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Offline Anonymous

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I was in Paradise Cove, Samoa
« on: September 25, 2005, 12:00:00 PM »
ahh, memories. after 7 years i finally decided to try and contact people and friends from samoa, and typed whatever i could remember into a search engine. i found out that corey murphy (went through discovery, focus with him) was dead, and chris sutton is in jail. but i have conflicted feelings about my 2.5 year stay in the program, and im really curious as to how the majority of people are doing today. of course some people are dead, and others are poster children for the program, but what about the bulk of us? i realize that a lot of what happened in samoa could be called abuse or neglect, but i think i am a better person now because of what i learned there. at the same time, i dont think i could ever forgive my parents, even though they had no way of knowing what it was really like. dont get me wrong, i get along with my parents, but ill never forget. for myself, i decided that, overall, im GLAD I WENT, and i feel what i learned gives me a 1up, over teens who lived a "normal" life. so what i would like to see someday is a followup report. what percentage of people say the program haunts them? what percentage says helped?

some memories from samoa:
-boiled chicken
-masi auro
-cocoa-rice
-limbo
-iso
-"skills" (military style workouts)
-le tiara sucked
-fagatele was awesome!
-bathing in the river (le tiara)
-the white thing on sinalele island
-overflowing toilets
-moldy clothes
-cat 4 for masturbation cat 3 for drug possession
-cleaning the beach for 3 days straight before any outsiders would visit.
-"supply boy"
ahh, memories.
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« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2005, 08:56:00 PM »
hey i just registered on this website. i wrote this "i was in samoa" before i registered. it was me who wrote it. Bola
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« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2005, 09:07:00 PM »
Welcome Bola!

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« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2005, 01:52:00 AM »
im richard lin...do i know you?  our times there overlap.  e mail me
richardslin@yahoo.com
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« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2005, 12:59:00 PM »
I'm just curious who was in charge of this program in Samoa? When I was at Cross Cross Creek back in 1989, there were these houseparents by the name of Brian and Angie Vifanua (I'm not sure if I spelled the last name correctly) anyway, Bob Lichfield had talked to them about doing that. When was the first year this program opened?
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« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2005, 03:11:00 PM »
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On 2005-10-17 09:59:00, CCM girl 1989 wrote:

"I'm just curious who was in charge of this program in Samoa? When I was at Cross Cross Creek back in 1989, there were these houseparents by the name of Brian and Angie Vifanua (I'm not sure if I spelled the last name correctly) anyway, Bob Lichfield had talked to them about doing that. When was the first year this program opened?"


Paradise Cove opened in 1994. The director was Brian Viafanua. After PC closed, he went to work at Cross Creek. He is now the director of Midwest Academy, in Iowa.
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« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2005, 03:29:00 PM »
Oh my god, that's scary. Are him, and Angie together still? Did you know that Brian played football for the Minnesota Vikings? When I dropped from the top floor of the Cross Creek Manor, I dropped in front of a meeting room where Brian was. He was one of the many that chased me into the night. He was soooo slow, being out run by a 16 year old girl?!! Pathetic! No wonder why he didn't have a career cut out for him in football.
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« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2005, 03:49:00 PM »
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Oh my god, that's scary.

Agreed.

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Are him, and Angie together still?

I have no idea.
I remember reading in one of the Paradise Cove newsletters that they had a kid, so, they were still together in 1997.

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Did you know that Brian played football for the Minnesota Vikings? When I dropped from the top floor of the Cross Creek Manor, I dropped in front of a meeting room where Brian was. He was one of the many that chased me into the night. He was soooo slow, being out run by a 16 year old girl?!! Pathetic! No wonder why he didn't have a career cut out for him in football. "


So instead he turned to a career in torturing kids.  :scared:
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« Reply #9 on: October 17, 2005, 04:24:00 PM »
Cat 4 for masturbation, and Cat 3 for drug possession!?  That's hilarious!  I doubt anyone's parents sent them there for excessive masturbation, but it's worse than drug possession there!
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« Reply #10 on: October 17, 2005, 04:25:00 PM »
Well, money changes everything. Greed is an ugly disease. WWASPS is plagued with disease.
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« Reply #11 on: October 17, 2005, 08:32:00 PM »
wow i never knew what brian did before samoa. i wonder what happened to duane lee? people in samoa im sure know him but anyone from another program remember him? he was another big guy in samoa, not sure what his position was exactly.
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« Reply #12 on: October 17, 2005, 08:36:00 PM »
"Cat 4 for masturbation, and Cat 3 for drug possession!? That's hilarious! I doubt anyone's parents sent them there for excessive masturbation, but it's worse than drug possession there!"

yea well i always thought that was stupid. i just think it goes to show you how much their mormom morals got put into the program.
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« Reply #13 on: October 17, 2005, 08:42:00 PM »
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On 2005-10-17 17:36:00, Bola wrote:

""Cat 4 for masturbation, and Cat 3 for drug possession!? That's hilarious! I doubt anyone's parents sent them there for excessive masturbation, but it's worse than drug possession there!"



yea well i always thought that was stupid. i just think it goes to show you how much their mormom morals got put into the program.

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So Bola, why did you get sent to Paradise Cove and were you taken by escort?
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« Reply #14 on: October 17, 2005, 09:14:00 PM »
my story was a little different. i was arrested and when my parents got me, they took me straight to a "brightway-like" hospital near chicago. they made all the plans and lead me to the gate at o'hare, watched me get on a plane, and go to lax. i was going a day no other kids were going, but big wigs were going down that flight, so i met brent facer at lax! we flew to honolulu and picked up david gilcrease. i flew from honolulu to pago-pago with david gilcrease and brent facer, and then stayed with lafi till the next day. no kidnapping, and im glad. i flew in normal clothes, and david and brent were nice.
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