wrdsandwrks

It got pretty intense here in my neighborhood in Stevenson Ranch for a while today. We were advised to "shelter in place". I found out it means to stay inside. There are mandatory evacuations in place a few blocks away. Here are some pictures: Sunset: The view from the front of my house:

Happy Birthday! Hope you have a great one! Blessings to you and yours.

Thanks Dan, you're amazing too. Take all the time you need.

"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint "(Isaiah 40:31) Happy Birthday LikeanEagle!

Huh?

Rascal, you are one "bad" mama! Remind me never to make you mad. (jk) Congratulations! What a great accomplishment!

I'll PM you.

I am so happy to report that both Liz and her husband are alive and will and living in Medina, OH. He retired from his job as a judge advocate in juvenile court and they moved to Ohio and bought a house across the street from her friend Irma and her husband. They get together for barbecues all the time and attend the same church. I have her phone number and was told she's out of town and will be back on Friday. I will call her then. I can't tell you how relieved I am to hear about this. We managed to track down Irma and her husband through the internet white pages and they told us that Liz and her hubby are doing just fine. So you guys that were praying for her can keep on praying. I'm thrilled to be able to talk to her. I really have been trying to find her for years. All this reminded me of the old Mark Twain quote: , which he said after a reporter incorrectly reported that he had died.Sorry for prematurely reporting something that hadn't been verified. Did I say I'm relieved.

Sorry Waysider. I think this is one of the benefits of GS Cafe. I think those stories should be told so those memories "lurking" in the shadows can be healed. It's not real pleasant to bring them up, but it is therapeutic.

Happy Birthday! Wishing you the best!

I received this information from someone here about Liz. It is very upsetting. I was going to wait until I heard for certain that she died, but I don't know how long that will take. If anyone knows anything else, please let me know...

QUOTE(wrdsandwrks @ Oct 10 2007, 12:55 AM) When I took it in 1974 it was $35.00. Maybe they were running a special when I took it. Then again, it was 33 years ago, so I could be wrong, but some things just stick in your brain. I remember I cashed in a $25.00 savings bond my parents had given me and had to come up with $10.00 more.

I shudder to think what would have happened if I, the interpreter, had failed to show up for church this morning.

Translations according to usage: "I'm dead broke but I'm going to scrounge and scrimp and put all my money into paying for this expensive class. If someone is really spiritual then maybe they'll just give me the money to pay for it." "Turn off your brain and don't think about it, be a good little robot and eventually if you get really good at it your brain and conscience will cease to function as it should and you will be so perfectly "renewed" that you will think that adultery is a good thing and taking advantage of others will come naturally." "I'm a lazy bum but I sure do like hanging out at the Twig fellowship and giving "holy kisses" to all the pretty girls. Of course it totally grosses them out but they just need to "renew their minds" to it." "Those guys are mean, nasty and I hate going to their house, can I come to yours instead?" "You'll have to go through the proper Way Tree channels for permission for that. Ask your Twig leader." "I hate your guts." "Is my nose turning brown yet?" "This could be dangerous and perhaps lead to legal repercussions if anyone ever found this out, so we have to make up a doctrine that makes people think that if they ever tell anyone about it they'll have serious spiritual consequences." "Shut up and do what I told you to do!" "It's your own fault whenever anything bad happens to you." "You probably haven't given enough money."

If I remember correctly it was the way equivalent of first-aid, except you were supposed to go to prayer first, then to being prayed for, then to medical attention. Of course the "third-aid" at HQ or other TWI locations were staffed by whoever happened to have a bit of medical training. But now I see, or others, am I correct?

third aide Now there's a "way speak" term I haven't heard in a while.

So glad you did get out and that you're here!

When I took it in 1974 it was $35.00.

I re-reading this I think I need to repent. I don't remember the details of our conversation after she was devastated by LCM's cruelty. However, I'm sure that being the good little wayfer Corps grad that I was, that I tried to rationalize LCM's behavior. I can imagine that I believed and told her that he was just trying to help her "believe" and that he had her best interest at heart. Right! Even though any rational person would recognize that what had just occurred was out and out cruel and unloving. I should have told her that we should both get the heck out of town right away and get as far away from these un-Christian, hateful people as we possibly could. But I didn't. Forgive me Lord.

Too bad, I think we missed the 65th shindig. Too bad, so sad!

Eagle, I haven't read the book, but it sounds very interesting. I think it depends on who your target audience is. I wouldn't remove references to VP to make it more appealing to VP lovers. But if your target audience is way or ex-way people then definitely leave the references in. It seems that it would be a big help to those trying to make sense of doctrinal errors post-way. If you're going for a broader audience, after all, most people have never heard of TWI or VPW, then it would make sense to relegate him to the footnotes. I could see people scratching their heads, going, VP Who?

The last time I saw Liz she was getting ready to get married to man she met in one of her classes. They were buying a house together in the Bay Area. I've tried to find her by googling her or her husband's name but had no success. I pray that she is happy and well. She and I both believed that God wanted to heal her and restore her sight. The destructive criticism about "Why aren't you believing?" tore her down so much. I still pray for a restoring miracle to clean up the damage done to her optic nerve. Does anyone else who was at HQ or Emporia during this time remember Liz? (I think she went by Elizabeth in the Corps.)

((((((((Danny)))))))) I don't even know about the Dr. bills for the surgery. I imagine she was left to fend for herself.