Many years ago, far far off in a distant galaxie, trillions of years ago in a different age, quite possibly some sort of parallel universe, but actually only about 15 years ago, I used my 'hovahness to buy a house. Sound weird? Yes, it does.
Back then, Spokane had a urban renewal project. The city bought up a bunch of old houses that were in major need of repair. If you met certain criterion, you could qualify to buy one of these dumps. So, since I was dirt poor at the time, I signed up. Your name was put in a drawing for a particular house. If your name was drawn, you'd be interviewed by a panel that decided whether or not you fit the bill for this particular house. One of the questions was, "what sort of involvement do you have in the community to make it a better place?"
My answer: "Well, I'm a 'hovah, and I go door to door helping people see the benefit of changing their lives for the better."
Well, the old geezers on the panel must have been ignorant about 'hovahs, because they liked my answer and chose my wife and me for this certain house. We were able to buy the house for $7500.00 bucks plus what it cost to totally refurbish it, decorate it, and build an addition on it. We were required to live in the house for 5 years, and if all requirements were met, we could sell it, which we did. The house was in a really crappy area with crime all around, a busy street with plenty of car collisions on a weekly basis. Weirdos lived on both sides of us, and one of the houses burned down. We got the hell out of there shortly after a goddam pervert tried to lure my daughter off the front porch with candy.
Yes indeed, my "'hovahness" helped me buy our first house! 'hovah was definately looking out for us.
TR
UADNA-WA
Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America- Washington Division