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| HAPPY ANNIVERSARY |
The truth is that we were meant to be together. Back in 1990 there should have been nothing to keep us apart. There was really no logical explanation for splitting us up. I was doing everything that could be expected to help the local church in Colorado Springs and the pastor that was placed over it. Ange was a new Christian and according to ntcc rules shouldn't have been pressured to go to bible school for at least a year. She was rushed to Bible School because it was more important to our so called shepherd and his wandering wife to split us apart.
We have shared this story many times and will not rehash it all again; but I would like to share some of what happened to us in the aftermath and contrast that to how great we have it now that we are together as God intended.
Shortly after Ange was rushed off to Washington to obey the "calling of God" she was called back into the army because of operation Desert Shield/Storm. I guess God, I mean the MOG (man of God) had it all wrong. We were so indoctrinated that we couldn't see that this was all a big hoax. Ange came back through Colorado Springs at some point during her deployment and left everything that I had ever given her in a pile. She had already torn up any pictures she had of me, in an effort to move on. I knew she didn't hate me; but she was misled to believe that it was not God's will for us to be together. I also had torn up all of her pictures and thrown away everything that reminded me of her.
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| Don's Letterman's Jacket |
When we reconnected after twenty years we both realized how we had been manipulated. I thought of Ange so many times through the years and often felt deprived and wondered what kind of a life I had missed out on. We had so much in common and everything seemed so perfect and natural when we were together. We thought alike and complimented each other in so many ways.
At Last by Etta James Video Link
Now that we are back together I realize that we missed out on a whole lot of life. While things are going great for us, we often think about all of the lost years that we can never get back. We choose to look at those years as a reminder of what the ntcc is all about and to remember those that are still inside the ntcc suffering much of the same.
There are countless men involved with the ntcc that would be happily married, have families, and live normal lives IF they had attended ANY CHURCH other than ntcc.
Getting on with our life has included a burden for ntcc members that continue to suffer and for X members who are trying to pick up the pieces of their lives. Is this a calling? Perhaps; but it is also what any human being with decency would do to help those in danger.
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| House and Back Deck Note the devil-dishes |
We are not rich; but we don't live in poverty so a bunch of hypocritical Pharisees can live in the lap of luxury on our dime!
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| Holding A Tiger Cub :o) |
We thank everyone for contributing to our blog. We do have quite a few readers; and we thank you all for reading and participating at any level. We hope also that what we share hit's home in some way.
Our mission has been to help people realize that they can have a relationship with God outside of the ntcc!
Christians were never meant to live under the condemnation of cult leaders and their false doctrines!
When you realize how false the ntcc doctrines are and how phony the leaders are by living according to different standards than what they demand of others, it reveals a more excellent Gospel of Grace that puts to shame the ordinances and Pharisaical rules of the ntcc. Because of this, we don't shy away from admonishing others of this destructive cult and its abusive ways. We are determined to make up for lost time by enjoying this life to the fullest!
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; Ecc 9:10
Do Everything By Steven Curtis Chapman VEVO link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVTeIMursb8







