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Mr. Lingo, Are you sleep deprived? OK...next question What the heck is OLM? next... Is this really a 10 page thread on Sea Monkeys or is my brain playing tricks on me? and final note... I have a confession...I didn't read all the pages to this thread but I did read Sock's amazing stories on the effects of Sea Monkeys on famous people's lives...I'm moved. :P-->

Recently a couple I am very close to left TWI. They shared with me that a few years ago, they (husband and wife) wrote a letter to the BODs telling them of problems they saw in their leadership. They had tried several times to speak to their leadership about these problems...but he would not hear of it. So, they did what they were taught to do in the wonderful 'way tree' chain of command..and went higher...the next level being the BOD. They wrote a well constructed letter explaining themselves and what they felt was wrong. Before sending the letter, they made the grave mistake of calling one of the BODs at the time to make sure they were doing things correctly. This member of the BOD's reassured them and said...yes, of course, send your letter. If you're not happy, you have a right to speak up. So they did. Little did they know, that this person whom they had spoken with, spoke to another BOD's member, whom then, called my friend's leadership and told him that there was a letter coming to TWI sent by my friends, complaining of his leadership. This leader then told the BOD member to send the letter back to him when it arrives. The letter was addressed to the president of TWI, but it never got that far. The leadership called my friends and said he wanted to talk to them...a ROYAL reproof insued. A 2 hour verbal screaming match by the leader. They survived that. Then, a few weeks later, the leader calls up my friends and asks them to come and visit him. A 2 hr. drive. They did. When they arrived, they were escorted into a basement room where there was a half circle of chairs placed and 2 chairs facing away from the circle. The local leadership (corpses) were invited and my friends had to sit backs turned from the corpses and the big leader sat in front of them...and for 2 more hours belittled them and tore them apart from top to bottom. So much for writing letters OM.

MY OH MY :P--> It's That Time Again!!!! Happy Birthday Girl!!!

Insurgent, It's always been about power with them hasn't it! Same arrogant attitude as ever. If you do not understand his death, you will never understand his ressurection. If you do not understand what he suffered for us, you will never be able to understand the greatness of God's love towards us. Thank you Insurgent for reminding me of TWI's callous and shallow approach towards Christianity. Nothing has changed. They don't get the 'Passion' part do they? How sad ... :(--> 'til the next time...

Hello my 10th Corps brethren Hubby was 10th Corps. Some of you know me...but Cacoon chucker and Groucho ... you I don't know? Sounds like a line from PIFFAL. OK...all this talk of Bob E...is making me homesick now. :(--> People used to think Bob and I were sibblings and I was often asked if I was from England. --> Once I was called MRS. Eachus. No offence to the real MRS. Eachus! Too funny! 'til the next time...

Year 2027, You're welcome with love Ala 'til the next time...

Roy, Many of your posts have blessed me. Thanks for opening your life up to us here on GS. It's been our pleasure to see your heart! 'til the next time...

Hee Hee Hee Oeno! I think I'm wearing 'Depends' most of the time!!!! Funny! --> 'til the next time...

Jesusfreaky, Yes, humbleness is certainly a treat to see in the performing industry. Egos I'm sure are as thick as molasses in January in those places. So it is very refreshing to see such a thing. She is certainly a true musician. Her versatility is certainly something I admire about her. She's jazzy, she's bluesy, she's country, she's folksy...she's all over the place in her sound, yet she does it all very well. Amazing in my books. Great chattin' with you JesusFreaky! 'til the next time...

Sir Socks, Whatcha' mean...'Talkin' to ya agin??? Must be the deep freeze I'm living in right now... But, Socks we both forgot something... THE CLOVES, WHOLE CLOVES!!!!!! Man oh man... --> what were we thinking? Take that and that and this... ouch, ouch, ouch 'til the next time...

Sockster, You mentioned 'make your coffee', 'set up your ashtray', 'laugh at your jokes' (now that's being cruel), but you forgot... THE MINTS You are a funny sockster you are, you ole' argyle you! 'til the next time...

Norah Jones pretty much cleaned up at the Grammies last year. I thought it was so cute when she went up for her (i'm not sure...3rd or 4th grammie)and said...It was only a demo album. She's a gem. 'til the next time...

AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!! The video is back... A day without 'THE' video is like a day without...... 'til the next time...

Krysilis, You hit it dead on. Absence of Jesus Christ in TWI...so true. 'til the next time...

Oenophile, Wow. So well put. I enjoyed that. Thanks for sharing your soul with us. I appreciate it. 'til the next time...

I thought it very interesting that there was NO mention of Gunnison or their Way Corps Training. Makes me want to go hhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmm??? --> 'til the next time...

Dear Oenophile, I believe you are not alone when it comes to this question. Yes, there were good times and people in TWI. Why else would we have stayed in as long as we did, right? Yet, at the same time, I felt this cloud hang over me. It seemed to always be there and after awhile I didn't even realize the 'son' wasn't shining anymore. And when at times I would notice this absence of light in my life, I believed it was because of something ??? that I was doing wrong. Either way, TWI was left blameless as we were taught to do. I now have a tendency to not want to think of my experience in TWI as a positive one. Though I must be realistic and say there were some highlights during my stay...but the 'cloud' hanging over me surely overshadowed those good times. I know I found God in my life when I was introduced to TWI, but also I was introduced to much misery. I believed in order to have God in my life I had to co-exist with this burden of misery. Not anymore. love you 'til the next time...

My waymares happened off and on for years. I would wake up in a cold sweat, my heart beating mile a minute, so thankful it was only a dream. My dreams would usually involve leadership and some intense confrontational situation...usually me being beaten down verbally by those a$$holes. Many of my dreams were caused I believe, by unresolved situations that I had left in TWI. These were like cancerous wounds, oozing, aching and bleeding. After I found Greasespot and started to experience some closure/healing to some of these issues, my dreams lessened and now I can't remember the last time I had one (knock on wood!). Grasshoppie, you will be fine and as time passes by, your sleep will be sweet and peaceful. Nightie-Night! 'til the next time...

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Mr. P-Mosh... Thanks for the chuckle! :D--> 'til the next time...

Giorgio, Thank you for making me laugh! I needed that! :D--> 'til the next time...

My thought on this was... How in the he!! would anyone know when someone is 'on the word/off the word' when the people who taught you that concept (VP/LCM)probably lived their lives so not aligned with Christian thought, that if they had ever received a 'on the word' thought they wouldn't have recognized it if it bit them in the a$$! 'til the next time...

Just recently I was speaking to someone who has in the past year left TWI. I have been out for 10 years now and sometimes when I hear wayspeak/waythinking it bolts me over and I'm left gasping for air. The last time we spoke, we were talking about VP and LCM's 'misbehaviours' (to put it mildly). At one point, the person I was speaking to said to me "Well, that's what happens when people get 'OFF'the word. It was at this point I was left gasping for air. I did not know what to say nor how to respond to these words. TWI was famous for it's 'blanket statements'. I guess I hadn't been subjected to one of those in quite awhile. It sure did take me by surprise. :o--> I think I spun around in circles for about 2 days in my kitchen just thinking about the insanity of that statement. Heeeeeeeeellllllllpppppppppp! :o--> 'til the next time...

Socksies, Funny, funny socks you are. Thanks for making me smirk 'til the next time...

I concur CC... It must have been either 92 or 93. We got the boot and never attended ROA 94. I specifically remember this guy getting up there and barely getting a chance to finish his sentence about 'Keeping it simple' and Craigger the raving lunatic jumping down his throat. I felt like I was in residence again...ahhhhh such a nice feeling it was! --> NOT!!!!!!!!! 'til the next time...