there was a sister in my congregation that signed up to aux pioneer one month to put in 60 hours.
we couldn't figure out why she was never at the arrangements, but yet she said she got in her time early in the month.
we found out later that we wrote a letter that took her an hour.
When I was a teen, my best friend's mom was driving us home from our morning territory. As she drove along, she grabbed a pair of current WT & Awakes and stuck them into the windshield facing outward.
Her reason: Time could continue to be counted as she was "advertising" the truth via the branding and covers to anyone who happened to see the magazines as we passed by.
My, with reasoning like that, you could easily get pioneer hours just by driving around, right?
Phae
i am sure there has been a post about this subject, however being a recent addition to the network i don't know how to do a search.
and i'm sure new folks have joined since then.
i am really curious of how others came to know ttatt.. for me is was a real bad experience with one elder after another.
Back in the mid-90s I got online with one of those "Free Hours" Internet CDs. Dial-up. Remember that?!
Found a bunch of neat little search engines and just typed in JWs.
Freeminds came up with the most intriguing story about what happened in the 80s with Ray Franz and Bethel.
I read with the most curious mind. With each click of a new link to another xjw site, my raised-in JW worldview began to crumble.
Found this site in 2000.
Phae
...you get all excited about coloring easter eggs at age 35 with your new worldly friends who have to teach you how.
Phae
i'm not suicidal just fed up.. i did think of suicide (briefly), but as there is no painless way and it's not something i would willingly do just in case things would have been better the day after.
i do have a slight grain of hope.. money problems.....problems at home (that's another matter with a son up court for something he is adamant he didn't do.
first offence but the pigs police and the cps have got charges made.
Hi there, punkofnice,
You are heard, embraced, and loved here.
Your honesty resonates with so many of us ...
We don't want to share some of our true hidden feelings out loud here sometimes in such a public place. But I think we need to at times like this, because it is though this sharing that so many of us can connect together on such a deeper level and try to work this thing out called life after finding out that Living Forever in pure bliss in paradise was just a dream.
How can anyone pick up the pieces of such a life and worldview after 10, 20, 40, 50 years of being a JW? But we do and try.
We cobble together what we can... but the feelings of being screwed out of so much -- normal childhoods, going off to college, having children, etc. -- continue to impact and follow us around as shadows of our past. We have to live in the beds we made as JWs, eventhough we want to jettison the past -- and sometimes our minds and hearts -- as we long for the chance to begin anew
I can SO identify with how you feel in the morning. Nights are harder for me, winding down tired to go to bed, thinking thoughts and ruminating on what was, and what will never be because of being raised as a JW. Wondering what's next... what can I do differently, what's coming around the corner?
I wish we could all meet for a beer and chips and just love on one another tonite. Hugs to you.
Phae
there are a few collectibles i am wanting to sell.
my concern is that if i accept payment w/ credit card, etc, that i ship the item and they either open it (destroying the value), or just lie about not getting it, or any other thing to cause ebay/amazon to chargeback.
i was wondering if anybody sells on them is there a protection for sellers and how often does that type of thing happen?
Through my work, some publishers send me new releases for reviews and stuff. When I'm through, I usually donate the books to causes I support around town (annual fundraising garage sales, friends of the library, etc.).
In these lean times, I'm wondering if it would be worthwhile to try to sell them through Amz. Anyone just do books? Would it be worth it you think?
Phae
but their views on blood are just plain weird!
meat has blood in it even if it's bled.
still eating meat means consuming blood.
Tresspassing onto homeowner's private property, uninvited, often rudly interupting them during mealtime or other family time to ask them personal questions about their faith, and while there, to try to put literature into their hands and reason them into my belief system, which I believed was the truth.
Then if they showed a hint of interest, go back again later and repeat, just so I could put an RV on my time slip and feel better about not being bloodgulity cause I shared the truth.
No wonder people hide when they see JW's coming!
To this day I never, ever feel comfortable asserting my own personal views on others, unless a mutually agreed discussion is happening with a level of trust and respect, and they invite me to share my thoughts.
I still get a panicy feeling thinking about door to door.
Phae
Cool, cultBgone!
life is tough when you've spent your best years in the borg...how do you reconnect when kids are grown and you're close to retirement age?.
:::wanders in:::
(Look, I know I don't meet certain requirements to join Gracie's Gang, but I have to tell you how it warms my heart to see all of this wise women energy and bonding going on in here!)
LisaRose, I'm interested in your diet changes.... I've been working on staying away from wheat and sugar, and when I am successful* I feel so good and healthy and sleep so deeply! I have a very physical job now, but didn't used to, so I'm trying to gauge my carb needs and find a happy medium to continue shedding unneeded weight. I don't know much about Paleo (I did read Wheatbelly) and it sounds like they're similar.
As I get older I can feel how much of a difference my diet makes to my energy levels and well being. A sure sigh-n of aging... so maybe I qualify for this group afterall!
Phae
*currently going through an unsuccessful phase.
I'm having the same issue.
I researched this the other day and found a solution that involved modifying config settings:
http://support.omniupdate.com/oucampus9/support/troubleshooting/firefox-copy-paste.html
Here's a second option, an add-on:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/easy-copy-paste/
I haven't tried either, but will shortly...
Phae
that's what a brother said during his public talk.
i mentioned this to the missus afterwards and asked if i heard right?
seems quite a high number!.
...and how many would even bother to put in all those wasted hours with heartfelt devotion to proclaiming the truth if there wasn't a status label attached to it?
"Sorry, I can't go visit old sister shut-in this week because I have to get my TIME in."
"Nice to meet you. I'm sister so-and-so, a REGULAR PIONEER for 20 YEARS from _____ congregation."
Phae
