Thanks for sharing your experiences with us, silverlings.
I have a good buddy who was raised Romanist and attended Parochial school who had similar experiences and rebelled against the nonsense of Romanism.
Praise God with me that he attended church with me yesterday. He said it was the first time he had been in a church in 20 years. Probably the first time he ever heard the unadulterated Gospel.
Pray the Holy Spirit work a miracle in his heart.
AMEN.
"How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!" -- Isaiah 52:7
God willing, your friend will desire what you have been given. May the good fruit of your righteous example cause him to hunger for the truth of Christ risen.
Absolutely, prayers offered. I hated every minute of that two years with the adults, but some of the children went out of their way to be kind to me, even at age 9 they could see the unfairness.