Jul 10 2006, 2:52 pm - By J_Ash

My friend Alex has been abused by Laura and Brett Ensley. The teen's name is Alexander Koelsch aka Mr.Clean. His religion is Christian and he stands strong in the faith. His occupation is lifeguard. His motives, to serve God and be the best person he can be and love everyone. I know him personally as a friend and have since 8th grade. That's almost three years of a great friendship in the books. He has taught me how to laugh harder than I thought possible and been a great friend for me through tough times for both of us. We built a friendship on love, care and understanding but most importantly on the fact that we both are servants of Jesus Christ. We enjoy and value serving him together. Since I met him we have grown in Christ as friends and individuals and learned mass amounts from each other. People have moved, deserted us, insulted us, played us at basketball (good luck) and many things have changed. Three things have remained consistent though, our relationship with God, our friendship and the fact that his foster parents have mistreated him since day one. To fill you in, Alex's real dad died when he was younger, so at a young age he lost his best friend in life to hepatitis c. Soon after he moved in with his mother who was a fluent and heavy drug user who had an addiction to drugs in general. She beat Alex all the time, in the middle of the night, threw things at him and treated him like he was a hated enemy instead of loving him as a son. Finally social services found out and stepped in naming the home unsuitable and searched for a new home for Alex, one that would treat him right, with love and care, they "thought" they had found one when they sent him to live with Laura and Brett Ensley. Laura is a probation officer and works for the justice system and Brett is an ex-cop but hasn't been one since he had his back surgery. Since I met Alex he told me how his parents expected him to literally do everything at home while they did nothing, I simply told him well just work hard and be the best son you can and let God take care of it man. He's like your right man I should be happy I have a home to live in with a roof over my head and food, thanks. Well about every three to four days something else would happen at home. His guardians would constantly say they didn't love him, that he was a terrible son and that he was stupid. What kind of parents (foster even) call their kids stupid and treat them with hate instead of love? What's even worse is the front they put on in front of others, o we love Alex and so on and on but behind closed doors the treatment is unacceptable even to the most disobedient children, discipline is necessary but abuse(mental and physical) is never acceptable in society, it's inhuman. What makes things so complicated is Brett and Laura hide things well at church and sugar coat how they treat Alex and hide the true story from the world. At home he gets hit, slapped and mentally abused beyond reasonable comparison. He dealt with it though, he hated it but through Jesus Christ he made it and just thanked God every night for a bed to sleep in (Courageous huh). Recently the situation exploded. On Saturday July 8th I had come home from playing golf with my friend Bobby and Alex was here but I didn't see his car, I got out of the car and was like "Great I come home to you" We both laughed. We walked out to my backyard and told me what had happened. Please read closely and put yourself in his shoes (their big but still). Alex was at the pool and he was playing around with his cousin Katie. She went to kick him in the ummm.. well.. You get the idea. He blocked the blow with his hand but her foot (shoes on) severely damaged his fingers. He got mad but just shook it off and didn't even retaliate (talk about control I woulda..nvm) He went home and was sitting on the couch in agonizing pain and Laura walks us and says "Get up you big baby, you need to be man" (Wow, that was nice of her). So he doesn't talk back to her (smart man) and walks on to dinner. He is standing over the table waiting to the blessing to be said (Amen to that) when his mother says "You need to lose the attitude", He finally after at least another hour of mental abuse says "Look, I'm in pain, I don't have an attitude but I don't care what you say right now". So she goes to wailing on him. Smacking him in the head over and over, he simply says calmly "Don't hit me", Please "Don't hit me" but she continues, finally after being repeatedly hit on the head with considerable force (she is trained in offense and defensive areas as a probation officer), he holds her arms so she can't hit him anymore (poor her..sike). His grandpa was there and slowly tugged at him to walk away and Alex did because he loves his grandpa and he had nothing to do with the situation. Alex walks away confused, once again beaten down physically and mentally as he had been mistreated for his whole life by everyone EXCEPT his dad whom he loves and misses. So not being able to take it, he ran away to my house and that's why he was home when I got there. We went to the driving range and hung out, ate at chars, anything to get the current stress off of his mind. We came back to my house and relaxed a while after contacting the sheriff's department about emancipation possibilities and so on. Low and behold Brett shows up with one of his off duty cop buddies who has had the wool pulled over his eyes by their smiles and small talk. He talked to Alex and openly admitted that Alex was a great young man who didn't have a bad temper and was calm. He tried to persuade Alex to leave but Alex said he felt unsafe at home and was scared to go back.He was SCARED FRIGHTENED WORRIED and in fear for his life if he were to return to their secondhand treatment. So his dad and the cop left with a failed attempt in bribery. Later an on duty officer showed up and talked to Alex and my mom and let him know what the deal was. Alex being sixteen can be emancipated and leave home but must do it legally, he can't just leave. So he had to return to hell on earth that night in tears and fear. I didn't hear from him until around one today. He called me in tears about how his parents were sending him to camp for 60 days, and had already quit his job for him. (How sweet) Personally I think the abusive need camp not the abused but that's my opinion. He is on his way to camp now, scared and isolated without any help except God alone. I am angered and want justice, I want his parents to be exposed but alone I cannot do it, I type in tears and anger mixed into a hunger for justice in exposure. Please help me. Show this to your parents, your aunts, your uncles to anyone. Re-post it with the title "Alex Koelsch needs your help". His parents are looking to get away with it again, mistreatment hidden by their fronts for society, do not let it happen again. I am personally doing all I can but alone I am powerless, in unity there is power, so you my friends please help me and Alex. His guardians names are Brett and Laura Ensley. They look nice but we all know looks deceive even the sharpest eyes but fail to overcome and average mind. So use your intelligience and help me plz. Send me messages if you have ideas or call me but this is urgent. HELP! PLZ!! 1-336-425-6536 Alex needs you! Please show to all you know and re-post!

Jul 10 2006, 7:33 pm - Replied by: livingoutloud

He needs to go before a judge and ask permission to leave! Some Lawyers will do it pro-bono (free). He may not even need a a layer to see a judge. This is sick! I'll pass it on and be Praying for Alex! Keep us updated! love in Christ, Cj

Jul 10 2006, 9:46 pm - Replied by: Gina

I will be praying for Alex and you as well. I have been through some abuse (my testimony is "A new life of faith" under the testimony forums) and know from experience that God can make all things good! In Christ, G

Jul 10 2006, 10:28 pm - Replied by: rugbyrox

if the local law, etc isn't working... you can try a dyfs [http://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/dyfs/] type program (i actually thought that was throughout the US, but apparently it's only NJ) and of course i'll be praying for him...

Jul 11 2006, 8:39 am - Replied by: bethanytoney

I will be praying for you and him both. God can do the impossible, he can expose things that need to be exposed. He will be with your friend and he will be the one that has your friends back. I will be interceeding for this. God bless and keep us posted. Bethany

Aug 03 2006, 10:06 am - Replied by: Rebecca

You can do many thinkgs in life. You just have to trust in God and your self. No matter how big or little.