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Had to Share

by Sparkplug in

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a week and a few days ago, we had a big event for the charity i work on.

with just 40 percent of our building working on it, we managed to raise 20 thousand dollars worth of money and supplies for a free clinic here in texas.

it is to air on tv maybe this next monday.

Sparkplug

It's important to focus on the good in the world, especially during these times, when there is far too much talk of trauma and hatred. Negativity and fear feeds on itself and grows, but so does empathy and love grow when we share it with others.

Now that is exactly what I was thinking when I posted it. You are right on time with your comments. Thanks.

Also for those that cannot read the intro, (because I cannot get the pictures to move. The pic is over the edit button)..........I was able to copy it.

see below and sorry for the redundancy. I work with some pretty cool people. things like this make me like them a bit more.

A week and a few days ago, we had a big event for the charity I work on. With just 40 percent of our building working on it, we managed to raise 20 thousand dollars worth of money and supplies for a free clinic here in Texas.
It is to air on TV maybe this next Monday. Channel 8. Spirit of Texas show. Also Channel 11, 23 and 33. We also had a small writeup in The Dallas Morning news.
The people were so excited. I just had to share because I am pretty proud to be a part of this.

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Had to Share

by Sparkplug in

jw
friends

a week and a few days ago, we had a big event for the charity i work on.

with just 40 percent of our building working on it, we managed to raise 20 thousand dollars worth of money and supplies for a free clinic here in texas.

it is to air on tv maybe this next monday.

Thanks again. It was a lot of fun and a lot of hard work. I really wish I could do straight charity work all the time. Starting here at home and working all over. But for now this is good. I have my own kiddos to feed.

I think it was so big because maybe most of us have been there and had to go to one of the free clinics once or twice before. I know I did years back. We invited the head of the clinic to come by to negotiate a project to do something small for them. When they showed up there were representatives from 3 tv channels and the paper. all that stuff and money too. Then when all died down I had to go unload the truck with a few workmates. just 5 of us and some clinic personel. IT WAS SO VERY HOT IN TEXAS THAT DAY!

that was not as fun as presenting it, but when they gave little kids at the clinic those huge boxes of cereal...Seeing the faces of the kids made it all worth it.

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Had to Share

by Sparkplug in

jw
friends

a week and a few days ago, we had a big event for the charity i work on.

with just 40 percent of our building working on it, we managed to raise 20 thousand dollars worth of money and supplies for a free clinic here in texas.

it is to air on tv maybe this next monday.

Sparkplug

thanks Brenda.

How do I fix that?

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Had to Share

by Sparkplug in

jw
friends

a week and a few days ago, we had a big event for the charity i work on.

with just 40 percent of our building working on it, we managed to raise 20 thousand dollars worth of money and supplies for a free clinic here in texas.

it is to air on tv maybe this next monday.

Sparkplug

Why did these post like this? I cannot even get back to the edit button to fix this. anyhow, I was just trying to show you all how the Charity that I work with raised 20 thousand dollars worth of cash and supplies for a local cchildrens non profit clinic. This happened a week and some back. It took us two weeks and got a lot of media coverage. I am pretty proud.

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Had to Share

by Sparkplug in

jw
friends

a week and a few days ago, we had a big event for the charity i work on.

with just 40 percent of our building working on it, we managed to raise 20 thousand dollars worth of money and supplies for a free clinic here in texas.

it is to air on tv maybe this next monday.

Sparkplug

A week and a few days ago, we had a big event for the charity I work on. With just 40 percent of our building working on it, we managed to raise 20 thousand dollars worth of money and supplies for a free clinic here in Texas.

It is to air on TV maybe this next Monday. Channel 8. Spirit of Texas show. Also Channel 11, 23 and 33. We also had a small writeup in The Dallas Morning news.

The people were so excited. I just had to share because I am pretty proud to be a part of this.

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ANYONE KNOW HOW TO REACH BADGER?

by Sparkplug in

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i have some pictures of his son for him and i do not know how to reach him anymore.

that is all...if you know how to reach him can you have him contact me?

Sparkplug

I have some pictures of his son for him and I do not know how to reach him anymore. That is all...If you know how to reach him can you have him contact me?

PLEASE?

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I am NOT going to smoke a cigarette today

by DanTheMan in

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so there.. i have been smoking on and off since about 1999, and i'm tired of it.

it's time to quit for good.. i will be revisiting this thread before i go to bed tonight, and i will at that time be able to post that i made it through the day without a single puff of tobacco smoke.

Sparkplug

Dan, I tried that...all I can say is good luck and keep trying...

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Parent sleeping with teenagers

by Fatfreek in

an ex brother and i were talking recently and he recounted a bizarre story.

he too left the witneys some years ago, got a divorce, and the two children (both boys) decided to stay with his wife since she was still a jw.. one of his boys (never baptized a jw) confided in him not long ago about the sleeping arrangements after he left.

she told the boys that she was feeling depressed and lonely because of the divorce and turmoil that their apostate father had caused her and asked them (ages 15 and 16) to each alternate and sleep with her every other night.. it took lots of courage for this son to talk to his father about it since he wanted it off his chest.

Sparkplug

Emotional incest? Hell, yeah it was.

I like how you worded that.

Proud of you! It is hard to say it out loud the first time. I can say saying it out loud, made a lot of it go away or lessen even in my own mind. Much easier to let it roll off me now. So there is hope. Sometimes it can become so small compared to what we have now! Great work in speaking it out tonight!!

You can have some peach pucker too!

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Who's the best actor working in movies today?

by Preston in

johnny depp?

ian mckellan?

morgan freeman?

Sparkplug

I guess I assumed it was known.....Al Pacino

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Were You Ever "Proud" To Be A Jehovah's Witness?

by minimus in

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Sparkplug

I used to be very proud. I was self righteous without a foundation for it. It has been one of the best lessons in humility in the "learning how wrong I was" process. It has helped me understand that sometimes we can believe something with all of our heart and it be so very true to us, and yet be such a wrong and misleading thing. Keeps me humble.

Makes me have a little understanding for my friends when the bark too loud or preach at me instead of taking care of the business in their homes..so to speak. Helps me bite my tongue and not be too cocky especially when justification would feel so good, but perhaps at the harm of someone else. Sometimes I just sit and know that how can I get upset with others when I have been so misled myself, religion, love, family. Big slice of humble pie.