She came in the JW world in 1966 with her mother- she was 6 years old. She graduated from high school in 1976. During the 90 minutes I spent with her yesterday, she mentioned that the Org never said the end was coming in 1975-" it was just a few who said that and they all left after 1976- which was good- because Jah needed to cleanse the KH of all who were serving with just a date in mind.
I asked her, "don't you remember the assembly talk from 1969 or 1970, where the speaker said, "stay alive until 75"- no she didn't remember.
I explained that our KH had a CO tell us from the platform," brothers there is only 18 months left until Armageddon- Wow, she exclaimed.
I continued my story, "The PO's 16 year old son quit school in 1974- to become a regular pioneer- he was held up as a fine example in the Cong- and used as an example at a Circuit assembly that year of someone who putting Jehovah's work first. Didn't you have some who quit school to pioneer back then?"
" Maybe, I can't remember everything that happened- I was pretty young"
"Well, I did see it happen, and people quit jobs and lost pensions to pioneer. One couple boasted they had $5000 in the bank, they had quit their good jobs, sold their house and they were pioneering now- the end would be here before that money was gone" -I suppose, they were upset when it did run out and they had to go back to work"
"When I tried to tell the bros nobody knows the day or hour, the elders told me I lacked faith-keep quiet, so I kept my mouth shut"
"Tell me about your kids, sister, did they go on to college or become pioneers after HS"-
"uh, they both graduated from college and have good jobs"