5 years? really? I hope someone is waiting for him when he gets out to serve some real justice.
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NBC NEWS: Man who raped Jehovah's Witness girls sentenced to 5 years in prison
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-who-raped-jehovah-s-witness-girls-sentenced-5-years-n1082136.
man who raped jehovah's witness girls sentenced to 5 years in prison .
"it’s finally over.
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Creepy display
by neat blue dog in.
i dunno about you, but if i walked up to this display at an expo i'd be a little creeped out..
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My wife who was working at the information desk at the Warsaw airport for the recent International convention this summer had to change her yellow blouse to a white one (she must have missed the memo) when she got there one day. Same goofy flowing scarves (different color but all had to be the same=unity).
I saw on several emails she got from coordinators the same strange question: Is there joy? To which of course everyone had to reply: yes! Even at a later post convention cook-out at the end when they were giving coordinators gifts, the same question was asked. And everyone shouted: yes! I was hiding in the bushes...
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@Simon: yes, I had the same experience in my career working at multiple software/tech/telecom companies. It was also the same for me moving out of the US. Once I was out for a few years, I began to realize what a totally disfunctional country it was and still is. Not going back.
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One thing she alluded to was true in my case. Once you are outside you normal environment (comfort zone) and have some space, it all starts to fall apart. When I moved from the US to Poland nobody expected anything from me anymore. Yes, I went to meetings and out in service but I had a lot more space. I wasn't so busy, I actually had time to think. They (JW.org/WT) don't want you to think - they already have 'smart' people that have done that for you.
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Cost of Attending the International Conventions
by RubaDub ini have never been invited/requested/applied to any international convention, other than it happening to be our own convention in new york city where we were already assigned (i think back and maybe this happened two times or so when i was growing up).. anyway, people here keep commenting about the cost to attend; the inflated airfares, rooms, transportation, etc.. does anyone have some actual numbers to provide?
i realize that the cost of attending a convention in a different country will be affected by some variations in airfare from the departure city but generally how much do these things cost?
are they comparable to a tour from an expedia, travelocity or other travel site?.
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Good question. And as I asked in another thread, are they having more of them? Could be a cash-cow. No sense trying to get money from poor JWs.
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The International convention in Warsaw is coming soon
by FadeToBlack ini took my wife to the airport today to pick up a 'delegate' from the us.
on the way, she was almost crying with joy when she read that jw's will have free public transportation if they wear their lapel badge and have matching id.
jah provides!
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@Diogenesister: thanks for link to Sarah's interview. Very encouraging to hear.
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The International convention in Warsaw is coming soon
by FadeToBlack ini took my wife to the airport today to pick up a 'delegate' from the us.
on the way, she was almost crying with joy when she read that jw's will have free public transportation if they wear their lapel badge and have matching id.
jah provides!
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Update time: Wife worked at info desk Monday and Tuesday from 11am -10PM. It was too late to come home so she got to stay in one of the comp rooms. Tuesday she got home early (9pm). Lots of trinkets exchanged with delegates. Today she had to go to a 'meeting' for volunteers somewhere else in Warsaw. Tomorrow she is at another info desk and then Friday to opening day of convention. Of course, she is all weepy relating how wonderful all of this is.
I had to take our visiting delegate to her hotel - it was time to officially check-in. Warsaw was already crawling with delegates when we got there at around 13:00. It was hard to get from the train station to the hotel without running into them. At the hotel there were 4 or 5 sisters outside welcoming us. Inside there were about 20 more all lined up and smiling and waving on the way to the registration desk. It had a kind of creepy beauty-pagent quality about it. I got our guest in line and told her I had to go. There were 2 young brothers by the JW info-desk playing KM songs softly on a guitar and some type of flute.
It was good I saw it first because when I got home I read some JW emails to my wife from the hospitality coordinators with PDF's describing how to dress and behave. Lots of emphasis on 'big-smiles'. So far nobody has invited me to the convention! I
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The International convention in Warsaw is coming soon
by FadeToBlack ini took my wife to the airport today to pick up a 'delegate' from the us.
on the way, she was almost crying with joy when she read that jw's will have free public transportation if they wear their lapel badge and have matching id.
jah provides!
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Thanks for that information. I am still planning to visit the convention just to meet some of the 'apostates'.
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The International convention in Warsaw is coming soon
by FadeToBlack ini took my wife to the airport today to pick up a 'delegate' from the us.
on the way, she was almost crying with joy when she read that jw's will have free public transportation if they wear their lapel badge and have matching id.
jah provides!
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I took my wife to the airport today to pick up a 'delegate' from the US. On the way, she was almost crying with joy when she read that JW's will have free public transportation if they wear their lapel badge and have matching ID. Jah provides!
She has the privilege of working a few days at the 'info desk' at a hotel at the airport. Apparently the big thing delegates are stoked about is all the JW events that have been arranged.
Will report back as I hear more. Convention dates are Aug 9th thru the 11th. All the 'fun' stuff has been arranged for the week before. Even my wife has started dressing in more native peasant outfits for the visitors.
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International convention in Poland
by FadeToBlack inget ready for the big time!
my wife has already been to several special training sessions this year in preparation for the big event.
several saturday sessions at the assembly hall in warsaw.
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I was invited by one of my wife's friends to go on a tour with her and her husband so they could get some feedback. They are getting some training to be tour guides and wanted to know how they were doing. Too much of this, too little of that. I said I had to work, Sorry.