I am so sorry for your loss, it is painful losing family. I lost my sister to cancer a few months ago. There were 8 of us...4 are left. It's scary and sad.
Take Care
AB
i found out this morning that my brother died last night, he was also an ex jw, 73 years old and died of heart disease and kidney failure.
it was not totally unexpected, as he had been in poor health, but it's a blow, especially as i just lost another brother two years ago.
there were six of us, now only four.
I am so sorry for your loss, it is painful losing family. I lost my sister to cancer a few months ago. There were 8 of us...4 are left. It's scary and sad.
Take Care
AB
last night,my wife and i went to my cousins funeral memorial service.it wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to be.they had two video screens with pictures of my cousin from a baby to the end of his life.they stopped playing as soon as the service started and the screens were raised out of the way.. the family and close relatives arrived one hour earlier to find seats near the front rows and have a little family time.. there was a mystery man that was seated near the front with a tablet,a jw.org pin on his suit jacket and just sat there writing on his tablet the whole time without greeting anyone or even speaking.. does anyone know who this man could be?
was he sent by the society to make sure everything went well?.
It does seem strange.
okay so here goes...this is my first time on here.
i'm lost and confused and am feeling very hopeless.
i was dfed in september and i am still wrapping my head around everything.
I was df'd 18 years ago and I still have pain because of it. Life is good though, so don't despair. You will feel better as time passes.
well i just watched this "epic" video, i would have to say this is probably the most disturbing video yet.
there campaign to get people back is just pathetic in the most mind-manipulating way.
"welcome home" or "come back home" are they serious?
I know this probably sounds "dumb", but isn't there something the WT lawyers can do to help those that are imprisoned? With the millions and millions of dollars going to the WT each month, why can't they 'pay' the way out for those Witnesses that are imprisoned? Does the WT try to get them released? I would think that a few million could buy freedom for some of those incarcerated ones. I would rather see the money go to that, instead of to more KHs.
Take Care
AB
at the latest co visit something very strange happened.
during the meeting with the elders and servants he passed out a copy of a hypothetical publisher card and asked us what we could learn from it.
upon receiving it i saw that the average hours were pretty good, it had return visits and quite a few bible studies.
i remember a good friend when i was in and active who was d'fd.
when he started coming back, for me at that time is was gut-wrenching not to say 'hello' or at the very least encourage him to continue.
i thought even at this time, does this act of shunning really effective?
If I saw them at the KH, I nodded my head and give them a big, warm smile. If I saw them out of the KH, I talked with them.
Take Care
AB
i joined this wonderful site, only a few weeks ago, although i have been away from the borg, for almost 20 years.
i didnt introduce myself, on a personal level, but i jumped right in, commenting, making threads, and just immersing myself in this community.
what a time, indeed, to be here, its almost as if i was "called" here, because the week i lurked, and joined, was when all this recent stuff came out.
none of my jehovah's witness relatives called to tell me or my family.
just found out this morning.
i just wanted to say that my dear 89 year old mom is terminally ill and will soon pass.
she is on morphine and hanging on.
she has been a devout witness for about 60 years and a wonderful mother.
so any way i wonder if this kinda of activity is the norm in halls?
my wife has my youngest boy calling an older couple in the hall grampa and grandma, my oldest daughter called another older brother grandpa, and the ms that is studying with my two oldest boys on the down low (like i don't know), he's calling g them his boys.
what the he'll?