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Thank you for the welcome! I have had a few talks, yes. I think they recognize that where we were at HQ, it wasn't the best place in the world to be a child. I'm almost certain that they still believe in a good number of TWI's teachings, so they might have some inner conflict with that. I'm very much not still in. To be quite honest even if I said that I missed a good portion of my summers, I probably would have done similar things to what we did during the play time, just in the comfort of my own or somebody else's home. Minus the bible teachings and some of the games we played outside. There would be times though when I would want to do something or make something and I couldn't because it wasn't edifying. I think it was the people in charge who mainly ruined the experiences for me. Currently I'm interested in the arts. I like creative writing and drawing. I think it'd be cool to be involved in a video game story-wise. Nothing can bring a story to life for me quite like playing through it as one of the characters.

Welcome to Grease Spot, Just A Guy! Sorry I can’t help you concerning your time frame. I left in 1986. The only thing that might be remotely related to your request is to tell you that during my two years of in-residence Family Way Corps training in Rome City I was assigned to day care for a block – my group was called the Cheerful Givers. That was probably one of my favorite job assignments since we had a lot of leeway on designing our own activities and I got into hanging out with little kids anyway. My wife often complains she’s married to a three year old. I am sorry for your time of “confinement” and what you missed out on – and let me just add a parent’s perspective to yours. Our son was about 6 when we left TWI – and after years and continued peeling of the onion, we have not only apologized to him many times but embraced the responsibility – having come to terms with the realization that some of our decisions had consequences on his life as well. I must say our “confinement” as adults in TWI was due to our cult mindset – that is not an excuse to justify or shift the blame for putting our son through that – I merely mention it as an explanation for our faulty decisions and recognizing our responsibility...It’s been some 35 years since we’ve left TWI and our family dynamics are a lot healthier now – and off the top of my head the most important contributing factors have been honesty, respect, empathy and forgiveness. I am curious – and you don’t have to share anything if you don’t want to – I have a few questions. Have you had any talks about this with your parents? Are they still in TWI? Are you still in? What are some of the things you feel you missed out on? What are some of the things you’re into now and/or want to get into?