Seems like so many have hit on some aspects of our life.. hubby an elder, left a govt job to pursue ft pioneer service pre 1975, nothing happened! He put in hours and hours with pubs who had marriage, money, emotional issues although not a professional in any of these avenues by any means, just felt he had to do it to help... nights and days, anytime - studying with other kids while his saw very little of him... using up what funds we had saved to help interested ones before the big A came at the end of the 6000 years in 1975.....
Then.... as I had not been brought up as a JW,but later became one, I found that post 75 I got a full time job, he quit FT pioneering-no money left and none being given to support us, and found part time work, and moved up from there, in 1980- that was it -- Both of us started putting extra monies away -- so from govt pensions, to monies saved, we get along but the faith we had is shattered... End times indeed - for the society!! Jehovah will cleanse from the inside or so the scripture goes - we just have to sit back and watch it implode while others who were not so wise will have to eake out a living in the "wicked world" some how - family, friends, hand outs -hopefully some have received courses at Bethel that will help...many congregations cant support the hall or those who are less fortunate, let alone be supporting those bethel has displaced. I really truly believe this has been a suck in job all along - its just so bad they have used Jehovah to build their real estate empire and lay the guilt trips on those who don't fall in line with their thinking we we did for years.......I relate to Leah Remini and her being outcast from the Scientology belief system..... I so relate....
