Core Statements & Values
Mission
To restore voices and illuminate hope in the hearts of survivors of child abuse, by creating opportunities to share, educate, and advocate in their community.
Vision
Shaping a world that no child has to heal from.
Core Beliefs
We believe every child has a right to bodily autonomy and mental & emotional peace - regardless of any identifying factors or external circumstances.
We believe every survivor of child abuse deserves to experience healing and justice. This will look different in every scenario, and each survivor deserves to pave their own road to rehabilitation.
We believe every capable adult has an indisputable responsibility
to protect children. Protection can mean physically removing them from harm and/or reporting it to an official authority.
We believe the fight for justice can only be completed through the mercy of God the Father. All of our efforts will fall short if we do not have Him on our side. We believe He weeps over all His
children who suffer at the hands of evil.
We believe every testimony is a powerful weapon against evil, that every life story can encourage or transform another life. We seek to share those stories with the world as a means to cast out darkness.
Kat's Testimony
The first eleven years of my life were filled with neglect & chaos. As an infant, my biological mother would go twelve to sixteen hours without feeding me or changing my diapers. As a toddler, my punishments were to walk on hot coals or stand against a wall with my arms up in the air for twenty minutes. The timer would start over if I let my arms droop even a little bit. I was two years old when I tried telling her that I was being molested by my grandfather. We were in a Korean market, and she was appalled at my bringing it up in public. I didn't dare bring it up again... When my father and I finally left her, I was entrusted to my grandparents for care while my father was restarting his life. My grandfather's abuse not only continued, but escalated to an unbearable point. Each day was filled with anxiety & apprehension. Even when I had moved out of their home, his words and actions held a grip on me. I would spend weekends and summers there, and my soul would feel contorted. It wasn't always bad, and I adored my grandmother immensely.
I was eleven years old when I told him I was done being used. I told him I would rather die than continue to be controlled. Although the physical abuse had ended, there was so much work to be done in my mind and spirit. Work that couldn't even begin because I was holding the secrets inside of me. I vowed to never tell anyone ever because I didn't want to tear my family apart or disgrace our name. A couple years later, I whispered something under my breath, and it forever changed the course of my life. My sweet sister reported what I said and what was once my darkest secret, became everyone's business. It was the wildest emotional, psychological whiplash I've ever experienced. I told my story to social workers, police officers, counselors, attorneys. Everyone claimed to have my best interest in mind, but there was such a large piece missing from my healing journey.
I was fifteen years old when I met Jesus Christ. I had gone to a summer camp just to hang out with friends, and something compelled me to sit down in the lake (yes, IN the lake, clothes and all). As the water lapped around me, I looked up at the sky, and I bargained with the Holy Spirit. I begged him to take the pain away, and I promised if He could do that, I would do whatever I could to continue to share His promises with the world. I will never be able to describe the tremendous shift of weight off my shoulders. All I could do was sob. Here was this God, knowing full well everything I had been through, and loving me enough to take it all away.
Now, I can't lie and tell you that everything was peachy keen from that point forward. I still had a lot of work to do growing psychologically, spiritually, emotionally, in every single way. I had to consciously decide to let go of my anxious thought patterns and move forward in freedom. Honestly, that's the journey I am still on today. That's why Radiant Freedom exists, actually. I want to share this incredible adventure with you, and remind you that life is so worth it. Even in the darkest times, there is hope. Revelation 12:11 says that they overcame (the evil one) by the Blood of the Lamb and the Word of their testimony. I am so ready to have the hard conversations and acknowledge the hard truths, especially if that means you and I are a step closer to divine healing.
Thank you from the bottom of my soul, for reading this and supporting my goals & dreams. I hope to hear from you soon.