Well we got the phone call from the elder to let us know of the decision to disfellowship us. The one elder called while the other sat on the phone as a "witness". The second elder was once a close friend. Do they think we are so unclean and defiled? I thought that description better fits a Pedophile. I haven't posted much since Monday the day of our Judicial Committee Meeting. At least we didn't get a visit from all 8 of them. After told of the decision he got right off the phone. It was weard. A whole life time of giving of ourselves to a belief system that no longer served as a refreshment to our soul suddenly ends in a 20 second phone call. A few minutes later the AP called to find out if we were disfellowshipped, and I told him we just got the phone call. So he interviewed me for about 15 minutes and after that we went out to work in our garden. I am blessed to have been able to see these last few years just how mean spirited and unkind the Watchtower Society is. It has not decency in it and those who follow and go along with it once they see it is so ungodly are to be pitied. The elder who called was the one elder on that body of elders that I felt knows deep down what is going on but goes along because his whole social structure depends on being loyal to the Watchtower. I thought it would be hard to leave but since I walked away in 1998, I have had such wonderful experiences and freindships and it's as if my husband and I are living another life. We have had struggles over the many issues that have come up after leaving the Borg, but our lives have become so much richer. Thank you all for the incredible support on this board and also on WA if any of you are on this board. Also since the articles hit there have been sooooooooo many wonderful people calling to give thier support and kind words and to share their horror stories. All good people. And every one here on this board are so awesome. You are like one big therapy session sometimes even if I don't always post, I read this board every day to catch up on all of you and so I almost feel as if I know you. Our family has gotten out of this crazy cult intact, and I am grateful that my children are critical thinkers and can understand what has gone on. Watchtower has stolen many parents and children from one another, and the disfellowshipping will not cause this to happen to us. Sunday I will celebrate Mothers day happily and gratefully and tonight I will whisper a little prayer under my breath. Speaking of prayer, I got a phone call from someone from another state, Kentucky, in fact, and after hearing his story and after we each kind of comforted each other with kind words, he told me that because we are such good people that God would always bless us by putting good and special people in our path. He has truly been doing that these last few years. After that he asked me if he could say a prayer with me over the phone, and I said surely, and when he prayed I was touched and knew God has not left me or my family or view us as dead the way they teach in their perverted Christian doctrine, and I realized it is they who are the ones who became apostate.
Love Ya All,
Barbara Pandelo