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The way always played favorite.

The way was so stingy,All about the money,Lead was another way to make a few bucks.

As a apprentice corps,we will treat you like real corps,yes we can really abuse you now.

A gal had a rock fall on her head,she was told it was her fault,she fad taken her helmet off.

Several years ago Roy,you made a difference in my life.How?Just simply in how you respond to people,

We all need something from someone.God supplies that someone,if they are willing.Peace.

Always a friend Ham,I ain't in no stinking cult either. Friends?People say a lot.Friends come and go.

Came in this world alone.

They say a salesman is the easiest to sell to,exwayers sold a product.Me I am leary of everything.

pretty simple really,woodstock generation meets huckster,with I got the answers,great rehab,of course girls,pretty girls,and you could kissem.

Lets face it the "Dr"was a alcoholic,he had problems,at one meeting,i thought he sounds just like my dad,who had alcoholic problems.

The "Dr." would be really chatty,other times grumpy,quiet,stone face if you will,very elf serving.you get the picture."Coffee cup"always full.

We all tried to imitate a drunk!Twi as a whole never gave a rats a@2 for anyone unless you had money position ect.The it was special favors,permission to go where no one else went.

The aa program works,I never went again after the director admitted he went out and got blitzed the night before.You have to decide yourself to quit,

One other, alcohol will get you one way or the other.It is a drug.Some can drink a lifetime.

Some cannot.What I said way back when is"I'm fine until I take the cap off the bottle."

Another is you have to value your sobriety,let no one take that away from you.

Somehow you go from being insane to being sober,beware of "dry drunks"stinking thinking came from AA.

I like being in this sober state,being sharp aware liking normal feelings.It is the best rush.

An alcoholic goes from one addiction to another,make sure it is not harmful to you or others.Peace.

You have to change,friends,hangouts,ideas,one of which,time to get a buzz,buzz,buzz,no one seems to understand.

The best one I heard is the difference between alcohol and either,is that alcohol has water.They both are depressants.

A recovering Priest said that.Also an alcoholic is insane,why else would you do the same thing over and over?Been there done that.

Substance abuse is a nasty animal,Twi,was a start for me people my own age.

The spiel was just as toxic in the long run.Too bad where the chewy center was supposed

to be it was a rotten apple

Hmmmm... I heard TWI is offering a full refund of all money donated by former members, in exchange for our promise to keep our mouths shut about its corrupt practices. You might ask to see if that's actually true.

That is funny,1rst twi would have to admit.That is something they will not do.

Smoking bad,smoking and alcohol reaaly,really bad for you.Vp also said he had never got drunk his whole life,just was never sober either.

Bernita Thorpe (Powers) Jess

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"My sincere condolences to Bernita's family and loved ones,..."

- Linda Zinn

Bernita (Powers) Thorpe Jess, 88, of Midland, died Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, at Nottingham Place. She was born June 22, 1924, at Davenport, Iowa, the daughter of the late Carmon and Mary (Boswell) Powers. Bernita was the oldest of four children. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Mary Ellen Lawing (John) and Jane Engel. Her brother, Robert Powers of Charlotte, N.C. survives.

Throughout her adult life, Bernita was involved in various avenues of Christian service from working as a missionary, serving on the staff of a Christian ministry and writing magazine articles on Bible manners and customs for over 30 years.

Bernita graduated from Cooley High School in Detroit and then graduated from what was then Detroit Bible College. After graduation, she worked as a missionary at a Navaho Reservation in Arizona and later served as a home missionary at churches in Ohio and Michigan. She married her first husband, Elmer Corbett Thorpe, a minister, in 1951. She continued in ministry service with her husband in Ohio until his death as the result of a car accident.

Bernita married her second husband, George Henry Jess, in 1963. Together they both served as staff for The Way International, a nondenominational Christian ministry. In the 1960s, Bernita began to study Aramaic, later studied Hebrew, and coordinated the development and production of Aramaic reference materials. She also studied and wrote articles on Bible manners and customs. A compilation of those articles was published in a book entitled "On the Trail of Manners and Customs of the Bible" in 2009. George Henry Jess preceded her in death. Bernita moved from Ohio to Midland, to live near her family in 1999.

Bernita is survived by her children, Sharon Mortensen (Rob) of Midland and James Thorpe Jess (Jean) of Marietta, Ga. She is also survived by six grandchildren, Luke Mortensen (Jenny) of Boston, Mass., Jesse Mortensen of Colorado Springs, Colo., Katie and Lydia Mortensen of Midland and Courtney and Jennifer Jess of Marietta, Ga.

Visitation will be held Monday, Sept. 3, 2012, from 10 a.m., prior to a memorial service at 11 a.m. Visitation and services will take place at Wilson Miller Funeral Home, 4210 N. Saginaw Rd., Midland. The family asks that memorial gifts be given to The Way International, Midland Area Community Foundation or to Shelterhouse. Personal messages of condolence may be offered at www.wilson-miller.com

Published in Midland Daily News from August 24 to August 26, 2012

Old testament was in lunar months approx 28 days go from there.

Bernitta Jess Wednesday August 22,2012 Passed away.

More on Sunday,Visitation On Monday at 11:00 AM Wilson Miller funeral home Midland,Mi.

Bernita Jess, 88, of Midland, died Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, at Nottingham Place. A memorial service will be conducted at 11 a.m., Monday, Sept. 3, 2012, with visitation from 10 a.m. prior to the service at the Wilson MILLER Funeral Home. A complete obituary will be in Sunday's Midland Daily News.

Published in Midland Daily News on August 24, 2012

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Bernitta Jess Wednesday August 22,2012 Passed away.

Bernitta Jess Wednesday August 22,2012 Passed away.

More on Sunday,Visitation On Monday at 11:00 AM Wilson Miller funeral home Midland,Mi.

A dear friend said that Holy Spirit showed him his life like a 100-year football game, and therefore (he is late 60's) he is still in the 3rd quarter and the 4th quarter is where most of the major plays are made. So it should be with us. I am 66, went deaf, lost my husband, went deaf, am pretty close to destitute but the 23+ years I spent in twi, although they were "prime" years are receding in their proportion of my life the longer I live. I don't know if I will have a 100-year life which my friend is expecting (He comes from a long-lived family), but my dad and his brother lived into their 90s and late 80's, respectively, and my mom's side had some good long lived people there as well, so I am thinking I still may have time for a touchdown or two.

I know I am responsible for living the best I can in the moments I have right now, and that the weight of the sins of unforgiveness, bitterness, and regret are too heavy to bear.

God has not forsaken me and I still have hope and trust God for His kindness and protection, His care and concern. I am so very very thankful that God got me out of twi. WIthout Greasespot Cafe (and WayDale and Transchat) even though I was kicked out of twi I still might be kicking myself for my spiritual weakness which caused me to be "marked and avoided"!!! But because of God's mercy and kindness and the work of all the kindhearted people who have shared their/your life stories, I have been able to keep growing with the Lord and in my life with the Holy Spirit, but it definitely requires leaving bitterness etc. behind.

You have more kindness,forgivness and understanding in spiritual things than twi ever had or will.You have been a rock here at GSC.

Well if God truly makes a way where there is no way,then we somehow get it back,or has been said the quality is there.

mostly because i'm a loser :)

it's more a distraction from my real life which sucks

of course i'm kidding in some ways

but i don't want to join any other sites. i've tried and they don't work for me

i guess i just need a cult ha ha ha ha ha ha hahahaha ahhhh ahahah haha ha ha ahahah

Ex,You have alot more insite than most,At least here you choose the color of kooaid.

just wonder. Does anyone else come here (at times) just for FUN?

I know.. the purpose is supposed to be exposing da way and all..

that's not too hard to do.

any seekers of lasting friendship? One remains clothed in some kind of religious anonymity.. fine.

I still love you like a brother. Maybe you really are.. a brother, that is. Haven't proved otherwise anyway..

Sowy. It's another one of these nights..

It is fun to shoot the shi@,People listen too.

The lie is that "they' have some super secret truth,that only god specially gave to "them" and that "they" pass on to a select few.

Like the Matrix red or blue pill,once awoke we expose.

"One can be initiated into a conspiracy without a single word exchanged or secret handshake; all it takes is the dawning realization, beginning in seminary, that you and the others are privy to a secret, and that they know that you know, and you know that they know that you know."

Or.....after corps graduation, you and the others are privy to the twi-deception. When the corps application stated a "lifetime of Christian service" what they really meant was a lifetime of TWI service. If you show or voice a hint of discontent in leaving, then they bring pressure to bear in your life.

In such a setup, the decision-makers have unparalleled control over your life. Perhaps, they'll send you to Mississippi to oversee a growing twig (4 people)....or something. What? Where's your believing? You don't want to go? You're stubbornness is as witchcraft saith the directors! If you keep this up.....you WILL be called out on corps night.

Twi relishes in favors for their friends.....hardship for their corps enemies. It's a game of picking winners and losers.

Jump when they say jump. It's the Way's way of doing things.

Blacklisting gives twi the illusion of fighting an adversary.

That is why it was/is doomed to fail.If anything God is a rewarder who diligently seek him.Hmm..twi is/was seeking somthing else..........

I didn't know I was such a celebrity or something..

I was a nothing in twi..

I'm still that..

To your'e kids and friends,there will never be another,you are one of a kind.

thomas, please leave ham and waysider thread alone

or tell them to get a room ;)

Good one Ex.

Just leave. *They* really are not your friends. It's an illusion. Maybe in earlier days they acted like they were..

Might I add.

If you want similar numbnuts, like from certain offshoots to leave you alone, publically adopt a belief in reincarnation, or that the dead are alive, or agree with your local Trinitarian. Or go to a Unitarian Universalist church. They don't care what you believe. Well, within reason I suppose. Maybe join a coven..

You could say you believe in Santa Claus!!

Consequence?Leaving twi?Maybe the only consequence will be rosie left alone with her 52 million dollars.

Hey thats how koresh got his start in waco,met the gal of the org and married her,kicked her out and became king

Maybe history does repeat itself.