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If you ever have in rez been You'd know ole Loy was no thespian. He danced in his tights Under those not so bright lights And his wife ran off with the lesbian

I've fixed it - but now there are three pix

George gets it.

I read that post - I'm not sure that there a response necessary. You prayed, you got your prayer answered. God's relationship with His people doesn't rely on the goodness or corruptness of the organization that claims to represent God. We see this over and over in the Old Testament where the King is said to be evil but the people are still blessed. I think its inaccurate to assume that just because a ministry is good or bad that will reflect on how God relates to the people involved. The two are not necessarily mutually inclusive.

Three Pics - You have to know the second person's name..

Two Pics - I'm tired....

magic

Jean - Rascal and I have had our share of differences of opinion. My ability to think for myself is quite safe and sound - thank you very much. I'm fine with you disagreeing with me. I still hold to my opinion as do you. Viva la difference!

We all are.....

LOL Chas - I didn't read any of the other posts....so - NO - I didn't mean you at all I should have told Ducky not to be so uptight.

He should stay - but I don't believe in the M and A policy. don't be so uptight....

The Munsters

A villian???/

Beverly Hills Cop 2

Dave was from Boston. I know because we used to banter about in our respective accents.

Mozart is always fun. I'd also try some Verdi. Personally, I love "Pathetique" by Pachelbel - but that's moving and serious - not necessarily light and airy.

I for one was never asked to keep a secret. See - I was the one that tried to give the benefit of the doubt. I could always be counted on to "do the right thing." So in this case I tried to wait and see if there was anymore misconduct before I went to the guy's wife - one of my good friends. I wanted to be sure before I ruined their marriage. Little did I know, this guy was sleeping with several other women in the branch. When he realized that I knew, and that I could put two and two together -things got interesting. All of a sudden I was said to have walked away from God and His word. It turns out, in the end that it all came tumbling down for him. One of the women he was fooling around with threatened to make it public. To silence her he ordained her! (That was her price.) Ok enough about this. The point is that there was a "boys in the backroom" atomsphere in TWI. The fact that you didn't see it just means it was effective in your area.

Jean - thanks for the consideration. I would suggest that there are ways to publically teach one thing and do quite another in private. I could give you stories - but I don't have permission from all the people involved. I do tend to keep confidences as long as it doesn't involve a coverup. I saw and heard this much more than I'd care to admit. I just didn't put the pieces together because I figured it was a bunch of leadership who couldn't keep it together. A lot of people I knew got hurt because I didnt' see that pattern soon enough. If you heard that phrase from the lips of TWI leadership - then I would propose that it wasn't a one-time thing. It was used a lot. The fact that someone used it here - I'd call that an attempt at sarcasm.

Out There - you just want to stand behind me And I'd totally ride that thing!

it doesnt' help tho.....LOL

Happy Birthday to my Divine Design buddy!

Dot - I knew two Norwegians when I entered the 11th in rez at HQ the final year (I was 10th originally) Both worked in translations. The Jan I"m thinking of was clean shaven, soft spoken. I'm not sure what the other Norwegian's name was.... That's all the help I can give - sorry.

I thought that "Gun Control" meant "using BOTH hands"

There's a plus to living with a guy before marriage. You get to see what he's really like all the time. That is also the bad side to living together before marriage. I've seen couples run at the first sign of controversy. So, go into this with some kind of simple commitment. Commit to talk things out on a regular basis. It's easier to break up a living together arrangement than a marriage. Again, there are pros and cons to this, as I'm sure you can imagine. Bottom line: if you're going to do this you should both be very clear on what you want and expect of each other - both long and short term. Oh - things that seem cute today may annoy the *&^ out of you in 2 or 3 years. It is never a wise choice to enter a relationship with the expectation that you get to change the other person. This is why you should talk often - so that you can decide on your own what you can and can not accept long term. I wish someone had told me all this 20 years ago....

Does TWI "need" to be good? NO Does it "need" to be evil? NO TWI is what it is - and was what it was. We have our children study history in schools. We tell them, "Those who ignore the mistakes of the past are doomed to repeat them." When the Holocaust is discussed is someone somewhere shouting, "Stop shoving your beliefs down my throat?" Perhaps. Should that stop anyone from discussing that period in history? No. I've read the stories of Corrie Ten Boom and her Holocaust experiences. She actually met one of Nazi jailers who abused her and her sister. She prayed to God to help her forgive him. Does that mean that she forgot the past - NO. I'm not going to start on the forgivness angle. That's another can of worms that has been bantered about many times. I will say that she needed to remember, and to tell her story so that she could move on. SHE chose when to open her wounds. There is strength in doing this. There is empowerment in doing this. It isn't a pity party - in fact, it's not a party at all.