Joy Tan-Chi Mendoza > Quotes

“Lord I don’t understand what You are doing and I don’t like what is happening but I will submit to You in faith, trusting You to cause this for good through Your mighty power.”
― Joy Tan-Chi Mendoza, When A Good God Allows Rape

“My parents pulled me towards them and for the first time that evening, I really cried about the rape. Their response gave me license to feel the gravity of what happened to me.”
― Joy Tan-Chi Mendoza, When A Good God Allows Rape

“That was the most painful thing I have ever had to tell my parents. I knew that it was going to hurt them to hear it, but they had to hear it from me. Other times in my life I’ve had to tell them about foolish things I’d done, and asked them for forgiveness, but telling them about the rape carved a deep wound in my heart.”
― Joy Tan-Chi Mendoza, When A Good God Allows Rape

“It was here that we were given the “R” word, but I remember so vividly how the three friends conducted themselves so “normally” and “naturally,” with no hint of any trauma or the abuse they had just experienced.”
― Joy Tan-Chi Mendoza, When A Good God Allows Rape

“How could I look into my parents’ eyes and say that I was raped? The very word made me cringe with disgust.”
― Joy Tan-Chi Mendoza, When A Good God Allows Rape

“Having to say the word “rape” made me feel so spoiled and ruined. I was embarrassed. I was ashamed. It was humiliating to admit that I had been sullied in that way.”
― Joy Tan-Chi Mendoza, When A Good God Allows Rape

“Was God present when the nightmare was happening and if He was, then why didn’t He stop it?”
― Joy Tan-Chi Mendoza, When A Good God Allows Rape