Leaders of the Lord's Recovery

[Lisbon]

Fair and simple, we were all conned. There is always a smart when you have to admit you were not that smart. I have been conned several times in my life and usually it involved my wife as well. We took our losses and forgot about it.

It was a little different here however because it involved our walk with God.

Beginning in 1972, we had just been enthralled with six months reading of Née.
We heard right at first "we read and study Née all the time." For one year maybe."
We just pay attention to the "pure" word of God. Really?

Witness Lee is just a simple poor Chinaman, no big deal.

I still remember the sister who spoke of WL as an apostle. I didn't like it but didn't hear it that much in 72 ,73. There were too many apostles near my business. I considered them all self appointed which I do 40 years later.

No high no low. Everyone can speak. We're all the same, equal before the Lord. Of course some more equal than others. I still can remember an elder remarking,"I didn't think "he" would make it." That had a terrible 'ring' to me. The church life was something you had to 'make?" I thought we were born into the church.

This all became the garlick room WL talked about so much. We were numbed, befuddled, just like Lee said we were. We were moo cows and we laughed as we were taken down the road of captivity. And we stayed down there for many years. Oh the mercy of the Lord!

Lisbon