This past Saturday (April 12) I got a phone call from someone I've known since 1973 and who now lives in Mexico. He was visiting his daughter (who attended my dad's memorial service) and started the conversation by telling me how very sorry he was about my dad. He really sounded shook up about it, and he then proceeded to say that he had just finished reading my letter to the elders! Well, I didn't send his daughter or anyone in that congregation a copy of the letter, so that surprised me. I guess it's getting passed around the circuit. GOOD!!! He went on to rant and rave about elders who acted like the "superfine apostles" Paul mentioned, which I found rather vindicating. Then he asked me if William Osbeck had called me, and I said "no." He sounded surprised at that, and told me that Osbeck had spent an evening with his son-in-law (who also attended the service) talking about the letter and my dad!
Big Tex, cynical fellow that he is, said Osbeck was probably trying to get all of the details of the memorial service so he could see if some charge could be leveled at us. He's probably right. Anyway, it kind of startled me to hear that the letter IS being discussed, copied and passed around the congregations. Aw, and here I thought I was being ignored again!
Nina