I just happened to see them walking along a few stops before my bust stop, so I got off early to see if I could catch them. Then I ran into someone I knew, but I still was able to catch up to them.
I told them who I was and that I work with AJWRB. They of course haven't heard about it, but I invited them to go on and check it out. Then we talked for about an hour. I did most of the talking. Some of the points I covered were:
1. If you take a blood transfusion now you will not get disassociated or DFd
2. JWs already accept almost every kind of blood transfusion there is.
3. I asked them if they have decided which blood fractions they will accept. They never heard of a blood fraction or any of the names of blood fractions ie. albumin or hemoglobin, never heard of an autologous blood transfusion, never heard of cell saver technology, never heard of ANYTHING. They were completely clueless about any point I brought up.
4. The changes that took place in the late 1990s
5. The Bulgaria / European court on human rights scandal
6. The most nbeautiful and respectful thing you can do with blood in imitation of Jesus Christ is to save a life with your blood.
7. JWs accept donated blood
8. JW lives are saved by people who donate blood.
9. White blood cells are never transfused anymore so they don't need to ever worry about receiving white blood cell transfusions
Anyway, I covered the gamut of blood issues and they listened very respectfully the whole time. At one point they said they needed to go to the meeting for Service, but I reminded them that they could count time talking to me. So they looked at their watches and continued listening.
One of them really was interested, but the other one was more reserved and suspicious. needless to say they both have a lot of dissonant information running around their heads. I asked them if they were elders or ministerial servants yet and they said no. So I am thinking I caught them at a really good time, before they are really indoctrinated to the max. The fact that they stayed and listened to me shows their inexperience in the JW world. Almost any JW would have cut it short very quickly, since I was talking about helping JWs choose blood transfusions when their lives are endangered.
I think I made a ripple in a pond. They will definitely talk to their elders about it and their elders will tell them it was all lies. But I suspect they knew I was being truthful to them. I think they will remember that conversation a really long time. Imagine if every JWNer had a similar experience, how many ripples would be spreading through the organization right now.