While tag surfing....

[oneperson]

Hi,

My name is Carol. I found this site via Wordpress, where I have certain tags marked for surfing. I saw the title in the tagged blogs about "[....] From Fundamentalism to Freedom." I clicked on the blog, but I confess didn't read the stories. I looked around some, clicked a few other something elses and ended up here.

While clicking around and reading, I was wondering what is QF and what is quivering? I thought that it must be something about no longer quivering regarding going to hell. ;D

As I read more, I finally saw the light! I hope no one is offended that the NLQ and QF brought me a chuckle...as I knew exactly the scripture verse it was referring to.

I'm somewhat fascinated with the bit I've read here. My background is that I left a fundamentalist bible-based group (The Way International) in October, 2005. I'd been involved for 28 years, since the age of 18. I'm now 50. Thus the attraction to the title about "[...]From Fundamentalism to Freedom."

I'm not a quiverfuller. I have two children whom I home/eclectic/un-schooled the entire time. They are now 21 and 19. They left the org when they were 18 and 15 respectively. I left the org first, then my hubby and son and daughter left within 8 months of me.

Anyhoo, just wanted to say hi. I don't know how much I'll chime in...though I may on the abortion thread. I had an abortion when I was 19 while on the 1-year volunteer outreach program with The Way. I do have some thoughts on the matter that fall somewhere in the middle.

Thanks for this board. I may turn it on to a few friends, if they are interested. I at least will pass the link along.

Is there a thread or room that has Vyckie's story in chapters? I thought I ran across it last night, but I can't find it now. Maybe I dreamed it? I do that sometimes...

I look forward to reading more...and maybe even posting.

Thanks again!

In hope,
~carol

[rosa]

Hi Carol,

If you go to nolongerquivering.wordpress.com and look at the menu on the right side, the one that says Contributors, Series & Select Entries has a link that says "Vyckie's Story". Click on that and it takes you to all of her blog posts. They're in order newest to oldest, so you have to go back a page or two to get to the beginning.

[lectio]

So nice to "meet" you . I know we will enjoy having you add your thoughts to the mix.

[oneperson]

Thank you for the welcome.

And thanks Rosa for the info. Yes! That's what I found last night. duh ....I thought it was here on the forum.

Cheers!
~carol

Aug 16, 2009 18:09:36 GMT -5 rosa said:

Hi Carol,

If you go to nolongerquivering.wordpress.com and look at the menu on the right side, the one that says Contributors, Series & Select Entries has a link that says "Vyckie's Story". Click on that and it takes you to all of her blog posts. They're in order newest to oldest, so you have to go back a page or two to get to the beginning.

[Hillary]

Hi Carol! Congrats on leaving The Way International. I would love to hear some thoughts on your cult recovery, if you were willing to share. What has your healing journey entailed? I come from a cultic background myself and am always fascinated by others' experiences breaking free.

Welcome to NLQ!