# **More thoughts on WTS

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Posted by Michael [Mika] on November 12, 1999 at 13:21:03 {CkRQXOxAaIuVwd5W2EtYT6G.w1dGKY}:

In Reply to: *More thoughts on WTS posted by former bethlite on November 11, 1999 at 17:10:31:

>>thanks for the exp i recall how the bethlites >>viewed the missionaries with such high esteem, i >>recall
>>many bethelites talking about how the gilead >>students really make sacrifices for the kingdom-
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Yes, we Bethelites held a reverence for the Gilead missionaries, much the same as the local congo members felt about Bethelites! It always amazed me how people would just GIVE us clothes, food, money - whatever they thought we needed. It would have been easy for me to take advantage of this, as I saw many others do. Some even bragged about how local congregation members were "easy marks", and could always be counted on if you were a little short on cash, etc. If a group of locals asked you to go out with them to a movie, and you were broke, all you had to do was decline the offer and meekly say, "I'm tapped" or simply "Ican't". They would nearly always assume you meant that you had no money, and would say, "Don't worry about it, we'll cover you." When invited to dinner, Bethelites would surely get served first - before Sisters or the elderly!

Michael

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