Re: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John Robert Stevens
Date: May 02, 2017 09:19PM
You folks are ALL awesome!!! It is wonderful to have a safe rounded out place to hear from all sides of the issues we all to one extent or another went through or are going through! It is most definitely an individual path we all must take and isn't that what God intended from the start?
Thank you Lily Rose for your kind words and encouragement, I am reading all posts just not much to say, LOL!
The group I came out of started out at Klamath Falls, OR and we were under Gordon Shaw from Terrobonne, OR. The pastor at Klamath was Bob Patterson & Susan, when we were sent to Rock Springs, WY. my home town actually the pastor was sent from Shaw's group of "misfit toys" , Mike McKinney and Donna.
A business opportunity opened up for myself and my husband in Kemmerer, WY and all focus shifted there for the whole group.We were the backing for the bank to help us attain this business, all the labor was "voluntary" from the "body" there, free or almost free for all of us.
This business was very successful while we were there of coarse, no labor costs really help the bottom line! I did the actual books and money was sent to Shaw's. About $2,000 a month once we really got set up and known, there had not been a eating place in this area for some time and it was good food. Tim and Linda Fleming, I believe from R.D's church were well trained in culinary and service areas really did a great job!
I started to notice some things that were really "off", like one of the "handmaidens" telling some local folks that my husband was hers, he had started smoking after more than a decade of not smoking after we met the Lord, red flags in the way out children were treated also, just plain abuse for our seven year old son. I counseled with Mike to no avail, and since we had lived in Needles, CA for several years and after we left several of our friends there had joined the walk, I called our friend Dick Horn who I knew was just made a pastor. The tape, "The Right to Higher Conformation" or some such had just come out and I believed Dick could help see what could be done.
Someone downstairs was listening in to my conversation with Dick, we several of us lived above the cafe,and the atmosphere was not friendly to put it mildly when I came down from my call.
Not sure what Dick put in motion from there but we were both, my husband and I , called to a meeting and told JRS wished for us to counsel with the Bailey's in Salt Lake, two brothers, can't remember names, not Mel we knew him from Grand Junction, we left in a couple days for SLC, just us not our kids.
Next we were sent on to Howard Klines for a couple days they were all wonderful to us, Baileys and Klines. We had been told John wished to spend some time with us and that we would be staying for a month with Brother and Sister Rich and travel with John to all the services etc. I was put in the Living Word Building with Brothe Rich and my husband went around with several others except we both rode in the van with John and Larry, Marilyn and other Blix girls to all the services.
I will add the rest next time whew, this has been a longtime coming out!!! Thank you all for letting me feel free to do so!