My Dad used to pray for the witnesses behind the Iron Curtain. I couldn't figure out why were they caught behind this heavy curtain. Couldn't they just find a door and leave?
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When You Were A Little Kid And Your Dad Said Prayer, Did He Ever Say Anything Strange?
by LoisLane looking for Superman 14 Replies latest jw friends
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Mum
That's funny, Lois! I was always afraid to ask questions about things I didn't understand for fear of being laughed at.
Your story reminds me of something that happened in my pre-JW life at my grandpa's church in the woods of Tennessee. Both of my grandfathers were country preachers. I lived with my maternal grandparents and was taken to church often. My sister would come and spend a few weeks with us from time to time. My sister was not ever taken to church except when she was with us.
On one of my sister's visits, when we were both preschoolers (she was 3 and I was 5), my grandmother was preparing us for Sunday School. She told us that if we were called on to say a Bible verse, the shortest and easiest to remember would be "Jesus wept."
So Sunday came and we were taken to church. Our church was a shack in the woods and did not have amenities such as Sunday School rooms. So we split up into groups by age, and each group occupied a pew or two. My sister's group was across the aisle from my group. My grandmother was my Suncay School teacher that day.
Each of the little kids was called upon to recite a Bible verse, as we called them. When my sister's turn came, she, of course, said, "Jesus wept." After she said it, she stood up in the pew and yelled across the room at my grandmother, "Hey, Mamaw, didn't Jesus ever mop!"
The whole church exploded with laughter.
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LoisLane looking for Superman
Mum...Thanks, that was funny. What kind of prayers did your relatives say?
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designs
I use to get words backyards- hopgrasser
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LoisLane looking for Superman
Designs...What was your word for spaghetti?
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designs
Spppagghettii watch out for the shower spray it was worse than Daffy Duck.
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gma-tired2
No prayers dad was an unbeliever
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Mum
Prayers are very passionate with Holiness people. They pray for all the people still living in sin, express gratitude for their meager belongings, and take prayer requests from the church members before beginning the prayers. Prayers are said out loud in church, with everyone praying out loud at the same time, so it's hard to hone in on anyone in particular. Mostly, they were loud!
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hoser
I remember the iron curtain and bamboo curtain and mozambeak (always wondered what kind of bird that was) and malawi