Road trip to the end of the world
source: http://articles.cnn.com/2011-03-06/living/judgment.day.caravan_1_rvs-dish-world-ends?_s=PM:L...
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Or would you ditch your kids and grandkids, join strangers in a caravan of RVs and travel the country warning people about the end of the world?
If you're Sheila Jonas, that's exactly what you'd do.
"This is so serious, I can't believe I'm here," says Jonas, who's been on the road since fall. Like her cohorts, she's "in it 'til the end," which she believes is coming in May.
She won't talk about her past because, "There is no other story. ... We are to warn the people. Nothing else matters."
Such faith and concern drove her and nine others, all loyal listeners of the Christian broadcasting ministry Family Radio, to join the radio station's first "Project Caravan" team.
They walked away from work, families and communities in places as far-flung as California, Kansas, Utah and New Jersey. Among them are an electrician, a TV satellite dish installer, a former chef, an international IT consultant and a man who had worked with the developmentally disabled.
They gave away cars, pets, music collections and more to relatives, friends and neighbors. Some items they kicked to the curb. In homes that weren't emptied, clothes are still hanging in closets, and dishes, books and furniture -- including one man's antique collection -- are gathering dust. Unless, of course, they've been claimed by others. If you believe it's all going to be over soon, why would it matter if you close the front door, much less lock it, when you walk away?
(lots more at link)
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twinite
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So, come June do you suppose they will decide the reestablish their family relationships? They are gonna need someplace to live.
- 1 year ago
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twinite
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extracrazykiwi2008
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Right....
If by the end of the world, they mean the world as we KNOW it is going to end. Then I can kind of agree with them (kinda underlined). The world as we know is rapidly changing and if we play our cards right, for the better.
If you don't stand for something, then you will fall for anything.
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extracrazykiwi2008
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Nephwrack
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she'll regret it when the time comes. should have spent the time with loved ones.
- 1 year ago
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Nephwrack
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Seauvan
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Well, I certainly admire their sense of commitment.
- 1 year ago
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Seauvan
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Vierotchka
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Seauvan:
It seems that this movement is happening only in the US - I wish it was also happening here, I could then score a car and a house... :)
- 1 year ago
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Vierotchka
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extracrazykiwi2008
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Vierotchka:
Free stuff!
- 1 year ago
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extracrazykiwi2008
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crunchynuts
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Vierotchka:
LOL..aside working hard, saving your money for your car and house..that is indeed another way of getting a car and a house....something in which majority in this place can relate to
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crunchynuts
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crunchynuts
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extracrazykiwi2008:
ideal socialist dream....but wait if that happens...like in the movies..those who usually stay behind ends up like some hideously evolved dark creatures that suck the brains out of their victims?? LOL not much change either from now and future..
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crunchynuts
