so as of july 2nd my wife delivered by c-section our little one pound, three ounce daughter izabella.
it was a very scary night that started with a decel and turned into multiple decels that greatly concerned the doctors.
by early morning they felt the need to take her for her safety.
Scully ...Although the next several weeks will be busier than you can imagine, try to cherish the moments with her as much as you can. It won't be long until she's at 35 weeks or so, and then you could be able to bring her home...
I thought, right on, my daughter is over 30 now. Then I read it again. 35 weeks. LOL. My little girl is 31 years old now and it happened so fast. She was pre-mature at 3 pounds.
absolutely thrilled to give you the news that my younger brother, a zealous full-time pioneer has left the witnesses!!.
i haven't seen or spoke to him in a year.
i'd lost all contact with him, no facebook, no mobile number, i didn't even know his address because he'd moved house.
"...just for the sake of argument suppose that we assume that Br. Franz was the last of that first group of anointed ones..."
This must have driven your brother crazy.
these letters can be found in the original russian on jwforum.eu.. i will provide links but also copy and paste the english translation that was provided for each one.. this first letter was dated may 21, 2017 and concerns instructions on how to handle the donation$.
(*bolding is mine).
we should not make the same boxes for all groups.
Scene: Work camp, Siberia
Prison guard: " Hey Anatoly, here's you monthly mail packet. Two letters this month. One from your wife and another one, from some place called Warwick, NY."
Anatoly: Thank-you sir.
Guard: " Well, are you not going to read them?"
Anatoly: 'Thank-you sir, I will read them later sir. Thank-you."
Later that night, after a hard day of meaningless and tiring work Anatoly opens his mail. The first one is from his loving wife, Anastasia, encouraging him to stay strong and keep the faith. His spirits are built up and he feels much better. Then he opens the second letter. He looks at the return address. He is excited and his spirit is high.
Dear Brother Anatoly Schmuckov,
We hope this letter finds you in good health. How wonderful it is to be able to show Jehovah how valuable he is to us, when we persevere under all trials for his name. Now, Br. Schmukov, we find it necessary to remind you that your monthly 'voluntary commitment' donations have not been reaching us for several months. It was with great difficulty that we finally were able to get your new address. It is also disturbing that we had to go to such effort to track you down, but now that we have, please remit your 'voluntary commitment' donation for this month and the previous seven months.
Your Christian Brothers,
WatchTower Bible and Tract Society
Next morning:
Guard: Well, Anatoly, any good news in your letters?
Anatoly: Not really.
Now you have done it CC. You have created a mystery for me to try to solve. I thought it would be so easy to merely search for the picture on TinEye [ FireFox]. I will easily find the name and artist of that amazing painting. How naive of me. 20 billion pictures later and still no results. Darn you, CC.
so a week or so ago we received an invitation for a jw friend's wedding anniversary party in the mail.it was addressed to 'the andersen family' (and not just mrs. andersen & baby andersen) which was pleasant of course, but not a huge surprise given the type of person who said friend is.. however, i already prepared myself to be uninvited after all.
some time ago, there was a congregation farewell party/get-together.to my surprise, i was invited too!
an elder specifically came over to my house to tell me.then some weeks later, he visited again, being terribly sorry but the invitation was revoked as the congregation got concerned over my possible presence.. with that debacle in mind, i wasn't surprised to receive a message from my friend 'hey are you at home?
With that debacle in mind, I wasn't surprised to receive a message from my friend 'Hey are you at home? We need to discuss you being at my anniversary party'. Well what do you know! Yesterday he told me I'm not invited anymore as the congregation was getting upset about me being there.
I'm stunned that an adult would put up with crap like that. You need a backbone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go3arnnsfkk&feature=youtu.be.
no mention whatsoever that it was watchtower themselves that strongly hinted towards this date.
instead they blame those who "put their trust in a date, not jehovah".. let's recap... .
[1:14] Grandpa smashes forehead on deceased Grandma's nose. Bad acting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go3arnnsfkk&feature=youtu.be.
no mention whatsoever that it was watchtower themselves that strongly hinted towards this date.
instead they blame those who "put their trust in a date, not jehovah".. let's recap... .
Notice in the video [ 1:12] Grandpa was going to give the deceased Grandma a kiss. Then he caught himself. Heaven forbid.
" There's a camera on me, I better not kiss her and risk corrupting the youth, or worse, getting lectured and having to shoot the scene again."
No kiss for Grandma and then at the funeral a huge hug for some brother. [1:25] Bad acting.
couldn't help thinking the above when reading something about china today,.
it was about a chinese boy band (a pop group organised and trained straight out of the same manual that turns out successful kpop (south korean) boy bands.
the chinese one is called tfboys, and they have zoomed in popularity.
Reword the song a bit and it would make a darn good 'kingdom song'.
We
are the heirs of the kingdom,
Inheriting the glorious tradition of the preachers of the past;
To love mother and the governing body,
While the blue JW logo stands at our kingdom halls.
We do not fear hardship, nor the enemy,
Studying hard and struggling with resolve;
Towards victory, we courageously advance,
Towards victory, we courageously advance,
Towards victory, we courageously advance;
We are the heirs of the kingdom.
We are the heirs of the kingdom,
Along the glorious path of the preachers of the past;
To love mother and the governing body,
"Young Pioneer Members" is our proud name.
Ever be prepared, to contribute to the cause,
And to wait for Jehovah to destroy completely the enemy.
For our ideal, we courageously advance,
For our ideal, we courageously advance,
For our ideal, we courageously advance;
We are the heirs of kingdom.
i just watched the live feed from the russian court room and followed the updates on the russian exjw forum.. just waiting for confirmation from other sources...but, it looks like the final (and expected) result is:.
banned.
which means that the wts property in russia now belongs to the russian state..
Finkelstein '...Come on its 2017 for fucks sake...' and '...This is 2017 not the 1940's..'
I just double checked. He's right!
i just watched the live feed from the russian court room and followed the updates on the russian exjw forum.. just waiting for confirmation from other sources...but, it looks like the final (and expected) result is:.
banned.
which means that the wts property in russia now belongs to the russian state..
Finkelstein '...This is 2017 not the 1940's,,,'
Famous saying in 1940 '...this is 1940 not the 1870's...'
