Justice for Children
I recently had a very different experience at K2 the Church. Our son was invited to go camping with the Director of Adventure Canyon and several other children from from the church. They were supposed to go to Moab. When they returned the little ones piled out of the Jeep and started to tell me and my wife all about their adventures. It was and remains to be a very disturbing experience. He took the children on a four state journey without a chaperon and without the permission of the parents. We had no idea where our son and the other children were for the entire weekend. Transporting children across state lines without the permission of the parent is a federal offence. The first night he received a speeding ticket. Then he took the boys to a casino. Later they went to a hotel where they all went swimming late at night. Since they were not prepared for this they did not have swimming trunks. Solution? Skinny dipping in a public pool. When they finished they all slept together in the hotel room. I was extremely upset by this and confronted this person and the church leaders. This person admitted to me and my wife that he did have a problem with pedophilia. Later we found out that he had been investigated for the same behavior before he was hired as the Director of Adventure Canyon at K2 the Church. They still hired him. After this he was removed as the director. Someone rewarded him with a mission trip for one year to Honduras facilitated by Christians ministering to families! Families have children. They also gave him a lavish going away party and no one was told about any of this. How can parents make an educated decision about child care if they are not warned? Our family has been devastated. We were ostracized by the leaders of the church , our son and none of the other children ever received counseling. To this day they will not return my calls. We were simply trying to do the right thing. Please be careful when choosing a church. A flashy package and a new approach can never replace integrity and it is my sincere desire that this does not happen to your family.
Sincerely.. Nathan Patrick Dell
Mblackstone7@Yahoo.com
Wed. February,28 Pastor Dave Nelson called me last night and we spoke until nearly midnight. It is not my intention to slander the church or the leaders of the church. My family and I simply want to inform the public and the congregation of a series of events that is absolutely relevant. It is unfortunate that it took this posting to get any kind of real response. The leaders of the church did remove the person in question. Yet why did they hire him in the first place? Why did they not inform the parents about the circumstances concerning this man? The first investigation did not turn up enough evidence for prosecution yet it does point to the appearance of impropriety and a serious lapse in judgement. As a parent I would want to know these facts before I placed my child in this persons care. As a Christian I would like to be informed and aware of the decisions made by the very people that I have entrusted my family and my faith to. This person was let off the hook. He was not held accountable for his behavior. No charges were filed concerning the transportation of minors across state lines without the permission of the parents or the church. The focus was placed on him, not the families in question. The circumstances of his removal were vague and all the people at his going away party were misled. As a Christian and a person of moral integrity I can not participate in a watered down truth or an altered reality that is presented to me packaged for the sole benefit of people who simply do not want to be embarrassed. Sin is embarrassing. This person owes an apology to the entire congregation. The pastor has an obligation to tell the truth. I have lost all my friends at K2. The couple that was with me the night I accepted Christ as my personal savior do not agree with my philosophy concerning the truth or integrity. They counseled me to keep quiet about this matter and they used the Bible and scripture to do it. I did keep quiet for an entire year at great personal cost to my family and myself. They no longer talk to my family or myself. None of these people ever reached out to my son. It breaks my heart. It is my duty as a Christian to forgive everyone involved yet it is also my duty to tell the truth and inform the parents. I was a victim of a pedophile as a child and it caused unmeasurable damage that took nearly 30 years to recover from. I will never forget it or the sadness that burdens my mothers heart. God bless you and your family. Please remember that in times like these there is only one you can turn to and that is God. There is only one way to salvation, through Christ Jesus, not the leadership of your church or any of the people that attend. I put my trust in these people and it was a devastating mistake, yet in the end God carried me through. I still stand as Christian.
Sincerly, Nathan Patrick Dell
