How many of you know of instances where total devotion to the Borg resorted in financial ruin?
Here is an example of what one family I knew had to do to survive:
They were a family of four. Two young children. They inherited a farm with a huge piece of property. Life was good. Then....
1. they sold the farm so that they had more time for their door to door obligation
2. they ended up selling their home, bought a Winnebago took off from Upstate NY to AZ. Lived in it a while then bought a used mobile home w.o. airconditioning (and that in 110°F summer temps)
3. they had no more money. They resorted to what they termed "Trashing" meaning, they would go to dumpsters, pick out things people discarded, sold them at the open flea-markets to have money to continue in the pioneer work. The sister told me that they even found a good package of pork chops, expiration date still good so they took it home to eat.
NOW....what kind of an example is that? What kind of reflection does that put on the WTBTS? That's how they care for their so called "SPECIAL PIONEERS"? Where they have to resort to being garbage pickers? I'm sorry, but I think the WTBTS is guilty of more than we all realize. And this family is still in the Borg.
Btw, I just spoke to that sister yesterday after 24 years hoping they were out of the Borg. Nope, and sadly, I didn't have the heart to tell her I was out, only because it would have been the last thing she wanted to hear. I only called in hopes of hearing better news, not to spread my good news which she wouldn't want to have heard anyway.
LINDA