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I was born into the Jehovah’s Witnesses. My mum and dad came to Australia as refugees in 1979 – they were escaping Communist Laos. A relative who’d already migrated to Australia referred the Jehovah’s Witnesses to their door, so Mum started studying the Bible as a way of learning English. Then my dad converted eight years later.

If you’re a Jehovah’s Witness, you're a Jehovah’s Witness 24/7 – every aspect of your life is entangled in the religion. We studied the Bible constantly at church and at home. We went door-to-door preaching. There were a lot of scary moments; I remember being chased by a dog when I was little. There were times when half-naked men opened the door, or people were abusive to my parents, which was quite hurtful. We were