Last 5 people that came into the "truth"

by tresdecu 11 Replies latest jw friends

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  tresdecu

  I though it might be interesting to start a thread asking ones here to share their memories of the last 3-5 individuals (families) that were contacted via d-to-d, started to study, and all the way to baptism. Let's see if we see a pattern :-)

  here's my recolection:

  1) single woman with young son, (pretty sure on welfare) hard time finding job.

  2) nice older man who's wife suddenly left him (after approx 25 years marriage) - had been contacted before, never any interest.

  3) very nice 50ish couple, husband has debilitating chronic illness. wife suffers from extreme depression. (probably due to caring for her husband)

  4) 20ish girl in college (still can't figure her out & speculate why she might have joined)

  *my disclaimer: I'm not judging anyone or there circumstances, we all suffer in life in one degree or another. It just seems obvious that people with huge problems are seemingly the ones I see being attracted to the love bombing, instant-dinner-invitations, etc...
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  cantleave

  Lad in his late 20's fell in love with sister from strong Jdub family. Studied, baptised Married. Both in not that "strong".

  Young couple, both had crap upbringing, been on drugs, came in "truth" cleaned up, great guy. Became MS and bombed out. Both out as far as I know.

  Older couple, both been on periphery for years. Asked for BS, got baptised. Lots of hassle by their family. This encouraged to believe even more. still in.

  Another retired couple. Similar story to above. Both still in as far as I know.
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  Mickey mouse

  Weirdo

  Weirdo

  Weirdo

  Weirdo and

  ....weirdo.

  It must be 15 years since we had a normal convert.
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  jws

  It's been over 20 years, so I don't think I can remember 5. I remember my dad's last Bible study. Weird guy. Nobody knew how old he was, but he must have been in his 40's or older. Lived at home with his mother. Didn't have a job that I knew of (except I saw him selling at a flea market once). Always smelled of something chemical. Nice guy, but something wasn't right with him. I think he loved the companionship more than anything.

  Can't really remember anybody getting baptised that wasn't raised in it for the last few years I was in. But like I say, it's been 20 years.
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  life is to short

  Expect for JW kids only one that I know husband of sister who married out of "truth" and was loved bombed to death.
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  ValiantBoy

  1. married couple with two young children. Husband had good job and the family was considered well-off in our small town. Husband is very intelligent. Wife is neurotic and will blindly follow anybody anywhere. Husband is now an elder. I actually suspect they will apostatize someday. He's too intelligent and independent minded to stay in forever.

  2. Young married woman with an addiction problem and two small children. Had Witness family but never really listened to them. Still very active.

  3. Young single woman with a job but no real attachments to family. I am not sure what became of her.

  4. slightly odd married couple. the wife was somewhat older then the husband. the couple was active for a short while then disassociated themselves. They are now deeply, crazily Evangelical.

  5. A divorced woman and her teenage daughter, joined shortly by the widowed grandmother. Last I knew they were all regular pioneers.

  These may or may not be the last five chronologically, they're just the last five I remember that came in from being contacted door to door.
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  ssn587

  In the local congregtion, no one from the d-t-d nonwork, just relatives, children, or friends, not from pounding the pavement, and its been that way for almost 8 years now.
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  tresdecu

  Thanks for your replies...interesting reading!

  ssn587: wow, that's a long dry spell.
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  life is to short

  btt
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  Mad Sweeney

  I can't think of five who came in via door-to-door in 40 years.

  One family who's husband was on disability.

  One single guy in his 20s...married a HOT sister shortly thereafter.

  Middle aged woman with MS.

  Drug using redneck couple with two small children.

  Four. That's all I've got in forty years that came from door-to-door.