We have completed the "discovery" phase in the gwp lawsuit. This
included depositions (questioning, under oath), in respective
attorneys' offices, of the gwp plaintiffs and us. John Miller,
Mary Miller and Pam Ranheim were each deposed on separate days by
our attorney. Shelly Miller and Joan Carreiro were half days. And
Carol Miller was deposed for a shorter time period. Our attorney
also deposed a non-plaintiff who has been a long-time
gwp "instrument keeper"/staff person.

For each deposition we traveled to Portland, ME (three hours from
our home) – taking our places across the table from whichever
plaintiff(s) was there – so that we could bear witness to
whatever they chose to say in response to questions about their
belief system, their operations, the personal stories we wrote
("Insiders' Stories" and "A Husband's Perspective"), and
their opinions about us.

We were also deposed – by the plaintiffs' attorney – who
did his best to search for deeper meanings in our stories. And, our
expert witnesses were also deposed – one expert witness dealing
with the "research" claims gwp plaintiffs make about their "healing
instruments" and the second expert witness speaking to the
term "cult" being used in reference to gwp.

The plaintiffs' lawsuit is resting for a few weeks until their
lawyer responds to the Summary Judgment Motion we filed. If our
Motion is accepted by the Judge, the remaining Federal charge (RICO)
would be dismissed. The plaintiffs could then decide whether to
start all over with their state charges against us (such as the so-
called "libel"), and we could proceed with our Counterclaims.

If the Judge moves to let the jury decide the case, we will have our
time in Court – perhaps as early as December. This would be
incredibly interesting for anyone who could find a seat in the
Portland District Courthouse.

Jim and Judy