i am thinking of running for alderman on my city council .
the mayor had a meeting with me yesterday and is anxious to replace the alderman in my ward .
she liked what i had to say at a council meeting a few weeks ago during public comments .
* Update *
Well I decided to run for the Alderman position ,and won ! The incumbent had been there for 14 yrs . I will be sworn in in two weeks . Lots of new things to learn ,and I am excited for the opportunity to help my community .
The campaigning was interesting to say the least ! I was a natural going door to door speaking with my neighbors in my ward :) I admit I kind of had a guilty pleasure placing my election signs next door to many of my old JW friends homes .
a carload of jw's worked our street today.
obviously they are doing the invites to the memorial.
of course, we didn't answer.. 1 ring, 2 seconds at the door (that's all we get?
what are you doing instead of the meeting?.
i'm ordering cool personalised pressies for all of my non jw family online, whilst listening to some great 80's classics (currently fade to grey, visage).
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We met my youngest son and his wife for breakfast at their neighborhood cafe . Had a good time catching up ,and discussing his new hobby interests. Talked with our daughter in law about the masters degree she is currently working on ,and how tired she is working full time while taking classes.
After we visited with them we headed to a few stores to pick up items for our outdoor lighted Christmas display . We entered the city wide contest for best light display . (We won last year ! and would love to do it again this year )
I love my weekends now so much . When we were witnesses weekends were just so stressful . I hated having to rush around on Saturday to go out in service ,especially when I knew I had so much to get done at home before the next work week . If we didn't go out in FS then I would feel guilty all weekend . Sundays ,another morning wasted going to a boring meeting listening to yet another guilt inducing talk about doing more . Do not miss that life what so ever .
there is a certain elder in my wives hall that has seemed to developed a real interest her.
first he seemed to feel a need to make sure all her blood cards were signed before she gave birth to our child.. he sends her text messages if she misses a meeting saying how much " we missed you last night ".
he finally sent her a text wondering where her oct hours were , knowing she had some pretty serious tears from child birth and could hardly even walk, much less do field service ".
He is trying to become her spiritual head since you are an unbeliever . NIP it in the bud now !! Because the next step will be him taking interest in your child ,grooming her/him for the ministry ect. You do not want this man weaseling himself into your family . Level with your wife that you do not like this interference into your family life . It IS inappropriate for this Elder to be texting your wife ! If he needs to 'shepherd' her spiritually it needs to be done at the hall in the presence of others.
i am thinking of running for alderman on my city council .
the mayor had a meeting with me yesterday and is anxious to replace the alderman in my ward .
she liked what i had to say at a council meeting a few weeks ago during public comments .
I am thinking of running for Alderman on my city council . The Mayor had a meeting with me yesterday and is anxious to replace the Alderman in my ward . She liked what I had to say at a council meeting a few weeks ago during public comments . I am toying with the idea ,but politics is so new to me .
Any personal experiences you would like to share . This is small town politics .Town of 7,000.
after having a baby ?
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we just had an elder drop by and invite my wife to the kh with a 21 day old baby.. i thought it was kind of classless.
ssn587 ,WOW an Elder that finally gave good counsel ! He must have had kids too.
Clambake , we came from a Hall that in our younger days was full of new parents and young couples . Sisters almost made a contest of who could come back to the hall earliest from having a baby ....it was so stupid !
One thing I saw while being a JW was that they use having a new baby as a way to guilt inactive ones back into service . The thinking is now you have this new person to be responsible for ,and of course the fear of the dreaded END should be enforced upon your mind . Don't let them pressure your family .
Enjoy the new bundle of joy ,get your rest and take care .Congratulations !
how many of us were woken up by some apostate yelling false prophets at a convention?.
how many of us were woken up by someone holding a sign and yelling, what happened to 1975.
how many of us were coerced to investigate the wt because some ex-jw pulled up a bunch of old watchtowers magazines and told us to read the false predictions?.
I woke up on my own too. When something effects you personally ,that is when you seriously question things.
Over the course of two years many things about the organization began to bother me . I saw clearly hypocrisy within the congregation on how people were treated . They said they had brotherly love ,but I saw it was very conditional .The Elders could not apply the simple principle of being a Good Samaritan. I was sickened by how much emphasis was given to following the GB instead of God or Jesus. I began sitting back and really looking at people in the Hall ....they were sad, haggard ,and worn down . I kept wondering why so many were on anti-depressants .
Then one day I was watching the Dr Phil show ,and he had two girls on there named Fawn .Both had escaped a cult out west . They spoke about how afraid they were to leave ,because they would be destroyed at Armageddon ,and their family and friends would shun them .All they wanted was freedom to make their own decisions instead of having to follow the group think of the cult .I kept saying to the television 'That's how I feel !" I can't remember all the advice Dr Phil gave them ,but I do remember him speaking about Stephen Hasson and how cults keep you suppressed ,and in fear . He spoke to anyone watching the show that we don't need to be in fear like that .....and that is not how God would want us to worship him . This made me feel so bold and courageous that I made my first attempt to come on this forum and read ! I thought I was weak and all alone in my doubts of the society ,then all of the sudden here were hundreds maybe thousands of others feeling and saying exactly what I was thinking !
thank you all for your sincere encouragement during these last few weeks.
finally, she is at peace.
i was with her , holding her hand when she died.
at my mom's bed side all i see is either jw family or friends making a concerted effort to have me return to their fold.
evidentlyy, my mom has encouraged this and i'm a trapped prisoner, as they do their best to have me come back.
it's bad enough that i have to endure my mom's dying, now i have to be bombarded with this bs..
Well at least she is honest with you ,Just had to give it one more shot ! LOL , I like how your Mom operates .....I would be the same way with my kids.
Hope you can now have some quality alone moments with her during this stressful time.
none of my jehovah's witness relatives called to tell me or my family.
just found out this morning.
