About Pastor Don Carpenter Expertise I am a father of four and a Baptist Pastor. Before becoming a senior pastor, I was a youth pastor and worker for over 10 years. If you ask this volunteer a question, you will get the benifit of 20 + years experience in the ministry and the counsel of the Bible, God`s perfect book. Feel free to ask any Biblical or moral questions.
Experience I have been involved in pastoral type counseling for 20+ years. Most of my experience has been with chemical addiction, crisis intervention, and some types of severe mental illness. I have some secular training in those areas as well as a Bible College degree.
Organizations Evangelical Baptist Church
Publications Revival Baptist Chronicles
The Fundamental Baptist Voice
Education/Credentials BS in Bible from Baptist Bible College in CLarks Summit PA
Various training seminars in, Co-occuring disorders, treatment of those who have been sexually abused, and Solution Focused Therapy.
Question i am now a 15 year old girl, and some things happened when i was younger and i am unsure what to call it.
when i was about 8 my cousin was 13 and he used to sleep over when he came to visit.
when we slept together he would tell me about his penis and tell me to touch it or smell it. he also would tell me how it would get hard and would tell me to hump things. he would ask me things like what it was like to have a vagina and talk to me about sexual things at a very young age.
i was so young that i didn't realize it was wrong and didn't tell him to stop, is this my fault? was he right? did he do anything wrong?
what is this called? what did he do to me?
Answer Hi Sam,
Thank you for this very personal question. It sounds like your cousin was a very sexually charged young man with raging hormones. You were an innocent kid. I do not believe that you did anything wrong, you were the victim. I am not sure what they would call it when he was still so young, but clearly you were sexually abused, but I am not sure that you wuold lable him as a pedophile since he was still trying to figure things out in his own body. WHat he did was wrong no question. I suggest that you find a youth pastors wife or a Christian lady you can trust to talk about these events so that you do not have to face these momories alone.
