How do you respond when: All your savings and business are taken... You've lost your home... Panic, anger and worry have you overwhelmed... Your life seems to have been devastated?
Having to prevail through three years of scrutiny in the court systems and facing the potential of 42 criminal charges in a world that singled him out from 100's of his peers, Wilf Roch had every reason to be looking for justice, vindication and payback.
Instead, he went looking for peace.
Read his story inside to find out how he found it.
Wilf H. Roch is passionate about evangelism and encouraging believers in their faith in Jesus Christ. His story has been featured in the Evangelical Baptist. He has also been the subject of a CBC documentary titled "Singled Out," and has been a guest on 100 Huntley Street. Wilf, a native of Winnipeg, and his wife, Carol, born in Thunder Bay, use their spiritual gifts and talents to serve others in their church in London, Ontario, and beyond.
Jeannie (Lockerbie) Stephenson and her husband, Wally, were born in Ontario. They continue to serve with ABWE in overseas ministries. Together they have written Through Tears to Triumph (God's Gracious Help Through Grief and Sorrow) and By Ones and By Twos (Building Successful Relationships in Ministry.)
"If God doesn't like what I am doing for a living, He'll have to take it away!" -Wilf Roch
"Something went off the rails here ... it shouldn't ever have happened to this guy ... and it can never be rectified." -Gordon Kaiser, Wilf's lawyer
"What happened to you is part of Canadian history. This really needs to be written in a book." -Moira Brown of 100 Huntley Street
"I can say with confidence that there are few-if any-people who have met Wilf Roch and not heard and seen the Gospel." -David Shadd, Wilf's friend
