if memory serves me, when it was first introduced elders had to fill out a form to grade a jw, and only those who made the grade could do the carts.. i didn’t realize until sir82 said something on another discussion that the process had changed.. what is the process nowadays?
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In a Dutch newspaper article about the cartwork a JW representative said that there are qualifications because we don't want an old JW lady near the cart but a fresh atractive representative.
When Gorby read this he was so said for the elderly JW. At the other hand, it was a quality news paper and JW don't read quality papers 😎 So, impact was low.
G.
It is.
G.
wow, wow, it appears on about the 50:00 minute mark and it shows the kingdom at hand publication and many old school awake issues.
it shows also many many la la land moments where the actors sing to the lyrics.
i know they been doing this for last few months.
They try to be more mainstream. Have to, because the end does not come.
You have to do something, isn't it?
"Isn't it wonderfull how Jehovah directs his organization?"
G.
i remember one of the nights that i found out the truth wasn't the truth, that is after finding out about the united nations, i remember riding my bicycle from like 1am till 5am in the city night.
it was rather chilly, maybe about 55-60 degrees and i was playing pink floyd's dark side of the moon album in my earbuds.
just riding and riding, not really tiring because of the thought that 7 men in brooklyn had duped me, duped me for like 20 plus years.
Yep, for me the (constant) bookstudy of Revelation book and the Isaiah, Daniel and Jeremia fantasy history books together with the 1995 change of this generation was too much to stay in. Since then part of the fading class.
G.
i have posted the full story on a fb site.
so my apologies to anyone who's already read it.
some of what i've written is what was told to me by my father.
Good story!
such fun.
what gems will this plump little oddball be ranting about this time?.
4 milion empty seats every week is not that good. Then you are selling a product for a too small market. In the marketing field you have some options then: costs down, employee downgrade, searching for new products and new markets (and need money to invest for research), and "cash cow", milking it out.
They:
- are trying to have the cost down, they do an employee downgrade, and sell their assets for cash, so the religion we see now is being milking out, that's what it is. It's all explainable. Bah, all those educated brothers for seeing through their acts. (:
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it must be arround 1978, when litle gorby was on holiday with his parents and brother near some tourist village in the very south of the netherlands.
it was always special, driving 300 km in a litle saab 96 for holiday, far more then others of our jw congregation.
worldtravelers on a small scale.. and then, while walking near the road, in a moment, my mother said loud "look, brother co!!!"..
No, not Friesland. 😎
I'm giving to much details now 😂😂😂
Ding dong there are the elders.
No, we drove 96, 99, 90, 900 and 93 and when Saab quit with cars, we said goodby to this cars. With tears in our eyes.
G.
it must be arround 1978, when litle gorby was on holiday with his parents and brother near some tourist village in the very south of the netherlands.
it was always special, driving 300 km in a litle saab 96 for holiday, far more then others of our jw congregation.
worldtravelers on a small scale.. and then, while walking near the road, in a moment, my mother said loud "look, brother co!!!"..
It must be arround 1978, when litle Gorby was on holiday with his parents and brother near some tourist village in the very south of The Netherlands. It was always special, driving 300 km in a litle Saab 96 for holiday, far more then others of our JW congregation. Worldtravelers on a small scale.
And then, while walking near the road, in a moment, my mother said loud "Look, brother CO!!!".
Brother and sister CO looked like the persons on this picture. It was evident that the two didn't expect us to see. And it was evident, they did not enjoyed it to see us. 😂😂😂
G.
it's canada day today and not just any canada day, it's canada's 150 birthday.
for some strange reason i was actually able to reason with my wife day and she agreed with me.
field service on a special day wouldn't be appropriate.
My dad learned me many no go days.
Family Gorby did not go out on special days.
G.
here in holland jw.org is organizing for the first time the yearly conventions like circuits.
the whole summer the new convention hall is used for small group conventions instead of 10.000 seat external halls.. it keeps the money in the organization.
not renting external buildings.. the 29.000 witnesses here are divided now into 2.000 seat audience.. g..
Here in Holland jw.org is organizing for the first time the yearly conventions like circuits. The whole summer the new convention hall is used for small group conventions instead of 10.000 seat external halls.
It keeps the money in the organization. Not renting external buildings.
The 29.000 witnesses here are divided now into 2.000 seat audience.
G.
