Well, I came across a couple of interesting pieces of news yesterday, that I thought you would all find encouraging.
While I was standing in line at MacDonald?s yesterday morning, I ran into a couple of JWs from the other side of town. They were up in my area because (not surprisingly) they were laying tiles at a local bar and the work had to be done on Sunday morning. Anyway, these guys are active dubs, but they don?t know that I?ve faded.
As we conversed, they asked me if I was in one of the congregations that is getting amalgamated. I told them that I don?t go much anymore, which they seemed to accept pretty calmly. They then informed me that one congregation ? xxxxxx, by name ? was being eliminated and the others adjusted. Well, that just happened to by my congregation.
The really surprising thing is that my area is one of the fastest growing parts of the city. This year, our congregation territory will add at least a thousand new residences, yet the dubs can?t keep the hall even half full.
In related news, my mother in law had her two day assembly on the weekend. Attendance peaked at a huge 325 ? that?s less than half of the attendance when I was in that circuit, back in the 80s. And, they?ve increased the size of the territory, too.
Yes, the waters under the old whore are indeed drying up.