I would have to say that it took several years listening to elders that we had as friends tell me about the un-brotherly things that were being done in the congregations. We had made some good friends with some good people, and I hope that one day they will make a decision to stand up for that is right and leave the harlot, but for now they stay.
For example, my wife and I were inactive in the field ministry but somewhat regular at the rest of the meetings. Well, when I was over at the elders house training him on the computer, he was telling me that the service overseer took out all of the cards of those inactive, including ours. Well, our friend said that was not right and had ordered the other elder to put our cards back in. You see, the service overseer wanted to make a good report to the CO, who was visiting next week by showing the CO that they were on top of things and all publishers were reporting time. In the end, the SO did as he was told by our friend and put our cards back in. I wondered why we never got a shepherding call, it's because we didn't exist in the congregation when the CO came around and they were way to busy to do that when he wasn't. Our friend had left that congregation and went to another.
Oh, I have more stories to tell, but from what I see, there are some good brothers, who wander from congregation to congregation, trying desperately to find a loving groups of brothers, but to no avail. I wonder how long they will keep searching?
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