I don't know how she plans to support herself over there. She does know a elder and his wife who live there and so I guess they are the ones encouraging her to come. She seems hyped up about it but again, if she has some savings, I still don't know how she will make it after that has been exhausted or how she will pay for medical attention if she needs it.
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My sister who is still in is going to Costa Rica as a missionary
by time2keepmoving ini left the organization in 2011 and never look back.
i left behind my sister and her two daughters by mid 2015 both her daughters (both are in their early twenties) were disfellowshipped and left the organization.
she has decided to go to costa rica as a missionary (i guess that's what they are still calling them, unless that has changed, been gone so long i don't know if they came up with a new term for it).
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My sister who is still in is going to Costa Rica as a missionary
by time2keepmoving ini left the organization in 2011 and never look back.
i left behind my sister and her two daughters by mid 2015 both her daughters (both are in their early twenties) were disfellowshipped and left the organization.
she has decided to go to costa rica as a missionary (i guess that's what they are still calling them, unless that has changed, been gone so long i don't know if they came up with a new term for it).
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@crazyguy - yes, I feel like she thinks she has nothing left so might as well go to a foreign country and try to forget. She is holding on to this cult like it is all she has, as if her daughters leaving the organization has left her with nothing and nobody. The mind control is strong with her. -
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My sister who is still in is going to Costa Rica as a missionary
by time2keepmoving ini left the organization in 2011 and never look back.
i left behind my sister and her two daughters by mid 2015 both her daughters (both are in their early twenties) were disfellowshipped and left the organization.
she has decided to go to costa rica as a missionary (i guess that's what they are still calling them, unless that has changed, been gone so long i don't know if they came up with a new term for it).
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I left the organization in 2011 and never look back. I left behind my sister and her two daughters by mid 2015 both her daughters (both are in their early twenties) were disfellowshipped and left the organization. They are still out. She has decided to go to Costa Rica as a missionary (I guess that's what they are still calling them, unless that has changed, been gone so long I don't know if they came up with a new term for it). She is leaving in a year for good. I can't for the life of me understand how she can leave both her daughters behind and her 3 year old grandson for this organization. She is the only one left. Nobody else in my family is a JW, nobody. It just amazes me how she is still holding on and is still dedicated to this cult. She has never lived outside of the United States and I wonder how she will get alone with absolutely no family or husband. She is going over there as a single sister in her late forties. -
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MIL letter to my wife
by AggieNostic inbackground: my wife and i are inactive, we stopped attending in 2005. raised as jws, were pioneers, i was elder etc... .
our kids are in college, also inactive but are baptised.
my wife went back to college, getting her degree this month at age 48!
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This person is getting too much of your energy. JW are energy drainers. That letter = stress and unnecessary drama. Enough already. You and your wife, live your life!
I agree with wha happened?. Stop feeling like you have to response to your in-laws. This is your life and you don't have to justify to anybody how you choose to live it but God himself. If you feel right about your decision to continue to show love to your disfellowshipped relatives and in your gut you know you are doing the right thing. That's its!! It's just that simple.
Congrats to your wife for receiving her degree, enjoy your life, because your time is right here, right now! Don't waste a second of it trying to pacify and negotiate with other relatives........ if it's that much work, it's not worth it.
Be thankful you are no longer subjected to that mind controlled environment. It's not your job to try to justify and clarify your actions in hopes that your in-law will understand your point-of-view and see the organization for what it really is, they made their decision, now you and your wife make your.
Again, if you and your wife are of one mind, that's all that matter. Let them live their life with the choices they made and you live your. Get that monkey off your back and do not let it distract you or bring stress into your household. Start planning your own anniversary affair with the people that REALLY love you and your wife unconditionally and who don't bring b.s., manipulation and, game playing to your door.
That letter needs to go in file number 13. No response necessary, actions speak louder than......
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Disgusted with JW Funeral Today!
by time2keepmoving inmy son grew up with one of the young brothers in the kingdom and after graduation both him and my son left the kh.
the young man who left the hall fell into the wrong crowd and i mean a really dangerous crowd and as a result of him getting involved in illegal activity he was murdered.
i really feel for this young man, because he was a decent kid.
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@ flipper - I wanted to say something sooo bad. It took everything I had just to keep my mouth shut, because I did not want to hurt the mother. She was already at the lowest point in her life behind the death of her son.
I also wondered how she is dealing with the fact the elders encouraged her to break ties with her son when he left the KH. I know there has to be some serious regrets going on and 'if only I had'
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Disgusted with JW Funeral Today!
by time2keepmoving inmy son grew up with one of the young brothers in the kingdom and after graduation both him and my son left the kh.
the young man who left the hall fell into the wrong crowd and i mean a really dangerous crowd and as a result of him getting involved in illegal activity he was murdered.
i really feel for this young man, because he was a decent kid.
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@ jgnat - I don't pay any attention to her, I know she is LOST.
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Disgusted with JW Funeral Today!
by time2keepmoving inmy son grew up with one of the young brothers in the kingdom and after graduation both him and my son left the kh.
the young man who left the hall fell into the wrong crowd and i mean a really dangerous crowd and as a result of him getting involved in illegal activity he was murdered.
i really feel for this young man, because he was a decent kid.
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@ XBEHERE - Yep, they tell them don't do this, don't do that, but they provide no alternatives.
- Don't get involved in sports, but they substitute that with nothing.
- Don't go to prom, but there are no alternative ways for young people to interaction in a positive way. Heck, they even badger them about congregating after the meeting if they are not talking about Jehovah.
- Don't get involved with activity or social clubs at school, but nothing is formed to offer them a way to have that same positive experience within the organization
- You are not allowed to have any special interest (music, dance classes, cheerleading, etc.) because that would take time away from studying and going out in field circus. You will be blame for calling too much attention to yourself and not putting Jehovah first because God forbid you try to outshine the organization and it's message by calling attention to any special talent YOU possess.
- Don't try to prepare young people for higher education or to have any kind of career goals, don't even prepare them for the ever changing and challenging work environment young adults are forced to navigate to earn a living.
This list can go and go. Kids coming out of this cult or lost and suffering behind the asinine decisions of their parents and this diabolical organization.
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7 Reasons for a Jehovah's Witness to show no mercy to a DF'd person
by Terry in1. i wasn't inside the committee meeting and i don't know what was said or what you were accused of.
being a fair-minded and loving person i've decided to ignore the secret nature of those proceedings and simply accept blindly that you are in the wrong without hearing your side of it.
because i'm loyal to the governing body and to no one else.. 2. to save myself the embarassment of having to exercise my own conscience i'm going to ignore you and your plea for fairness and empathy.
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So true, they love to roll around in their own ignorance like fat, happy pigs in warm, bacteria ridden mud.
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Disgusted with JW Funeral Today!
by time2keepmoving inmy son grew up with one of the young brothers in the kingdom and after graduation both him and my son left the kh.
the young man who left the hall fell into the wrong crowd and i mean a really dangerous crowd and as a result of him getting involved in illegal activity he was murdered.
i really feel for this young man, because he was a decent kid.
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@zeb - thank you.
Then to add insult to injury, my sister who is a JW crashdummy had the nerve to call my son after the funeral and tell him that I should not be talking to her daughters because I'm disfellowshipped. They just happen to be a the funeral, but I was not there for them. My sister is just crazy and completely dysfunctional. Her being a witness has made her even more insane. She get crazier and crazier the deeper she roots herself into that cult. She uses the cult to control the people around her just like they control her.
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Disgusted with JW Funeral Today!
by time2keepmoving inmy son grew up with one of the young brothers in the kingdom and after graduation both him and my son left the kh.
the young man who left the hall fell into the wrong crowd and i mean a really dangerous crowd and as a result of him getting involved in illegal activity he was murdered.
i really feel for this young man, because he was a decent kid.
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My son was just as outraged as I was and he quickly exited (like I did) after the service, so no one would try to give us the 'come back to the hall' jargon.
I wanted to comfort the sister who lost her son, so bad (because she really is a sweet person) but I knew since I was D'f'd, I don't know how she would have handled it. Maybe between all the grief she would have forgotten protocol and spoke, since we use to be close. I just handed one of her relatives the sympathy card I brought for the family and left, I felt that was best.
The mother was just racked with grief, I could tell she was just broken down, my heart just fell, I knew if I didn't get out of there, I would break down as well. It was a very painful and sorrowful moment.