Son of the Hog Ward

Thankful for the pointers. Cheers!

Most excellent! I tried Search terms to start, so I wonder if the results will be different. I have now found three with Search terms, and while several of them have two or three Usernames, one guy seems to have several profiles over the years, and three profiles right now! All kinds of ways to work the system when anonymity is the norm. Shocking, but the norm. And "Thanks Mod!" for the warm welcome cheers!

In that way, my family was quite fortunate to be so close. If you had been in our group/twig/branch, for certain my family and others would have hooked you up with a ride and some camping gear. We loved the farm life, and the Rock of Ages was (to me) quite simply a grand! farm filled with kind & excited folks, from adults to kids. Proximity & familiarity with the area helps of course... What are your memories with TWI folks? Did your local people have enough resources and were people working together well to bring everyone up (hand in hand), united with a common mission? My parents sure did portray this, and had a hand in convincing large numbers to become entrepreneurs and then proudly contributed to exchanging services within the families of the businesses. As I matured, I began to understand the highly-motivated bunch of boot-strappers w/ a can-do attitude, from window washers to roofers, tree trimming service, printers, lay-out artists, auto mechanic shoppes, even an eye doctor ... always "giving glory to god" and proudly wearing a hat or shirt that thanked God for motivation/empowerment. Funny thing now that I think about it -- those entrepreneurs never ripped apart after people began leaving or being told to cease and excuse themselves from TWI. Those folks continued to benefit from that networking, both in terms of sharing as well as a new found independence. My dad would sometimes partly credit the Sales jobs & training that TWI pushed with some of the persistence needed in running a business. Neat to be a part of something via sponsorship -- hope it was fulfilling to you at the time (in spite of other difficulties). You might search the "Friend Tracker" as username="Modgellan" suggested... hmmm, I didn't link to his username correctly. It would be fun to find ONE person you sponsored at least... or maybe hir child. It does, and the avatars are active! Never got involved with Harry Potter's splinter group...

I see. Did distance play any role? We were less than 2 hrs drive to HQ. Also, what did "sponsored many people" entail? Feel free to ignore this basic question. As a child, I was just along for the ride and have only vague ideas about most of the technical terms (sponsor, Corps for examples, though I believe I understand the Rock of Ages was an annual multi-day set of events at the VPW farm / HQ and the WOW was a year-long witnessing in a foreign environment, sent off or assigned from the ROA?). Tough life I take it, compounded by TWI. So what brings you to Grease Spot? I personally began searching for all of the names of people I recalled, buuuut, it seems anonymity is the psychosis now-a-days, so I am choosing to play along. Hi Janet , I am the son of a pig farmer <pig nose emoji snipped>

Hi Janet, I was born into TWI in the late 70s, raised just outside of Fort Wayne IN (a short road-trip from the HQ), and survived and thrived until my parents were kicked out in ~86/87. I don't know the details exactly, and don't really care that much. This is my first quick post, to get started. Don't recall any adult Janets, but you never know! Likely we shared Rock of Ages grounds for numerous years at least! Best to you, a Hog Ward.