Spoke To Two Sisters At A Witnessing Cart Today

by pale.emperor 10 Replies latest jw experiences

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  pale.emperor

  As the title says, I spoke to two sisters at a witnessing cart today. I didnt approach them, as circumstances would have it i was out in Liverpool city center with my 3yo and she was carrying a teddy and a balloon. She caught the balloon on something sharp and it popped and so she started crying. Trying to cheer her up i started blowing bubbles with a soapy bubble set she had in her bag. This just so happened to have happened within 6 feet of a witnessing trolley. The sisters were very nice and pleasant and were talking to her and trying to cheer her up.

  99% of the time i'd debate with witnesses but im so over it. At this phase of my life im just thinking of myself and my kid. After explaining about her balloon and why she was crying i mentioned that my mum does the carts too. They were surprised and smiley and asked who she is. I told them but they had no idea who she was. These two women were from wayyyyy outside the territory: Preston and Golbourne. Preston is about 40 miles away and Golbourne 20 miles. I told them my sisters live in Golbourne, one of the sisters knew her. I asked how she is. She told me. I then asked how my nieces were because i haven't seen them in a while (how sad that im getting info on my 3yo and 6yo neices from a complete stranger).

  I tried to not talk about religion and keep it pleasant as i only stopped because my daughter was crying. But they asked about my beleifs. I said "i was raised in - i was gonna say "the truth" then but i dont think it is..." and, i cant explain it in words but their faces changed from smiles to stone faced. To make them smile again i asked if they were pioneers. They said yes and i said "i know all the lingo" and laughed and so did they. I ended it by saying there's many things i dont agree with but i hope you have a nice day. And i left.

  I wasnt nervous at all, which i usually am when i walk past them (i don't know why). But lately i've been so into myself and what i think and what i want to do with my life that i couldn't care less if 8 million people want to follow 7 men in America who they've never met. As long as my daughter doesn't join im happy. I dunno, maybe i'll change again and be militant anti JW.
  
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  Ding

  You did fine.

  You were probably the only person who talked with them all day.
  
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  Lostandfound

  Well those two from outside the circuit or two, have the WT got to bus carters in! Thought that to be a carter you needed express approval, location specific, and signed to accept Public Liability for the cart. Not aware of any meetings due round here that those from Preston area would attend. Are the Liverpool sisters carting in Preston. Most mysterious.
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  pale.emperor

  Well those two from outside the circuit or two, have the WT got to bus carters in! Thought that to be a carter you needed express approval, location specific, and signed to accept Public Liability for the cart. Not aware of any meetings due round here that those from Preston area would attend. Are the Liverpool sisters carting in Preston. Most mysterious.

  I dont get it either. I thought maybe they were friends and one was helping out the other... but still Golbourne is a good 20 miles away. Makes you think, are they that desperate to get their hours in without doing it the old fashioned door knocking way? I reckon too many people are asking to do cart witnessing and so they're sending them all over the place, way out of territory.
  
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  scratchme1010

  ... I dunno, maybe i'll change again and be militant anti JW.
  

  Please don't.
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  Crazyguy

  That's funny if thier traveling so they don't have to door knock.
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  DesirousOfChange

  As long as my daughter doesn't join I'm happy. '
  

  Amen.

  We came to know TTATT after it was much too late in our lives to make an significant changes. But our children and grandchildren are not under the influence of the Cult. Their lives are still an open book.

  The greatest revenge is living a happy & successful life!

  The "2nd greatest" is if you can help your children achieve that!
  
  
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  Vidiot

  Ding - "You were probably the only person who talked with them all day."

  There's something bizarrely funny about only "apostates" being willing to talk to loyal JWs out in the field...
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  Incognito

  Perhaps the local congregation located where you met them, was abolished and the members reassigned to various surrounding congregations.

  Maybe the Golbourne congregation territory now includes that area of Liverpool as well as Preston.
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  pale.emperor

  Perhaps the local congregation located where you met them, was abolished and the members reassigned to various surrounding congregations.

  Maybe the Golbourne congregation territory now includes that area of Liverpool as well as Preston.

  Not so. We're talking 20-40miles away. There's lots and lots of congregations in Liverpool.