outandabout

In residence in the Corps we were taught sales techniques (Don't remember the name of the class) where we were taught step by step to lead people to sign the card. It was so contrived. I actually tried it once and it worked but I felt so bad for the "victim" that I didn't follow through. We weren't worth anything unless we were getting people into The Class. I don't even know what class TWI is promotin now. Is it PFAL or Craig's class or what?

Not to mention being in hell after you graduate because everything that happens around you that is bad is your fault because "You're Corps." Not to mention that the despair of believing that the rest of your life consists of following orders, having no home base, menial jobs, vacationing only at Corps Week and the Rock, etc etc etc. I was so depressed when I graduated and saw NO WAY OUT. I condemned myself for being depressed because surely I was missing the greatness of being Way Corps. What a relief to see that it wasnt' just me. What a relief to finally leave.

Hey, I thought we weren't supposed to dream!

Just wondering - why is Rosalie called Frau Q-Tip?

Speaking of babies, I was once in a morning meeting and the branch leader's wife said she didn't want to see a particular new mother not show up at things because of "that damn baby." Nice. Even in my Way Brain I knew something wasn't right.

I wear a cross.

I had a dream that I was at the ROA and my branch leader and a bunch of people were singing together and the BL asked me to join them and I thought "I don't think so."

Yeah, I really fell for that "doulos" crap.

Wayside, LOL at your diary! Hilarious!

When I was in the process of leaving TWI, I was flooded with thoughts that I was allowing myself the think. I would think a thought and then another thought, like hearing LCM yelling, would come to counteract it. I put a lines down the middle of pieces of paper and put my thought on one side, and then the TWI (ie Craig yelling) thought on the opposite side. Back and forth. Eventually I was able to just think my thoughts, good and bad. It's pretty bad when you can't even think your own thoughts....

That's how I ended up in Mississippi.

"The door swings both ways" but don't you ever dare try to leave TWI!

I never got that either.

People are to be loved, things are to be used. But TWI leaders loved manna and used people.

What is IHOP? I worked at one serving pancakes. What is this thing? It is so much like TWI. I guess there's nothing new under the sun.

With me it's a toss-up between the tithe not being relevent to this administration and fear bringing negative results. As for the latter, my current view on that is: Sh1t Happens.

When I graduated from the Corps, I requested that I be sent "anywhere" because I believed it would be of God where I was sent to, since those deciding for me were so tapped in that it would be the best place for me. I ended up in Mississippi and had the two worst years of my entire life.

Gee, too bad I left TWI. I could have lived forever, I guess, never gotten sick, no problems. Life would be so perfect if I were still in TWI.

Maybe they were being nice to you because TWI has their new "Being Nicer" policy, rather than the previous practice of shunning people.

I found five bucks on the sidewalk and I gave it to a homeless person.

There was a year of door-to-door? And... I too do not miss "moving the Word." I even hated hearing the phrase. It gave me a knot in my stomach.

Sorry you went through all that, Potato. It still astounds me how deep the abuse went. Going to Greasespot has made me see that what I went through was just a part of the whole picture, that so many of us suffered. What a hell hole.

How about "dynamic" as in "That Corps Grad is so dynamic!"

I receive tapes and The Sower from STFI since I make a small donation to them monthly. I forgot the term for that. Anyway, I received a letter a few days ago that stated that John Lynn had left to "pursue his own ministry." And they are having a meeting to decide on the direction STFI should go, a meeting that is open to all members.

And then they gave us a graduation certificate. I think mine says "Bachelor of Theology" because that's what you got if you already had a degree. I used to put it on resumes until I realized it wasnt' worth it. It's bogus anyway. Too bad.