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Originally Posted by Dave
When we migrated to Ft. Lauderdale in 1974 we started renting a house for $275 a month which was reasonable at the time. The leading elder, MP, decided that no matter what house you were renting you only had to pay $250 and other people could live with you who would pay the remainder. So, we had a lady live with us who was mostly blind because of diabetes and she paid $25 a month and we paid $250. Come to find out the leading elder, MP, rented a beautiful huge beach house (on the ocean) where he only paid $250 but he had some brothers live with him who paid the rest. Nice if you can make it work for you.
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The brothers house I lived in came into being due to a brother and sister moving to Anaheim, but keeping their home in Bellevue. Their mortgage became what we rented the house for. For my portion $200 a month was much more manageable than living alone. Household chores and cooking duties, I never objected to.
There was one instance all of us younger brothers objected. The eldest brother invited a non-LC Christian brother to stay with us for an extended period of time. The deputy authority clause was invoked overriding our objections.
On a positive note, the best experiences I had in the brother's house was the playful teasing, always being available to give a brother a ride somewhere or pick up stranded brother.
We had one brother who was musically creative and he would often use his creations for our answering machine message.