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Originally Posted by aron
Did you get invited because you were one of the top recruiters? Like the salesman who hits $100,000 in a month getting to meet the chairman?
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You might say something like that. Karl and I really started Santa Cruz from scratch and I guess it was like a reward for my efforts in helping to build S.C. On the other hand, I got along well with Karl even though he was a difficult person for most and he said he was "grooming" me to be an elder though at 24 I had no interest. Actually, I don't think I even understood the concept of being an elder. I was working the campuses bringing people to Jesus. In Santa Cruz there weren't a lot of other Christian groups which we could rob, unlike Detroit which was loaded with Christian groups. Of course, I didn't make any effort to bring in other Christians since Santa Cruz was a haven for unsaved people who were searching for answers. So, a goodly number of our "recruits" were those we brought in and baptized them in the Pacific Ocean. It was a wild time because of all the new people we had brought in. Even though WL later asked me to come to Detroit I wish I had stayed in Santa Cruz. It was the highlight of my LC experience.