hehe i hope thats how its spelt.. if you had family members that were elders did you ever notice the paranoia they had????
or maybe its my dad in particular?????.
they things he accused me off was unbelievable, we were never allowed to do anything to ruin his standing as an elder.
This thread sure brought up a lot of memories . . and not good ones.
My dad was never and elder, closest he came was a MS. My mom would go through my school books, my purse, my mail . .anything she could get her hands on. The thing is that I was a "perfect" JW growing up. It wasn't until I married at 19 and realized what a mistake I made that I became "bad" in their eyes.
My dad would fall asleep drunk everynight but they were worried if I was passing notes in school to worldy boys!
inspired by scully's thread it made me think of what one elder used to use as his opening introduction in the ministry, which was the above statement.
it's very funny now, but at the time i was like..'whhaaat??
' he thought it would put them at ease, make them think we had a sense of humour.
My dad would stay "Hello . .I'm a minister of god . ."
Talk about embarassing! Not only was the intro bad . . my dad dresses like a clown.
hello all, i am a noob to the board.
i was an occasional lurker here at this apostate site ;)
have been doing a lot of research and man i am supprised.
Welcome!
I lurked for a few months before I joined. Glad I did!!!
last summer, my 6-year-old niece came to visit me from ny.
mind you, we are catholics and my husband and his family are jws.
i went to visit my inlaws and my husbands 6-year-old niece was there too.
The mother probably had the daughter count her "time" for informal witnessing.
i've noticed on many memorial nights that the sisters will dress up like they're going to the oscars.
some seriously look like they're going to a prom.. do they dress for jesus or the friends to impress each other?.
what is it about memorial night?
I agree with the others . .it's because we never get to celebrate anything.
In my family we always made a big deal about wedding anniversaries also. . only because there are not many occasions where we can give gifts.
I think they are obsessed with trying to catch someone doing something they shouldn't be doing.
ok, it could be a motorcycle or a truck too.
A brother that lives in the Cleveland area owns a LARGE construction company (builds commercial) and I was told he had a Viper (this was about 10 years ago). He would drive his Cadillac STS to the meetings though. I always thought 'hey, he has the money, so why not!"
Friends of mine in my old hall had a Jaguar and had a Porsche for a while.
here is a chain email that i got that has been circulating among the jws.. you have to be kidding me right?.
fw: something to think about wow!!!!!.
this is quite interesting seeing the progression of the stone hitting the false religious babylonish image at the base.
I love the one of the foot kicking the stone!!!!!!!
Good thing my boss left early for a lunch meeting . .I was cracking up!!!
i've noticed in my area (ny metro) that jw's count time doing "street witnessing".. do you see the same in your area?.
sitting on benches drinking coffee counting time.
standing on corners laughing and conversating among themselves as people walk right by.. if they do acknowledge a passerby, it's a last minute casual holding out of a magazine or tract.
I never did "street witnessing" when I was a dub. Did anyone actually have someone approach them to get literature?
ha ha i was laughing just now, had a strange memory.. when stepdad was away and/or when mum was playing the male role of jw head of household she used to cover her head.
anything...a hat, a scarf, tea towel (no lie!!)..
this was i think from the reasoning book or something, but yeh...covering her head out of respect for jehovah.
My sister was a regular pioneer and remember her putting on the head covering when no brothers showed up to meet for field service.
Thanks for the funny memory!
