Wow. Thank you all for your gracious replies and welcome.
For those who asked, The Way International is another destructive, religious cult. I had spent 14 years in that group from my high school graduation till 1990. It has been a trip coming out and undoing the damage done, as I am sure that many can understand. I don't know a lot about Rick Ross but when I first emerged, Cult Awarness Network was still operational with the director of Cynthia Kisser (I believe that was her name) who got me hooked up with Steve Hasan's works, who is a former member of the Unification Church (moonie).
Right after leaving The Way International, I studied with JW's. There was a mother and daughter who would come to my door and witness to me, I was then married with a baby and was totally devastated over the things I had learned about the group that I thought was "God's Ministry" and "The Truth." They were the sweetest people, so I do believe the person who said on this thread that I would meet the greatest people here. But I was unable to believe anything doctrinally different at that time from what had been pounded into my head by my former group and then ended up leaving the state to move closer to family, so I lost contact with them.
The ironic and funny thing was that my old group thought the devil was making us move away, to trick and defeat us spiritually and the JW's thought the same thing about me leaving their study group to be closer to family. Some things may be labeled or phrased differently, but it is still the same mindcontrol, huh?
I look forward to participating and getting to know you all. I am now waiting for company for a BBQ, so I will be back tomorrow. Happy 4th of July to everyone.