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Man Adopts The Young Man Who Murdered His Son

by Christel Berns
written by Christel Berns

A young man who murdered two boys encountered the love and mercy of God when one of the victims father forgave him. What’s more, he also officially adopted him into his family—a perfect demonstration of God’s unfailing love and grace.

Officer’s Son Murdered

On May 27, 2002, Jacksonville Police Officer Ike Brown received heartbreaking news from his colleagues. His Sergeant, Lieutenant, Chief, and Chaplain came to his home and told him his son had lost his life in a shooting incident.

The Church of Eleven22. (Screenshot). (2023). Forgiving & Adopting My Son’s Murderer: Ike’s Story, Retrieved May 23, 2023 from: https://youtu.be/BeRceEK8sDk

Ike’s son was a bright young boy, the class clown, and a basketball player. He was a kind young boy who loved his family and friends.

Shooting Incident

On the day the shooting happened, his son was playing video games at his friend’s home. Then shots started going off inside the house, killing 21-year-olds “Isaac Brown Jr. and Jeffrey Hicks.”

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After the police investigation, they discovered that the two young men weren’t connected with the murderer at all. They just happened to be there when the suspect, Takoya Kreiner, opened fire. A prosecutor attested that Takoya “went to Bury South Side home that night to smoke pot and drink beer.”

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Father Adopts Son’s Murderer

Three years after Ike Jr.’s burial, the trial began. And for the first time, Ike would face the man who killed his eldest son. He thought he would feel rage, anger, and revenge against him. But he was surprised that he felt compassion from the moment he laid his eyes on him.

Ike questioned God about the compassion he felt towards his son’s murderer. Instead of hate, he chose forgiveness and even wanted to hug the man who murdered his son. Takoya was sentenced to life imprisonment for first-degree murder.

“I realized that something was happening inside of me that I wasn’t even aware of,” the father recalled. “I know without a doubt it was God.”

Ike often prayed for Takoya. And a couple of years later, he sent him a letter forgiving him that eventually led to his encounter with the Father’s unconditional love.

Watch the heart-warming moment in this powerful testimony!

Forgiving & Adopting My Son's Murderer: Ike's Story

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Header Image: The Church of Eleven22. (Screenshot). (2023). Forgiving & Adopting My Son’s Murderer: Ike’s Story, Retrieved May 23, 2023 from: https://youtu.be/BeRceEK8sDk

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Dad Chooses To Forgive Man Murdered Daughter
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A Dad Chooses To Forgive The Man Who Murdered His 11-Year-Old Daughter

by Christel Berns
written by Christel Berns

After years of bitterness and pain, a dad has chosen to forgive the man who sexually assaulted and murdered his 11-year-old daughter, whom he dearly loved.

Tragedy Rocks Lemire Family

In a small town in Taslina, Alaska, Dave Lemire, and his children shared beautiful memories as a family. The family loved doing outdoor activities together, especially Dave and his 11-year-old daughter, Mandy. She was his fishing and hunting buddy. But on August 22, 1991, an unexpected tragedy rocked the Lemire family.

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One day, Mandy left home to meet a friend. But her friend, Aaron, wondered where she was because she never arrived at their meeting point. So, he went to Mandy’s house, and they began to search for her.

Dave immediately went out to look all over the woods. When he felt something was seriously wrong with Mandy’s disappearance, he contacted a search and rescue. The dad couldn’t do anything amidst the investigation but wait and pray.

“I’m praying, ‘God, protect her. Help us find her in the morning,’” he cried out to God.

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Struggling To Forgive

Ten days later, one of the search and rescue teams finally found Mandy. But with very heartbreaking news—she wasn’t alive. Dave couldn’t take what he had just heard, and his heart was crushed.

Apparently, the responders found the 11-year-old’s body in the woods “about a mile from her house.” Later they discovered in the investigation that the suspect sexually assaulted the young girl before murdering her.

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Dave struggled with dark thoughts against the man who murdered his daughter. Anger, bitterness, and pain then took a toll on the brokenhearted dad’s life. For many years, he couldn’t afford to release forgiveness. Instead, he wanted to place justice in his hands to get his revenge. On top of that, he began doubting God.

Until one day, God met Dave, tearing down all his bitter and ugly walls.

Watch what happened.

In the Wake of Tragedy, Light Shines Through

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Man Forgives His Brother Who Killed Their Parents After Meeting Jesus

by Christel Berns
written by Christel Berns

A man abused as a child became a drug-addict and a robber. But things got worse when he found out his brother murdered his parents. He couldn’t forgive him, until he encountered Jesus.

Growing Up In An Abusive Home

Wayne Bradley didn’t have a healthy family. He grew up in an abusive home where his dad physically and verbally abused his children. As a result, the fear the childhood trauma brought him turned him into a loner.

As Wayne hit young adulthood, drugs and alcohol became his escape to fill the void in his heart. The addiction also led him to abuse people just like what his father did to him. His deep pain took a toll on his life that he no longer cared about anything that would happen. Then things got even more worse when he found his parents dead in their home.

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Brother Murdered His Parents

In 1996, Wayne visited his parents and found them stabbed to death inside their own home. But what’s more painful was knowing it was his older brother, Craig, who murdered their parents. Since then, he became totally wasted and gave up any hope in life. He also blamed God for everything that was going wrong in his life. And for the next ten years, Wayne became homeless, living on streets, trying to live day-by-day by snatching purses.

One day, as Wayne searched for another victim to target, the encounter with the older lady radically changed him. The old lady told him, “young man, no matter what you do to me, I just want you to know that Jesus loves you.” So, instead of snatching the old lady’s purse, he agreed to go with her to a Victory Outreach who helps people like him. That’s when he heard the Good News of the Gospel for the first time. Right then, he knew Jesus was real.

Watch what happened.

"I saw Him in the people who accepted me at my worst." Man forgives brother for killing parents

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Choosing to forgive murderer
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Mother And Father Choose To Forgive Oldest Son Who Murdered Their Two Youngest Kids

by Christel Berns
written by Christel Berns

A mother and father choose to forgive their oldest son who murdered their two youngest children.

Murphy Family’s Nightmare

It was a typical happy day for the Murphy family on October 17, 2017, in Colorado Springs. The family was outside playing football together in their front yard. Then a few hours before bedtime, Melissa and Vincent’s 5-year-old daughter, Sophia, came to her parents’ room. According to her mom, in an interview with KKTV, this was “her normal midnight bathroom run” with Malik, their 19-year-old son, by her side. However, the mom felt something was off about her teen son.

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“I remember feeling that irritability from him,” Melissa recalled. “You know when you look back and you think and you replay. Because that’s all we do—I remember him being real annoyed, just feeling that off of him.”

Then she tucked Sophia into her bedroom and said, “Be a good girl and go night night. Mommy loves you, see you in the morning.”

Two Youngest Children Murdered

Unbeknownst to them, their 19-year-old son who suffered from mental illness would do something violent forty minutes later. Melissa woke up to the awful sounds of men fighting and screaming in their home. The next thing she knew, her husband was holding down her son, Malik, with a knife sticking out of his neck. Malik stabbed his dad.

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Soon after, Melissa broke down when she saw her 5-year-old daughter, Sophia Grace, and her 7-year-old son, Noah Kent, lifeless. Malik stabbed them both to death.

Choosing To Forgive

After the murder, the mother and father struggled to forgive their oldest son. However, because of their relationship with God, although very hard, they chose to walk through the path to forgive him. It devastated the couple, but they kept their faith and hope in God.

“My hope and prayer for him is salvation,” Melissa, the mom, said.

A Mother and Father Struggle to Forgive Their Oldest Son, Who Killed Their Two Youngest Children

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After Meeting Jesus, He Forgives His Brother Who Murdered Their Mother

by Christel Berns
written by Christel Berns

A man whose adopted brother murdered their mom ,couldn’t forgive the brother and became a crack addict until Jesus met him on that dark road.

Welcoming Adopted Siblings

Sean Clayton grew up in a loving Christian home. Then at 12 years old, his parents decided to adopt three children from Guatemala. They became part of Sean’s family and got along well. Until one day, while he was out working with his dad, they received a disturbing phone call from the police.

 

They heard the news that Sean’s older brother, Hugo, asked neighbors for help and that his mother was bleeding on the kitchen floor. Soon enough, the police uncovered the real events.

His Brother Murdered Their Mom

At around three in the afternoon, Hugo was playing Nintendo video games. His mom told him to go to school and ended up bringing the math book in. But underneath the book was a knife the 14-year-old hid. That’s when the tragic crime happened.

 

Sean’s adopted brother was sentenced to 11 years in prison. But for Sean, the punishment wasn’t enough. He couldn’t forgive him and decided to kill Hugo. He was ready to put his life on the line just to avenge his mother. Sean also became very angry at God because his mom loved people so much that she would die for them, but He allowed his brother to kill her.

Downward Path

As a result, Sean began doing self-destructive behaviors. He ran away from home and started fighting kids at 15 years old. He also began using drugs and was sent to military school. But eventually, he got kicked out for fighting, drinking, and smoking crack.

Sean ended up with five assault charges facing 36 years in prison. But, there, he began to reflect, pray, and read his Bible.

Then watch how God amazingly turned his life around!

FORGIVINESS for Murder | Testimony | 700 Club Interactive

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Former Abortionist Testifies
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Abortionist Repents And Fights For The Lives Of The Unborn

by Christel Berns
written by Christel Berns

An abortionist repented and had a change of heart after seeing Jesus in a vision. She confessed, “I murdered more people than Ted Bundy..”

Redemption Of A Former Abortionist

Cathy Altman aspired to be a doctor so she could help women. After becoming a doctor, she took a job in a women’s clinic in Florida and became an abortionist.

Former Abortionist Testifies

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Back then, she believed that women should have the right to choose “whether she wanted to be pregnant or not.” Because for her, she never considered the fetus in the equation at all.

Later on, Cathy became a director at a local Planned Parenthood. By this time, examining the parts of aborted babies fascinated her entirely from a scientific standpoint. Moreover, she also performed abortions while pregnant.

Until one day, her heart began to change when she worked to save newborn babies in the intensive care unit. Since then, she started to see things differently in performing an abortion. It eventually led her to understand that what she was doing was wrong.

Finding Jesus

In 1983, Cathy attended a church service and became a Christian. She found Jesus and committed her life to Him. Then God began to transform her life little by little, including “no longer doing abortions.” However, she still believed that a woman had the right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy.

Two years later, God opened Cathy’s eyes and saw herself as a mass murderer.

“I probably murdered more people than Ted Bundy or any of the mass murderers. If you consider all the abortions that I did,” she said.

As a result, forgetting the past wasn’t easy for Cathy. So she talked with a Christian counselor.

Cathy went to McNutt Christian Healing Center in Jacksonville and met Norma Deering, who counseled her. She sat down and prayed with her. She then started crying uncontrollably and saw a vision of Jesus telling her, “Are you more powerful, important, and stronger than I AM that I can forgive you but you cannot forgive yourself?”

Since that day, she understood that Jesus had forgiven her and that she needed to forgive herself as well.

Today, God is using Cathy to fight for the lives of the unborn.

'I Murdered More People Than Ted Bundy': Former Abortionist Reflects on Painful Past

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