So many thoughts racing through my head after a day spent reading and listening to reports from WKTV Channel 2 out of New York. The thoughts and feelings have washed as waves in and out of my mind. One minute, I read the reports and the next; I experience memories of my time in Word of Life – Greenville and Word of Faith Fellowship (WOFF) in Spindale. More emotional and painful are the memories of Michael Lowry’s first interview in November of 2011 in a Chinese restaurant in Forest City. Listening to details of the attack in New York ignited the memories of his account of life in the lower building at WOFF. He was put out of WOFF, recaptured and escaped a second time. For Lucas Leonard of Word of Life Church in Chadwicks, NY- there was no escape. His life ended as the result of blunt force trauma which officials acknowledge included “fists and feet…” during a “counseling session” where the teens were supposed to confess sin and ask forgiveness.

This afternoon, I watched the live stream of the news conference given by the local sheriff. When taking questions from reporters, you could sense he was overwhelmed as if facing the darkest storm with only a flashlight. He proceeded with caution and at the end allowed the District Attorney to finish providing further details of the State’s plans for another hearing on Friday where more may become known surrounding the events which left one dead and another in the hospital in “serious condition.”

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