Unassigned territory..question

by lilacia 2 Replies latest jw friends

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  lilacia

  Please respond. Any current JW or former JW with this experience. I have a loved family member who has been a pioneer for over

  20 years. She and her elder husband have recently gone off once again to "unassigned territory" in the US. She is always so busy with her

  life, she fits in this work to please Jehovah. She works into the night, just to earn a living. She has no time to even email me with a response

  to how her pregnancy is going and how she is feeling, but she has time to pack and again, cover this territory. I understand it is her life to

  live. I have a hard time digesting the fact that I am not her "true" sister, but the "sisters" in her religion are more important to her than I am.

  I worry that she is covering "unassigned territory" at 7 months pregnant. Why doesn't her heart tell her that Jehovah understands that she needs

  to take a break from trying to reach out to very soul. I was raised with her as JW. I understand what they teach, but I am not baptized and

  have never been. Does she fear wrath from Jehovah that she did not do all that she could to knock on every cave, box, and home? Why does this insistant travel occur?
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  shamus

  I personally wouldn't worry too much about it. What can you do anyways? She's in, and anything you say will make her stay in now.

  As for the baby, I wouldn't worry too much about it. Our bodies have a tendency to shut down and get sick when it is pushed too hard. Hell, my landlady went x-country skiing 9 days late with her baby! (her father was with her who is a M.D.). It just depends on the person....

  Of course it's impossible not to worry about people. Sorry I can't help in that category. Remember, in her mind she is saving herself. Soon enough she will see that it's all just a publishing corporation rather than a religion.
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  ozziepost

  G'day Lilacia,

  I imagine she feels her life is satisfying, happy, and fulfilling doing what she's doing. Of course, to an onlooker we couldn't imagine how, but there it is - thousands upon thousands are doing the same.

  As shamus has put it "I personally wouldn't worry too much about it. What can you do anyways? She's in, and anything you say will make her stay in now. "

  Pray that her eyes are opened one day. Remember though, when that happens it's going to hurt her, and there's the rub, there's no way of leaving the dubs without a lot of pain. Be there for her when it happens.

  Cheers, Ozzie