Prayer letter summer 2025
A Gideon's Army; prayer letter around satanic ritual abuse
The purpose of this prayer letter is to initiate a prayer movement in the Netherlands and abroad to free victims from the shackles of satanic ritual abuse.
In addition, to make people aware of the existence of satanic networks under the surface of our Western society. So that a network of passionate people gradually emerges to offer spiritual and practical support to victims (and perpetrators) who choose freedom.
In this prayer letter, Esther talks about how complicated Father's Day is for her, a poem entitled: 'Dear you' and a drawing of a survivor are included. Next, the thanksgiving and prayer points are discussed with the prayer calendar for the coming period being the last. We hope the information in this prayer letter will help you to pray with growing understanding and persistence for all things necessary to stop this hideous evil of satanic ritual abuse. So that many lives may be saved and restored to the glory of the only God who is perfectly good.
Introduction (by Janita)
The summer period is a difficult time for survivors, precisely because network friends and/or practitioners go on holiday and are therefore less available to survivors. In addition, survivors often have to deal with traumatic memories of Father's Day, Pentecost and the summer period. Especially then, it is important to keep praying for survivors and not slack off. Regularly, I am reminded of the text in 2 Chronicles 16: 9 'For the eyes of the LORD travel over all the earth, to prove Himself strong to those whose hearts are complete with Him.'
We can cry out to the Lord, wave our hands and cry out Lord, see us! We need You Lord, HELP! Help our dear, beautiful, brave survivors. Help those who suffer so deeply and intensely! Lord hear our cries for help! Let us all stand on the breach and cry out to Him for help. We call on Your Name to fight against the powers of darkness. What a privilege it is that we get to do this! While we keep our eye on Jesus, the Guide and Finisher of faith. He is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God (Hebrews 12: 2).
It is a privilege to serve in the Lord's army: 'The Gideon's Army'.
Father's Day (by Esther)
Always complicated those special days. Not just because cult does the most awful things on those days and thinks they have an extra reason to get together. No, these special days make the huge gap between the 'normal' world and the cult world feel intensely. Now that it is almost Father's Day, people going to visit their dads, the shops filled with presents with 'dear dad' on them, etc.
The chasm that is so elusive because of ignorance, disbelief, but also because of horrific reality is so hard to bridge.
Still, survivors need people, mothers, but also especially fathers from the ordinary world to be able to cope with this gap to some extent and start believing somewhere that, for example, a father can also be someone who is loving, wants to take care of his children and would even give his life for him/her.
I hope the text below helps to better understand this intense divide.
The father who looks after his children in the family and stands beside mother
The father playing with his children in a playground
The father picking up his child from preschool or school
The dad you ask for advice when you're at a loss for words
Like your neighbour's girl's father, who looks at her so lovingly
And the father of your friend in class who always listens to her so full of interest
The loving father you can trust and build on and always come back to....
And then there is what I hear about God, the Father who gave His Son, because He loves you so much
But my father is not all that.... Well, to the outside world maybe... But not to me.
My father:
The father who puts me to bed and comes back hours later for his own convenience
The father who takes me to the café only to be raped by many fathers...
The father who is always kind and helpful to others, but when the front door is closed, turns into a monster...
The father who gets me pregnant...
The father killing my child...
The father who biologically is not my father at all...
Who can help me to be allowed to learn from my broken father image that there is a heavenly Father who truly loves me?
Dear you!
You, you are often in my thoughts.
You, not registered in the system.
In the system of this world.
You, called a nobody by several people.
You, conceived to satisfy the lusts of others.
Your eyes, empty, staring into nothingness.
Sadness. Pain. Fear. Emptiness.
So much pain, so much you have to go through, beyond comprehension!
WHY? WHY?
Why don't you get to make your own choices?
Why can't you be free?
Why can't you live your dreams?
I .... can't understand it, I have no words for it.
The world goes on, people walk past you, take advantage of you.
And .... go ... on with their own lives again.
I cry your tears, feel intense sadness when I think of you.
I would like to help you, but don't know how, I .... feel powerless.
You, I think there are many like you and that makes me intensely sad.
It feels unfair, what a world!
I would like to show that there are hands that don't hurt.
Hands that reach out to you, hands that want to protect you.
My hands, I fold them and cry out to Yeshua, HELP HELP.
I hope and pray that you will experience that HE, Yeshua, does see you.
With Him, though, you are registered and He knows your name.
I hope you will read this, or maybe hear this.
Know that you are valuable in Yeshua's eyes and that you did not deserve this life.
Love,
from me!
Drawing 'Who decides when I move?' made by a survivor (2025)
Thanksgiving
Farmstead 'the Inner Garden
We are grateful with our residential and shelter location of Hoeve 'the Inner Garden'. On several occasions, we have been able to provide additional support to survivors by giving them a few days' shelter and a family who could and wanted to be there for them. We hope to expand this further in the coming years, where we want to have good focus on keeping our team healthy as a base. We are grateful for this opportunity and that God has continually provided what was needed.
Handlers
We are incredibly grateful that some treatments are running, that there are teachable people involved and we are on the road together.
Network friends
Being a network friend is not always easy, which is why we are all the more grateful that those who are network friends are faithful, patient and persistent! That which helps a survivor, they try to do within God's bounds.
Donations
We are grateful that donations come in every month to enable us to do our work. Without these donations, helping our target group becomes much harder and we cannot provide the continuity that is so desperately needed.
Prayer groups
We are very grateful to know that more and more people and groups are praying for srm survivors.
Information evenings and courses
We are grateful that the information evenings are well attended and that our work, but especially this injustice, is becoming better known in the Netherlands. We have also started a mini-course for which we are grateful!
Gerard
In the previous prayer letter, we asked for prayers for Gerard's health after he underwent heart surgery. We are grateful to be able to say that his recovery has been successful and that he has been able to resume his duties within Friends of Esthers.
PRAY FOR ...
And all that ye shall ask faithfully in prayer ye shall receive (Matthew 21:22).
Handlers
Pray that for the work of practitioners, donations will continue to come in to fund it and that practitioners will receive wisdom and strength for their work. We still need practitioners in order to be able to adequately help our current beneficiaries and thus also make room for new applications.
Network friends
Pray that the people who are now network friends will endure to be able to be friends, while the person seeking help shows more and more of themselves. Pray for more network friends throughout the country, there is a really big shortage of these and sometimes literally gets in the way of getting out of the cult. Specifically, we are looking for networkers in the broad surroundings of Amsterdam, Zwolle, Gorinchem and Utrecht.
Work by Friends of Esthers
Pray for all the developments within Friends of Esthers. We are working hard to improve the diagnosis/treatment of CDIS (complex DIS) in ongoing abuse and we are working in several areas to spread our knowledge. These include frequent meetings for networkers, bidders and so on where we do knowledge transfer and where we meet. There is a lot of time and energy in this work and each step requires a lot of wisdom. We need Yeshua very much in this, if He does not build the house, in vain toil the builders (Psalm 127:1). We are very much aware of this. Pray for His guidance with every step we take in every area of our work and with every person we deal with.
Finance for Hoeve 'the Inner Garden'
We started the Hoeve last year. A place where survivors can safely work on their traumas, so they can and dare get out. Our project still needs money to renovate the large barn. Please pray for finances, builders and building materials for this so we can convert it into an office and training/meeting space to see clients, train practitioners and networkers and meet together in a safe place.
Prayer groups
Pray for more people to stand up against injustice and fight along in the spiritual world. Find people and start praying together. Ask others to join. Start ... Yeshua will bless it!
Perpetrators
Continue to pray for offenders to encounter Yeshua and see what He is doing in the lives of survivors. Pray for courage and outstretched arms in their lives where they feel the safety and freedom to repent and start their lives anew.
Survivors
Pray for survivors who cannot be mentioned by name for various reasons. Pray that they may know that they are valuable to Yeshua and that they will learn that there are people who can be trusted and above all that Yeshua is safe and is always with them. Pray that Yeshua will put safe people around them so that there will be opportunities for them to recover from what has been done to them.
Other survivors and helpers still waiting
We are in contact with several help seekers and due to the lack of network friends and practitioners, we cannot help everyone right now. Pray for wisdom for us for the applications that are already ongoing. For proper diagnostics and for the right doors to the right help. Churches that dare to open their doors to this group. Pray that those who have to wait for help will find courage and strength to persevere and not give up or will find another place where they can be helped. That they will experience that the great arms of Yeshua will carry them too.
People
Anjer
Carnation is a brave practitioner who has worked with survivors for some time. Her job really matters and for help and advice she is always sympathetic. She does have poor health, though. Pray that she will keep the strength and courage to keep doing this work and feel her limits in this. Pray also for wisdom during the treatments.
Martin
Martin is a help-seeker at Friends of Esthers. His process is intense and this affects himself and those around him a lot. Pray that person parts learn to stay safe and that more and more parts choose the way of Yeshua. Pray also for Martin's partner, who is overburdened. Pray for recovery from this and that she keeps up the process and that this does not affect Martin adversely.
Adam
Adam is a son of a survivor. Eager prayer that Yeshua puts the right people around him and around his family so that he dares to step out of this darkness. Much wisdom is needed and Yeshua will have to be the one to open the right doors and make his heart willing. There have been no new developments in recent months.
Ismael
Ismael is a grandchild of a survivor and experiences abuse in his early years. Unfortunately, there is no access to him yet to help him be and stay safe until now. Pray for open doors and for parents to address opportunities for exit!
Myrthe
Myrthe is grateful to be prayed for. Pray for her for a good processing of what she has been through and for her safety.
Ladybird
Difficult memories come up, where it is difficult to let it be there because there is little network and help. Therefore, she does not always manage to continue in her process. Pray for more networkers so that she feels more secure to continue in her processes and can also keep up her work.
Ferdi
Has already had a long road where he has faced a lot of opposition. Pray for open doors and Yeshua's guidance to bring the right people into his path so that the path to lasting freedom can be set.
Ingrid
Ingrid is a brave relief worker who does not give up. Her suffering is great, but her will to recover and be able to help others is greater. There have been great breakthroughs in her process, pray that the breakthroughs will keep coming and her suffering will be reduced. Pray also for safety where she lives.
Laura
Pray for Laura that she may keep courage to continue even though therapy is tough. Pray that more inner parts will make the choice to follow the way of the Good Shepherd. Pray for more peace in her inner world and that there will be breakthroughs in the process she is now in.
Esther
Over the past few months, I have continued to use my knowledge and experience for help seekers and for knowledge transfer moments. Confronting survivors of which I have been a perpetrator myself and vice versa is a complicated, but at the same time restorative one. Again and again I experience Yeshua's guidance and presence. For this I am intensely grateful! Pray for wisdom and strength to cope with this and be there in love and with an eye on the other. Not my will, but His will. Song for this period: https://youtu.be/XVTjcYC3MeU?si=Kdp11tVKdtcSyhgz
Aline
Prayer for strengthening our family relationships remains important. I also want to ask prayer for a return of energy after a period of hard work and transition to the Hoeve. Finally, for wisdom and insight to set the right priorities and sharp ears of my heart to be able to clearly hear the voice of the Good Shepherd in this.
Humbly
Humbly has been intensely involved with a survivor on an almost daily basis for many years. The suffering of this survivor is tough to see and experience every day, yet she perseveres! Pray that she will persevere, that she will receive wisdom and courage for steps she may take, and that she will be carried by Yeshua!
Desiree
Is a courageous woman who knows several survivors, cares for them and wants to be like a friend. She often faces spiritual struggles through this work. Pray for protection and wisdom in the steps she takes.
Jan
Jan is an older toddler who shows core characteristics of severe abuse in his play behaviour and in other ways. No new updates are known about Jan, this is why we will no longer mention him in the next prayer letters unless we receive new information.
Geertje
Geertje's trial is ongoing. Her mother has had a tough stretch. Eager prayer that this trajectory will increase her security and that the tug-of-war for parental rights will come to an end.
Sarina
Sarina is a medical aid worker who helps us in our work. She has no new prayer request and will not be mentioned in the next prayer letter unless there are new prayer requests.
Abednego
Is the son of one of our practitioners, with whom things have not been going well for six months due in part to mental struggle as a result of his parents' involvement with srm survivors. He has severe psychological symptoms. Pray for the right helpers and deep and full recovery.
Prayer calendar
Cult dates with times of rituals and additional information and prayer points
It is very intensive for survivors to surface specific information about each cult night, because each cult meeting is associated with many horrible memories, which then come to the surface. It has therefore not been possible to get sufficient clarity on the specific times of all days. The times of 1am-3am are not always fully covering: the cult often goes on longer and sometimes starts earlier. For certain cult groups, Friday night is fixed cult night. Friday is therefore a day that is extra tough for many survivors. Days like new moon and full moon are days when the cult comes together extra and the intensity is heavier. Pray that these nights will be disrupted and the spiritual power they experience will be powerless.
Note: If it says 27 May, it refers to the night of 26-27 May.
27 May new moon 1am-3pm
29 May Ascension 0.00 - 5.00
This is a tough night.
8 and 9 June Pentecost
Cult meetings of 0.00 - 3.00
It is a night of mostly demonic activities celebrated in a physical gathering. The summoning of demons and Satan takes centre stage, with the aim of increasing their power and territory. One way this is done is through a sacrifice with a newborn born in the cult. This happens in local cult groups scattered across the country. Afterwards, as almost always, there is a sex orgy.
11 June full moon 1.00 - 3.00 am
15 June Father's Day 0:00-3:00
21-23 June Summer meetings
Cult nights around summer time: the nights of 20 - 21, 21 - 22 and 22 - 23 June.
Times: the first two from 1am-3pm, the last from 1am-6pm.
Satanic summer cult gatherings last for three days. In each local cult, one child is tortured (the same child) during these three days. These may be (many) previously kidnapped children or children who are already in the cult's grip because they belong to the core families. Or because they grow up unregistered in the cult's clutches. The final night takes place in a national gathering that is not open to all local members. On this night, from the children who have been tortured for three days, one child is chosen to be sacrificed to Satan. That child is burned alive.
This last night in particular is also dominated by summoning and directing demons. Through the child sacrifice, the power of satanic prayers is stronger; the cult uses this to increase their influence in the 'ordinary' world.
25 June new moon 1am-3pm
July 1 to 7 cult meetings. Times: from 1am-3pm, except 6 and 7 July (see below for times).
This cult week is extra tough for survivors. A week of torture and rape is leaden, but the fact that then your friends and/or family mostly talk about fine holidays they are going to do or days away and are less available makes a great loneliness felt. Pray that network friends will be alert to this loneliness and be especially vigilant during these holiday weeks.
July 6 and 7, 10.30pm-4.30pm pray for corporeal protection.
10 July full moon 1.00 - 3.00 am
20 - 27 July during this week 24 July new moon so extra heavy.
The last two nights are the toughest. The first nights are about from 0.00 - 3.00 and the last two from 1.00 - 6.00. It starts with kidnappings and it ends with a sacrifice of a woman, according to cult thinking adult (over 12). The days in between are mainly sex parties with babies and children and all that goes with it, there is a climax on the sixth day, at which demons come, who also inspect and 'hopefully' approve the 'sacrifice'. If not, additional sacrifices and rituals are performed.
The one sacrificed on the seventh day gives her life for the sanctification of the group. It helps Satanism become stronger in their experience. For survivors, this day is tough: with possible memories of kidnappings on the sixth day and the seventh day with the living sacrifice which is terrible to see. Real prayer is needed for those in the cult though. Pray that the kidnappings cannot continue, that there is protection, Yeshua is there, despite the darkness and that they are disturbed and cannot carry out their plans. Pray also that Christians can feel and see this spiritual event so that they can pray for it directly. This week is a week of grabbing more territory for Satan. We can prevent this if we know he is doing this!
1 August
This is a special date for the cult. As a result, times will be at least from 0.00 to 5.00 are.
On 1 August, the cult celebrates the territory they have conquered and honours those who have made a vital contribution to it. A new plan is presented with goals for the coming year. For survivors, it is a reward-punishment day. If you have contributed in conquering a territory, such as a church, you will be rewarded. If you have not done so, you undergo penance which consists of severe torture.
3 August 1am-3pm
9 August full moon 1am-3pm
23 August new moon 1am-3pm
Will you continue to pray with us?
Esther, Aline and Janita
This prayer letter may be distributed widely, especially in churches. 'My people perish for lack of knowledge,' says the Bible (Hosea 4:6). So let us not look away anymore. Let us fix our eyes on Yeshua and injustice, and let us embrace those caught in it and take them before the throne of God!
For more information on satanic ritual abuse, see e.g.
https://www.vpro.nl/argos/media/afleveringen/2020/uitzending-27-juni-ritueel-misbruik.html
https://www.vpro.nl/argos/media/afleveringen/2018/Het-verhaal-van-Lisa.html
NB: the above highly informative documentaries have unfortunately been taken offline by Argos, but can still be found elsewhere on the internet for those who do a quick search.
For whom and by whom?
This prayer letter is for any Christian who wants to join in prayer based on good information. It is an initiative of Esther, Aline and Janita. Esther was born into a church family that worshipped Satan and has struggled to break free from the grip of this cult. Aline professionally helps survivors of satanic ritual abuse step out of this cult and come to recovery physically, emotionally and spiritually. Janita is active in prayer work around srm and is a practitioner.
If you know people who might be interested in praying with you, please feel free to forward this letter and the prayer points. If you no longer wish to receive this prayer letter and the prayer points, an e-mail back will suffice
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