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  Current elder explains the college situation to me

  by changeling in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  while he says he has not seen a letter ,he tells me that at the last visit the co told his body of elders pretty much what is being said here on jwd.. he gave some examples: .

  1- if a young ms/pioneer, attends college and lives at home, would he and his elder dad be deleted?

  the young man is "spiritually focused".. 2- an elder's daughter attends college in the hopes of having a good job in the future and dad promotes this course of action.

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  News Flash !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by TooBad TooSad in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  my wife excitedly told me that she talked to the wife of an elder that just came back from.

  the special training for elders in upper state new york and that the elders are being told .

  to go back to their congregations and to get them ready for the great tribulation.. i said to her that is great news !!!!

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  Please, I need helpful suggestions.....

  by New light for you in

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  2. friends

  i've been reading this board for a while, but never posted, but now everything has changed and i have nowhere to go for suggestions- .

  my witness husband (robert7) in december, the night before the assembly, told me that he isn't a witness anymore, doesn't want to be involved anymore, doesn't believe it.

  of course, i'm a good witness, take the kids out in service a few days a week every week... very active in the cong.my first reaction was that "i cant love him if he doesn't love jehovah" and it really looked like we surely would get a divorce in jan/feb.

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  Need suggestions... how do I respond to my elders?

  by Robert7 in

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  2. friends

  so our fade is not going so well.

  too many people have been asking about us, and therefore giving us attention.

  we've had no choice but tell select few friends that we're discouraged, and one that we're having a hard time believing the fds in general.

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  Can we get a Newbie head count?

  by kzjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i haven't been here long...so is it just me or are the long standing jwd members noticing an influx of newbies?

  to me it seems they are on the rise!

  newbies stand up on this thread, be counted -- and welcomed!

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  Do you ever think of going back to a meeting?

  by digderidoo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok this is for all of you who don't attend anymore.. i had a friend come over last night.

  we've been best mates since we were kids, he was brought up in the ' truth ', but left a number of years ago.

  we talk about just everything.

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  CO talked to me to encourage me

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well the co asked me to reach out again to be an elder because the organization needs men like me - i am serious - that is what he said.

  if only he knew.

  so all i need to do is get my hours to average 12 or better per month.. no chance.

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  Why do you put up with crap off your JW famlies?

  by dawg in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i see where many of you have jw family members that give you a ration of crap once in a while; i've heard many rationalizations as to why some of you refuse to speak out.

  as many of you know, i wrote a series of letters and exposed my apostasy formerly; in the letters i told my family they had better beware of shunning me of treating me like a pile when they run into me, i realized that i couldn't make them accept me into their houses, but in public was a different matter.

  i basically told them that in public, especially at funerals, that i would rain down a load of crap on any family member that shunned me or treated me badly in anyway.

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  Graduation and elders meeting!

  by why??? in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  hi everyone, i'm not new here just haven't posted in a while.

  for those who remember me i'm graduating from college on wednesday!!!!

  i'm very happy but there's still a dark cloud (pardon the dramatic-ness) i am still with my non-jw boyfriend of almost three years and i've let my parents know that we want to get married (next month) and they went and told the elders(they did it kinda behind my back) who now want to meet and talk with me!

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  Elders Meeting

  by New Castles in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  allright let me tell you what happened yesterday.

  i went to the meeting yesterday because my cousin was visiting and wanted to know where the kh was located.

  i finally offered to go with her to avoid any issues.

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