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  Did you read the literature?

  by WuzLovesDubs in

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  initially i suppose i did.

  i know i over studied the articles for the wt study because i thought my enthusiasm as a study would make me more accepted.

  but after awhile i didnt read the awakes at all except for a cursory glance because i was giving them to people.

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  awildflower

  I read every single Awake, Watchtower, book, KM, Year Book, Daily Text, book mark, from front to back, for 14 years straight. I missed ONE awake during a military move. I read the Bible twice through, I studied for EVERY meeting, including the one's for field service! I looked up every bit of additional information in the study articles. That on top of personal study for one to two hours almost every day doing countless personal study projects. Everyone came to me to ask me to look stuff up if they couldn't find it or didn't want to. I prepared comments for EVERY meeting as well. I have a journal of points I would right from the literature to look at later. Oh yes, I did it all. In part I think that's why these "elders" here haven't messed with me because I know their stuff. In fact I wrote a five page or so letter with literature quotes all over it, showing them how they handled a certain situation wrong. I never heard ONE word from them about it.

  Of course I've forgotten all of it now and for good reason.
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  Going to Hawaii

  by Newborn in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi ya'll, it's been a while..... just thought i'd come in and say hello.

  a lot of new people here but also some oldies.

  i've recently booked a trip to hawaii with some friends in may.

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  North Shore was my absolute favorite. Less commercial, more "local". The last day we were there, they were having a surfing competition on North Shore due to huge waves. People just pick up and hit the beach on very short notice due to the waves. Very cool to watch the talent.
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  I've got a crush on a TV Preacher! Pastor Melissa Scott

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

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  quicklist6:46pastor melissa scott teaching on women speaking in the church part 1 - husbands wives ...pastor melissa scott teaching on women speaking in the church part 1 - husbands wives ...pastor melissa scott teaches from the los angeles university cathedral.

  this is one of five brief excerpts posted here drawn from her full, one ...7 months ago4,440 viewsinthebrokenplacespastor melissa scott teaching on women speaking in the church part 1 - husbands wives .... 6:46 august 05, 2009education.

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  awildflower

  You guys just keep walking right into it for PS
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  Going to Hawaii

  by Newborn in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi ya'll, it's been a while..... just thought i'd come in and say hello.

  a lot of new people here but also some oldies.

  i've recently booked a trip to hawaii with some friends in may.

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  awildflower

  You truly got lucky!
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  The Awakening

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a time comes in your life when you finally get...when, in the midst of all your fears and insanity, you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out...enough1 enough fighting and crying and blaming and struggling to hold on.

  then, like a child quieting down after a tantrum, you blink back your tears and begin to look at the world through new eyes.. .

  you realize its time to stop hoping and waiting for something to change, or for happiness, safety and security to magically appear over the next horizon.. .

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  awildflower

  I agree Poppers!
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  Going to Hawaii

  by Newborn in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi ya'll, it's been a while..... just thought i'd come in and say hello.

  a lot of new people here but also some oldies.

  i've recently booked a trip to hawaii with some friends in may.

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  OMG, Think! That's horrible, I'm so glad you made it!

  Did anyone see you struggling out there??
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  I've got a crush on a TV Preacher! Pastor Melissa Scott

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

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  quicklist6:46pastor melissa scott teaching on women speaking in the church part 1 - husbands wives ...pastor melissa scott teaching on women speaking in the church part 1 - husbands wives ...pastor melissa scott teaches from the los angeles university cathedral.

  this is one of five brief excerpts posted here drawn from her full, one ...7 months ago4,440 viewsinthebrokenplacespastor melissa scott teaching on women speaking in the church part 1 - husbands wives .... 6:46 august 05, 2009education.

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  A pic with all my love to all of you, my virtual friends!

  by goldensky in

  1. jw
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  i've been wanting to post a pic for so long.

  i finally found out how!

  here it goes: goldensky and daughter with all our love to you guys.

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  awildflower

  Hi Goldensky, great pic! Looks like your having fun!
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  ANY JW's or ex-JW's from Western Oklahoma or TX panhandle on here?

  by Melody Blankenship in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if so, have you heard about the goings on at the elk city, ok congregation of jw's?

  they have been draining the funds out of our family trusts (my dad remarried into this cult four months after my mom passed away and he now has alzheimer's.

  ) anyway, we are currently in a court battle in beckham county, ok to have my dad removed as trustee of the trusts (look it up on odcr or oklahoma district court records or on demand court records)....steve powell vs. bobby g powell.

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  Hi Melody, I'm from Moore OK. What's the update on the situation with your dad? I imagine the jw's weren't going to just let this go and gracefully give back all your dad's assets.
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  Going to Hawaii

  by Newborn in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi ya'll, it's been a while..... just thought i'd come in and say hello.

  a lot of new people here but also some oldies.

  i've recently booked a trip to hawaii with some friends in may.

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  awildflower

  Just went to Hawaii this past November, from the states of course, but it was soooooo fun and beautiful. Have a great trip! Wish I were going back right about now!