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  Last night earthquake

  by Mandrake in

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  last night i was in my car returning to santiago from vina del mar (the seaside) and waiting the green light the 8.4 earthquake started!

  it lasted 2 minutes!!!

  some people were scared, most acted calmly... so that brings to my memory what was to be a jw in the most seismic country in the world!

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  Mandrake

  thanks for all the kind words! here in Santiago life is going on normally, the seaside was struck by the tsunamis and there is more work to do... as well in the Illapel, the closest city to the epicentre, we have such an "amusing" country... erupting volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, mudslides, all happened this year...

  i've been away from the jws for about 2 years now, so i don't now very well what is being talked about the disasters, anyhow i still have some friends in, but every time those thing happen the same "the end is drawing coser" starts...
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  Anyone here from Chile? Want to help the exJW cause? Just take out your camera...

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  this september 17-19, please help the exjw community if you live in chile, by taking as many pictures and/or videos as you can of the kingdom halls.

  please let us know if you see flags.

  and please document it!.

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  Mandrake

  @Desirous maybe if a record a video of the flags that would be a more reliable evidence?@brandnew we are fine :) thank you !!! i was in the seaside 18 pm visiting my grandparents, and then i came back to Santiago (far from the coast) and just entering the city the 8.4 started! I stayed in the car, well the tsunamis came after that but those were not-so destructive... we survived the 8.8 so earthquakes are a common thing here and constructions are solid, people evacuated on time and there were only 8 human casualties...
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  Last night earthquake

  by Mandrake in

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  2. current

  last night i was in my car returning to santiago from vina del mar (the seaside) and waiting the green light the 8.4 earthquake started!

  it lasted 2 minutes!!!

  some people were scared, most acted calmly... so that brings to my memory what was to be a jw in the most seismic country in the world!

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  Mandrake

  Hello everybody! Last night I was in my car returning to Santiago from Viña del Mar (the seaside) and waiting the green light the 8.4 earthquake started! It lasted 2 minutes!!! Some people were scared, most acted calmly... So that brings to my memory what was to be a JW in the MOST seismic country in the world! It's been such a relief not to hear the earthquakes prophecy things paranoia like back in 2010... On the other hand we are experiencing 5.0+ magnitude shakes every 30 minutes or so (see the map http://on.doi.gov/1Oz7DaB), and we are making almost normal life...
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  Anyone here from Chile? Want to help the exJW cause? Just take out your camera...

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this september 17-19, please help the exjw community if you live in chile, by taking as many pictures and/or videos as you can of the kingdom halls.

  please let us know if you see flags.

  and please document it!.

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  Mandrake

  I know very well where the halls are so don't need the list :)
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  Anyone here from Chile? Want to help the exJW cause? Just take out your camera...

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this september 17-19, please help the exjw community if you live in chile, by taking as many pictures and/or videos as you can of the kingdom halls.

  please let us know if you see flags.

  and please document it!.

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  Mandrake

  Hey!!! I'm an earthquake proof chilean hahahahahahahaha, well I'm just waking up and feeling the aftershocks of the last night earthquake, we have one of 5.0+ magnitude every hour... Well and about the flag thing, last year I promised that I would take those pictures :) I'm curious if there will be a flag in the HQ too...
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  Got rid of some things, I feel relieved

  by Mandrake in

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  well after a long way out, and the divorce of my jw parents, and a long internal struggle, i'm finally living with my mother, openly said to her that i'm not a jw anymore, she's ok with that and getting more and more open-minded every day.

  today i visited my self storage space wich i rented after the family split and got rid of all the jw related stuff, my mother only asked me to keep the insight the scriptures volumes... i felt very relieved after disposing those things, one by one, not feeling, i hope my mother is her way to wake up soon :) greetings from santiago, chile!

  (you will see some magazines in spanish others in english because i was in the list for the english versions hahaha)

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  Mandrake

  My father used to be an elder so there were a lot of "talks" documents and blood things and programmes!
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  Got rid of some things, I feel relieved

  by Mandrake in

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  well after a long way out, and the divorce of my jw parents, and a long internal struggle, i'm finally living with my mother, openly said to her that i'm not a jw anymore, she's ok with that and getting more and more open-minded every day.

  today i visited my self storage space wich i rented after the family split and got rid of all the jw related stuff, my mother only asked me to keep the insight the scriptures volumes... i felt very relieved after disposing those things, one by one, not feeling, i hope my mother is her way to wake up soon :) greetings from santiago, chile!

  (you will see some magazines in spanish others in english because i was in the list for the english versions hahaha)

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  Mandrake

  It was a recycling spot so they are not wasted, and was my parent's money at that time so no regrets... Those magazines can't even start a fire! I tried in my grandfathers fireplace! The bin was half empty when I arrived and I left it topped :D in a few days it's time for throwing away the books! can't wait
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  Got rid of some things, I feel relieved

  by Mandrake in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well after a long way out, and the divorce of my jw parents, and a long internal struggle, i'm finally living with my mother, openly said to her that i'm not a jw anymore, she's ok with that and getting more and more open-minded every day.

  today i visited my self storage space wich i rented after the family split and got rid of all the jw related stuff, my mother only asked me to keep the insight the scriptures volumes... i felt very relieved after disposing those things, one by one, not feeling, i hope my mother is her way to wake up soon :) greetings from santiago, chile!

  (you will see some magazines in spanish others in english because i was in the list for the english versions hahaha)

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  Got rid of some things, I feel relieved

  by Mandrake in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well after a long way out, and the divorce of my jw parents, and a long internal struggle, i'm finally living with my mother, openly said to her that i'm not a jw anymore, she's ok with that and getting more and more open-minded every day.

  today i visited my self storage space wich i rented after the family split and got rid of all the jw related stuff, my mother only asked me to keep the insight the scriptures volumes... i felt very relieved after disposing those things, one by one, not feeling, i hope my mother is her way to wake up soon :) greetings from santiago, chile!

  (you will see some magazines in spanish others in english because i was in the list for the english versions hahaha)

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  Mandrake

  Well after a long way out, and the divorce of my JW parents, and a long internal struggle, I'm finally living with my mother, openly said to her that I'm not a JW anymore, she's OK with that and getting more and more open-minded every day. Today I visited my self storage space wich I rented after the family split and got rid of all the JW related stuff, my mother only asked me to keep the Insight the Scriptures volumes... I felt very relieved after disposing those things, one by one, not feeling, I hope my mother is her way to wake up soon :) Greetings from Santiago, Chile! (You will see some magazines in spanish others in english because I was in the list for the english versions hahaha)
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  I had breakfast with 50+ JWs on Sunday

  by zimunzucz in

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  we pulled into a hotel parking lot saturday around 6pm on the return leg of a wonderful family vacation to new england - an then fate stepped in---a man in a suit got out of a car with the rest of a picture perfect family.

  i immediately noticed all the name tags--- and my blood pressure spiked 50pts- damn!!

  i was booked in a 4 story hotel full of jws-- the only time they took off the name tags was in the swimming pool- they were so proud of themselves.. at 6:30 am the hot water went cold in the wife's shower- what do you expect on the 4th floor when a herd of jws is trying to get ready at the same time?

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  Mandrake

  VERY WELL done, specially I hope the young ones may find their way out... :(