southern gentleman, so good to read that your family is still intact. So many others were torn apart.
As for myself, I survived 19 years of twi and thought that I was relatively unscathed. That is, until I heard about Waydale and then GS. Now, I question EVERYTHING that I was taught and believed all these years. BUT I do not question my salvation, because I was saved in the Baptist church when I was a child.
Since leaving twi, my life has been fantastic. I married a non-way wonderful man. We owned a small business in AR for 8 years, over 6 of which I worked with hubby daily. Then we sold our business and moved back to my hometown.
I am enjoying being a housewife and spending time with my family and friends. Renewing old acquaintances as I see them out, mostly. I have run into ex-way people at Walmart, Chamber of Com., etc. I volunteer some of my time for the Emer. Shelter for Women that my sister manages.
ChattyKathy and I are having a vendor booth to benefit the local Hosp. Foundation this month. She drives in from OH and we had a great time last year, and look forward to having another wonderful time and making some money this time!!!
BTW, I had a pretty good job while in twi. I moved from KY to SC to AL to AR for the COMPANY that I worked for. The TC, BC, and LC in all states basically left me alone, even though I dated MOSTLY non-way men, and traveled for my company.
May I offer you some ice cold lemonade or a mint julep?
Also, there's a forum section called "About the Way" and your post will most likely get more responses up there. This section is for people who are looking for other people. :)
My life has been extremely wonderful, free and peaceful since leaving TWI. Sure things happen, but overall a bad day outside of TWI beats a good day inside TWI hands down!
I have been reading many different formus of those of us who are looking for someone that we knew or about someone who hurt us. It is just a small price to pay for the heartache that it took to give up the thing you grew to love----the fellowship with others, the feeling of really belonging, and the hope you were doing something great for yourself and others.
No matter how many wrong things that TWI did or leaders that were egotistical and of course the wrong doctrine slipped in here and there you still feel like a part of your life was ripped away from you and a real bad divorce occurred. I choose to think that there was some great doctrine taught that was against main stream religion and should be look into an studied more closely to find it true meritt and what it can achieve for Christians today.
I know that many wrong doctrines were taught so that ego's could be swelled with pride. I am grateful I got out before "gm" could apply his legalism doctrines. I am appaulded that his wife and children have not backed up an moved on with their lives instead of living in a fine home in the woods.
It is sicking to have people arrested just because the want to pay their repects to those who helped them. For my own personal life not one person has looked my wife or I up to see how we are as people since having to leave an organization where men use there penis to rule over people.
I am thankful we have stayed together all these years and openly communicate our feelings so that we can stand together and raise our son to be a wonderful man. I feel very sorry for those who the venom of satan has ruined your relationship with God and I pray that you find peace and are able to forgive and move on.
Well I started this forum with the hope that we could share joy and rejoycing with one another of the good effect that the time spent in TWI got us. The joy, harmony, love, peace, and fellowship with God it has brought us. My time spent as a WOW (3 times) and in the corps (13) was not one where I was brought to the front and lauded as a great example of a beliver.
I do remember men and women who were done this way some good results, some bad. I am thankful that for whatever reason I could just be a believer and learn to love myself and begin my family and enjoy those who wanted to belive the Word of God was the truth and do the best I could for God.
If this inspires you to comment share with us your results since TWI how God has blessed your life, how you have helped others, and how you are moving on.
Ahhhhh -- now I can read it. Tired old eyes like mine need paragraphs!! :)
Thank you for your sentiments. You are obviously very kind hearted and I hope you feel welcome here. Many of us ex-wayfers feel the same way you do, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for expressing yourslef and sharing your experiences.
What can a man say except if you do not proof your typing then it may not come out exactly like you wanted it to be expressed. Thank you for the mint julip even though I do not care for them I am more a Crown and Diet Coke person these days. For those of you who are wondering where I live and who I am. Well the state of Mississippi is where I hail from and we have just survived Katrina. I never have posted on any forum or entered a chat room because I felt things were going along very well.....until a wind came up and help me to keep life in perspective and thankful to be alive and have my family, home, and neighbors. Our area looks like a war zone and slowly we are cleaning up an getting life back together. We now have 20,000 more people living in our city of just over 100,000. Now my abiltiy to love someone unconditionally because I am love by God, to give from the heart because I need to and without a price tag, and to hold human life as something very special has given me a since of purpose over these last 6 weeks. Then when I got to greasspot and saw the anquish, heartbreak, hurt from leaders toward "plain joe belivers", and the venom that was being spewed about the wrongs that were done. Guess it made me think about what happened 18 years ago, how was I affected, what did I learn, why did I never stop loving God, and glad I got beyond the hurt and humiliation some of those in "leadership" postions showed toward me. I am not a philospher but boy does this sound like one. I am a man who loves God and what Jesus Christ did for me,,,,,remember what he delivered me from the fear, pride, self-loathing, and remembering what he brought to me a more abundant life full of giving, caring, and the hope of his return. Now I give freely to my family of my heart, to love my wife for standing with and by me through every issue we have faced, and desire for my son to be the best he can (which he is doing). I feel terrible that so many people where crushed emotionally, scared for life, and sent packing with total humilation. Thanks for allowing me somewhere to tell you that there are others out here who only want people to get healed and to move forward with their lives. Please feel free to correct my english and correct the terms I do not know. Like the code is TWI or LCM or whatever!
What can a man say except if you do not proof your typing then it may not come out exactly like you wanted it to be expressed. Thank you for the mint julip even though I do not care for them I am more a Crown and Diet Coke person these days. For those of you who are wondering where I live and who I am.
Well the state of Mississippi is where I hail from and we have just survived Katrina. I never have posted on any forum or entered a chat room because I felt things were going along very well.....until a wind came up and help me to keep life in perspective and thankful to be alive and have my family, home, and neighbors.
Our area looks like a war zone and slowly we are cleaning up an getting life back together. We now have 20,000 more people living in our city of just over 100,000. Now my abiltiy to love someone unconditionally because I am love by God, to give from the heart because I need to and without a price tag, and to hold human life as something very special has given me a since of purpose over these last 6 weeks. Then when I got to greasspot and saw the anquish, heartbreak, hurt from leaders toward "plain joe belivers", and the venom that was being spewed about the wrongs that were done.
Guess it made me think about what happened 18 years ago, how was I affected, what did I learn, why did I never stop loving God, and glad I got beyond the hurt and humiliation some of those in "leadership" postions showed toward me.
I am not a philospher but boy does this sound like one. I am a man who loves God and what Jesus Christ did for me,,,,,remember what he delivered me from the fear, pride, self-loathing, and remembering what he brought to me a more abundant life full of giving, caring, and the hope of his return.
Now I give freely to my family of my heart, to love my wife for standing with and by me through every issue we have faced, and desire for my son to be the best he can (which he is doing). I feel terrible that so many people where crushed emotionally, scared for life, and sent packing with total humilation.
Thanks for allowing me somewhere to tell you that there are others out here who only want people to get healed and to move forward with their lives. Please feel free to correct my english and correct the terms I do not know. Like the code is TWI or LCM or whatever!
I hope you're still around. I'm originally from Mississippi and that's where about 90% of my family still lives. :) I'm a Bulldog and mostly visit Jackson, Madison, Canton and Starkville.
I'm sorry to hear about the destruction your area is facing. And I'm so glad to hear that y'all are taking care of each other and yes, there is a lot of unconditional love out there and thank God for all the people who DO like to give and help with nothing expected in return. :)
I hope to see you around some more. We'll help you here with any posting things you need help with.
Heres a tip: If you hit your enter key every once in a while you can make paragraphs that will make your posts less difficult to read.
Well I started this forum with the hope that we could share joy and rejoycing with one another of the good affect that the time spent in TWI got us.
I am sure you will get get some takers on this. Many of us had some good times while involved in TWI. I guess looking at "the good affect that time in TWI got us" can help soothe the discomfort and pain of knowing that we were being scammed and used by those at the top of a very corrupt organization.
Looking back though, many of my best times and fondest memories in TWI never really happened. It was a scam.
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southern gentleman, so good to read that your family is still intact. So many others were torn apart.
As for myself, I survived 19 years of twi and thought that I was relatively unscathed. That is, until I heard about Waydale and then GS. Now, I question EVERYTHING that I was taught and believed all these years. BUT I do not question my salvation, because I was saved in the Baptist church when I was a child.
Since leaving twi, my life has been fantastic. I married a non-way wonderful man. We owned a small business in AR for 8 years, over 6 of which I worked with hubby daily. Then we sold our business and moved back to my hometown.
I am enjoying being a housewife and spending time with my family and friends. Renewing old acquaintances as I see them out, mostly. I have run into ex-way people at Walmart, Chamber of Com., etc. I volunteer some of my time for the Emer. Shelter for Women that my sister manages.
ChattyKathy and I are having a vendor booth to benefit the local Hosp. Foundation this month. She drives in from OH and we had a great time last year, and look forward to having another wonderful time and making some money this time!!!
BTW, I had a pretty good job while in twi. I moved from KY to SC to AL to AR for the COMPANY that I worked for. The TC, BC, and LC in all states basically left me alone, even though I dated MOSTLY non-way men, and traveled for my company.
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Welcome, SouthernGentleman,
May I offer you some ice cold lemonade or a mint julep?
Also, there's a forum section called "About the Way" and your post will most likely get more responses up there. This section is for people who are looking for other people. :)
My life has been extremely wonderful, free and peaceful since leaving TWI. Sure things happen, but overall a bad day outside of TWI beats a good day inside TWI hands down!
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Southern Gentleman:
I was in the 13th Corps ... e-mail me at poohpal525@hotmail.com and let's get reacquainted.
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Ahhhhh -- now I can read it. Tired old eyes like mine need paragraphs!! :)
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Southern Gentleman,
I was 13th corps too!!!! And I live in the south now (North Carolina.)!!!
Email me too?
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jane_doe_us@hotmail.com
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Southern Gentleman
Thank you for your sentiments. You are obviously very kind hearted and I hope you feel welcome here. Many of us ex-wayfers feel the same way you do, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for expressing yourslef and sharing your experiences.
More love to you, dear.
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Hey Southern Gentleman..my story is pretty much ditto of yours except we did it with 6 children !!
Have not felt a need to question majority of what was taught in twi..it is still standing us in great stead today !!
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Welcome, SouthernGentleman
There is not much I miss about TWI per se but there are several of people that I met while THere that I do miss and think about often
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What can a man say except if you do not proof your typing then it may not come out exactly like you wanted it to be expressed. Thank you for the mint julip even though I do not care for them I am more a Crown and Diet Coke person these days. For those of you who are wondering where I live and who I am. Well the state of Mississippi is where I hail from and we have just survived Katrina. I never have posted on any forum or entered a chat room because I felt things were going along very well.....until a wind came up and help me to keep life in perspective and thankful to be alive and have my family, home, and neighbors. Our area looks like a war zone and slowly we are cleaning up an getting life back together. We now have 20,000 more people living in our city of just over 100,000. Now my abiltiy to love someone unconditionally because I am love by God, to give from the heart because I need to and without a price tag, and to hold human life as something very special has given me a since of purpose over these last 6 weeks. Then when I got to greasspot and saw the anquish, heartbreak, hurt from leaders toward "plain joe belivers", and the venom that was being spewed about the wrongs that were done. Guess it made me think about what happened 18 years ago, how was I affected, what did I learn, why did I never stop loving God, and glad I got beyond the hurt and humiliation some of those in "leadership" postions showed toward me. I am not a philospher but boy does this sound like one. I am a man who loves God and what Jesus Christ did for me,,,,,remember what he delivered me from the fear, pride, self-loathing, and remembering what he brought to me a more abundant life full of giving, caring, and the hope of his return. Now I give freely to my family of my heart, to love my wife for standing with and by me through every issue we have faced, and desire for my son to be the best he can (which he is doing). I feel terrible that so many people where crushed emotionally, scared for life, and sent packing with total humilation. Thanks for allowing me somewhere to tell you that there are others out here who only want people to get healed and to move forward with their lives. Please feel free to correct my english and correct the terms I do not know. Like the code is TWI or LCM or whatever!
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Hey Southern Gentleman!
I hope you're still around. I'm originally from Mississippi and that's where about 90% of my family still lives. :) I'm a Bulldog and mostly visit Jackson, Madison, Canton and Starkville.
I'm sorry to hear about the destruction your area is facing. And I'm so glad to hear that y'all are taking care of each other and yes, there is a lot of unconditional love out there and thank God for all the people who DO like to give and help with nothing expected in return. :)
I hope to see you around some more. We'll help you here with any posting things you need help with.
Crown & Diet Coke it is!
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Southern Gentleman,
Welcome to the Cafe.
Heres a tip: If you hit your enter key every once in a while you can make paragraphs that will make your posts less difficult to read.
I am sure you will get get some takers on this. Many of us had some good times while involved in TWI. I guess looking at "the good affect that time in TWI got us" can help soothe the discomfort and pain of knowing that we were being scammed and used by those at the top of a very corrupt organization.
Looking back though, many of my best times and fondest memories in TWI never really happened. It was a scam.
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You said it Goey! It was a complete scam!
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