In '75 I was 16 and a disappointed young woman to say the least. I was supposed to be in the new order. I had always envisioned my 16th birthday in the new order.
I can still remember a particular morning during that summer, I woke up to with the birds chirping and the sun shining. My heart started beating and I rushed to the window. My stupid gullibe self though Armagheddon had come during the night and we were in the new system.
When half the year went by, I didn't give up hope, I thought that it would surely come in the fall. After all didn't everything happen in the fall? But the fall came and went and then I just put all my disappointment behind me.
In the back of my mind the society had made a little mistake and it would surely come in 1976. Nothing happened-- Then for some crazy reason i threw myself in the "troof" activities and couldn't wait to finish high school so I could start pioneering.
There was a family that had sold their home the year prior so they could" live out the rest of their days in work of the kingdom". When 75 came and went so did they and the whole family left. They were the smart ones who woke up early. It would take me 27 year to 2002 to fully realize what a farce the organization was.