Alright, my heart is pumping. I'll try to keep this short.
Before I left I had made quite a few friends over in England, from going to assemblies. Over a couple of years they visited me in California, I visited them in England. We became a big family. The very first person I met there became especially close to me. Shortly before I left he was DFd I think. All of his friends in England turned their backs and he disappeared. He moved countries. I moved out of the area. I lost contact with him. Soon afterward I left, and I lost all my JW friends in both the U.S. and the U.K.
I found out about a year ago that he had moved to New York. I tried to track him down but was unsuccessful. A couple months back I stumbled upon a post from someone here on this board who was having doubts. He had posted in a thread about street witnesses in my area. Then he mentioned the name of a girl who was my best friend while I was still in. I noticed he was from the U.K. and my heart stopped. So I sent him an email. Yesterday, nearly 2 months later I received a reply. It wasn't who I was looking for, but was the brother of an old friend who had stayed with me once on a trip. Next email I got was from the person I was looking for!!! My friend who I had lost touch with 3 years ago. His friend who I had emailed forwarded him my JW forum profile.
So anyway, we stayed up last night talking forever. I'm going back to England this summer for his wedding. And I am so excited that I now have this special person back in my life. What a small world the Ex JWs are..... Woot!!!!!!! Woot!!!!!