So i'm sitting at my desk at work when my cell phone rings. I've been faded for over 3 years now and i'm way beyond the point where I didn't answer my phone and dreaded any knocks on my door.
Anyway, I answer and it's an Elder from my old congregation. He went on about how he was pretty much going down his list of names of inactive/ and was wondering if he and another elder could come by for a visit. He then went on this spiel about how other inactives and disfellowshipped ones were rethinking their lives due to the economic downturn and surely I was being effected by it too. I tell him, that I appreciate him calling me , but i've actually been doing pretty well during this economy (*knock on wood*) and there was no real need for a 'sheperding call' since it wouldn't accomplish anything.
After a minute or two of idle chit chat about what he's been up to (lost his job and is now a full-time pioneer) , we say our goodbyes and hang up.
Its interesting, I hope i never reach the point where i'm so down and out that I go back to the religion so I have them for social support.