Sunnyfla

Hey Belle, I'm with you and Raf.

I better be watching the news more closely too :(

:blink:

LOL... I think my post needs to be somewhere else. Sorry, my bad I think I'll just go and have

another cup of java. But before I go, I'll just add to this subject. All those years lost was quite upseting and

all the opportunities missed because of being in twi I guess what's done is done. At least we've

picked up ourselves, went back to school, started new careers, started new marriages, kids, new friends.

What more can we ask for?

Anyone care for some coffee? :D

ILB :)

When I left 15 years ago it was VERY hard and lonely :( That pain and lonelyness lurked around for a long

time. I had really good friends in twi, just as most of us did. But, as time goes on those feelings started to

faid away. Then you begin to notice that emptiness gets filled again with new and better things. I now strive

for the good within myself and others. That sence of loss for me was not having that relationship with God

anymore. So, I corrected that and life became sweet

In my line of work I see how short life can be. Just like in that country song "Live Like you were Dying"

Don't look back because there's so much ahead.

((((Raf))))

Oh man I forgot about 21 jump street. He was HOT then!!!

And yes, we are ageing ourselves

You got that right sista :)

Oh yah, the Watercooler.

You all have such good points on this. People in general are not content with what they have, who they're

with, or their jobs and security. I see a lot of dissatifaction out there. Generally, people are looking for a

better way. That's why I think it was so easy to manipulate them into believing what we had to offer as far

as twi.

Times really haven't changed all that much as far as contentment goes. There's a lot of unhappy souls out

there :( IMO

Thanks Mark :)

Well, I'm sure she was hard because she was responcible for teaching the Corps back then. But she also had a very layed back approach to whatever she wanted to get across to us.

I remember one morning I got REALLY SICK. But I was still expected to run and show up to breakfast, which I did. Then I went to her place and collapsed on her couch. Pale and in much pain. Santina took such good care of me as if I was her own. She had a very caring heart

Sometimes we forget about the good in others. I didn't mean to make her out to be mean or anything :(

:)

Our family enjoyed the movie

Yes, it was long, but hey.. I"ve been a fan of Depp. since Edward Scissor Hand and a new fan of Bloom since Lord of the Rings.

I have NO problem watching them for nearly 3 hours

I just downloaded it.

Thanks dancing :)

Hey Radar,

I didn't know they put someone like that in charge of the snack shop. I feel bad for the crew. They were a great bunch! :)

act2 and I Love Bagpipes, Thank you for your kind replies

CW,

I can totally relate to what you said in your first post. I was one that was "unsatisfied with my life" I, like

your daughter, said that there had to be more to life than what I was seeing and living at the age of 19.

That was the beginning of the searching of the heart and low and behold I was witnessed to and easily

became controlled by the tactics of twi. Being led by the carrot was an accurate statement IMO. Once the

carrot was gone I felt unsatisfied again and lost. It's a sad thing what twi did to so many of us. Thank God

many have overcome and are living (hopefully) satisfied lives now.

Good Post CW

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Hi Penquin,

Do we know each other?

It wasn't the Advanced Class. It was something that was going on for the weekend and anyone who wanted

to come to HQ could attend. Like the towns people etc... I was in charge of the snack shop and was

preparing for at least 2,000 people to attend. They couldn't take a chance with me blowing it for

them I guess. They also didn't want me around the Corps just in case I leaked out what I knew about Craig.

That makes sence to me too T-Bone. Although, I'm still pondering the whole aspect on SIT. I pretty much stopped doing it since 1992.

:)

Don't forget to chuckle at all the jokes which were not funny at all after the 100th time

I'm so sorry Oldiesman :(

Ginger will be at the top of my list.

Do any of you remember Lisa H*&^*%$dez? ( Sorry, not good at that yet) :(

She was my Housekeeping Coord at HQ and was kicked out the same time I was. She and her husband were sent to Cali. Has anyone heard from her?

:)

:) JM and JH were the ones that HELPED me get out of the WC.

Thank you JM and JH

I'm glad it was a help to you T-bone :)

I just liked hearing something more of the positive side of things.

I was in a bible study of 2 Corithians a few months ago, and I'm still chewing on it. It definitly shed some

new light on many things that Paul taught the Corithians and his heart. Things twi never touched on. Why?

Because they had their own agenda to attend to. Like trying to make us believe we were the only ones that

new the truth and smothered us in the same teachings over and over.. and over and skipped over what we

really needed to know about the walk of Christ.

Roy,

Thanks for your imput. Yes, the teachings are with great heart. No yelling and spitting :) Just a lot of love and compassion.

I too have told them where I came from. They don't try to disprove me. He just teaches the word and it's up

to me what to believe. So far it's been going well. I personally need to see the other aspect. The aspect we

were all taught was wrong. Although, I don't follow blindly either. Did that, been there.....

Oldiesman,

Yes, your right on that aspect you quoted me on. But, my point was that the Fear teaching didn't get in there

and the blame on us if something bad happens to us or a family member how it was our Worrying/Fear/

resulting in our Believing that caused it to happen. And of course from there the Tithe would creep in the

teaching or actually Abundant Sharing, and we basically need to give MORE so that we would be better

protected. In the study of Corithians, Paul never mentions that. It's giving from your heart that God sees.

That too was freeing to me, because I was still stuck on the 10% and above that. My husband thought I was

crazy

I didn't mean to get into the Tithe and the ABS thing, but that's what I remember being taught back in the

80's when something wasn't going quite our way, it had to be the amount you were giving that may be

causeing unwanted circumstances in your life. <_<

Hope to hear from more of you

I'm not that great at starting new threads. So here goes....

I've often wondered if others here are experiencing the same thing as me. When you go to church, (of course to those of you that go) what are the topics that are being taught?

How does if differ from that of the twi?

How does it make you feel?

Does Waybrain creep in at times?

It did for me a few weeks ago and I hate when that happens

The subject was: " How to win Over Worry"

Right away Waybrain hit like a ton of bricks. I thought," okay...., lets see what he has to say about Worry and Fear" TWI always put those 2 together. Well, to my surprise, he never mentioned the word FEAR :blink: Here's how it went:

First of all, he asked us to write down our greatest worry :blink: Waybrain again I thought, "no freaking way am I going to write THAT down, because it just might happen because if the adversary sees it... blah,blah,blah.

The teaching was put in a totally different perspective.

Worry= trying to control the uncontrolable

Worry= a waste of energy of those things we cannot control

Worry= futile-it can't change the past or the future. Math 6:27

Worry= destuctive. Prov 17:22

Worry= contageous. Num 13:32

The Perscription for Worry= Phil 4:9, I Pet 5:7,

Worry= is assuming responsibility that God never entended us to have.

Matt 6:32-34 Jesus doesn't promise that nothing bad will happen, but he'll see us through the tough spots

Phil 4:6-8

Thank god and be greatful. Ps 4:8

Think about the right things. You control the filter of your mind

Focus on eternal things. 2 Cor 4:8, Phil 4:7, Is 4:6, Phil 4:19, Col 3:15, Lu 12:15

Then ask yourselves these 5 things:

1) Have I prayed about it?

2) Do I really believe what I say I believe?

3) Can I survive the worst with God's help?

4) How much is going to matter in 100 year from now?

5) Am I making the most of today?

Psalm 118: 24

My point is that it's so refreshing to hear a different view than twi's view on the matters in the bible. They used scare tactics and cult tactics to get us to adhere thier way of thinking.

I'm still Relearning, but at least I can see though the clouds now :)

:( The Girl in the Plastic Bubble :(

When the bubble popped it was hard to breath at first.

But with each day the air got clearer and clearer.

Years later..... you look back.

How did I get into that darn bubble in the first place?????

Happy Birthday