It's in Europe the same! When the CO is in town, the atmosphere in the congregation is totaly different! The wive of the congregation overseer (who is not talking to me the whole year) greets me in front of the CO if I was her greatest friend. O what a great congregation, what a great elders and what a great wife of elders, do you see it dear CO?, that's what it is. And then the CO goes on stage and makes some stupid remarks about "when you do'nt preach, you make it difictult for the whole congretation, one for all, all for one... bluh....