Posts by Confession

When in Kenya it becomes clear: Obama is very much the rock star here. When people find out you are an American, they bring him up. When you discuss politics of any sort, they bring him up. T-Shirts, vehicles, banners, bearing his name and likeness are very prevalent. But I got a chuckle while sitting in my wife's sister and brother-in-law's living room a couple of weeks ago. They were watching TV when news of Obama's winning the Nobel Peace Prize was reported. Either they had the all-Swahili station on or the volume was too low for me to hear, so they had to explain it to me.

"Wow. Obama won the Nobel. How nice!" Rachel's sister, Mumbi, said.

There was a long pause. Then her husband, Wachira, said, "But what really has he done?"

Rachel's dad seemed puzzled over it too. Do they love him like crazy here? Yes. Do they consider him their man? Yes. Was he a shoe-in to win the Nobel in some later year? Yes. But for all their love and adulation, some people in Kenya still don't understand why they'd give it to him now.

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Mzungu in Kenya, my Trip to My Wife's Homeland...

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i haven't been contributing here in some time, probably because so much time went into preparations for our trip to kenya.

i thought some of you might want to read the blog i created to document the trip... you'll see comments and photos of rachel's reunion with her family, our incredible safari at the masai mara reserve, and more.

http://itravelalot.wordpress.com/.

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Thanks for reading. And, yes, my wife is ridiculously gorgeous...

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Mzungu in Kenya, my Trip to My Wife's Homeland...

by Confession in

i haven't been contributing here in some time, probably because so much time went into preparations for our trip to kenya.

i thought some of you might want to read the blog i created to document the trip... you'll see comments and photos of rachel's reunion with her family, our incredible safari at the masai mara reserve, and more.

http://itravelalot.wordpress.com/.

Confession

Hi. I haven't been contributing here in some time, probably because so much time went into preparations for our trip to Kenya. I thought some of you might want to read the blog I created to document the trip... You'll see comments and photos of Rachel's reunion with her family, our incredible safari at the Masai Mara reserve, and more. Here it is:

http://itravelalot.wordpress.com/

If you scroll down to the bottom you'll find my earliest posts.

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Terrence Howard promotes JWism on PBS. Ever hear this interview?

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it's an interview from may of 2007, and it's still stream-able.. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyid=10320391.

from his words, he is no neophyte.

check it out..

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It's difficult to listen to it. You can hear how he's been caught in the loop most of us were before we looked at all the facts objectively. It's particularly chilling to hear him describe the shunning practice right near the end of the interview...

"Someone makes a choice; they make a dedication that they will live their life a particular way. And...then they walk away from that way. And as a result of walking away from it, it's not them being shunned by the people; they shun the people themselves in their practices. And the sooner someone is willing to make amends in their life, they are welcomed back, you know, with both arms."

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Terrence Howard promotes JWism on PBS. Ever hear this interview?

by Confession in

it's an interview from may of 2007, and it's still stream-able.. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyid=10320391.

from his words, he is no neophyte.

check it out..

Confession

It's an interview from May of 2007, and it's still stream-able.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10320391

From his words, he is no neophyte. Check it out.

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Recorded Judicial Committee Meeting on Youtube You Won't BELIEVE What The Elders Say...

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jw
friends

it's three parts, not super-long.

i really can't believe the stuff the elders said in this case.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhgdqgtth98.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy4s1ohs9r4.

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Ploink.

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Letter to My Mother--FINAL!--After 2yrs3mos--Incomprehensibly Long...

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[2 john 9 11, nwt].

[john 14:6, nwt] .

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Thanks, Bohm. Glad you enjoyed it.

Love,

Confession

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My JW parents met my wife, but would not see me...

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so it was time for the 25 year reunion of tawas area high school's class of '84.

because i was class president, i've been responsible for throwing all the reunions we've held.

while i come to michigan on business a few times per year, i don't usually make it all the way up to the little, northeast, lake huron tourist town where they live.

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Ann was not terribly far off from where most of us are now...

Once asked her why she thought the FDS was so fearful of us having contact with dis'fed family and she said she believed it was nothing more than a tool of fear.