AYN STILL WAITS TO GO HOME

Two years ago, this beautiful 9 year old child with autism was stolen from her family by Child Protective Services in Abbottsford, BC, Canada. In Dec 2012, after 536 days of Ayn being held in captivity, the BC Ministry of Child and Family Development stated that Ayn was never in need of their protection, dad's parenting skills were never in question and she would be soon going home to her family.

This was a picture taken of Ayn not long after she was abducted.

It has now been 731 days since Ayn was abducted from school. She has missed many happy days where she thrived with her family including 2 birthdays, 2 Christmas celebrations, 8 birthday celebrations for her parents and 2 brothers at home while she was living alone in a basement suite of a foster house with paid staff to watch her while the foster parents (very well compensated financially) worked and went about their daily lives.

With constant crying for Daddy, Ayn was given a picture of Daddy, Derek Hoare.

The BC Government is ultimately responsible for this travesty (and many others like it) ~ they are all very aware of and ignoring Ayn's story while collecting thousands of dollars of federal funds monthly to pay for depriving her of the happy family life she has a right to enjoy. Oh, and our Federal Government, including Mr. Harper the Prime Minister of Canada, are very aware of the many children in similar situations being denied their basic human rights with no consideration of justice.

It has now been 195 days since thousands of supporters celebrated the announcement that Ayn was coming home................ she is still waiting for this joyous occasion!

A recent picture we have of Ayn on a visit with her mom, Amie van Dyk.

A CALL TO PRAYER FOR AYN VAN DYK

Please join us as we gather here in prayer to ask for an abundance of blessings for all who are in charge of Ayn’s care. May the Lord’s love guide those who are responsible for making the decision that Ayn be taken home to her family as soon as possible.

When you come here to share a prayer would you invite a friend, who will then in turn invite a friend, each sharing a prayer. Let’s begin an ongoing prayer vigil that will extend around the globe until Ayn is home again.

A CALL FOR PRAYER FOR AYN VAN DYK

by Laurie Hatton

who inspires others to join her in prayer...........

I believe in the power of prayer. I believe in a loving God who cares about us and our pain. I know that many others have been praying for this situation since it unfolded, or since we became aware of this need. This document lists some things to pray about & gives you the opportunity to record your prayers in the comments section for this dear girl, her family, and the system that has removed her from her loving home. Here are a few things that I am praying for. I ask you to join in agreement with me for a miracle in this case:

Pray for Ayn – that she would be well cared for, and that God would spare her from the negative effects that often come with children being removed from their families. Ask that God would spare her from the many potential side effects of the drugs she is being given (against her parent’s wishes).

Pray that Ayn will come home very soon! The legal process is very lengthy & not designed to give parents the opportunity to challenge unnecessary removals in a timely manner, or for judges to rule in favor of a return to the parents until many months or years after the child has been taken. MCFD can make the decision today, and return Ayn. Pray God will soften the heart of the Director of MCFD who can make things right. Her 10th birthday is on December 14th & it would be wonderful if she could celebrate at home!

Pray for Derek Hoare (Ayn’s dad), Amie van Dyk (Ayn’s mom), Wyatt & Lyric (Ayn’s brothers), as well as her extended family (aunts & uncles etc), who love & miss her very much! Ask God to give them strength & wisdom to deal with this. Pray that they will experience and feel God’s presence and love.

Pray for Mary McNeil, the staff and social workers who work at MCFD in British Columbia, and at CPS or CAS organizations around the world. Pray that they would truly have the best interests of families and children at heart. Pray they will have good policies & procedures, and that they will be followed for the child’s well-being.

Pray that the proposal Derek has written & is planning to submit to MCFD today will be accepted. Pray that money will be raised to pay for a lawyer and/or expert witnesses to testify if this case actually goes to trial. Pray that a great lawyer with a heart will offer to do pro-bono work and help out.

Please feel free to add your prayers for Ayn & her family below in a comment, or to quote favorite Bible quotes that come to mind when you hear about Ayn or this call to prayer. Blessings upon you for taking the time to be informed about this situation, and doing what you can to help.

I know Matthew 18:20 (NIV) says

“For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”

And James 5:16 (The Message) states

“The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with.”

I invite anyone to record their prayers below in a comment.

Obviously you may pray directly to God on your own, or at your local place of worship. Many of us have been doing this for months. However, by typing our words & sharing them here, some may pray more who wouldn’t normally know what to pray.

I also hope people will share the link for this blog & invite others to join us. I feel there is power in coming together and sharing our petitions we are raising before God. It will be our way of praying with each other, and asking God to intervene for Ayn.

WHY Is This Happening?

On June 16th in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada,  an MCFD staff social worker visited Derek Hoare and asked him to voluntarily give them custody of his daughter Ayn, who is autistic, as they thought maybe he was overwhelmed having 3 children, 2 with autism. As would any parent, Derek said "no" and he was not overwhelmed.

Note: They did not question his parenting skills or the safety of his children. They did not ask to take his sons. They had never been in the home to observe how well protected the children were, how well cared for they were, how well behaved they were, how loved, loving and happy they were. Apparently this was not important, apparently they don't really care about children.

Ayn van Dyk was abducted by MCFD staff at school on June 16th. School could not handle her so did they take her home - no! They kidnapped her from her father who loved her, provided for all her needs, taught her appropriate social skills in a way school could not and protected her from harm.

MCFD abducted her from school and admitted her to a psychiatric unit in a hospital where they drugged her into submission. With professional advice the hospital determined she did not belong in a hospital. She is not ill, physically or mentally - she has AUTISM! Autism is not a mental disability - it is a neurodevelopmental disorder that not affects 1 in 110 children and 1 in 70 boys. Wouldn't you expect the Ministry of Child and Family Development to be very knowledgeable, understanding and accepting of those with autism? Not so.

MCFD then kept her captive in a foster home, in the basement with 2 extra hired staff. Her dad had no help and was not overwhelmed as CPS social worker thought and provided her with a nice home where she was free to move inside and outside. Dad did not have any help with 3 children, 2 with autism.

Note: A foster parent is paid to look after Ayn; dad wasn’t, he cared for her because he loved her. The foster parent was obviously overwhelmed . MCFD doesn't remove her from the home but finds funds to hire 2 more staff to watch Ayn; who locked in a basement and heavily drugged would not need much "watching".

A social worker who has never visited Ayn's home to see how well she was doing there, takes her from school where they can't help Ayn. Under the guise of "protecting and caring for children" they make Ayn and her family suffer for now 106 days...................... can anyone explain how this even makes sense let alone that they are totally violating Ayn's rights????

Of course Ayn is still heavily drugged on a cocktail of drugs a parent would surly never allow. Please refer to https://www.facebook.com/groups/justiceforayn/doc/185727251500770/to understand why I made the latter statement.

This innocent 9 year old girl, with autism, was taken from her dad, Derek Hoare who loved her, provided for all her needs, taught her appropriate social skills in a way school could not, protected her from harm............MCFD abducted her from school, made her captive in a foster home with a foster parent and 2 more staff (dad had no help and was not overwhelmed as CPS social worker thought)

Note: foster mother is paid to look after Ayn (dad wasn’t, he cared for her because he loved her) and when she is obviously overwhelmed MCFD has funds to hire 2 more staff! A social worker who has never visited Ayn's home to see how well she was doing there, takes her from school who can't help Ayn and makes Ayn and her family suffer for now 106 days...................... can anyone explain how this even makes sense let alone totally violating Ayn's rights????

They have had her in custody for 106 days. Most of these days she was not in school. Now that she is in school (why, this writer is not sure) they asked a judge to keep her for 45 more days to do an assessment. Criminals are remanded to custody for 30 days for assessment - surely this child would take priority - she did not commit any crime!

How can we as Canadians allow our children (yes, there are many more) to be mistreated this way? How can Canada, one of the countries that ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child https://www.facebook.com/groups/justiceforayn/doc/161664610573701/allow this to continue? How can Canadian court of law continue to penalize the victim’s of the crime instead of the perpetrators?

Some more questions that require an answer...............

Did you know that Child Protective Services (in its many forms; probably globally) would have this kind of power? How do you feel about this?

Why isn’t every autism society, organization, support group, advocate and therapist publicly  supporting this little girl and her family?

Why isn’t every format of national media all over this story?

Why isn’t every parent who has a child with special needs screaming about this story and supporting this family as they fight to be reunited?

WHY Is This Happening?

WHY DID IT HAPPEN and WILL IT CONTINUE

She was abducted by CPS because she has autism and they felt she was a burden to her family. They thought her dad must have been overwhelmed having 3 children to care for, two who have autism.

Many parents can relate to this, that is having 3 or more children with more than 1 having autism. Do they have to fear a CPS custody battle? Who knows, perhaps so, if this practice is not stopped now!

Would I be correct in saying many parents who have only 1 child with autism can relate to be overwhelmed by times as a parent? Is this true for parents who do not have children with autism? I believe so. Should all parents then be wary of CPS deciding they need to take their child into custody?

Do you think if your child was being forcibly removed from their school classroom by strangers (no parent in sight) that they might be resistant and create a struggle? Why wouldn't they? Do we not teach our children to never go with strangers?

How would you then feel about your child then being given a cocktail of drugs by her abductors, we assume so your child could be sedated and kept calm? Oh and this would be drugs not recommended for children that had these side effects https://www.facebook.com/groups/justiceforayn/doc/185727251500770/ .

Could this be your child?

She is innocent of any crime and so are her parents. She has been in custody for 91 days without being able to plea her case for her freedom and rights as agreed to by Canada in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Do what you can today to help this little girl and her family and continue efforts to ensure no other children and families suffer as she has. Read other blog posts here. Read some of the documents listed in the "Links" on this site. Decide today what YOU can commit to do. It is said that it takes a community to raise a child. We live in a global community today and this is a global issue.