About us:
- Friends of Esthers was born out of a desire to help victims of organised satanic ritual abuse become truly free. Free from the slavery of their bodies, souls and minds, in which they are often imprisoned from birth. Free from the impenetrable memory walls between the different parts of the person that maintain their slavery.
- Friends of Esthers' arose from helping Esther, a survivor of satanic ritual abuse. After a long and intensive struggle, she has been released from the cult network, although this network is still intensively trying to pull her back.
- In the struggle to free Esther, new ways had to be developed. Therapy alone was not enough by a long shot. Esther was and is fully engaged in social life, she works and has a family. On her way home from work and at other times, the perpetrator network repeatedly seized the opportunity to lure her into a trap. A group of people was needed to help keep her safe. A network of reliable people who tried to understand the extremely complex reality in which Esther lived. People who persevered. Esther, her partner, her therapist (Aline Terpstra) and Esther's support network learned important lessons from this. Esther's story can be found extensively on the website www.lichtopsrm.nlwhich - in addition to raising social awareness - aims to increase the safety of Esther and her helpers.
- Friends of Esthers' arose from a deep desire to pass on to other victims what was learned in Esther's treatment. To make connections between a survivor and trusted people who want to help survivors. To equip therapists and survivors. To set up and equip prayer groups so that the fight to free survivors is borne out of prayer. And to make all this financially possible. Friends of Esthers' also wants to spread knowledge about the existence of satanic ritual abuse among as many people as possible, first and foremost among Christians, so that many more survivors will be recognised and helped in churches and communities. And so that the prayer for this enormous problem under the surface of our society will increase.
- Friends of Esthers' works from the confidence that there is a living, good God, Creator of heaven and earth, who has made His heart known to us through Jesus Christ. We know that Satan hates man and we see this in the unimaginably sadistic, evil and extremely cunning practices of the cult. We know that Jesus' power and love is stronger and is available to all who open their hearts and minds to God. We also know that prayer is as essential as our practical commitment as we build with the work of God in survivors and in the world around us.
- Friends of Esthers is still in its infancy. You can help grow a size by giving, praying or by helping out yourself (see vacancies).
Introduce
'Friends of Esthers'
For security and privacy reasons, we have chosen not to publicly introduce all members of 'Friends of Esthers'. But so that you, the reader, do have an impression of the faces and names involved, below some of the members introduce themselves. This is all the information we share about our team. We cannot respond to questions beyond this information for the reasons mentioned above.
Aline Terpstra
I work as a GZ-psychologist. In my practice, I help several clients with a background of satanic ritual abuse. I also assist colleagues who are helping other survivors. Esther's fight to break free from the clutches of the satanic cult she grew up in, has touched me deeply. Through 'Friends of Esthers', I hope that more 'Esthers' will be helped in all kinds of ways in their titanic struggle. This requires the commitment of many involved and well-informed people with a loyal and warm heart.
Gerard van der Schee
Emeritus pastor and GoedBoos coach. Anger is an emotion that sets a person in motion when faced with (perceived) injustice. When Aline told me about Esther and I looked into backgrounds and publications, my anger about deep traumatic abuse moved me to participate in Friends of Esthers. In our team, ministry and prayer there is a healthy balance between compassion for individuals (survivors and those still trapped in the cult), and deep indignation about wrong behaviour (everything the cult does to maintain the system of SRM).
Esther
Experience expert/survivor of satanic ritual abuse.
After years of coping and fighting hard to get out of the cult, I now want to use my experience to help other survivors. Because my life took place more in the cult than in ordinary life, my views and ways of thinking are often different from those of people who are not from the cult. From this knowledge, I can better understand survivors who are still in the early stages of coming out, and I try to share this knowledge with the people around the survivor, so that they can better understand the person. My experience is that with love and people around you, the road to recovery is possible. I want to show others that hope is real, even for them!
Werner
A penetrating call from one of the 'Friends of Esthers' during a Christian gathering during the lockdown in 2021 was the push for me to start working on the subject of SRM. For some time I had been reading about it, sharing messages and praying that 'all would come to light' - but now I could actually get involved - together with my wife Myrjam - to mean something for survivors. Whether it is a contribution to publicising this terrible injustice or a helping hand towards survivors: participating in 'Friends of Esthers' is for me a deep longing which is being fulfilled.
In daily life, I am a husband, father of four children and work as an organisational consultant. I am also involved in a number of prayer initiatives, locally and nationally. Finally, I like to sing and play guitar.
Myrjam
Sexual abuse and SRM are topics that have long preoccupied me. I once graduated as a remedial educationalist on the topic of 'protocols for suspected sexual abuse' but then plunged into a career in IT & management because I did not want to work in counselling. Now, almost 20 years later, I have embraced the topic again.
I want to explore what I can contribute in processing the severe trauma that comes with satanic ritual abuse, but I am grateful that I was allowed to start helping in the meantime by helping to build this website.
I like to be hands-on and concrete. For instance, I build websites (like this one), am a goldsmith and beekeeper and perform hand & hand services for several Christian foundations, including Kies Leven and Stichting Het Woord. For these organisations, I also perform more public functions such as manning a booth, publishing information videos and podcast or giving an informative talk on occasion, I realise this can be complicated in the context of work for survivors.
Janita
The subject of satanic ritual abuse has occupied my mind for years. I still find the terrible indescribable injustice done to survivors of srm hard to comprehend. For years, I found it difficult that there was nothing I could do for survivors, although I prayed for them regularly. Until I discovered Friends of Esthers and saw that there were prayer letters, from then on I could start praying in a focused way. Together with my husband, we started a prayer group: 'The Gideons Army', to pray together and fight against the unimaginable suffering survivors go through.
I work as an Applied Psychologist and Experience Trainer, am married to Jaap and mother of three children.
Being allowed and able to offer a helping hand to survivors by being part of Friends of Esthers is special and valuable to me.
Hinke
Once, while I was reading the Bible, this text jumped out as if flashing lights were turning on and off:
But you must speak for those who cannot defend themselves, you must stand up for those who do not count. Speak and judge justly, give the poor and the helpless their due!' Proverbs 32:8,9
I said to God, Here I am, I want to do the things You ask of me with Your help. If there is one group of people my heart goes out to, it is the group suffering from SRM.
In my working life, I had conversations with people who had experienced terrible things, sometimes almost too bad for words.
What I like to do is pray. During the day, but also at night, when I am awake. It is my wish that in my own place, in my own way, I may contribute something to let the light break through and let my voice be heard wherever God asks me to.
Apart from this, I am a wife, mother and beppe (Frisian for grandmother).
I love cooking, being creative, gardening and connecting with people.
Willeke
During our prayer meetings, the topic of Satanic Ritual Abuse came up. I had never heard anything about this before. After this evening, I started looking into this topic and could not let it go. Besides being a start-up coach, I am also part of the Gideon Army, a prayer group that prays militantly against the incredible injustice inflicted on victims.
I am incredibly grateful to be able to commit to Friends of Esthers and work for survivors.
I am married to Dries and together we have 3 children. I work 2 days a week as a planner in a care home. I love reading, playing games, chatting and having coffee with friends.
Marianne
Elly
Sometimes I have to pinch myself in my arm: can this terrible evil really exist, around us in our country and in our world? Even though I had been looking more into what is going on in terms of human trafficking for a couple of years now, when I read Aline's story in the newspaper in 2020 and faced Argos' documentary, I was stunned. A few years later, someone told me about Friends of Esthers. Immediately it was clear to me that I wanted to sign up so that I could be of significance to survivors of this satanic violence no matter what. I am now part of a network, a new family as it were, around a survivor.
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