True Survivors

cruzanheart

Country Girl, in her usual brilliant fashion, suggested this:

How about he makes a list for both the boys *and* the girls, including time in, service at Bethel, pioneering, elder, whatever. Then both groups can be included on the list with notes of a person's service. The "notes" section will show what the person wants it to show, *and* the new lurkers can see how many impressive records there were for *both* the boys and girls! Even 2 years in is too much, and I would call such a soul a "survivor", as are they all!

so I thought this thread would get us started with that information (we can always make our own Yearbook, ya know, with experiences from around the world, and all these stats).

Screen name: cruzanheart
Real name (optional): Nina Scott
Born: December 1955, parents both Witnesses
Baptized: 1965
Pioneered 13 years (1973-1986)
Left organization in disgust: 2002, age 46

Your turn!

Nina

FMZ

Screen name: FMZ
Real name (optional): Keith Jones
Born: December 1982, parents both Witnesses
Baptized: Never was, tried for 4 years
Left organization in disgust: 2003, age 20

Notes: The organization has scarred me for life, left me with depression, social anxiety, and no self-worth whatsoever. When I finally found the truth about the Organization, I cried, both out of relief, and sadness at the years lost where I thought I was serving Jehovah how he wanted to be.

God bless...

FMZ

Gopher

Not that I'm particularly proud of any of this, but here goes:

Screen name: Gopher

Real name (optional): Jeff RItter
Born: December 1960, parents both Witnesses
Baptized: 1977
"Humble privileges": auxiliary pioneer, regular pioneer and ministerial servant
Organization decided they didn't need me any more: 2000, age 39

Country Girl

Nina:

Ya make me blush! hehheh. There it is!

Here's my stats. Not impressive, but stats nonetheless!

Screen name: Country Girl
Real name (optional): Country Girl
Born: December 1960, became witnesses in 1964
Baptized: never baptized, Mom said I wasn't "spiritual enough" thank heaven!

Left in 1981 to become wild worldly woman.

CG

****Do you all notice something strange? All the posters so far, including myself, were born in December!!

Valis

Screen name: Valis, District Overbeer
Real name (optional): Travis Bush
Born: March 1971, parents both Witnesses
Baptized: 1986
aux Pioneered several summers
Left organization to be my own person: November 1988

Gadget

Screen name: Gadget
Real name (optional): Paul Watson
Born: December 1976, became witness 1980
Baptized: 1994
Left organization: DF'd Feb 2003, gave up trying to be reinstated end of 2003.

shotgun

Screen name: Shotgun
Real name (optional): Fredrick Franz Suave
Born: In a Barn, parents both Witnesses
Baptized: 1986
Aux Pioneered 3 times, MS for 8yrs
Left organization in mind 2002 left in heart 2003: age 39

Nosferatu

Screen name: Nosferatu
Real name (optional): Ben
Born: February 1978
Baptized: Never, but reached "Unbaptized Publisher"
Mother baptized in 1984, father studied for 6 years - then quit
Left organization in disgust: 1996, age 18

Lady Lee

NOTE: only provide this info if you are NOT concerned about people finding you here

Screen name: Lady Lee

Real name (optional): Shirley Hardiman/Lee Marsh (I legally changed both names) married name left out to protect my children

Born: June 1952,

mother started studying with the JW when I was 11/parents already separated/grandmother, 3 uncles and 1 aunt were already baptized

Baptized: 1968

Elders wife 8 years before I left

Left organization: 1985, age 34 after 15 year marriage to abusive elder

SheilaM

Screenname: Sheila M

Real name: Sheila Madonia

Born: January 24, 1964

Baptized: March 17,1983 Had no family in the dubs. Met Thunder while I was studying(only good thing I got for all the crap)

Left organization: 1986 Left the organization due to lack of love and feeling, left before finding out about the pedophile issue

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