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  Thanks to the warriors!

  by DJ in

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  i wanted to express my thanks to the prayer warriors that posted yesterday to thread about my dad.

  i experienced a major lift last night which carried over to today!

  my pop has some tests to go thru again.

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  Glad to hear he is doing better. Will continue praying.

  Sadie
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  I'm a bit upset right now.

  by Sadie5 in

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  one of our venders for our business closed down a few weeks ago, and we found a new company to get some of our supplies from.

  while i was making the order, the woman asked me if i wanted our competitor who happened to be there bring it to our place since he was coming our way.

  i knew my husband wouldn't want that so i told her no, after she asked me 3 times.. my husband picked up the supplies later on in the day.

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  One of our venders for our business closed down a few weeks ago, and we found a new company to get some of our supplies from. I called there to place an order. While I was making the order, the woman asked me if I wanted our competitor who happened to be there bring it to our place since he was coming our way. I knew my husband wouldn't want that so I told her no, after she asked me 3 times.

  My husband picked up the supplies later on in the day. After he got back, she called me and told me that our competitor had told her we were witnesses and she wanted to know if this was true. I said we used to be. She said ok and hung up. I know our competitor isn't a witness, he is Pentacostal.

  I'm a bit upset that our competitor would be talking with a vendor of ours, about what religion we might be. We had never told him we were JWs. I'm also wondering what kind of treatment we are going to receive now that she knows we aren't but at one time were. I know this is a small company, family owned and might be made up of JWs. They may even refuse to do business with us, I just don't know what may happen. Oh, well I can alway look for another vender.

  Thoughts?

  Sadie
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  For Those Who Pray. My dad is very sick

  by DJ in

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  my dad is in very bad shape.

  he has cns lymphoma.

  he is sliding backwards rapidly.

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  Sadie5

  I'll pray for you and your Dad.
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  Scarier still...this is your mind on JWism

  by LovesDubs in

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  another letter...to my sister in oct 1984, 5 months into jwism: oh god i cannot believe this.

  "dear c:.

  i knew exactly why we hadn't spoken before you left here.

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  Sadie5

  I could identify with a lot of what you wrote. I was involved with the JWs for about 20 years. During that time, last surviving grandparent, father and most of my aunts and uncles died. I have one aunt left and my mother. I lost 20 years of family get-togethers(holiday). You can never get those times back. They are gone forever. Being a JW, it hurt going in, it hurt going out.

  Sadie
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  Over 7000 Served!!

  by Scully in

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  congratulations simon & angharad!.

  when i joined this forum almost a year ago, membership was just cresting the 3000 mark.

  i've found this place welcoming, helpful and informative, comforting, humourous, challenging and downright lovable.

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  Sadie5

  Congratualtions and thank you for having this board.

  Sadie
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  When brothers don't reach out

  by Sadie5 in

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  all this talk about privileges being taken away, such as microphone duty, got me to thinking about how some brothers are viewed who aren't reaching out.. my husband would have fallen in this category.

  i got involved with the jws first and looking back i think he just followed along to keep peace in our marriage.

  he (gladly) followed me out too.. when we were jws, it wasn't a priority to him to become a ms or elder.

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  Sadie5

  Thanks everyone for the comments. Looks like this was an issue that was everywhere.
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  When brothers don't reach out

  by Sadie5 in

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  all this talk about privileges being taken away, such as microphone duty, got me to thinking about how some brothers are viewed who aren't reaching out.. my husband would have fallen in this category.

  i got involved with the jws first and looking back i think he just followed along to keep peace in our marriage.

  he (gladly) followed me out too.. when we were jws, it wasn't a priority to him to become a ms or elder.

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  All this talk about privileges being taken away, such as microphone duty, got me to thinking about how some brothers are viewed who aren't reaching out.

  My husband would have fallen in this category. I got involved with the JWs first and looking back I think he just followed along to keep peace in our marriage. He (gladly) followed me out too.

  When we were JWs, it wasn't a priority to him to become a MS or Elder. We had several young child and he would help me with them at the meetings. We didn't spank our children for not being able to sit through the meetings, he would take them out to the parking lot when it got too much for them and walk around with them for a few minutes. So he wasn't interested in handling the microphones.

  He also did not have a lot of time to devote to preparing for talks. He had a very good paying job so that I could stay home with the kids. We weren't rich by any means. His job meant working long hours and being on call frequently, he was in the medical field. If his pager went off, we just quietly got up and left the meeting, he would drop the family off and head out to work. So he didn't want the stress of being on the platform and having his pager go off, so he didn't join the school.

  Field service was kept simple too. We usually did tract work, or just encouraged people to read their Bible. Neither one of us had the time or resources to devote to a magazine route, return visits or a Bible study. We only had one car at the time so I didn't go out during the week. My husband had seen how often a bunch of sisters would go out through the week without having enough child seats for the children that were going along. He did not want the children put at risk like that, and he did not want someone else watching them while I went out.

  At the time, my husband said that this time of our lives needs to go to raising our children. there would be time in the future when our children were grown when we could do more "in the truth".

  Not everyone had his viewpoint and we were looked upon as spiritually weak or materialistic. there was a number of brothers that kept telling my husband to find some other kind of work so he would have more time for spiritual activities. He never tood their advice.

  I'm thankful to be away from all of it. they laid such a guilt trip on us just because we wanted to take care of our family properly.

  Sadie
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  Welcome Lawrence !

  by Simon in

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  good to see you online bud .

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=37734&page=2&site=3#511186.

  wish it was in happier circumstances

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  Just wanted to welcome you and say your situation touched out family very deeply. What the WT did to you and your loved ones was wrong, wrong, wrong. May you find true comfort and peace.

  Sadie
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  Sisters going after minor brothers

  by nowaytess in

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  i know when it comes to pedophiles we are young girls or teenage girls who have been molested by men.. i know of 2 cases where a teenage boy is being seduced by an older woman in the congregation.. .

  i know of one when i was a jw in my congregation.

  she was 24 and he was 15 1/2 - 16 when they meet.

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  I know of 2 situations like this. I met this one couple after they had been married a few years, she was 15 years older than him, they got married when he was 18. They were both miserable. He eventually committed adultery with a worldly workmate to get out of the marriage. A child resulted from this. The wife divorced him thinking he would marry the girl. He didn't, after being df and then reinstated, very shortly after that he married a young JW sister. About the only thing he did for the child was to pay child support, didn't care about having a relationship with her.

  2nd situation was a 16 year old boy and a sister in her late thirties.(married) They were always going out in service together, often it would work out they were alone. Eventually it was discovered they were committing adultry. There wasn't to much done about it, they were publicly(sp?) reproved. She was good friends with the elders and their wives. Her husband decided to move the family to another congregation. The boy got into a lot of trouble and was df for several years. He eventually got reinstated and got married to a JW about his age.

  Sadie
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  Amazon.com a Pedophile's Paradise ???

  by Xandria in

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  this is what was found on amazon.com they sell this book freely and just read the ill reviews!!!!

  this book openly invites pedophiles!

  boycott amazon and make them take responsiblity for offering this book for sale.

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  Sadie5

  This ad made me want to barf. SICK!