hi are there any xjws from torrance gardena area or any from so.
california?
like to hear from you.
Well I live in Downey, that's just a short drive down the 91 Freeway. I also run a support group in the Downey area for Ex JW's in Los Angeles and Orange County. Next meeting is a Christmas party on December 8th.
http://www.geocities.com/brymichmom/Ex_JWs_of_LA_and_OC.html
Cynthia
when i was growing up, there was a "school" in the area, that catered only to witness children.
there was probably about 60 students, mostly elementary school, but there were a few that were from high school.
i had a friend that went for a while, and i got to visit a few times.. the teaching was barely enough, and consisted of two or three classrooms.
In Tucson, Arizona there was a JW school called the "New World School". It was run by mostly uncredentialed JW's who really didn't have a clue what they were doing. (Although I do believe that the principal of the school and his wife had bachelor's degrees from the University of Arizona) From what I know it was just a school of JW propaganda. I knew a few kids who did go to that school. My cousin's wife taught there and from what I understand she was a very mean teacher; she had no credentials either.
Cynthia
for those that have asked...(and i can't imagine why !!!
)...i have changed the link on my profile to go to a more general bio (with pictures) and then link to my exjw story from there.
so for all the morbidly curious....click away !
Hey I enjoyed reading your website and thank you for posting it. I'm glad you found the happiness that you deserve. God bless you!
Cynthia
a week ago thursday, i realized i was developing an upper respatory problem, likely bhronchitis, or maybe pneumoina.
i have suffered with this and asthma all my life since i was 2 years old.
however, after my heart attack in may, i dreaded this happening, as the reduced oxygen can mess up an already weak heart.
Dear Jim,
I'm glad you are better now. It must have been scary for your family as well. Congestive Heart Failure sounds awful and I'm glad that was a mistake. But boy, what a scare!
Do you mind if I post this to the CA board?
Cynthia
i will post some pictures now and more later.
i am waiting for permission to use the group picture of board posters (haven't gotten all yet).
japanese group of ex-jws.
For those of you who think that it's too close for comfort and would feel like a JW thing:
No! It's the farthest thing from it. Name tags are good because then we know who we are and with my memory, I forget someone's name 5 minutes after they told me.
The music is fabulous--nothing like those stupid kingdom songs.
You don't have to sit there and listen to boring speakers drone on and on. You can get up go to your room and take a nap if you need to. But the speakers aren't boring at all!
And best of all, the food there is GREAT!
Cynthia
there is a jan groenveld memorial page at this website, created by penny, the owner of the women awake yahoo group: .
http://www.geocities.com/realmacroqueen/jangroenveld.html
penny has done a wonderful job with this.
There is a Jan Groenveld Memorial Page at this website, created by Penny, the owner of the Women Awake Yahoo Group:
http://www.geocities.com/realmacroqueen/jangroenveld.html
Penny has done a wonderful job with this. I will miss Jan very much.
Cynthia
i received this email only seconds ago and i'm just passing it on to those that knew jan, i have no other details:.
jan groenveld will no longer be a part of these forums.
she passed away in her sleep last night.
I just returned last night from the PA convention to find this out early this morning. As I checked my Yahoo mail, I also found she had sent me a poem called "The Power of One". It's like her last communication to all of us with her last wish on how she wants us to carry on without her.
I never met Jan personally, and I'm grieved that I won't have the chance to meet her here on earth. I do look forward to seeing her in heaven someday. May she be at rest and at peace. I wish only the best to her family and her survivors who will miss her. I'm so sorry that she is gone--what a loss! Jan definitely was a legend!
Cynthia
have any of you guys ever notived how many jw's complain about "other" halls not having jehovah's holy spirit?
when i was a jw i moved a bit and was in several different halls.
i heard of a number of halls not having jehovah's holy spirit and that in time jehovah would clear things up.
Those with the Holy Spirit left the Jw's altogether
There may have been a spirit around, but it wasn't "holy"!
Cynthia
i've heard a ton of "bad counsel" given by elders such as "you should or shouldn't marry this person", "give up that job", "you should pioneer"........were you given any "bad counsel"?
Oh my, the elder said that? 
Jurs, that's all we were in the KH. Just a bunch of doormats. How did we ever allow ourselves to be treated so badly? When I look back on all of this now, the person that I am today, would have never put up with any of that crap.
Cynthia
i've heard a ton of "bad counsel" given by elders such as "you should or shouldn't marry this person", "give up that job", "you should pioneer"........were you given any "bad counsel"?
Bad advice, now let's see:
"You must be nagging your husband too much! That's why you are getting the beatings."
"Be a better wife as in Proverbs 31 so your husband can be stronger in the truth"
Cynthia
