Posted by Oldtimer on May 04, 2004 at 10:30:38
In Reply to: Re: "Family" history posted by Bryon on January 01, 2003 at 12:10:41:
I was in Cuernavaca, Mexico in '72. I was witnessing to this young guy in the city park, and remember an older man who, by pictures of him I have seen since, was DB. He was watching me witness to this Mexican kid.
The spirit this old man carried was, for lack of better words, like a spiritual 'black hole', or like looking into a shark's dead eyes as he contemplates eating you during his unendable swim, while looking for his next victim. He exuded a sense of "ownership" over me. Very creepy!
"If ONLY..."! If I had connected who it was at the time, I would have left THEN. As it turned out, there were SEVERAL opportunities; the SUCCESSFUL one was right after the World's Fair in Spokane, Washington, on...(drum roll, please!) my very own INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!
After leavng TF, I had a job take me to the wilds of Venezuela, passing through Caracas. A REAL missionary group, which helped and fed families from hillside hovels washed out by flooding, prayed for my ongoing and upcoming meetings with TF.
Three people left. I especially remember (Dutch) Maggie, whom I showed what God really said about the Jezebel in Revelation who was "teaching and seducing servants of Jesus Christ to commit [fornication and idolatry]". She said, "If I find a better way to serve God, I'll do it."
You go, Maggie! Write if you're out there!
Anyway, on one visit to the main colony (the BIG house, not the penthouse apartment), another very creepy older guy--sweaty, paunchy and practically drooling--was brought in.
Then, several pre-pubescent girls were brought in for hime to ogle. I wanted to puke! He had the SAME SPIRIT as I had discerned in DB. Big surprise. I really wanted to pound him (I'm 6'3",and Karate-trained), and prayed a lot under my breath, not to.
I took every opportunity to minister to members. There weren't that many openings--to me it was a matter of being led by the Holy Spirit--to them it would have been "Monster on the Move", paragraph 11. I still pray for them. I do thank God for those who did leave.
Heartbreaking, what was done to the 2nd Gen kids!