First of all, I would like to thank all of you readers for your comfort, support and prayers. They mean so much! Although the past few weeks have been both physically, mentally and emotionally draining (and I am now down with a sore throat and fever), it’s been amazing to know that so many people worldwide have taken us into their hearts.
The situation over here in Taipei is both surreal and complicated. After waiting for many days, we finally got to sit down and talk with Joy, starting at a police station, and then moving on to our hotel where the conversation continued throughout the night. We met yesterday as well, on the second anniversary of my mother’s death, but that’s another story that I will tell later.
Despite weeks of chatting prior to Berlin, meeting Joy (whose real name is Tang Wei Tang) in person was very much like starting from scratch. And at this stage, I still have more questions than answers, as the surreal continues. Yet the questions of my heart are not of the kind that can be resolved through dialogue. Time will test all intentions, for by the fruit you shall know the tree.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackPolice Station? I hope all is well? I hope, now that you have met with Joy, you are seeing a little progress? After reading this post I also am left with lots of questions but I am sure it does not compare to the questions you are left with. I hope you find the answers soon.
I continue to raise you and your family up to the throne of God, that the outcome of all this will be good for all.
Esther?Why police station?Why your father cant go out from that situation?I continue prayer for all.
Har en bra dag
Wow, seems you’re having a whole other experience that I did in Taipei.
When in doubt, my midnight savior was OK: http://bellybuttonwindow.com/2006/taiwan/my_midnight_savior_o.html
this is boggling MY mind…i can just imagine what it’s doing to yours, Miriam’s, and Josef’s! the body language in the photo above says volumes. for heaven’s sake, take care, Esther. Long, if you read this, please make sure this young woman gets some congee and plenty of hot tea and lemon.
I will! I will get some lemon from the supermarket for them tomorrow. We had a short dialogue when they came back 30 minutes ago(3 am). Josef cough almost all the time, Miriam looked tired, Esther lost her voice, and uncle S looked tired, too!
What kind of legal situation gets the police involved there?
There had to be more than woodoo pendants and bracelets? I doubt there would be police involvement just those items.
Logically, what this new twist shows me, that Father did not give up on Joy, and really wants to redeem and marry her. Otherwise, I cannot imagine a family of 5 waste all this money, time and energy in
staying over in Taipei, trying to “negotiate” with Joy.
Unless revenge is involved, I cannot imagine any other reason.
Maybe if we would know what was the point for Father to decide to go to Taipei from Fankfurt - this would be clear one way or the other.
I hope you will get better, and wrap this up fast.
G.
Esther,
I am just catching up on your blog and my heart is breaking for everything you and your family are going through. I hope that all is resolved soon.
Esther, thank you for sharing this in your time of great need for answers. Please take care of your own health, stress will make your body shut down. You need strenth. I pray you get more answers and things come into a clearer focus. Hugs!
Just thinking of you and hoping happiness for you and yours.
I did make a kind inquiry for more information on their organization, but received no reply.
Take care of yourself! I’m glad that you are back, or will be back soon, to Eden.
Esther…Esther. I can’t imagine why you were at the police station. It sounds like your entire family is exhausted and not feeling well. Does your father not understand what this “marriage” plan is doing to your family? Joy’s blog profile says she lives in the United States…why are you all in Taiwan? I’m sure you would not continue to stay there if it were not a very serious situation.
I can’t imagine what this is costing you in time and energy…let alone the $$$$. Who is taking care of the Eden Foundation? If your father did not still want to get married, I don’t think he would be there. I wish you well. You can’t stay there forever.
to the other friends of the eden foundation who are reading esther’s posts: let’s all send esther and her sister and brother–and her father and joy, for that matter–healing energy. call it prayer, call it love, call it tonglen…let us send light and compassion their way.
we know very little about what’s going on or the reasons for all the turmoil. but it doesn’t matter. change–i.e., life–happens.
I hope you feel well soon Esther and all of this is resolved…it just seems so odd to me but I realize I don’t know the half of it. Good luck.
Thinking of you and your family. Worried about you. Stay safe and remember con artists are capable of anything. Trust your gut. Think with your head not your heart of this one.
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