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  SUMMER CAMPS FOR KIDS A BIG NO-NO

  by Mary in

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  i guess i shouldn't be surprised at this, but my dub sister told me this morning that at the meeting last night, they had a "local needs" about whether or not "christian" parents should enroll their kids in any summer camps, or recreational activities that colleges and universities offer each year.

  the list of activities the kids can do are numerous and to me, they are an excellent source that could really help develop a child's talents, expose them to the wonders of science, art, engineering, etc., develop skills that would obviously be of benefit to them both now and in later life, and give them a chance to meet new friends from other schools in the area.

  anyway, while not out and out forbidding it, these activities are being very much frowned upon.

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  Well, I recently stopped attending meetings and my kids are big now, but I did send them on those camps trips sponsored by the school. (I wish I had sent them to others, but..)

  What I did with my youngest one, was to enroll him in pop warner football and that helped him a lot on developing self steem and confidence. (my oldest was enroll in basketball)

  Later on when he was in high school he also enrolled in wrestling and that helped him a lot because that is more of an individual sport and even if the team lost he can still come back home with some medals for his individual matches.

  Of course that i have to sit through meetings and hear special needs talks about extracurriculum activities and all the horrible things that happened at the locker rooms, bla,bla,bla,
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  We miss you skyman!!!

  by flag in

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  does anybody knows where skyman is?.

  if you are reading this mr. skyman.... i miss your comments.... .

  don't you guys miss him as well?

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  Does anybody knows where skyman is?

  If you are reading this mr. skyman.... I miss your comments...

  Don't you guys miss him as well?
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  Bethel Police pulled me over for a violation

  by What-A-Coincidence in

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  wearing faded jeans only as a bethelite is a cause for concern for the governing body.

  i had jeans that were not totally faded as the "world" would consider them.

  so one freaken' weekend as i passed by a wt building, a tightwod bethel elder (now just an elder) asked me how i was doing (bla bla bla).

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  Well, long time ago a MS told me, as I was arriving to the meeting and he was shaking my hand.

  Don't you think the opening on your skirt is too long?

  I respondend; Yes, thank you!!!! (actually it wasn't, it was one ot those long skirts with a long opening but it wasn't showing more than normal)

  next Sunday I wore the same skirt to the meeting just to make my point accross that I was not going to do anything that he said.

  He never approched me with any other suggestion.
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  KH construction in Mexico

  by flag in

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  i recently went to mexico for vacation and my sister in law told me that they were constructing a new kh.. i questioned her on how was it done, and this is what she told me:.

  they saved the money for long time, then they sent the money to the wt.. wt then bought the land and the materials (but everyting is under wt name).

  all brothers and sisters will work for free.. after everything is completed they still have to pay a "suggested contribution" to the wt for the use of the kh.. i think the law in mexico recently changed and now the wt can own property that is why they are pretty active building kh's.

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  Yes, greendawn. The locals saved all the money but everything is going to be under WT name.

  Apparently all congregations were sending the money to the WT and waiting for their turn to have their KH built. But the WT started spending the money first in the richest areas and building better KH's

  Suddenly all the materials cost went up and now they are building more modest halls.

  About the "suggested contribution" I'm assuming is going to be at market price.

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  I don't think the mexican brothers will revolt, the blindly believe all what the WT said.
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  KH construction in Mexico

  by flag in

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  i recently went to mexico for vacation and my sister in law told me that they were constructing a new kh.. i questioned her on how was it done, and this is what she told me:.

  they saved the money for long time, then they sent the money to the wt.. wt then bought the land and the materials (but everyting is under wt name).

  all brothers and sisters will work for free.. after everything is completed they still have to pay a "suggested contribution" to the wt for the use of the kh.. i think the law in mexico recently changed and now the wt can own property that is why they are pretty active building kh's.

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  flag

  I recently went to mexico for vacation and my sister in law told me that they were constructing a new kh.

  I questioned her on how was it done, and this is what she told me:

  They saved the money for long time, then they sent the money to the WT.

  WT then bought the land and the materials (but everyting is under WT name)

  All brothers and sisters will work for free.

  After everything is completed they still have to pay a "suggested contribution" to the WT for the use of the KH.

  I think the law in mexico recently changed and now the WT can own property that is why they are pretty active building KH's.

  She was a little bit upset because she said that WT spent more money on the KH's for rich areas and for them it was going to be a modest KH.

  When I was living there, WT never built any Halls even thought they were allowed, the only thing was that it would be "federal property".

  I just wanted to share this with you guys.
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  How Long Did it Take You

  by XBEHERE in

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  i just looked at my avatar after i made my 500th post here and realized that i have officially signed up on this forum 3 1/2 yrs ago but was lurking for several months prior to that.

  now 500 posts isnt that much for over 3 yrs and i am still a jw in "good" standing while so many of you have come here, left, and moved on already.

  so how long did it take you to leave after coming here?

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  In my case I made my decision to stop attending meetings and going on fs in Dec 05 (after 25 years in the cong) . Just because I felt inside of me that something "was not right with this picture".

  I started reading old magazines about the 1914 generation and some other issues that were bothering me and I decided that I couldn't in good concience keep preaching something that I don't belived in.

  It was like 2 weeks after I stopped attending meetings that I dared to look at this websites and I was amazed on how many people were going to the same emotions that I was feeling.

  So far is been kind of easy because I don't have immediate family inside.

  I have received only one attempt of a visit from an elder and five or six phone calls from friends.

  You will know when is your time, and when that time comes, there will be no turning back and you will have the courage to confront the consecuences.
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  Ezra is back!!!

  by flag in

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  did you notice that ezra is back?

  now the question is where is pmj?

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  Did you notice that Ezra is back?

  Now the question is Where is PMJ?
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  If you were newly inactive, did you feel pressure to attend the Memorial?

  by truthseeker in

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  i'd be interested in hearing your experiences, if you were newly inactive and felt pressured to go to the memorial.

  did the jw's pressure you to go or did you feel guilty for missing the lord's evening meal (well, we all miss it anyway when we pass it round)

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  I have been recently inactive, just about two months so I figured that I'm going to feel pressured to go. And I might go, but to a different congregation.

  I feel pressured not out of guilt but because some of my close friends are still thinking that this is only a termporaly stage on my life. They think I'm just tired.
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  Name that Psycho

  by unique1 in

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  reading a previous thread where people mentioned the crazy people in their hall and what they would do during the meetings, i figured it needed a thread all to itself.

  so what did the mentally ill or generally crazy people do during your meetings?

  i don't have any good ones.

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  One girl (16 or 17 years old ) always wanted to kiss the brothers.

  One guy in the DC's always sang the songs preety loud and rise his hands up (like the ones you see at the back of the music book)

  another one was always going to the seats and started shaking hands and if his parents try to scold him he would yell at them preety hard.
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  Job bonus

  by flag in

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  wow, i'm so happy!!!.

  my boss just told me that i'm getting $6000 bonus for good performance.. they had good profit last year and he thought that i contributed to that.

  isn't that nice?.

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  Yea, it feels so good to be recognized. Specially when I wasn't expecting it.

  I never work thinking about any bonuses, I always try to do my job the best possible because that is the right thing to do.

  No plans yet, but maybe I'll save the money for a brand new car later on the year.

  Lets all have a virtual drink!!!!!

  (can sombody tell me how to use the emotiocons?)