made light of the whole ordeal.. turned it into a 4-day mini-vacation; 4 days away from kitchen and house chores!
we all got to stay in a very plush hotel in the theme parks area of orlando, fl.
walked around the some main attractions during the evenings.. took a lot of notes, but just in order to stay awake, not that anything said is new stuff really.
Exactly, Undercover.
The WBTS worked out a sweet deal with this resort hotel and it was all sooooo nice!!!
For anyone to stay at this resort-type hotel at regular price would be like in the $180+ per night, but it all came out to around $44 per night for 3 nights.
But, I tell you all... the service, the resort-type surroundings, those paradise like pools, the food!!! It was all sooo great!!!
DY
made light of the whole ordeal.. turned it into a 4-day mini-vacation; 4 days away from kitchen and house chores!
we all got to stay in a very plush hotel in the theme parks area of orlando, fl.
walked around the some main attractions during the evenings.. took a lot of notes, but just in order to stay awake, not that anything said is new stuff really.
Made light of the whole ordeal.
Turned it into a 4-day mini-vacation; 4 days away from kitchen and house chores!
We all got to stay in a very plush hotel in the theme parks area of Orlando, FL. Walked around the some main attractions during the evenings.
Took a lot of notes, but just in order to stay awake, not that anything said is new stuff really. Same old, same old.
All very, very nice!!! Now back to the same stuff day in and day out.
DY
daily mail article today uk newspaper.
jehovahs mother chose death before baby
a dying mother refused a life-saving blood transfusion despite nurses holding up her new-born son in a desperate attempt attempt to get her to change her mind.
Hey, that's the way the faith goes.
JWs have hospitals and doctors that will help them get the best blood-less treatments available to mankind. However, if it comes to blood or death, many will choose death rather than betray their faith.
Extremely seldom cases comes to that point, though. A concious, faithful JW takes the best care of him/herself possible and seeks the best medical treament in order to avoid reaching such point.
In the majority of cases, JWs or otherwise, even with the blood having been applied the person would've died anyway.
DY
after growing up a jw all my life, i have no clue why people would want to be part of any religion.. i don't get the mormon stuff.
i don't understand the catholic faith.
i really don't understand the muslim beliefs and all their levels and the suicide bombers.
To answer the subject question, I believe God created humans with the need to worship something/someone. This is why there's some type of religion in all human societies.
DY
in the may 1, 1988 watchtower, on page 22, a witness, matsue ishii, recalls her first encounter with the bible students in 1928: at the back of our house in tojo-cho, osaka, there was a house with a sign: "osaka branch of the international bible students association.
" assuming it to be a christian group, i visited the house.
"do you believe in the second advent of the lord?
They alter people's experiences to make them more likeable. They 'air brush' it, so to speak.
Or they print stuff like "A renouned doctor/lawyer/specialist says....", and such renouned doctor or lawyer or whomever is a person that is a JW.
They're a bit deceitful and misleading in this regard.
DY
seeing as i'm dowloading songs so i can blast them at the neighbour kids, i was thinking, what songs stand the test of time?
what songs do you listen to over and over again and never get tired of.
here's my list.. if you tolerate this - manic street preachers.
Evergreen, by Barbra Streisand
DY
basically, are you happily single, married, divorced, separated?
do you wish that your life could be happier?
do you believe that life sucks and then you die, anyway?
Minimus,
At this present time, I'm so soo sooo very happy about my life: I have an adorable husband that adores me right back, good health, financial ease, a great job with wonderful co-workers, good relations with all my relatives, live in a place many already call 'paradise on earth'. What else could I possibly ask for?!
I only wish many more would have it at the very least as good as I have it right now. That would make me an even happier person.
Of course, as the world turns conditions change. I only hope to have it as good for as long as possible.
DY
so i was curious, besides leaving the organ, what other life altering decisions have you made that have greatly improved your life, that you wouldn't have made were you still under the "sheep" mentality?.
for me, divorcing my ex, taking a chance to get involved with anyone again, and working at fulfilling my lifelong goal of running my own business (non cleaning or menial labor related).
my self worth and confidence has absolutely increased for acting on these decisions..
I got a terrible case of 'cold feet' on my first boyfriend/fiance and skipped town for a few years.
I couldn't quite put my finger on what it was about him that told me he wasn't the right man to marry. The wedding was to take place in the Summer and one Spring morning I just woke up and said "this is not right. I cannot go through with this", said my good-byes to my family and left the area for a long while. While I was away a friend told me he went nuts for a while, broke down suicidal and all that.
Years later and 2 divorces under his belt, I found out about his little drugs, physical abuse and cheating on his ex-wives. He's even been arrested a couple of times and done jail time for his behavior.
WOW!!! My instincts were right on target about that jerk!!!
DY
its a very dull thursday.
anyone got anything cool to share?
i'll start- the extra's and the catherine tate show are on tonight- absolutlely hilarious.
It's District Assembly time for me starting tomorrow. It doesn't get any more exciting than that!!!
I'll sit there and take notes so that I don't fall asleep.
DY
a pioneer sister just emailed me a new experience this morning.
i just wanted to post is to see if anyone recognized it as a generic jw experience or if it was genuine.
how are things...i hope all is well with each one of you.
I believe it to be genuine.
DY
