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| Our Family's Hero: |
There is this phenomenon in the United States and elsewhere that is rapidly growing. It is called international parental child abduction, and it is a real threat to families not just in the United States, but abroad as well. In essence, a criminal act of illegally removing or detaining a child in a foreign country by one parent without permission of the other parent and in violation of court orders occurs. This is a federal criminal act, though it is rarely prosecuted. In many countries like Russia, there are no international treaties that exist between the U.S. and Russia that allow for a quick return of an abducted child such as the Hague Convention. And even when it does exist, say for example, with Mexico or Brazil, many countries to not uphold the international treaty they signed, and the vast majority of children never return home to their waiting families.
According to various reports issued by Peter Thomas Senese and the I CARE Foundation, America alone is at risk of having as many as 125,000 children internationally abducted over the next 10 years, with as little as 10% of them being returned. This is crazy! And I ask out loud, 'Why are we not really doing something about it?!"
Preventing an abduction from occurring is critical. If you do not prevent an abduciton, then in all likely you will never see your stolen children again.
God delivered to our doorstep a warrior-angel, and this angel came in the name of Peter Thomas Senese, who uncovered the abduction scheme and held my daughter's attorney's hand as a carefully put together legal strategy was created that uncovered my ex son-in-laws evil intent.
It is incredible to have learned that the planned abduction of my grandchildren occurred well over a year before the plan was intended to be sprung. A year!
To the common eye, the events and circumstances would not have appeared to be anything unusual unless you know the warning signs of abduction, and know how to prove it. In my daughter's case, they were all there, but we did not see any of it.
However, one man did, and that was best-selling author Peter Thomas Senese, who has become one of our nation's children's best friends. Mr. Senese has dedicated himself and his resources to helping families like my own by creating the most extensive amount of information that can help prevent an abdcution from occurring. He has written extensively on the subject, having two books published, incluidng 'The World Turned Upside Down' and a fantastic novel on the subject called 'Chasing The Cyclone'. And his I CARE Foundation is building a network of lawyer who work to help for free or at a deep discount, families who have their children targeted for abduction.
My family and I can't thank Peter Thomas Senese for coming to the grandchildren's defense. Without him, we would have never come to realize that my daughter's ex had obtained passports for the children from Russia a few months ago. We would have never thought to track down money moving out of the country via pre-paid cash cards. We would have never thought to look at my daughter's ex passport - to find out that his supposed two recent trips to Mexico and St. Barts were actually trips to Moscow! And we would have never known about or been able to utilize the prevent departure program if it were not for Peter Thomas Senese. And on top of his knowledge and direction to our family and my daughter's lawyer, when it came time for the court trial - who showed up? No other than Peter Thomas Senese - who not only IS the reason why later today, I am taking my grandchildren for a big brunch and going to the zoo - but incredibly, he asked for nothing. He simply said he was happy to help because children should not be abducted, and to "pay it forward with love." What an incredible idea.
So, I would like to share my message to you Mr. Senese:
You are our families hero.
You saved the day when storms were about to destroy our family apart.
You protected little girls who did not know they were about to be kidnapped.
You did what you said you were going to do.
And you asked for nothing - ever - in return.
You came into our family's life as one of God's Angels.
Unselfish, Compassionate, and Strong.
We can never repay you for what you did.
And when we offered to compensate you for the incredible feat of protecting our family's youngest -
You laughed at us - never taking a penny - and then had the audacity to even by us lunch!
Peter Thomas Senese -
You are a hero to many.
Including our family.
God bless you, Mr. Senese.
Really - May God bless you Mr. Senese for all the good you do and all the good you did for us.
