http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/4394987.html goodfellowstresalyn gray sits on the couch with husband jermaine giles and daughter ikea, while her other children, brajae', from left in front, a.j.
and jernay on his shoulders, share a laugh.
giles was severely injured in an auto accident in april and has not been able to work.tony bullard: for the chronicle since tresalyn gray's husband was injured in a car crash in april, she has focused on dealing with the emotional stress on her family.
She asked Goodfellows to help make the holiday season special for her four children: A.J., 14; Ikea, 13; Brajae', 10; and Jernay, 6.
Having a child named "IKEA," she could probably obtain a lifetime corporate sponsorship of housewares from the Swedish retail giant!
-V
there is someone who posts on this board who is very depressed.
life can throw you curves and it can be hard enough without the excess baggage of having been a witness.. can you please help her with some kind words?.
warlock.
I feel for your friend, Warlock. I wish I could offer a more effective balm but, as I am wrestling with my own feelings of depression at the moment, I am a bit tapped-out. I *do* empathize!
I can only offer this to your friend: a song sent to me just yesterday by a distant, long-lost-but-newly-found friend to lift me up. (We were the closest of friends as JWs, but drifted apart and each made our own hard-won exit from the life - separately. We re-connected by e-mail 14 years after our last communication.) I recommend playing the MP3.
http://twangville.com/394/the-be-good-tanyas-human-thing-a-download/
"Human Thing" - The Be Good Tanyas
Yer a human thing
Who yah think that you’re foolin”
Yer not foolin”, not foolin’ me
Yer a human thing
Yer so busy frontin’
Confusin” courage and acting
Move me
Move me
Could it really be so wrong
To let somebody, somebody see.
Move me
Move me
A girl can keep it together
come on now, you know you we’ll take the weather
come on now, you know we love your weather
You got roots cannot be torn from under
Won’t you shake it like you’ve never done before
You’ve got roots cannot be torn from under
Won’t you shake it like you’ve never done before
You’re a human thing
do you have a favourite place in the world...if so where is it, why and do you have photos?.
mine has to be nisyros (a very small greek island near kos); i last visited there some years ago and ever since i was captivated by its beauty and tranquility.
in short its a volcanic island but unspoiled by tourism; the people are amazing and so down to earth.. take a look.
MzLiz,
I share your enthusiasm: I was stayed on Koh Muk (smaller, more secluded than Koh Chang - but I understand it will be more commercialised by next season) and took day trips to several other islands in the vicinity in March/April of this year. Absolutely paradisaic!
-V
our friend hambeak just got the most dreaded phone call from his jw child.
the news was passed on as he was asked for by name and not as"dad" and let known that "they" just called to let him know that his other son, brian, age 26, is dead.
he was in a car accident.
((((Hambeak)))) I am so sorry for you and your compound loss... I know how it is to lose, first, the love and respect of someone dear and, then, to lose the possibility of a heart-change in that person because of unexpected death.
My sincere condolences! If you have no one to talk to (when friends in your time zone are asleep) and you need to vent, please PM me and I will be glad to telephone you. I don't remember which Texan city you live in, but I am 7 hours ahead of Dallas.
-V
Thanks for that, Scully! I look forward to deciphering the secret language of knitting patterns, and to producing something a little less dated than a "Doctor Who-scarf"
-V
I've been very curious to learn how to knit for a long while now. Am a bit reluctant to spend [yet more] money on books for a new hobby, when I know that the materials (stunningly luscious yarns, variously sized needles) will require further costly outlay (and waste... as I botch initial efforts).
Does anyone know of a good 'how-to-knit -- for-beginners' website that I can consult? Preferably one with a good glossary and clear illustrations with text instructions?
-V
i know a lot have already posted in the other thread, but i have had a request to start an offical thread for ideas.
if you have already posted in the other thread don't worry i will put links to both in the pms to people.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/123195/1.ashx.
so anyone that hasn't already posted some ideas, please do so in here !.
i need an article from a newspaper or web site that is not officially a apostate site with information about the oct. 6, 2000 announcement on the reorganization changes.
please post a down load of any information so i can print it or a link to a article not from an apostate site.
i have done a through search for this and have came up empty other than articles from the watchman and the watchtower informational services.
Absolutely unrelated to your particular query, however...
...while searching I came across this old (1998) piece of news that demonstrates the important purchasing power of the WTS. Don't know why, but I was flabbergasted at the sum involved, and the plans for further real estate development and transactions:
Florida Stadium's Debris May Be Used as Artificial Reef.
From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: November 12, 1998 | Author: Liewer, Steve |
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Nov. 12--West Palm Beach's venerable spring-training baseball stadium could find itself at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean as a home for fish.
The 36-year-old stadium is doomed for destruction after the purchase of the stadium and auditorium site by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, the corporate arm of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
The city sold the property to the religious group last summer for $12.5 million.
This week, the county's Tourist Development Council suggested that the Jehovah's Witnesses donate some of the debris to the Florida Department of Environmental Resources Management for use as an artificial reef.
"They are particularly interested in large structural pieces that can be used to create these artificial reefs offshore," TDC Executive Director J. Charles Lehmann wrote in a letter to Watchtower this week.
Allan Janzen, Watchtower's convention manager, said the reef plan came up in a recent conversation with Lehmann.
"I said, 'Hey, it sounds like an interesting idea. Write down all the details and send them to me in a letter, and we'll consider it,' " Janzen said.
Lehmann was unavailable for comment. But County Commissioner Warren Newell, chairman of the county's Artificial Reef Committee, said chunks of the baseball stadium would make an excellent addition to the reef network.
"The arched roof structure is probably what we're looking for," Newell said.
"The arches would make a great habitat for the fish to live under."
The sinking of derelict ships offshore generates the most publicity for the county's 10-year-old artificial reef program and creates a handful of high-profile sites for divers to visit.
But Newell said the reef committee also likes certain types of rubble to form a less-dense chain of fish habitat between the large ships, or in the Lake Worth Lagoon.
Concrete roof trusses recently were sunk in the lagoon, he said, and the reef committee frequently salvages large pipes and boulders from the Solid Waste Authority.
Newell said arrangements also are in the works to scuttle the remains of the north span of the Royal Park Bridge, which has been undermined by tiny wood-boring animals and must be replaced.
"You want to pick things that are very stable, that will stay there," Newell said.
Lighter items such as toilets and tires have been turned down for use as artificial reefs.
Janzen said a decision is still far off on what to do with the remains of the stadium, made of wood and concrete. While Watchtower plans to keep the 28 acres nearest Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard and Congress Avenue, the remaining 44 acres will be cleared and sold for offices and houses.
"We're still in the planning stages," Janzen said.
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COPYRIGHT 1998 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News
i know a lot have already posted in the other thread, but i have had a request to start an offical thread for ideas.
if you have already posted in the other thread don't worry i will put links to both in the pms to people.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/123195/1.ashx.
so anyone that hasn't already posted some ideas, please do so in here !.
Well, I'm truly incapable of outright asking for a particular gift! I suppose it will just have to be something 'from the heart' of my Secret Santa. Besides, this way my Santa's gift may tell me more about that person... which is the greatest gift of all!
Free rein, then!
- V
.this "new world scene " is from p 190 of the "bible teach " book dated 2005.. it is just a joke.
they have transformed their key belief into a cartoon type kiddies scene.
is there no thought of child safety?
Nelly136 wrote:
pic on the right........ ooops a couple a daddys didnt make it back, lots of neuters coming back to a life of........ummmmmmmm well what will they do apart from hang around?, cant procreate, wont want their remarried spouses back, wont want to get married or have families for all eternity.
A-ha! There's where homosexuality [really-close-friends-with-[non-procreative] fringe-benefits] comes into Jehovah's Grand Purpose! It's really a foretaste of life in God's Paradise Earth. Won't those fundamentalists be surprised?! There is where their "weeping and the gnashing of teeth" will come in.
