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Wow, never
seen someone that mad before |
1/5/2002 |
Today was quite interesting. Ashley came here on the
bus without asking her mom because as you know, her mom thinks we
are a cult and doesn't want Ashley to have anything to do with our
church. We did not influence Ashley at all, nor do we persuade any
of our members to join, they do it because they feel this is the
right church and they want to. Ashley wanted to come over here,
since her mom isn't acting like herself and if Ashley went home, I
can garantee her mom wouldn't let her come to church on Sunday.
Well, needness to say, her mom got mad after Ashley called her and
told her that she was over here, because it's only right to let her
know where her daughter is. Ashley's stedad drinks and he switches
between being fine about our church, to being angry at it when his
wife is. Her brother is in the coast guard and he is visiting and
her grandma is flying in from Alaska. My dad predicted that Ashley's
mom, brother, and stedad would come over here, steaming under the
collar. Her mom said she would go to jail before she let Ashley stay
with us, meaning she is willing to do something illegal. She has
already called reporters to get our church in the newspaper and
discredit us. She said she would lie about us also. I know that it
is just the devil using her to make trouble for us, because Ashley
is 5 weeks away from being 18 and her mom is fighting really hard to
keep Ashley away from us. She even told Ashley she can't talk to any
of her friends at school. (Like that will ever be obeyed!)
Well, my dad was right somewhat; her mom did come over, but it
was just her. I was in one of the back rooms when she pulled up,
watching a Dragonball Z movie with Amy and Matt that I had
downloaded. My dad told me later that she pulled into our driveway
really fast (it's gravel) and she put her breaks on really hard in
front of our house. She flew out the truck and as soon as her feet
hit the ground she was screaming and cussing for Ashley to get in
the truck. I was watching the movie when I heard yelling and I
paused it and Amy and I went into the dining room (front of the
house) and I saw her outside and yelling. Ashley tried to talk to
her but her mom kept yelling for her to get her (insert swear word)
into the truck. She called my mom something bad and she just kept
swearing and screaming. Ashley stayed in the house and was crying a
lot. My mom was on the phone with the police and I guess Ashley's
mom knew about it because she said that the police better get out
here quick.
One thing I should tell you. In 4 places in the Bible, it talks
about a holy kiss. People in the faith greet eachother with a kiss.
It doesn't specify what kind, so it can either be a peck on the
cheek or lips. It doesn't really make a different which one, it
depends on which one you are most comfortable with, although I don't
know of any of the brethren who do it on the cheek. Her mom is
really hung up on that because my dad kissed Ashley, and so did the
other brethren when she got baptised. Her mom said we are all sick,
kissing an underage girl on the lips, and she kept calling my dad a
sick man. Then she said "Isn't your wife, a grown woman enough for
you? Or do you have to have underage girls also?" She was on the
porch the whole time, screaming through the window. We only think of
the kiss like a hug or handshake or something. But the Bible doesn't
say anything about a "holy hug" or "holy handshake".
Ashley first found out about our church when Andrea brought her
with us to our church camp. Ashley didn't really want to go, but
after she was around the brethren (from California and Idaho also,
this camp is where we all get together) she felt really good around
them. She said she used to be depressed and into gothic and
everything. She really enjoyed the company of the brethren and she
said that we all just joke around and seem happy all the time. She
wants to be around us a lot more. My sister, Andrea was baptised
during the camp and Ashley was a witness to it, and after that she
said that this is the one. This is the church. There is no faking
what she felt. She started coming to church and her mom let her
without ever having any problem with it for 3 monthes. Then Ashley
wanted to get baptised and she was emotional and her mom wanted to
check it out first. She talked with Bro. Steve and my dad for a
little bit and then we got a call that her mom would let her. She
even brought her to be baptised and her and Brian (Ashley's step
dad) wanted to be there during it. Then her mom didn't have any
problem with it, even when Ashley was greeted (kissed) by all the
brethren, but now suddenly she is raging mad and she hates us.
Even though there is no law against running away in Oregon, the
police said that Ashley has to stay at her house, but that she can
go to church. Of course her mom won't let her though. Ashley's
neighbor called and said that her house is open if Ashley wants to
stay there, and Ashley's mom said that she can stay there for a few
days to have some time to think away from her mom, but my dad told
me later that he doesn't think she will let her. The whole time her
mom was yelling, I wasn't mad. Amy was annoyed and told her to shut
up, but so only I could hear. I wasn't mad though, I was just sorry
that her mom was acting like this and that Ashley was hurt from it
so much. I wanted to hug her but I knew that wouldn't make her feel
any better and her mom would say something about me hugging her
also. Then her mom stopped for a while, but the looked at me and
told me "You too! Don't you dare lay a finger on her or I will kick
your ***!" All I can say is that this just goes to show how people
who aren't in the faith act when they get mad. All she proved to me
was how much different people are from us. We don't get mad, maybe
annoyed sometimes, but we aren't supposed to have hatred or anger,
and we certainly don't yell or scream at people, or anything for
that matter. Ashley is home right now and I just hope that she is
okay. Her mom, stedad, brother, and grandma are probably all
giving her a hard time. |
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