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Escuela Caribe ~ New Horizons
Anonymous:
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--- Quote from: ""Scarlett Chiclet"" ---New Horizons Youth Ministries
http://www.nhym.org/nh-history.html
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Why in the Dominican Republic? There are three reasons: atmosphere, culture shock, and distance.
Nihilanthic:
You're acting as if having lesbian sex is something to be sent to a program for???
hanzomon4:
Yup, still read what you folks have to say. Have you been to the NHYM Alumni site? It's a site setup by former NHYM "students" to spread the truth about what goes on in NH programs. A lot of good information there, so you(and your sisters) might want to check it out. There is also a yahoo group for survivors of NHYM you may wish to checkout, New Horizons Alumni Yahoo! Group.
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""Nihilanthic"" ---You're acting as if having lesbian sex is something to be sent to a program for???
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No, that's not what I said. Sorry if I gave that impression.
What I was trying to say, was what happened after my sister came back from the program.
My step-mother is a super born-again Christian and devoted (to the extreme) Andrew Wommack follower. Anyway, for a variety of reasons, my sisters got sent away into the NHYM programs. And when they get home they're "worse" than before. "Worse" being having casual (yes, lesbian) sex, pot-smoking, and dropping out of school.
Anyway, my biggest problem, was that NHYM did not focus of the real serious problem.......the mother (father had died) who was never home (always at religious activities), never disciplined, never followed through on anything, threw lots of money at the kids (the problem) and then, when the going got really rough, she deposits them in NHYM where they then proceed to tell the kids that they're the ones who are wrong (bad) and need to be "fixed". NOTHING was addressed about the mother's complete lack of parenting. I do remember there being some kind of parent support groups about once a month in other parents' homes - and she really never went. In fact, I remember she went to Joyce Meyers conferences, missions trips, bible college, shopping, restaurants, etc. all while her girls were taking cold showers, cutting grass with machetes, and having NO contact with friends or family. The whole thing infuriates me.
Today, these girls are adults. One is 23, divorced from her pot-smoking loser/no-job husband and is a single mother dating an alcoholic cocaine user. She can barely pay her bills. The other girl is 18 and is dating a gangster/thug wanna-be who has repeatedly beaten her & been jailed for doing-so. She lives at home & the mom knows this is the situation with her "boyfriend" - yet mom continues to go to Andrew Wommack conferences all the time, bible college, etc. In fact, last week, my sister ended up in the emergency room after having been choked and punched in the face by this guy in the family home. Mom was in Colorado at an Andrew Wommack conference at the time.
Yet NHYM, never picked-up on ANY of this ridiculousness. Even after I called and discussed this with them on a couple of occassions. I believe because it was the MOTHER paying the bills for this - and they didn't want to rock that boat. So, they put the whole onus on the kids. They're the ones who need treatment.
It's just wrong. These girls came out of NHYM without any redeeming value from having been there. The education sucked. The whole thing just makes me very mad.
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""hanzomon4"" ---Yup, still read what you folks have to say. Have you been to the NHYM Alumni site? It's a site setup by former NHYM "students" to spread the truth about what goes on in NH programs. A lot of good information there, so you(and your sisters) might want to check it out. There is also a yahoo group for survivors of NHYM you may wish to checkout, New Horizons Alumni Yahoo! Group.
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Hi ~
thanks. Yes, I did direct my sisters to these sites. They really don't like to talk about, or remember, anything related to their stays at EC & Marion. My one sister who was at EC (2000 - 2001) says it wasn't that bad. She just doesn't really care about the whole thing anymore. My other sister who was at Marion has deeper, more serious, emotional problems and is currently in a very abusive relationship - so the old Marion stuff is the least of her problems right now.
I'm involved because I am the oldest child of this family - and as a grown adult when our father died, I have really tried over the years to help care for my sisters and support their mother. It's gotten to the point where there is really nothing I can do anymore and occassionally, when I 'm really frustrated, I look for help. It's just one of those things where it seems like there's nothing you can do but pray.
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