I *will* stay awhile - thanks. :-)
I hear ya on the field service thing for sure. I was at Bethel for 5 years, and let me tell ya....they told us that Bethel came first, so that's what I did. I worked a LOT of overtime; one summer I worked 2.5 weeks straight. But boy did my congregation *NOT* understand. Their attitude towards Bethelites was anything but positive. I hated it. We were never doing enough for them. My attitude was that I put my time in before Bethel - 90 freaking hours a month for over a year, thank you very much. I deserved a break. Not to say preaching on the streets of Ebbets Field is not the most pleasant experience in the world. Never been used to the ghetto, never will. Ugh...I could write for days on this...
I don't hate JW's, but I am pretty bitter about a lot of things. I just wish my family would see the "light."
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
-Jason