My wife received a letter in the mail from a JW she had known from school. We have seen this sister about twice in the last ten years; the last occasion was 4 years ago. She lives in another congregation a few miles away.
This sister heard that we had been "recently discouraged" - those were her words. It was a two page letter.
Page 1 was a "I've been where you are and I prayed and Jehovah answered my prayer." Page 2 invited us to return to the meetings.
We both became inactive over three years ago, and in the last two years we have not seen anyone from our own congregation. No one has called or asked us how we're doing. The elders seem to be leaving us alone. I can't understand why someone we don't know very well in another congregation reached out to us.