Sunday, March 7, 2010

Love Trumps Evil! - Stickers are ready

Mega thanks to Stephanie Grosz for the design and Linda Reichenbach for ordering these awesome "updated" Justice for Kari bumper stickers! They are in and ready for ya! I will get my box sometime this week so go ahead and start sending in your self-addressed-stamped-envelopes to Justice for Kari, P.O. Box 1536, Hewitt, TX 76643. Will get them sent back to you ASAP.


In case you haven't had a chance to read it or hear it again, here is a portion of the victim impact statement of Kari's Mom, Linda Dulin, after Matt was found guilty and sentenced. It explains the new choice of words on the sticker.

Taken from WacoTrib.com's Erin Quinn's live blog, January 21, 2010.

5:52 p.m. --Kari Baker's mother, Linda Dulin, delivers her victim impact statement. She tells her son-in-law to look at her. Linda Dulin says: "You took her from us, Matt. You discarded her like she was yesterday's trash. You murdered the mother of your children. ...You really can't look at me, can you?" He looks up from the floor and looks at her.

"You took (Kensi and Grace's) mother and then fed them lies. ...Thank goodness this journey doesn't end here. ...You see, Matt, you were never going to win this one. You spent your life preying on innocent people. ...But love trumps evil. Do you hear me, Matt? Love trumps evil." She continues: "(When I see Kari again) she's going to run toward me and knock me over and smother me with kisses. ...God told us he would never forsake us and he hasn't. We have felt his arms around us through this entire process. ...We are so very blessed. We are blessed.

So, what do we do now? Well, first we thank God for bringing us here to this place. ...But next, Jim and I commit our lives to Kensi and Grace. ...We can't give them back their mother, but we want, more than anything in this world, for them to be whole and healthy. You poisoned them. You taught them to hate. But it won't last. It won't last."

She continues: "You have to spend many years in prison. What you did was horrific. It was horrific, Matt. And I believe you're capable of much more evil." Matt Baker shakes his head. She continues: "But....we have to step out and forgive. So, we do. We forgive. Because that's the only way, Matt. ...Love trumps evil."

Oh, yes, Linda. It sure does.

4 comments:

Sadie said...

Shannon --

They look great. Thank you for doing this! And hank you to Stephanie and Linda R., for making it happen.

Can we include donations with our self-addressed envelopes when we place our orders?

... to cover the cost of the bumper stickers, and/or to help with the Dulins' (presumably astronomical) legal expenses?

And if so, are their any special instructions?

Love the bumper stickers.

I do believe that LOVE TRUMPS EVIL. Am praying for all the family and friends whose lives have been affected by Baker and his crimes, and especially praying for the girls and their future.

God Bless you, Linda and Jim. God is on your side, and so are a horde of believers. Stay strong.

Sadie

Shannon said...

Sadie asks:
"Can we include donations with our self-addressed envelopes when we place our orders?... to cover the cost of the bumper stickers, and/or to help with the Dulins' (presumably astronomical) legal expenses?"

Actually, you sure can. And it would be very much appreciated. Email me privately at JusticeForKari@gmail.com for the specifics on how to do so.

Thank you, Sadie (and the others that have asked me privately) for asking. ;)

SG said...

OK this will be long but one night I sat down and typed out what Linda said, word for word, so I could keep it. I'll share that here in case anyone missed it.


Linda Dulin's Victim Impact Statement

"I am talking to you Matt today. Ok? You have not looked at me in almost four years. Can you look at me today for a little while? OK?"

"We were so blessed to have Kari in our lives for 31 years. And how she loved us. She loved her brother, me, her father, her extended family, and Matt, Matt SHE LOVED YOU. But more than anything she loved her girls. Her love for Kensi, Kassidy and Grace was engraved on her soul, on her soul. And then you took her from us Matt. You discarded her like she was yesterday’s trash."

"You murdered the mother of your children and I still can’t wrap my head or my heart around this. And you left so many other victims. The people in your churches who want to believe that the, the person leading them truly is a man of God. Your family, your, your family Matt, your friends, the people who believed in you… You really can’t look at me, can you?"

"But the most tragic victims Matt, the most tragic victims are Kensi and Grace, those sweet, sweet babies. You took their mother and then you fed them lies Matt. You fed them lies and then you erased her from their lives. But thank goodness this journey doesn’t end here because this isn’t going to be about heartache. You see Matt you were never going to win this one. You’ve spent your life manipulating and preying on innocent people. But love trumps evil. Do you hear me? Love trumps evil."

"And we have God’s promises to lead us through this and remind us that he is bigger than any crime you committed, even murdering our precious child. And Kari’s faith has put her smack dab in the middle of paradise. And we are going to spend eternity with her. And you can separate us for this short time, but I already know what it is going to be like when I see her again. And she is going to come running towards me and she is going to jump in my arms and knock me over and just smother me with kisses and that’s… I can wait for that. And just as Kari’s faith has assured where she is right now, our faith has sustained us. And you see, God’s told us he will never forsake us, and he hasn’t. We have felt his arms around us through out this entire ordeal and no act in this world can take our joy. We still have that Matt. You did not rob us. We have had family and friends and strangers walking with us and we are so very blessed. We are blessed."

"So what do we do now? Well first, we thank God for bringing us here to this place, and for this jury. Thank you so much. But next Jim and I commit our lives to Kensi and Grace. To helping them heal. To giving them back their childhood and their joy. We can’t give them back their mother, but we want more than anything else in this world for them to be whole and healthy. You poisoned them and you taught them to hate. But it won’t last. It won’t last. But in order to give them back their love, in order to give them back their joy, then we have to extend that same grace that has been extended to us."

"You have to spend many years in prison. What you did was horrific. It was horrific Matt. And I believe you are capable of much more evil."

"However in order to heal, in order to point the way for our own granddaughters, in order to show God how grateful we are then we have to step out and forgive. So we do. We forgive, because that’s the only way Matt. The only way that love that makes the way, so that eventually, eventually just as in this case.. LOVE TRUMPS EVIL. That’s all."

Rae said...

Wow, Mrs. Dulin is such a strong woman and her faith is phenominal. I believe God will continue to strengthen her and I am so glad those girls have her. God bless you Mrs. Dulin. I will pray for you and your family.