Topics Started by Vernon Williams

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Just talked to an Elder in the parking lot of the KH in Monett
by Vernon Williams in
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2. beliefs
i have just a momment...replacing alternator on our jeep..... i saw one of the elders that recomended i da myself in '02 in parking lot....fairly long conversation....it ended like this:.

i commented that if he "really had the truth" he would just stop by, we would enter into some discussions and he would prove me wrong.

however, i told him, in my heart i know in your heart that you kinow i would prove the wt in error and you fear me because of it.
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Update
by Vernon Williams in
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2. friends
i have been absent from the baord for some months: .

father in law went into hospice and died.. mother, after a five month illness, died.. chaos financially.. started college, made dean's list in the midst of all this disaster.. obtained substitue teacher's certificate from state of mo.

and have began to sub-teach.. i want to apoligize: i did not send out my christmas cards: they are still on the shelf ready to mail...overwhelmed....hope everyone will forgive me.. i have logged on to the board, now and then, and appreciate the discussions.. my son bought me a 07 kawasaki vulcun.....nice ride...... i, also, promised my wife....signed a contract.....to reduce ex-jw activity: i am out of that contract now, however, will continue to be a bit "reserved" in my activities..... if anyone is in sw mo and wants to share a cup of coffee....stop by...give me a week's notice.... wishing you all the best, .
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Star of Bethlehem: an interesting link
by Vernon Williams in
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2. bible
to all,.

i was surprised to find this link still on line...enjoy..... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3077385/.

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2012
by Vernon Williams in
1. watchtower
2. bible
hey guys,.

an ex jw friend of ours ask about 2012. her sister went to a ca and the/a speaker(s) mentioned 2012?

this friend of ours was asking if i had noticed anything on this board about that date.
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Continued Prediction
by Vernon Williams in
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2. beliefs
i have brought this up before, however, am posting, again, for lurkers and new ones to the board.

this is an addendum to the threads on the generation change, etc....... the 144,000 is taken out of the tribes.

i have, yet, to see an explanation of who the tribes are.. this is what will happen:.
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My youngest daughter "busted for drugs...."
by Vernon Williams in
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2. friends
every parent's nightmare: a child busted for drugs.... leah, our youngest, was driving through billingss, mo, a little town between here and springfield.

speeding.

pulled over.
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My mom hospitalized
by Vernon Williams in
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2. friends
i have been away from the board for about a week: my mom went in the hospital for chest pains, had a "stint" put in one of the blood vessels in her heart, almost died, recovered to the point she could be sent home, and is home now.

my mom is 80, a bit "alternative" as far as medicine goes, stubborn as a mule, and one of the most caring people you would ever want to meet.

so, caring for her is a bit of a challange at times.
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To Summer and Freedomfrog
by Vernon Williams in
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2. friends
hey guys,.

there are "cliques" that start...folks will kinda line up and the "fests" bring them even closer..... somehow, there are a few on the board that attrack me: ak jeff, jk666, eclispe, "coco," mr and mrs flipper, and several more (i gotto go to work, this is rushed),.

you guys are valuable.
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Our debt to BRCI
by Vernon Williams in
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2. friends
i have a buddy, tom cabeen, and i was talking ot him about the formation of brci.

tom was there at the beginning...... they started back in the early eighties.

today, the internet is our mode of connecting, however, it was letter, phone, and personal visits back then.
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Site on iIllustrations
by Vernon Williams in
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2. friends
here is a neat site on illustrations.

the artists works in pencil and this page:.

http://www.howarddavidjohnson.com/pencil.htm.