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My experience......from East Africa

by Smily kelly in

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its a long read.sorry.

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Welcome Kelly! Hope all is well.

FYI, you have a PM. You may need to refresh the page and try opening it several times, PMs are buggy here.

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Did you knew the Watchtower has now a Airline? Go see it here...

by BluePill2 in

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busy with life .

but had to share this piece of stupidity.

flying freely over the evil world wide web i found this image from a recent gilead graduation festival (or whatever they call the crap feast now):.

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Who wants a ride in the witness heap?

BluePill2 you have a PM

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im stunned

by maccauk11 in

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here is something tha thas just amazed me.

i had two witnesses at the door.

i invited them in for a few minutes because of the cold.

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scotoma you have a PM

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Personal Qualifications Report - Interesting notes on this one...

by MC RubberMallet in

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Inter'sting form.

BluePill2 - you have a PM.

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Hospitality after Public Talk - ???

by RubaDub in

i see a lot of mentions about hospitality after the public talk and honestly, i guess it is a practice that was not in the ny/ct area i grew up in or here in south florida today.. i grew up with an elder father and grandfather who gave public talks and were generally well-liked.

as a child, i never recall being invited to someone's house after the meeting.

granted, it was rare to travel more than an hour but regardless, it was typical to get in the car and head home after the "amens.

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Jam - you prob. tried this already, but what works for me is after I get the error message, is to again click on the envelope on the upper right, then the page reloads with the PM title no longer bolded, then it will open. The important thing is to have the title not bold I think.

As for the thread topic; where I live most every speaker gets hospitality, usually it's a restuarant.

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Hospitality after Public Talk - ???

by RubaDub in

i see a lot of mentions about hospitality after the public talk and honestly, i guess it is a practice that was not in the ny/ct area i grew up in or here in south florida today.. i grew up with an elder father and grandfather who gave public talks and were generally well-liked.

as a child, i never recall being invited to someone's house after the meeting.

granted, it was rare to travel more than an hour but regardless, it was typical to get in the car and head home after the "amens.

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Jam you have a PM

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CO Visits... Are elders honest about the TRUE state of the congregation?

by Alfred in

this question is really for elders or ex-elders (or ministerial servants in the know).... did you find that some elders would tend to "white-wash" the true state of the congregation when they had their sit-down with the co every 6 months?.

did some elders feel pressure to hide certain things from a co for fear of being "removed" from the boe?.

(judging by the "fakeness" that some elders displayed during co visits, i have to wonder whether they were really worried about being removed for not seeking out inactives or encouraging more participation during the wt study, book study or fs...).

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winston you have a PM

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Do COs have a cushy life?

by A question in

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do cos (and dos) have a cushy life in comparison with other jws, or others in fulltime service?.

it could be said that they do, since they have an apartment provided for them, meals out, green handshakes, and invites to social gatherings.

it could also be said that they do not, since they may have to live in a different house every week, accept whatever food they're given, and they have a lot more meetings than the average jw.. .

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Do COs (and DOs) have a cushy life in comparison with other JWs, or others in fulltime service?

It could be said that they do, since they have an apartment provided for them, meals out, green handshakes, and invites to social gatherings. It could also be said that they do not, since they may have to live in a different house every week, accept whatever food they're given, and they have a lot more meetings than the average JW.

Specific examples are appreciated. Thank you.

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