My name is Teri McClintock. I was in the same congregation as Al Kavelin, Frank and Barbara Kavelin. I was 21 and working at Paramount Pictures as an assistant film editor when the jazz great, Tom McIntosh, a Jehovah's Witness, happened to be working across the hall from me. He was a very charismatic man and I was young and impressionable and became convinced that this was The Truth. I was a member for 10 years. About 5 years in, I started questioning doctrine but it's like a bad marriage that you have emotional and financial investment in and it's difficult to leave. But after 10 years, I wrote a letter of resignation and never looked back. I never had any regrets. What a huge weight was lifted off my shoulders! I had never known anyone who just resigned. I hadn't broken any rules. I just knew that there wasn't one religion that had "the truth" and I knew that their idea of God was not mine. Anyway, I found this site by accident. I've never tried to communicate with any JWs individuals or sites in the past. If Frank and Barbara (or anyone else for that matter) want to communicate, they are welcome. I'm also on Facebook. Frank wouldn't recognize me by my photo. I'm blonde. I live in Chandler, Az. I've had a wonderful life. Life started being wonderful the day I left JWs.
Teri McClintock
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Regarding DNCall 's story here, to anyone who is still on fence
by apostate from way back when ini am barbara's sister marilyn, and i was first introduced to the jw's at age 13 and met frank then along with all of the other young people.
i knew frank's parents well for 3 years.
since barbara and frank were dating we were at his house or he at our's quite a lot.
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