Fred,the Preaching Work,+the WTS 'batting slump'

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  Grunt

  I will take that as a commitment, Atticus. Shall we say Alexander City, Alabama when the opportunity arises? I will look forward to it.
  As you know I had intended to try and go out once a month and make myself available to be witnessed to. They tell me service is DRY right now, it would both me and the poor Witness a lot of good if I could make his or her day a little more interesting by causing them to think a little. You, Atticus, with your reasonable approach, and lawyerly understanding of the position of the Society on say, the mediatorship, among other things, if you encoutered an intelligent Witness could really start the old cogs spinning. I will be looking forward to our outing. I was looking at a paperback book you gave me on "Where is The "Great Crowd Serving God?" today and thinking I wish I understood all of that as well as you.

  Waiting, I can think of no better car group to go with than some on this board. I would be honored to go in service with you. Think how good it would feel to be the person that helped someone like CPiolo's wife to ask the questions that should be asked, to help that person recognize the Tower for what it is. Though I was sincer, I can say that I am much more eager to talk to a Witness now than I ever was to talk to a householder back then, except of course for the preachers. It was always fun to get them to explain the trinity. Wow, the more I think about it how nice that would be if we only could. I'd want to take a lot of breaks just to hear all the stories. Wouldn't it be fine? I Garontee You (pardon me Frenchy) we could put the hay down where the goats could get it.
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  waiting

  hey grunt,

  Don't know if you really meant me or not - but it made me laugh. Can you just imagine some sleepy-eyed jw's just puttin' in a couple of hours and run into a car group of apostates? Just a group of questioning jw's would be bad enough!

  But foaming-at-the-mouth Devil's Spawn? I can just see their mouths dropping open, eyes bugging out, fiddling with the WT & Awake! issues, feet shuffling, a bit of sweat on the upper lip, figeting all the while saying: "uh, uh, uh, uh, well, no, uh, uh, well, maybe, uh, uh, uh, I gotta go now - real fast, uh, uh, uh, have a good day."

  Good upbuilding stories to share during our extended coffee break, eh?
  Of course, they'll have to be more than one woman with the men - wouldn't look proper. What might the neighbors say about one woman getting out of the car laughing with a group of men, no matter how distinguished they are.

  waiting

  Edited by - waiting on 18 February 2001 22:8:55
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  larc

  Waiting, et. al.,

  Problem is those stuttering, stammering, backward moving bro's would go back to the Hall, and tell everybody how they had met some apostates and they sure had told them a thing or too.
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  crittersitter

  our house is marked, nobody ever "calls" on us. must be cuz about 3 years ago a car group of sisters pulled up and were "preachin" to my hubby. i was coming up the stairs, so they were TRAPPED!! i listened for a couple of minutes, and when they turned to say something to me, i told them( in my most loving and friendly tone) that i knew all about jw's, i was one at one time....they nearly killed each other stumbling down the stairs to race back to the car group.
  it was both funny and sad. first off, nothing profound was states by either the sisters, or by my husband. no arguing or discussion hadhad a chance to get started.
  i simply told them i was a jw at one time....and they ran like demons had pitch forks pokin' their hinies.
  such fear for former members......
  oh well, maybe they'll log on here
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  RedhorseWoman

  Crittersitter, how well I remember the fear and loathing expressed toward me when I told them I was inactive.

  Two sisters had come to our door, and I invited them in. I was actually hoping to get some support so that I could reactivate myself (yes, I WAS stupid). They were sitting happily at my kitchen table when I dropped "THE BOMB".

  One of them stammered that they had just recently learned that it is seven times harder to get back into the "truth" than it is to come in the first time. I told them that I believed that was true because I was having a very difficult time and needed help.

  I'm sure that nothing penetrated their now terror-filled minds other than that I was INACTIVE. They quickly got to their feet, mumbling some sort of vague excuse and rushed out the door. I asked them to come back, but by this time they were hurriedly scuttling down the front walk. I never saw them again.
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  Grunt

  Their loss, Red, in more ways than one. They lost in that they didn't regain you as a "sister" and even more sadly they lost the freedom that you might have led them to.