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  Any Brooklyn Bethelites from '93 - '98?

  by back2dafront in

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  i guess i should introduce myself for i am a new poster-boy :-) my name is jason howard and i currently reside in santa cruz, california.

  i spent the first 24 years of my life as a jw, starting in danbury, ct, then to fayetteville & charlotte, nc, and finally brooklyn, bethel, where finally all of my negative inner thoughts and feelings were confirmed.

  (from the ages of 14-24 i always felt something just didn't add up with the organization, but i could never quite put a finger on it) i spent my career at bethel in the brooklyn warehouse/purchasing departments and worked with some really great individuals.

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  fulano

  back2dafront & fulano,

  I know of a "Makoto Yabu" who is currently at Bethel and staying at the Bossart. He was accepted in late 1997. Working in the laudry department. Attending the Japanese congregation in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. Originally from Los Angeles, California

  Also I know of a "Eddie Lee" who was at Bethel from 1992 thru 2001. He worked in the bindry for the last tenure of his term there in Brooklyn. Attended the Chinese congregation in Manhattan, NY. Originally from Los Angeles, California. Moved back to L.A. after marrying a Japanese sister.

  You may know of them.

  Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother "NOT Exerting Vigorously")

  This is fun, I know Makoto very well!!!! Nice guy, quiet and honest, is he still there? I don'tknow Eddie.
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  How many hours are falsely reported?

  by badboy in

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  in the january 1 issue of each year, they harp on about how many hours the jws did last year etc etc.. how many hours are possibly falsely reported?.

  discuss,please

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  fulano

  This is too funny.
  My missionary aunt actually views it as "work", like a job.
  When she was visiting, I was waiting for her to go into her "Jehovah Mode". I didnt really feel like putting my husband through that, she must have noticed because she informed everyone in the room that she was on "vacation" and would not be taking her bible out.

  Heaven, in what country did she serve or is she serving?

  What I did on vacation in my home-country was giving experiences, 100-200 dollar a night was the least you would collect!
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  How many hours are falsely reported?

  by badboy in

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  2. friends

  in the january 1 issue of each year, they harp on about how many hours the jws did last year etc etc.. how many hours are possibly falsely reported?.

  discuss,please

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  fulano

  I lived with a couple of missionaries that would go out two mornings and one day and report 140 hours. Fun stuff: He didn't speak spanish enough to give a talk but got appointed as a CO, because he told the branch that he would live missionary-work (his words when moving out the home).
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  Any Brooklyn Bethelites from '93 - '98?

  by back2dafront in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i guess i should introduce myself for i am a new poster-boy :-) my name is jason howard and i currently reside in santa cruz, california.

  i spent the first 24 years of my life as a jw, starting in danbury, ct, then to fayetteville & charlotte, nc, and finally brooklyn, bethel, where finally all of my negative inner thoughts and feelings were confirmed.

  (from the ages of 14-24 i always felt something just didn't add up with the organization, but i could never quite put a finger on it) i spent my career at bethel in the brooklyn warehouse/purchasing departments and worked with some really great individuals.

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  fulano

  I also remember bethelites who walked around, thinking they were hot stuff when they

  would go to work with a starbucks in their hands

  Yes that was fun, not drinking coffee at the table, but buying it for $2! Does anyone recognize this: Working untill 6.30 pm, doing "overtime"and than ordering a pizza on the workplace on Brooklyn expences? That was popular at my department when the food was not wat they liked.
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  Any Brooklyn Bethelites from '93 - '98?

  by back2dafront in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i guess i should introduce myself for i am a new poster-boy :-) my name is jason howard and i currently reside in santa cruz, california.

  i spent the first 24 years of my life as a jw, starting in danbury, ct, then to fayetteville & charlotte, nc, and finally brooklyn, bethel, where finally all of my negative inner thoughts and feelings were confirmed.

  (from the ages of 14-24 i always felt something just didn't add up with the organization, but i could never quite put a finger on it) i spent my career at bethel in the brooklyn warehouse/purchasing departments and worked with some really great individuals.

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  fulano

  Hey Jason. I was at bethel from '94 to '01. I worked for most of that time in the factory. I just sent you an email. We definitely need to compare notes!

  Joeshmoe, did you live in the Bossart at that time? I did in 1999.
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  Arriving later and leaving earlier

  by JH in

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  about 15 years ago when i started attending meetings, i noticed that people arrived about 20 to 40 minutes before the meetings started, just to talk and socialize.

  also they used to leave about 30 minutes after the meeting.

  so when you add that up, the meeting wasn't 2 hours but 3 hours.

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  fulano

  I remember the time I had to skip homework just because of the TS and SM, untill 9 p.m. and than half an hour talking arriving home at 9.45 p.m.

  Good education!
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  Question about reproof

  by Sirona in

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  jehovahs witnesses over on another board are telling me that elders can reprove someone (who sinned and is repentant) privately and that that person does not lose their priveledges.

  has anyone here been reproved and kept all their congregation duties?

  if so, what does "reproof" actually mean?.

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  fulano

  I knew a lot of judicial hearings and procedures were don wrong, but I thought that was because of the new ones in the Dominican Republic, were some of the elders are not very wel educated and very new (4 years or less) in the Truth, but it is shocking to hear that so many has been done wrong in your countries.
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  Long assemblies

  by freedom96 in

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  there have been a couple of postings lately about long assemblies.. does anyone remember these, or maybe even attended them?.

  i was just a young child in the early 70's and something tells me i remember a long assembly, but don't remember if it was 8 days.. how long were they exactly, and what times.

  what the hell did they talk about???.

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  fulano

  Nurnberg, 1969, with Knorr. Eight days in a trailer, it was fun for a kid.
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  Karl Adams is Coming to Town

  by Mister Biggs in

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  what's the scoop with this guy?

  he is coming because the congregation is the host for the special assembly day (s.a.d.).

  i know he's the gilead instructor.

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  fulano

  Karl Adams is not a member of the GB and is not anointed, he lives in Patterson, on writing and sometimes teaching Gilead, and taking care of his very ill wife.I was in his congregation for about two months.

  Edited by - fulano on 27 November 2002 3:16:17

  Edited by - fulano on 27 November 2002 3:17:1
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  Question about reproof

  by Sirona in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  jehovahs witnesses over on another board are telling me that elders can reprove someone (who sinned and is repentant) privately and that that person does not lose their priveledges.

  has anyone here been reproved and kept all their congregation duties?

  if so, what does "reproof" actually mean?.

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  fulano

  Sorry Lin but that is totally wrong what they did, there has to be at least three, and in complicated cases more...unless you were an unbaptized publisher and did something wrong than two will do.