i have been a missionary in the dominican republic for almost 10 years and i was wondering if there were any ex-missionaries on this forum.. i am back in my country now for 3 years and totally inactive.. what i noticed in those missionary-years was the lack of spiritual interest among the missionaries.. discussions were about rooms, cars and greater responsibilities, the bad territory.
and the local c.o.s and d.os.. was this only in the dr or are there other experiences??.
ere other experiences?
Yes that's him. They got to live in the new Bethel home. Then they went to Azua. Or maybe it's vice versa, not sure now about the timeline anymore. Very very nice guy. We had very frank, honest convos about the issues with the WT and congregations. I was pretty done after the 1995 generation change. The wife used to be a good friend of mine before marrying. We had a lot of Swedes comes over to visit in the 80's.
I think of them whenever I hear about these reductions at the branches.
i have been a missionary in the dominican republic for almost 10 years and i was wondering if there were any ex-missionaries on this forum.. i am back in my country now for 3 years and totally inactive.. what i noticed in those missionary-years was the lack of spiritual interest among the missionaries.. discussions were about rooms, cars and greater responsibilities, the bad territory.
and the local c.o.s and d.os.. was this only in the dr or are there other experiences??.
ere other experiences?
What a story 3rdgen. Such is life. At least your cousins had enough independence to go their own way. Woulda shoulda coulda...lol.
I remember the name Trujillo as a kid, now that you mention it. The big talk was the countries where the JW's were banned. Big stuff...made the coming GT very real at the time...the message about governments turning on JW's. You forget about that craziness... xoxox
i have been a missionary in the dominican republic for almost 10 years and i was wondering if there were any ex-missionaries on this forum.. i am back in my country now for 3 years and totally inactive.. what i noticed in those missionary-years was the lack of spiritual interest among the missionaries.. discussions were about rooms, cars and greater responsibilities, the bad territory.
and the local c.o.s and d.os.. was this only in the dr or are there other experiences??.
ere other experiences?
i have been a missionary in the dominican republic for almost 10 years and i was wondering if there were any ex-missionaries on this forum.. i am back in my country now for 3 years and totally inactive.. what i noticed in those missionary-years was the lack of spiritual interest among the missionaries.. discussions were about rooms, cars and greater responsibilities, the bad territory.
and the local c.o.s and d.os.. was this only in the dr or are there other experiences??.
ere other experiences?
Right, David and his wife Christine. I think he was from Mexico or one of the latin-american countries. I believe he was a need greater and met his wife who was also. There was a group of Swedes that worked 6 mths, then went to the DR or Chile to pioneer for 6 mths that I knew for years. They came out for an international assembly a few years ago and we met for dinner.
I still wonder if you know the other couple. He's been there for maybe 30 years and he is from CA.
surely someone who eagerly looks forward to the death of billions of people (including babies and children) is not emotionally healthy?.
yet, that is the key belief "happily" anticipated by witnesses.... food for thought?.
i have been a missionary in the dominican republic for almost 10 years and i was wondering if there were any ex-missionaries on this forum.. i am back in my country now for 3 years and totally inactive.. what i noticed in those missionary-years was the lack of spiritual interest among the missionaries.. discussions were about rooms, cars and greater responsibilities, the bad territory.
and the local c.o.s and d.os.. was this only in the dr or are there other experiences??.
ere other experiences?
Hi fulano! Congratulations on your successful life after JW!
I know a Bethel elder and his wife. We used to be great friends...lol. He's from California and his wife is Swedish.
I knew another couple, but don't thing they are still there, the Marquez's.
my middle brother called me a couple of hours ago.
our youngest brother, josh, who was 38, was found by his friends in his apartment.
he hung himself.
Oh my goodness!!!! I am so very sorry Rich. Let us know how you are doing...and your family.
Peace and comfort to you and yours.
james woods has been a long time regular on this discussion group in all of its incarnations.. he had some kind of "heart-attack" and has been in dallas' emergency ward for several days.
he also has a blood clot doctors are working to break up.. 972-261-4412 is his cell number.. he was in a talking mood yesterday afternoon.. i bet it wouldn't kill him to get some well-wishes.. james goes back a long way as an ex-jw.
he knows where the bodies are buried :).
i recently read this book and found it to be excellent.
it's the story of how we never stop knowing, how science works (even when it doesn't), how gracefully math can describe the world we live in and more.
the story begins with how sir isaac newton, author of pricipia mathematica and holder of the lucasian chair at cambridge, developed math to describe the gravity and the motion of the planets with no need god holding them in place.
Thanks for the recommendation!
I just saw Brian Green on Colbert this week discussing Einstein's explanation of gravity. I love this stuff!
anyone notice this before?.
http://www.stirinc.org/.
for those who don't know - who is firpo carr?.
Whoa...that's a name from the past. I wonder if he is in or out...Firpo.
He is one interesting, complicated person.
