Erika, the widow of Charlie Kerk, says she forgives the alleged killer of the husband

During Sunday, September 21, the public memorial service is late Charlie KerkHis wife, Erika Kirk (Née Frantzve), the man who claims to be responsible for the death of her husband was openly forgiven.

“I forgive him because this is what Christ did,” Erika, 36, said during the service of her husband, who was held at the state farm stadium in Glings, Arizona. “The answer to hatred is not hatred.”

During her remarks, Erika also urged those present to follow her husband as a wife and husband.

“Please be a leader who deserves to be followed,” she said to thousands of attendees. “Your wife is not your servant. Your wife is not your employee. Your wife is not a slave. She is your assistant. You are not competitors. You are one body, she works together for the glory of God.”

Charlie, a conservative activist and founder of the right -wing organization, was the USA, USA Firing On September 10 while speaking at the University of Utah Valley. It was 31.

“Charlie loved life. I love his life, I love America, and I love the nature that always helped him approach God,” Erika said during the X Livestream two days later. Break its silence On the death of her husband. “I loved the Cubs of Chicago and Sayyid, did I love the ducks Oregon.”

In addition to Erika, Charlie survived by two couple children.

“Most importantly, Charlie loved his children and loved me with all his heart and knew it every day. I have been sure that I know that every day,” he added. In its statement on September 12. “Every day he was asking me,” How can I serve you better? How can I be a better husband? How can I be a better father? “This was the good man.

Erika also revealed how her children were dealing with the news.

She remembers: “When I got home last night, I ran our daughter in my arms and spoke to her and said:” My mother, I miss you. “I said,” I miss you, my love, and she goes, “Where is my father?”

Erika, which has been called the new CEO of Turning Point, has been explicit since then About the last moments I participated with Charlie.

“His eyes were almost open,” Erika reminded of seeing Charlie’s body in A. New York Times An interview published earlier on Sunday. “He had this he knew, Mona Lisa resembled half -nonsense, like a happy died.

Erika told the port that Charlie was supposed to accompany Utah to participate in speaking, which Charlie was scheduled to discuss children on the campus – the first planned station in a country tour. Instead, Erika remained in her hometown of Arizona to support her mother amid hospital stay.

After receiving a call from Charlie’s assistant and news sharing, Erika soon got a plane to Utah.

“I look at clouds and mountains,” she said to The TimesSkin at the moment when she learned the middle of the journey that her husband had died his death. “It was a great day, and I was thinking: This is exactly what he saw last time.”