witness friends

by man in black 3 Replies latest jw friends

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  man in black

  I was cleaning out my basement this afternoon and while looking thru a box of old pictures/cards I ran across this letter

  from a once close jw associate :

  Dear man in black,

  I just wanted to thank you for all the help and encouragement you have given us through the many difficulties that my family has faced.

  Is has been comforting to know that your help is just a quick phone call away. friends like you are truly a blessing, (proverbs 17:17).

  Although life in this system of things is full of stress and anxiety, it is so wonderful to have the hope of peace and happiness that jehovah promises in the new world.

  But, until then we will all need each others help understanding, and love to contend with the challenges of living a life of dedication and service to our wonderful god jehovah.

  May he continue to bless you and your family and give you the faith and strenght to cope today and conquer tomorrow ! (psalm 21, 1-8).

  Brother and sister two-face

  This is the guy who really helped to push me over the edge when I decided to leave the jw religion.

  You see, two years ago my Mom died (she was a witness, but my parents retired out of state several years ago). When she died

  I was literally devastated for some time.

  The congregation read the notice of her death,and posted the address of my Dad on the board.

  So everybody knew what had happened.

  This piece of work, and his self rightous wife did absolutley nothing, no call, card, or even a drop by while out in service.

  So my reason for posting this little story is to let the people who are just snooping on the site to see that the witness veneer of

  "brotherly love" is just something that they say to justify their self rightous attidude regarding having their entire lfe revolve around the wtbts organization.

  OK,,,my rant is over, I'll go and finish cleaning now !
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  jamiebowers

  It sounds like a case of "out of sight, out of mind". Your parents no longer attended Brother and Sister Two Faced's congregation, so your mother's passing was of no consequence to them. How sad and cruel, at the same time!
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  1Robinella

  It's sad to say but I understand. Although I have not gone through what you have my story is a along the same lines. Sadly my sister was murdered in 95'. Obviously, it's incrediable story still haunts me and I think of her on a daily basis. At that time no one knew what happened, no details were released to the family and basically the police were following every single family member (I've learned that it's somewhat normal for police to do that when they are working on a new case). Because no one knew the details yet, to say I was freeked out was a major understatement. It was extremely tramatic and emotionally exhausting situation. I couldn't function normally, I was always looking over my shoulder and when I was alone, I was scared the same would happen to me. It was a little comforting to know police were nearby but also very, very strange. Because of the family mess I had missed several meetings and when I did go I felt like I was in a coma, I felt guilty I wasn't with my family instead. Anyway, before I keep blabbing on and on about it. On several occasions I visited the elders and so-called-friends-sisters for some sort of support. I asked for the elders to come see me and my husband and I was emotionally wrecked. After the second or third visit from them they told me: "Like we said before, we have never delt with this type of situation before in the congregation and have no idea what to do for you. Your just going to have to force yourself to the meetings and get over it, move on. If you do not come then we cannot help you." I looked at them and said: "Your the elders your supposed to understand and just let us know that you are here for us. Your not supposed to put these type of conditions on us at this tramatic time in our life. What do you mean move on get over it? That was my sister, I'm still grieving." They basically wished us well and left. Yikes! Not only was my sister gone, the elders and my congregation "friends" gone too. Did we feel abandoned or what. To me, it was hypocritical and hurtful. I'm no longer angry with them, it just made me realize how much they are not trained to help people. Be strong my friend. I understand, over the years, I have come across notes from people that turned away from me and my spouse. It sucks but I am a better person today for it.
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  jamiebowers

  OMG, Robinella, that's awful! Was the murderer ever caught? Did you even find out what the motive was?