Posts by lisavegas420

Another Christian woman kept a handbag given her by an aunt who was a fortune-teller. Using the handbag in the ministry, she experienced powerful thoughts of "Go home!" Bad thoughts rushed into her mind almost audibly, all of them anti-kingdom. She could not understand herself, as these negative thoughts entered her mind as if by telephone, so that she complained of "hearing herself think." Only after getting rid of the handbag did she get relief.

My guess is she got rid of her handbag, so could no longer go out in the field service because she didn't have anything to carry her litature in and that is what gave her the releif.

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My Mother's Being Announced in November As OFF The Pioneer List

by minimus in

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after 40 years of serving as a regular pioneer and being on the infirm list, the circuit overseer, the po and another elder told her today in a 30 min.

conversation she was going to be announced as no longer pioneering.

the co mostly talked about me, my wife and daughter.

lisavegas420

maybe after some time she will come to feel like....

Retirement is not an ending, but a new journey that combines wisdom & opportunity.

never know where her thoughts may take her now that she has some free time on her hands.

Lisa

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Morons who steal my laundry detergent.

by Nancy Drake in

i thought the bottle was feeling a little light one day, but i thought maybe my boyfriend did a couple loads (yeah, right.

) then after i bought a full bottle, did one load, and came back to an almost empty bottle, i knew it was theft.

since then, i have to lock it up.

When my children were little I hated going to the laundry mat with them. I found out the the local laundry mat would wash, dry, and fold or hang my clothes for the cost of washing them and an extra five dollars for the service. It saved me tons of time and headache.

Oh, wait this is about your laundry soap. Um....yea like the others said I carry it back and forth not leave it for some else to snatch up and use.

Lisa

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The National Anthem, and JW related social dorkiness

by Netty in

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we went to a college football game tonight.

i thoroughly enjoyed the singing of the national anthem.

stood up, without a 2nd thought that there should ever be a reason why i shouldnt.

lisavegas420

That reminds me ....

Last year was the first time I ever went to a company Christmas Party. My boss knew this was my first company Christmas Party and told me that every year that they have a Christmas Hat Contest and I should wear a fancy Christmas Hat.

My husband is one of those people that wears the Red Santa Hat from the first day of December until Christmas day.

So he wore that hat to the company Christmas party because it fell during that time period.

Anyway my boss a dozen or more was in on it even talking about what kind of hats they were going to wear before the party. It didn't make any difference to me because I wasn't going to wear a hat anyway. But when my husband came in wearing the Santa hat they thought HE fell for the joke. Made an anouncement about the joke and the fake Christmas Hat Contest to the rest of the company 100+ people and gave my husband a Christmas CD for playing along.

Lisa

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Heaven, where is it?

by JH in

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how would you explain what and where heaven is?

and, do you expect to go to heaven when you die?

lisavegas420

I would like you all to meet my granddaugher, Heaven.

She just started 2nd grade. Isn't she cute....

Lisa

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Do you miss your parents?

by cyberguy in

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my mom died when i was 19; she was near death when i was 17/18, but somehow, held-on (this is a long story, sometime i?ll elaborate).

anyway, i was able to spend a little bit of time with my dad in his last years; in fact, i flew him out to hawaii a couple of times with me, to just enjoy each other?s company!

i review our pictures often!.

lisavegas420

Both of my parents are still alive, as is my sister and brothers, neices and nephew. But they too are following the carrot as is tradition for this family It's been more than 6 years since I've even seen them. I've spoken to them 3 times in the last 6 years on the phone I called them each time. . Except for the one time my dad to called to say my mom was in the hospital. I thanked him for calling and said I love you, and he hung up on me. I called my mom at the hospital and told her that I loved her and she hung up on me. I called last April and told them than my daugher (24) just had her third child, a boy this time. They didn't answer the phone and never returned the call to either me or my daugher. I've been shunned for the last 17 years.

I don't miss THEM....they are spiteful and mean. I miss what could have been . ( And since they are still living, maybe will have someday. but i am becomming less and less hopeful as they get older and older).

What could have been is......

What I do and will continue to have with my children and grandchildren............. A real un-conditional loving family.....I have started new family traditions. That don't include mega door to door work weekends or boring assembly vacations or family drives to the meetings.

So to answer your question NO...I don't really miss my parents.....actually sometimes I wonder if I would even LIKE them...hmmmm

Lisa

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Old People Ask

by ballistic in

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ok, i was reading the awake article thread, and i thought, we have "yound people ask" but no "old people ask" so what about some article titles for the old?.

old people ask: "why has the new system been *just around the corner* for over 100 years?".

old people ask: "why didn't i save for my retirement?".

lisavegas420

Old People Ask: Is it too late to start that college education?

or better yet....

Old People Ask: My children are disfellowshipped, what should I do with their inheritance?

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Daughter Dissed by Dub

by willyloman in

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the short version is: my daughter fell in love several years ago with another teenager; both were dubs in good standing, both later reproved for expressing that love in some manner not platonic.

boy moves away.

girl moves away, in another direction.

lisavegas420

A girl's self-esteem comes from her father's attention. We all go on to the dating scene with a 50/50 chance to pick up a loser. Girls with good self-worth dump the losers. Girls who are still chasing after their father's affections are most likely to chase after the losers. It sounds like you are the kind of amazing father who lets his girl know regularly how special she is, so I am sure this is a romance she will get over. What dads have to get used to is that they can't fix everything. You will have to let her cry this out for a while.

Jgnat...that is good.....really good ...

Lisa

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JWD's growth rate trounces that of the JWs

by seattleniceguy in

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check it out.

i signed up on december 15. i am member 11210. members signing up the middle of this month were in the mid 14400's.

that means in 8 months, we've had about 3200 additional people show up.

lisavegas420

Anybody got a light?

How about this?