Alexandra Shpitalnaya-Levkovich, 14, Ukraine.
Second-generation member of the Family International.

Sometimes I think why do people talk about having a so called “freedom” and against “brain-washing,” while trying to pull everybody their way, putting their thoughts into their young sibling’s minds, putting people down for a choice that is different from “the norm” so called.

My name is Alexandra; I’m a Russian 14 year old. I live in Ukraine, Kiev serving the Lord with 16 other people. I’m a daughter of a single mom, living on a poor mission field, but I can tell you for sure: I’m the happiest person ever! I don’t really care if someone is saying that I’m just unfit for the norm, the radical. Yeah that’s me, I’m not ashamed of it, I’m a fool for Christ’s sake. If it comes to a choice to whose fool you are, there are only two roads: Christ’s or Devils. I’m choosing the first one!

(The following thoughts are aimed at antagonistic former members, I would like to mention that I have met very friendly and sweet former members, and I would write a completely different post about them!)

I laugh my head off, when I hear that I’m actually being told what to do, what to write, and that right now, while I’m writing this, “someone” is standing over my shoulder dictating. Umm…. (Turning) I don’t see anyone.

When I was 10, a former-member SGA [second-generation adult] came to our Home. She was the oldest sister of the family we’ve been living with. This family had kids my age. So we all kind of hung out together. When she came she was all the time hanging out with us, and I can surely tell you, not before nor after, I heard so much dirt poured on someone’s faithbelieve.

She would show us, 10 year olds, the literature, that’s been long purged, tell about the things that the Family apologized for long ago, calling Family members pigs etc. etc. When I asked her why is she doing that, pouring so much dirt on her parents, the Family, and everybody who is in this movement? Her answer was: (quote) “My goal is to pull all of my siblings and all the kids in general, out of the Family.”

And she called that helping people think free from brain-washing! Can somebody tell me where the brain-washing-machine is?

Some of you former member SGAs, are going into philosophy and all kinds of things, well then let’s answer you philosophically: isn’t it the first rule of philosophy, to be tolerant of all religions? Then WHY? WHY [does] it mean tolerant of anybody but us???

I just don’t get it, most of the time you guys are contradicting yourselves.

You know you can forget the past, and if anything did happen, the Family apologized for that, time and time again. … Just move on! You claim to be doing that, but in contrast to the name of your web site, you’re not!
Guys, forget it, you’re never gonna be able to wash us off. Here we stand and we can do no other! I don’t care for all the lies that you’re saying, and I can say that for at least 120 more people. I don’t care!

Alexandra Shpitalnaya-Levkovich