Posts by chicken little

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Introducing Myself

by Peony in

i've finally got round to joining the site (after over 2 years lurking!

i was born into jws, pioneered for 10 years (met my husband at pioneer school).

had health issues that saw me catapulted away from 'the centre of the cong' and wow what a different place that was!

I stopped eight years ago, literally could not make my legs move to get out of the car in the carpark at the kingdom hall...my husband was an elder at the time and he could see I was in a crisis. I told him that night I would never go back to a kh again. We left together and have not looked back since then.

Life has its ups and downs and we have suffered heartache and loss like everyone else living on this planet.

We deal with it and try to be decent, kind people to everyone we meet.

Your honesty with your family is refreshing, hopefully in time they will wake up too.

Love to you and your family ( I am ex-pat living in Scandanavia).

Chicken little

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Disfellowshipped people are quickly reinstated / Japan

by nakanozzi in

i hear a number of disfellowshiped are quickly reinstated in acertain circuit in japan.one disfellowshipped person who are obviously in worldly.

clothings, attended a meeting.whole congregation thought that person was not yet sincerely repented,but, announcement was made that the person was reinstated.branch office and circuit overseers are eager to bringdisfellowshiped back to the organization.local elders are not very pleased about it..

chicken little

We had three japanese pioneer brothers stay at out home in the early 90's. None of them lived by themselves all still at home in late 20's. Did not know how to iron a shirt or do laundry. I did it once for them and then told them they had to take care of themselves. What was interesting was their information about reporting hours in Japan.

Remember at this time Japan was having peak after peak of publishers. They told me no one is irregular in their congregations as the elders just put down and hour or two for everyone, even if they had not put a report in.

They also spoke about pioneer princesses, girls who had parents drive them around the territory and who acted like royalty because they were pioneers. The three that stayed with us for 10 days did not contribute to anything and we did not mind as they were "poor" pioneers. That illusion was shattered on the final days when they went shopping for high end brands of everything and came home to show us what they had bought as well as shipped home. We were struggling at the time to make ends meet...left a bad taste in my mouth!

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Hello Everyone

by MarieK in

i hope everyone is having a good saturday.

i've visited this many times in the past month or so, joined yesterday and finally got the nerve to post!

needless to say, i'm super nervous, being new to this whole experience.

chicken little

Welcome MarieK,

It is difficult and a little hard the first few times you log onto this site, the JW brainwashing is hard to shake off.

It gets easier and with time you will be posting and supporting others that have taken the same step after yourself.

All the best and enjoy your new life with your young children. Wish we had woken up when our children were so young. Still freedom after 34 years is still freedom and feels just great.

Love

Chicken little

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Regional Conventiona Stockholm

by InquiryMan in

close to 400 got baptized at the regional convention in stockholm attended by more than 50,000 witnesses from norway, sweden, denmark, iceland as well as greenland and faroe islands..

chicken little

I only have one friend on fb that is still a Jw and their family has been at that convention. They have posted about the love and how wonderful it all is. What I find very sad is that this family have a mother who is mentally ill and unable to care for herself properly. She was disfellowshipped and for many, many years fought to get back into the "truth". When she did make it back she was still left out in the cold and now where she really needs help and support she is left alone. Her only support is a neighbour who shows more christianity than the jw's all together. Yes you feel the love if you close your eyes to all the negative around you. Sad.

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need clarification: i told my wife the type and anti-type abolishment made the FDS a parable and not factual. boy did this piss her off

by goingthruthemotions in

let's just say i sometimes don't know how to keep my trap shut.

i really need to learn to keep well enough alone when she attacks me.

keep in mind i never start the fights about the borg.

chicken little

When she gets all ardent and zealous when speaking to you, just smile and go up to her and say, hej do you know how sexy you look when you get so serious? Then give her a big hug and squeeze...who knows what it may lead to?

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Help

by Horseygirl12 in

jw
friends

im so frustrated i could kill myself right now!!

im 15 and a couple weeks ago i confessed to my parents that i didn't want to be a jehovahs witness anymore and also that i was bisexual.

i had just gotten back from an eating disorder clinic and my parents decided to put me back in school (i was homeschooling before).

chicken little

Write down your feelings, taking time to do so in a clear way not charged with emotion. Explain you love them but cannot continue to live a lie. While you live at home it will be very difficult for you but you can get support by asking child welfare to at least try to talk to your parents. Your doctor could also be involved in talking to your parents if you truly are self harming and contemplating suicide. Your sexuality is your own business, your parents will have to recognize that at some point, maybe not until you have left home. Try your best to get outside help, their are help lines for bi-sexuals, lesbians etc. Get help.

All the best

Chicken little

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Something Beautiful to Contemplate when in a Time of Darkness

by fulltimestudent in

jw
friends

in east and south asian thought, lotus flowers have a symbolic significance.

the plant grows in mud, but produces a flower of great beauty.

in a time of darkness, it can become a symbol of hope:.

chicken little

Thank you.

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Get well Grace (Mouthy)

by label licker in

jw
friends

a loud get well grace from all of us to you.

everyone, grace has been in and out of the hospital and i'm sure she would love to read your get wells.

we miss you grace:) wish i could post pictures.

chicken little

Get well soon Grace, the summer is waiting for you.

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Vacation Destination: Looking for Input

by confusedandalone in

jw
friends

so when the kids get out of school we plan on going away for 3 to 4 weeks for vacation but we want to go somewhere that is actually enjoyable and not just packed full of things for the kids to do.

cruises are out, to confining.

i live in the u.s. so i want to abroad an continue to get the kids passports stamped so they can be exposed to as many cultures as possible.. .

chicken little

No one has mentioned Scandanavia, it is an eyeopener in many ways. The food is great, people are very friendly if you speak english. Sweden is unspoilt and has so many places of interest. Denmark is democracy at its best, free minded, open yet very intelligent population who love beer, snaps and sunshine in the summer, H.C. Andersen, Tivoli and more. Great eating places in Copenhagen. Abnb here too. Legoland over on the mainland, Jylland. Check out Wonderful Copenhagen.dk. Norway, very expensive but fantastic. There is easy access to Sweden from Denmark over a tollbridge, summerhouses can be rented. Pm me if you are interested in Sweden I have a place there.

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Missing my Mom

by exwhyzee in

she and my dad brought us to the u.s. from ireland in hopes of giving the 4 of us kids a better life with more opportunities.. mom went to school in her village where her mother (my grandmother) was the teacher and the bible was part of the curriculum.

they even used the name jehovah.

her father was a plymouth brethern (think amish or quaker) who was shunned for the rest of his life for marrying my grandmother who wasn't "in the lord"...she belonged to church of ireland.. when the witnesses came to the door after we arrived in the u.s, mom was a shoe-in candidate for their recruitment.

chicken little

Ahh, so nice to read your story and feel the love you had for your wonderful mum. Memories are like gems that shine bright and look more beautiful the more often we take them out and look at them. She sounds like she was great fun.