Soon, their youngest children are pulled from public school to be home schooled and the women no longer use cosmetics or jewelry. Birthdays and holidays are no longer celebrated, and the medical system is progressively seen as an evil. The time is now approximately 1997. The group is living semi-communally in a few households. Dennis Mingo, David Corneau and another man have married into the group and many of the women are having one child after another.
Money is in the bank for many of the families and the future looks bright.
Two of the Robidoux children married two of the Daneau children, with their marriage vows officiated over by Roland Robidoux. He had registered in 1987 with the Secretary of State as a minister. At this point two very significant events occurred that changed the whole direction of the group and sent it spiraling out of control. These events also precipitated three major defections that ultimately brought this group to State and local law enforcement's attention. The first is the influence of a woman named Carol Balizet.