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October 2022

Missed Opportunities

10/25/2022

 
I am thankful for every opportunity to talk openly about my faith in God…
and to use my story as something of a teaching tool and cautionary tale. While it is also a story of forgiveness, redemption, and hope. 

One particular avenue that I am especially fond of is in having the opportunity to communicate with both teachers and their students. Starting around mid-September when school usually reopens after the summer, I will begin to receive letters from either students or their teachers asking me if I would like to assist them with a school project.

I always approach these requests prayerfully and carefully, and with good reason. It's not that I get a lot of
them. I don't. It's usually only several per month. But I have to be cautious and vet individuals as best I can, as not everyone is who they say they are. So I prefer that teachers use their school's letterhead whenever possible.

But with this said, one thing I am especially thankful for is the chance to set the record straight on at least some of the inaccurate material that's already been published, or is now in circulation on the Internet. There's a world of misinformation out there about me. I see it as a polluted sea of fact mixed with fiction. Some of it is totally absurd, but for many years this has been going on, and there isn't all that much I can do about it.

I do, however, feel good about being able to speak for myself and answer questions in my own words, unedited by a secondary source. Yet on a disappointing note, there were two recent requests from students whom I tried to reply to that unfortunately my responses could not be sent out.

My apologies to Jennifer from Pennsylvania, and Cassandra who identified herself as "Native American."
I am sorry that I missed the opportunity to help them with their projects. For reasons unknown to me, there
was some kind of technical problem which prevented my replies from being sent. 

Best wishes to these two young ladies as they pursue their education.


D. B.

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