE LIKE FILTHY RAGS AND LIKE THE WIND OUR SINS SWEEP US AWAY. WE MUST REMEMBER THAT OUR MOTIVE FOR DOING "GOOD WORKS" MUST BE CHRIST CENTERED AND NOT MAN CENTERED. MANY PEOPLE GO ON MISSION TRIPS SO THAT THEY CAN PUT A CHECK BESIDE THEIR GOOD WORK BOX. If they feel the kids are in danger, should Mark and Kim then turn a blind eye because of their good works? if they heard previous statements from young girls who once lived at My Fathers House should they turn away because of their good works. We all need to remember that Kim and Mark has to answer to God for this, not to any body on the blog, and as much as we want to believe the Kochs becasue of their good works we need to check God's Holy Word and do not be blinded by good works. Furthermore anyone who heads up a mission should have a church body to hold them accountable so that NOTHING IS EVER MISUNDERSTOOD. I Don't think that this is the case for the Kochs. For those of you who are unsure what to believe, you need to pray and ask for wisdom for the truth which ever side you're on. Remember that CDA did this action becasue they thought it neccessary. Kim, I've never seen Anita so peaceful. I know now that she is happy. Remember that you don't need to go into any deep explanation because the only One that you're accountable to is the Lord and so are all of us including the Kochs and all our sins do find us out eventually.
Denise, the problem is there are two very different versions of the closure of the home through CDA from the Lau and Koch families. As a supporter of My Father's House I have the best interest of the children in mind as all of us do. However, it is accusations of abuse on this blog by many posts and not knowing what the true accusations are that is most difficult. I can only hope that the CDA will clarify why the home was closed to both families supporters so this ongoing issue can be cleared up. Without details from the organization making the decision to close the home you have to understand that any supporters of the Kochs ministry would have a difficult time believing abuse accusations after seeing them with the children repeatedly. I can only pray that the truth with prevail so the supporters of each family will have the facts and not speculation.
I do understand what you're saying and it is up to CDA when they will put that information out. But they would not have removed the children witout just cause. Remember Kim and Mark nor Jim and Penie has any authority in Jamaica. CDA must have had just cause to remove children. Kim and Mark could not have such an influence on this Jamaican structure in such a short time believe me I Know the policies very well. the CDA is not a wishy washy department. Remember abuse can be hidden, it doesn't have to be visible. It you go as a missionary and you're not looking for it you wouln't even know it exist. You see that all the time in the news. We can't believe that a neighbor that you trust would harm your kids, or a family member. But unfortunately these things do happen and it's hard for someone to detect unless they have information. As I mentioned before Kim and Mark really has nothing to gain from this. they went on a mission trip before with their youth group and decided to return, so they trusted Jim and Penie and wanted to join the work that they were doing, but upon getting information in the Koch's absence decided that they could not turn a deaf ear to the issues that had began to surface and had to be brave enough to do what they did. Remember they have to answer to the Lord for this. Being in their shoes it must have been a difficult decision but they are not accountable to any supporters of my Fathers House only the Lord and whether or not supporters beleive them or not, untimately as I said before they are accountable to God as is (Jim and Penie) and only God regardless how much good a person does that does not count in the Lord's eyes if their has been injustce committed. So in closing there is much prayer to be done in this. I think we should all cease from commenting any further on this issue. The children all seem to have adjusted very well and there has been no emotional drama. I strongly believe in a sense of family and if these children can be once again placed with their family members then that's a good thing for them. We all need to pray that the Lord will open our eyes to see the truth and not be blinded becasue we're suporters.
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