by sspo 39 Replies latest jw friends
Well I outed myself to them when they came to my door right before Christmas. I never in my life went to the hall in this area but I told them to mark this down as an apostate house and do not come back. The good news is, I'm moving to another city on 9/1. The bad news is, my ex, who was never a JW, will probably get the call. I'll warn her!
Sherry
The last time I got a visit from local elders (and elderettes) was really by accident about 4 years ago now at my mom's house. I think I posted here about it. Basically they were scared to death of me. They didn't know what to say or how to act. I was there taking care of mom after a major surgery. They apparently thought that I wouldn't care for my mom, being an evil worldy person now. But I greeted them courteously, offered coffee, cake, anything I could do to make them feel welcome. When they asked me when I would return to the KH, I simply smiled and said "never. but thanks for your warm invitation" The look on their faces was to die for! Kill em with kindness, that's what I live by !
In the 9+ years since I left, I have only had one visit, and that was by accident. Some sisters were in FS and knocked on my door not knowing I lived there. I have moved since that incident, back into my old congs territory. I have not had one visit in 5 years, and I'm glad! Depending on who would ever show up on my door, I have some really not nice things to say to them!
Karen
the essence of that article is that the elders should be eager to look for an oppurtunity to encourage df ones to return...in a sort of prodigal son's father constantly looking for his son kind of way...in reality when the elders get together to discuss this they actually look for reasons not to call on df ones....not been long enough, still living together, still smoking, not our territory, no contact info, mad, any reason they can think of not to call because in fact they believe they are not deserving.
i pointed this out to the gb but they didnt care..
They probably want to boost their return visits™ as well as get some people to come back. They're not experiencing any increase in their preaching work, so they hope some of those who were DF'd or DA'd might be stupid enough to fall for their shit a second time.
I don't think they'll be coming to see me. Even if they thought there was a chance of me going back to the cult, which there isn't, they wouldn't want me. Of my 20 years as a JW, I spent 12 in this territory™, and I'm sure the elders here remember me as someone who never donated any money.
W
A few years ago they had a program running to "help" faders and in-actives. I have been faded and inactive for 25 years with NO visits...LOL
Thanks to being on this board I had a heads up that I would be visited. Sure enough a few months later a lone elder called at the door. My Daughter let him into the front door at the bottom of steps leading up to our main living area.I came to the top of the stairs and looking down on him told him that my wife was not home at the time. He replied that he was really there to see me. I feigned surprise at that statement but did not invite him further into our home.
He chatted to me for almost ten minutes from the bottom of the stairs while I retained my lofty position at the top. I was told the usual stuff...how much they missed me at the meetings and how all the "signs" showed that Armageddon was really really really close. I remained non committal and uninvolved with his views. He invoked one last "we miss you" and then he was gone. Hopefully it will be another 25 years before they try me again.
I was df'd 26 years ago and have never been contacted. I hope they do not have a change of heart and try to do 26 visits in a row. Yuck.
Just in- Photo of elder's buddy-buddy attempt to restore one of the weak ones back to the KH.
He just doesn't want to come home yet it seems.
Drew- that was choice!
My grandfather always said, "river, stay away from my doorstep."
