My Brother-in-Law, I'll even publish his name to shame him (Shame on you Hiram Figueroa of Tampa-St Petersburg, FL) When his sister (again, my sister-in-law) was in need due to the death of her husband, he said, "move down here, I'll help you get set up" So my SIL and her two children move down there (oh, a fire destroyed her home, her husband had a heart attack as a result and died). ANYHOW she has no job, no money, NOTHING. She lives with my brother in law for one month, gets a job (wanna those high paying jobs at Wal-Mart)she starts to attend the KH again, takes her meager insurance settlement and pays her first month rent and deposit on her own apartment and gives the rest to Hiram at his insistence. THEN he tells her he owes her $600.00 more and must pay it back at $80.00 a month. Like she can afford it. My BIL makes more than TWICE the amount I do, has his home paid off, and no kids at home. Yet is still charging her even though he never told her she would owe a thing if she moved down there.
I can't tell you the number of times my wife and I have helped her with her rent (not tooting my horn, just shaming Hiram AND THE CONGREGATION) She's went DAYS without food (literally 3 days once with NO food), if he gives her money for food, it's added to the bill he says she owes.
The congregation knowing her plight hasn't lifted a finger to assist her (with the exception of one kind sister who took the family out for Pizza one time when she'd been several days with out food.
The Elders do nothing. If I can get the name and address of her congregation I'm writing the Elders about the situation and hopefully shame them into some type of action. This fine example of Christian love is just one reason I'm NOT A Jehovah's Witness.
Does anyone know where I can get addresses for the Kingdom Halls in St Petersburg?
YERUSALYIM
"Vanity! It's my favorite sin!"
[Al Pacino as Satan, in "DEVIL'S ADVOCATE"]