Something I find a bit strange keeps happening to me. I run into Jehovah's Witnesses and have an opportunity to say something to hopefully make them think. This has happened about eight times in the last 14 months.
At first this happened on vacation in California. I was staying with my aunt in her Los Angeles condo and was walking out to the pool for a morning jacuzzi and ran into two JW's selling magazines. I ended up witnessing to them for about 20 minutes before they got scared and ran.
Three times while working in my front yard this year I ran into JWs working my street. Not such an unusual thing even though I don't work out in my yard much. And my house is marked with a big fat A for Apostate on the territory card.
One of those times was the Spanish congregation sending out publishers looking for Spanish-speakly-only people. One of those times was a pioneer I called out to when she was witnessing to my neighbor across the street. I posted about that encounter here.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/55029/1.ashx
A man who cut my hair about five months ago was a former JW. He told me his entire bitter story about how being a JW cheated him out of a professional baseball career. I told him about this board but don't know if he ever came here.
Here's where it gets a bit strange.
I needed help getting a court transcript of an assault trial out. I work as a court reporter in the freelance field and needed help getting it done in the correct format. I drove to the Fort Worth courthouse and randomly began knocking on court reporters' doors seeing if I could find someone who could help me. I met a nice court reporter named Valerie. Turns out she was studying with the JWs. We ended up talking three hours about the Watchtower.
Last week I went to eat at Taco Cabana, a Mexican food restaurant, and it was packed because it's the holidays and a lot of people are eating out. There was one table open and I took it. While I was eating I noticed right next to me, arm's-length away, a JW having a conversation with her workmate about why they don't believe in blood transfusions. I was a bit incredulous. Again? I finished my lunch, stood up and said, "Excuse me. I don't mean to interrupt your conversation. (Then I looked at the potential convert) The Jehovah's Witnesses are a destructive religious cult. I could introduce you to many people who have been harmed by this group. Before you join, please check the Internet to see the other side of them." Then I walked away.
This morning I was working out on the treadmill. There were many machines open but this lady picks the machine next to me. Then she puts an Awake magazine on the console of the treadmill to read while she works out. I was incredulous again, but said, "Hey, are you a Jehovah's Witness?" She was and was really friendly. I didn't reveal myself but we had a nice 30-minute conversation about the problems of the Watchtower and other organized religions in general.
Weird. Why can't I keep running into the Budweiser Bikini Team? lol.