I understand your situation when you are saying you were forced to go out in field service. I graduated from high school in June 1976. My parents didn’t give me a brake. I had to do aux.p. , I think it was 75 hours a month. 16 Years old ...a hot summer and nobody to go with me. Parents? They may burn in hell...
Posts by fulano
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30Good memories of full-time service?
by fulano inperhaps not a topic for everybody... mine.. in both sp service in a foreign field in europe , the freedom and helping people to read and write in spanish .
doing a lot of work in the congregations.. in missionary-service.. helping congregations in a third-world country and see good results in family relations.
and the siestas from 13:00 to 15:00..... who has good memories of bethel?
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Good memories of full-time service?
by fulano inperhaps not a topic for everybody... mine.. in both sp service in a foreign field in europe , the freedom and helping people to read and write in spanish .
doing a lot of work in the congregations.. in missionary-service.. helping congregations in a third-world country and see good results in family relations.
and the siestas from 13:00 to 15:00..... who has good memories of bethel?
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fulano
Perhaps not a topic for everybody..
Mine.. in both sp service in a foreign field in Europe , the freedom and helping people to read and write in Spanish . Doing a lot of work in the congregations.
In missionary-service.. helping congregations in a third-world country and see good results in family relations. And the siestas from 13:00 to 15:00....
Who has good memories of bethel? ... I dont :):)
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What happens to Bethelites?
by rickroll inso if someone puts their life into serving the cult for free at bethel, then say after 25 or 30 years they are not able to for one reason or another such as illness, or family issue or old age, does the cult have any safety net for these people or is it you serve until you can't and when you can't you just go away?
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fulano
I dont know the current rules of course, as my main concerns are not jw related after 20 years. But I remember that our missionary guide, which one had to sign annually, stated that a missionary could consider his home as permanent after 15 years of service. As our bethel service always had been temporary others might fill me in on this. Co’s and SP’s are disposable stuff, that is what I remember.
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elders wont pray for someone?
by AuntBee ina former member said that elders told a relative of his after she was dfed that they would not be praying for her.
is that some kind of policy, or were they just doing their own thing in that instance?
taot.
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fulano
Exactly... a miserable moment. Most of them leave very sad.
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elders wont pray for someone?
by AuntBee ina former member said that elders told a relative of his after she was dfed that they would not be praying for her.
is that some kind of policy, or were they just doing their own thing in that instance?
taot.
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fulano
After a committee Made the decision to disfellowship someone and told it to the person during the meeting, they just split up and leave. No prayer. I always found it a very odd moment.
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Unique JW Phrases 101
by Solzhenitsyn inwhat unique to jws phrases do you remember?
something fun for those of us taught to speak an entirely unique and pure language.
there have been posts in the past in this forum but perhaps some have new ones after having kept up with jehovah's chariot as the light gets brighter.
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fulano
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Unique JW Phrases 101
by Solzhenitsyn inwhat unique to jws phrases do you remember?
something fun for those of us taught to speak an entirely unique and pure language.
there have been posts in the past in this forum but perhaps some have new ones after having kept up with jehovah's chariot as the light gets brighter.
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fulano
Morning worship
Home overseer
Cooking day
PEA
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How Long Did It Take To Finally Leave The Organization Once You Realized It Was Really Not The Truth?
by minimus init actually took me a few years to finally leave the organization so i was mentally out for a while before i simply stopped all meetings altogether.. how long did it take you to finally make the break?
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We divorced in 2004. At that time she attended the meetings and was active. Since that moment I have never seen her again..So I dont know.
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See you in a couple weeks
by Biahi inleaving today for rome, and then a mediterranean cruise.
will not be online, i will miss you all.
hopefully, when i get back, the wt will have declared bankruptcy.
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fulano
We are in Crete right now, in an appartement looking at the island Dia. I was thinking of Paul citing Epemenides in Titus 1:12 :” Cretens are liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons”. In fact most men are fat but kind, always offering you an ouzo or raki. Great climate here and good food and wine. Now my last cigar and raki and tomorrow flying back.
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How Long Did It Take To Finally Leave The Organization Once You Realized It Was Really Not The Truth?
by minimus init actually took me a few years to finally leave the organization so i was mentally out for a while before i simply stopped all meetings altogether.. how long did it take you to finally make the break?
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fulano
About a year. Working at Patterson. I saw the hypocrisy. I did not show up anymore on my department and within two weeks I was back to my home-country. No money after so many years abroad. Gave up my privilege as an elder and stopped attending everything. My wife went on attending though.
19 Years ago.