No Hospitality- for Int'l Delegates! remember?...

upside/down

A few years ago while in south Orange County, SoCal there was an announcement made. They needed volunteers to open their homes to our bro's and sis' that were coming in as International Delegates. This was supposed to be a showing of solidarity to our brethren elsewhere and a showing of JW unity and brotherly love (barf).

However, hardly anyone volunteered their homes! So another chastising letter was sent again requesting our help with this matter- the "friends" still didn't pony up. So we were harshly criticized and reproved for being so selfish and in giving such a "bad witness".

What a F'n joke! South OC is as rich as it gets. The bro's are too busy with their cruises and making $$ to be bothered with "brotherly love".

I volunteered my home for a Japanese family for the week. It was finally scrapped due to lack of support and "other" arrangements were made. I was so embarassed to be in with that bunch of selfish hypocrites.

Does anyone else remember this or have you experienced similar? True christian "love" in action!

u/d

metatron

Likewise with volunteering your home for folks who couldn't get a hotel for the assemblies.

The Society ran into a bunch of trouble with this program. Most folks were good, polite people BUT some "friends"

used the offer of free rooming to go on vacation while staying in a private home. Some freeloaders didn't want to

leave, period! ( You know the type - every congregation has one - or more). Anyhow, this arrangement seems

to have faded away.

metatron

Neo

u/d,

Do you remember in which year exactly this episode happened? I'd love to know.

Neo

upside/down

I'm pretty sure it was 2000 or 2001, more likely 2000.

They were specifically trying to get the people closest to the DC facility (Long Beach) and to the south to ~~carry the burden~~ have the privelege of helping our foreign bro's.

How come that wasn't on the front page of the newpaper or even in the KM? Can you say "hypocrite". If the Society doesn't get the message that Jah's people are a bunch of selfish bastards than they are more than stupid and cerainly add new meaning to the word "faith".

Bunch a cheap ass lazy selfish bastards,

u/d

ValiantBoy

When we had our Quickbuild, I, along with an elder, were in charge of rooming. Some friends were very generous, but I found myself having to write three letters asking for assisstance from our cong and the neighboring congs. Then I had to call individual families in our cong and the neighboring congrgations. It was very disappointing and a member of the RBC chastised me and the elder for not putting forth enough effort. uggh.

Agnes

I've had JW relatives try and get me to put up large groups of people that I've never even met. I refused and that made them unhappy. I'm not sure why they even needed a place to stay, but I know they were from out of the country. They can never visit alone; they always have to bring "a friend". I guess we aren't worth worthy of their undivided attention since we are "worldy". Agnes

upside/down

So nobody on this forum experienced this or remembers such happening?

Surely someone from sunny SoCal (OC) is represented here besides me?

u/d (of the where's my peeps class)

blondie

Haven't had an international convention in this area for years...

I do know that people did not want to put up the pioneers for pioneer school...

or

Those with special needs (translation: misbehaving children just one step from juvvie)

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km 1/99 p. 4 1999 "God?s Prophetic Word" District Convention of Jehovah?s Witnesses ***

The Society?s Special Needs Room Request form outlines the qualifications for submitting this form. This provision is only for publishers in good standing, including those with well-behaved children, who have been approved by the Congregation Service Committee.

No Hospitality- for Int'l Delegates! remember?...

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