Love your Dad! My Elder Dad is a stuck up jerk when it comes to any contact with me, his worldly Daughter, I dont even get phone calls. Youre very lucky Kool Jo hes not a hard core dub.
Just got off the phone with my dad!
by Kool Jo 24 Replies latest jw experiences
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rip van winkle
Kool Jo, it was really nice to read the conversation between you and your dad. You both seem at ease with eachother and share a mutual love and respect for eachother. That is the way it should be!
So glad that you have reasonable and loving parents despite the push/command from The Watch Tower to shun one's own family members for leaving the religion.
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Kool Jo
Thanks for your comments...I think time will tell, how much more of this crap my dad will cope with....I remmeber sometime ago, when I still lived at home, he threatened to resign as an elder because they expected him to do all the parts on the Service meeting, do all the F/S groups and purchase things for the Khall...just because he had a god job.
If my dad decides to throw the towels in, my mum would automatically follow despite being more hardcore thatn my dad...I'm hoping for a miracle...little by little I hope when conversing with him more I'll plant little seeds here and there.
Peace
Kool Jo
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Kool Jo
Spoke with my dad again...some of the things he relayed to me:
- Primarly unemployed, primarily because of the number of retirees, but also unemployment
- More pressure to donate
- No young brothers to take over from the aging elder body
- Younger brothers/sisters are going to college and moving to larger cities (he supports education despite being an elder)
- No growth in the Khall...been stagnant
- Concerened that not much young persons are there
I'm sure others are facing similar problems in their hall.
Kool Jo
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Adiva
How lovely that you and your dad have such a good relationship. It's also nice that he feels comfortable enough to share his real feelings with you.
Adiva