some history for the project

I dug this up from my files. Someone was requesting pieces of history from first-hand accounts of the early days, etc. This is a good one from streykat who was with Berg on the road:

I was in the group since the beginning 68. At least then I believed we
were serving the Lord. I can remember the group slowly changing when DB
starting sending us his letters. We started gradually getting out of the
Word of God as He tried to convince that what God was saying was the
word for now. Actually, he was praticing free love with a couple of
young sisters proably around 70 or 71. I think my first surprise was
when I was transferred to Kentucky from L.A. colony(70-71) and knew a
sister who was DB's live in. I casually brushed by her one day and
discovered she was pregnant. What was so weird is that during that time
we couldn't hold hands with the opposite sex unless we were betrothed.
It was kind of a shocker to me, but,I just let it go.
But, at least still then in 70 and 71 I think we were still serving
Jesus. DB starting coming up with these letters,mostly things like
"Diamonds of Dust" letters that were helpful. But we were still reading
the Bible and memorizing scriptures. They were little indications on how
the revolution was changing little sexual parties that were being
thrown, but not everybody participating just mainly the upper leaders. I
guess it was the big experiment. However, the upper leaders (so called
Royal Family) was already praticing and participating in their love
orchestras. Although, they were keeping tabs on others and actually
demoting anybody amorous besides them. Such hypocrisy!
I remember being in Phillie (72-73) with a good size colony and us
receiving this letter from DB called the "Great Escape". God was going
to destroy America and we had to get out. That was really nice since
most of the Upper Leaders were leaving or had already left. By the way,
there was a sister there that your buddy Aaron got pregnant I think her
name was Connie. But, notice she wasn't with him the standard
policy(upper class of the COG) was after you get some of these sisters
pregnant you push them aside to other colonies. She later left with a
brother who was not as revolutionary as us. DB wrote a letter about her
called the "Frozen Book" I guess because he wrote a book against the COG
and he(DB) claimed she was an enemy. But, in all actuality she was
classified a widow and shunned in some colonies. Poor sisters who went
through this bs. So, this is your Aaron and proably some of the reasons
he committed suicide. He knew the word fairly well and proably had such
conflictions with what DB was saying that it caused a great deal of
confusion.
I really think the change to the worse however, started happening when
the Litnessing revolution came in. We started selling letters(DB) like
"Sex Works" "Mountain Maid" and others that were sexually oriented. DB
started telling us then that he was the Prophet of God. We had warning
signs when he made a couple fatal errors like "Kehotek" (the destruction
of America) about a comet coming as a warning the end of America was
going to happen in 40 days. Most of us, should have started running like
hell when this false prophecy never happened. But, others followed.
When, I was in Peru in (75-78) the DB letters started coming out
regarding "FFing". I think then I had enough and I felt like I was not
serving the Lord and witnessing. I believe from the time on the COG was
just literally poisoned and the devil destroyed a wonderful work, just
because of one mans or many men's lust. You know it says we are not
ignorant of the devils devices but I really believe most of us were .
So, be thankful that God allowed you to leave as some of the brethren
still bare the scars of what happened to them. And some have festering
wounds that need to be healed. I am glad we are here to talk about it. I
kept mine secret like you for over 20 years and would not fellowship
with anyone that was christian. I am just now fellowshiping a little
bit, kind of dipping my feet into the water so to speak. If you have any
questions feel free to contact us here. I left in 78, I guess I was so
disappointed. I felt as I had wasted 4 or 5 years of my life when I
should have obeyed the red flags and the still small voice in my heart
and the booming voice that came from my exwife.

StreyKat =^.^=