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Originally Posted by rayliotta
OK, that all makes sense, I personally feel you are much too hesitant to consider the possibility of outside influence. For example, haven't you considered that the idea of migrating to Odessa may not have originated with GW in Irving, or even in Texas at all?
But either way, you really haven't addressed what I was saying. I can't make you. It would just be nice to get you to see how your "shifting contexts" can make these discussions rather difficult, sometimes.
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I would definitely expect that elders and perhaps even WL discussed Odessa and the obvious choice to go would be GW since he had already had a burden for the place. Without a doubt migrating elders to take up the leadership of a new locality is a great example of outside influence, what isn't clear is whether or not those in Odessa requested help, from my vantage those in Odessa certainly openly welcomed and were very thankful for GW being sent there (also Phil Delp). To them this was a big step forward from being a bible study in someone's home to being a full fledged church with a meeting hall.
As to the shifting contexts, virtually all of my posts on this thread are answers to direct questions for my perspective. People are asking for a different perspective.