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  How many do you know like this?

  by crownboy in

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  a bethelite brother gave a public talk at our hall a couple weeks ago.

  one part of the talk focused on "putting kingdom interest first".

  he gave examples of how some gave up material comfort so they could pursue the ministry.

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  I knew several pioneers who were very bright and could have gone on to college but decided to go into cleaing or delivering newspapers so that they could pioneer. Most of those that I knew were pretty happy doing it.

  I do know one couple an elder that has been cleaing for about 20 years and his wife that lived in the basement apartment of the kingdom hall for several years. Because it has been decided that paying rent to the hall means the congregation would have to pay income taxes they were kicked out of the hall. Because they have little money (both pioneering...no kids, but they don't have any other marketable skills besides cleaning and waitressing) they spend part of the time living in a camper trailer (with no heat) at the wife's mother's house.

  I wonder how blessed they feel now. I feel sorry for them, they got dumped out of the hall because the WTS has deemed they are above paying taxes. Why can't they just let them live there for free?
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  We finally had the child!

  by Eyebrow in

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  17 days overdue...but we finally had our daughter!.

  we now refer to her as the child formerlly know ans fetus.. 8lbs, 5 ozs...

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  Eyebrow

  Thank you everybody! =)

  Sleep...what is this sleep you speak of??

  =)
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  We finally had the child!

  by Eyebrow in

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  17 days overdue...but we finally had our daughter!.

  we now refer to her as the child formerlly know ans fetus.. 8lbs, 5 ozs...

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  17 days overdue...but we finally had our daughter!
  We now refer to her as the child formerlly know ans Fetus.
  8lbs, 5 ozs...
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  What's a parent to do?

  by Tammie in

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  i don't know if i am the only one with this problem or not.

  but i have two boys ages 4 and 6. i get them up at a normal hour (the older one is in school, now).

  i even put them to bed around 8 or 9 pm, depending on what is going on for the day.

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  Do they take naps during the day? If so, eliminate the naps if possible. This should make a difference.

  If all else fails there is always Childrens Nyquil....muahahahahah!
  just kidding
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  My Take On Anonimity.

  by Englishman in

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  this is just a few thoughts that i have regarding the subject of anonimity.

  yes, i am making this post after being in the chat room with several others including kent and prisca.

  it seemed to me that kent posted prisca's pic mainly out of sheer mischievousness and was quite taken aback at her very real distress at having her identity exposed.

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  My name is Sherry, and I am a recovering Jehovah's Witness.
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  Michael Jackson's "Pioneering" Experi...

  by Eyebrow in

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  one thing that always annoyed the heck out of me was so called famous witnesses.

  it really annoyed me that they could have a public life so contrary to the witness life we were supposed to be leading as witnesses.

  i got a kick out of an article michael jackson has about his experience as a witness youth and the sabbath and "pioneering".

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  Nathan,

  now THAT would be a riot!
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  Holidays

  by celebrate in

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  having grown up in a jw household, celebrating holidays was always a problem.

  my mother is catholic, so we tried to celebrate, but somehow the jws always had something bad to say, or they went to another part of the house.

  a christmas tree was a symbol of satan.

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  I wanted to add that we never got gifts year round as kids either. But then again, it was really due to the fact my parents didn't have any money. My mother would try to do a toy part once a year in january and get us some stuff. that was always fun!

  When my mother was growing up she knew kids in her town that would not get new boots or coats until xmas because their parents could not afford to buy both presents and new clothes. At least we got the clothes and boots when we needed them...either second hand or new!

  My kids today do get toys year round. We love to get them stuff! Because my inlaws sometimes go a little overboard on xmas (hey, there are grandparents, I'm not going to let it bother me), I try to limit the number of toys we get them for xmas. On birthdays we take the kid to ToysRUs and let them pick out on birthday toy from mom and dad. Then we usually take them to Chuck E. Cheese or another similiar place so they can share their day with the whole family. (Of course, inlaws give them toys too, but thats fine. Picking out the toy is a real treat for them too!)

  Holidays for us have meant getting to spend time with my inlaws. Becasue they live so far away (about 8 hours) we try to go to their house for Tgiving, xmas and Easter. Since most my mother does not celebrate holidays we do not have to worry about hurting feelings as to where we are going. I do have brothers and sisters that celebrate now, but they usually spend it with their inlaws or boyfriend/girlfriend's families.

  One thing I want to change this year is having MY nonwitness family come over to our house for a holiday celebration. It has been wierd because my mother lives upstairs. We will invite her too and let her make her own decision.

  Do any of you ever invite your JW relatives to holiday events?
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  Holidays

  by celebrate in

  1. jw
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  having grown up in a jw household, celebrating holidays was always a problem.

  my mother is catholic, so we tried to celebrate, but somehow the jws always had something bad to say, or they went to another part of the house.

  a christmas tree was a symbol of satan.

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  My 10 year old son is going to carve a pumpkin today for the first time ever. Thank goodness his stepfather had a whole lifetime of holidays, so he has been able to really help us enjoy them!
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  JW killed building a KH in Germany

  by GermanXJW in

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  yesterday, at a construction site where a new kh is to be built,a crane fell down, killed a sister and injured some others severly.

  local tv reported that now police has started investigations against the crane operator.

  building a kh in germany is done by voluntary workers that are not properly insured by the wts but are dependant on their own insurances.

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  Eyebrow

  ACK!!

  That really is a shame. =(
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  Michael Jackson's "Pioneering" Experi...

  by Eyebrow in

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  one thing that always annoyed the heck out of me was so called famous witnesses.

  it really annoyed me that they could have a public life so contrary to the witness life we were supposed to be leading as witnesses.

  i got a kick out of an article michael jackson has about his experience as a witness youth and the sabbath and "pioneering".

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  Fred,

  You are still JW...didn't Jackson annoy you just a wee bit as a witness?