by jam 18 Replies latest watchtower bible
To be honest I figured until I received some pleasure, enjoyment
in waking people up on their day off, there was no way I was going
to pressure anyone else to do the same. Of course you encourage folks
from the platform but one on one, no. I remember a visit to an elderly
sister and the brother (elder) encouraging the sister to go out in service.
She walked with a cane or you serious.
The only time I felt good about field service was when it was over. LOL
I had to encourage door knocking, but I learned to temper it it with some common sense. I would say...if the house is quiet and the newspaper is in the driveway, what do you think?
During my later field service years, I thought Saturday morning service was the most ridiculous, annoying to people, waste of time to be out. Later years = 1980 and forward.
The only time I felt good about field service was when it was over.
Spot on!
The only time I felt good about field service was when it was over.
Agreed - and the bloody same for assemblies, too!
Bill
If it weren't a lifesaving work, I'd probably not participate in the door to door ministry either. It's not the most enjoyable thing, that is disturbing our neighbors, but we mean no harm. Besides, if finding one lost sheep means disturbing the same neighborhood repeatedly for years, well then it was worth the effort.
SPW - You sound like a faithful servant of Jehovah, so what the Hell or you doing here, as you mentioned previously you can't count time for this so what;s your purpose? You always avoid answering the question beause that's what you JWs think you're good at, but we can see right thru you.
(BTW I still think SPW is MIz after he took 5,000 volts to head)
At first I had the "zeal" ( ) & was quite thrilled with thinking
I was helping the poor people .... omg that soon wore off!
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One awful thing happened that really had me scratching my head,
as I was told we had J's protection, a 'sister' in the group was
taking an older lady to the doors ....& the older one fell on icy steps!
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She broke her hip ...never recovered & died about 6 mths later
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Nice huh!
clarity
SfPW,
If it is a lifesaving work, then they ought to start using more effective warning methods than door knocking. A few pointers could be taken from the emergency services around here, from the way in which the recent bushfires were handled:
i.e.
- Bushfire warnings firstly issued by radio and television broadcasts.
- Then the final evacuation orders issued from the loud hailers on the emergency service vehicles.
One can only be thankful that the emergency services didn't attempt to rely on door knocking to get bushfire victims out of the way of the flames!
Of course, if it is not after all a "lifesaving" work, then why bother at all?
Bill.
Twenty years knocking on doors not one person came into borg, not
one, not one lost sheep. I wasn't good at it. I should have realize after
5 years this is a waste of time. How many people can you count that
came into the borg from the door to door work?
Hey, Stand for Pure Worship. A lifesaving work is it? Here's a question for you. Are you still teaching the Watchtower contradiction found here? That's a link to The Great Watchtower Contradiction
Len
