just an update on this post.
my wife has had a couple of phone calls with our friend in question since the initial contact and she has informed her that she no longer pioneers or even attends so many meetings nowadays as she put it :
"you don`t get any encouragement their anymore "
One thing she said also that I will have to find out a bit more about as time goes on is this.
XXXX One of her sons (she has two ) hasn`t spoken to her in 10 years and i`m not sure whether he is still a JW or not ,though I think he is because the girl he married and her family are (or were ) well into it .
Remember we have been out for over 25 years
So I will tread carefully getting the info about that situation.
In our few discussions either over the phone or pc she has not tried to engage in any religious discussion and neither have we.
She just seems very happy to have made contact with us again after so many years and my wife and I feel the same way.
Will keep you posted on how things pan out.