I know one missionary couple (Chris & Alison) who are somewhere in Africa now. I have to admit it was interesting listening to some of their experiences. For example, Chris has a study with someone who works 12 hours a day and can only study at 9:00 o'clock at night. They don't have a vehicle so Chris takes a flashlight with him through the bushes at night, armed with a long stick and his heart in his throat, as that's when the big kitty, kitty, kitties are all out looking for their din din. At their summer assemblies, they have a huge pot of water outside that has a ladder you climb up and you jump in with your clothes on and get baptized. You simply sit out on the grass and eventually you dry off. The "Assembly Halls" look like they were constructed by Gilligan and the Skipper. You can sit either inside or outside, but they recommend that you don't sit under the big palm trees as the coconuts (I think it's coconuts) can fall on your head and kill you.
Their territory in Service has no streets at all.........they're literally out in the boonies. They walk and walk and walk each day and at noon hour, they might go for a dip in the nearby Indian Ocean. While the religion itself is crap, I find it fasinating to hear about the simplicity of life in Africa.
Want to hear the most pathetic part? Chris' father here in Canada, has tons of money (I'm talking upwards of close to a million dollars) and loves the prominence and prestige of having a "son who's a Missionary". He's always bragging about it to the point where it's nauseating. Anyway, as we all know, Missionaries have virtually no money. No one in Chris & Alison's KH has a vehicle, so Chris asked his father if he could help out. They could get a good one for about $1,500.00 U.S. and it would help them cover their vast territory over there. His fathers anwer: "No way. You know that I'm a cheap father."
Can you imagine??!! What a pig. He never worked a day in his life for any of his money. He inherited the bulk of it from his "worldly" father who he hadn't spoken to in 30 years. The rest he got when his late wife died. She had inherited a ton of $$ from her brother years ago. In addition, this slimeball wouldn't spend a penny on his late wife, but he's since remarried a woman young enough to be his daughter (surprise, surprise) and is spending a fortune on her..........but there's no money for his Missionary son.
Hypocrisy at it's finest.
