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Service in a foreign country
by FadeToBlack in
1. jw
2. friends
i am not here on assignment.

we came here (poland) to take care of my wife's mother.. i was often asked when i returned to the us if it was difficult to participate in the preaching work in a foreign country when i was not fluent in the native language.

not at all, i replied.
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Hypothetical question about level/depth of talks at DC this year?
by FadeToBlack in
1. jw
2. friends
for those of you who had to go this year and have been in for a while, how do you think someone from the 40's or even the 70's would react if they had to sit thru the 2013 dc?

for me, it was like 'land of the stupid'.

everything seemed to be presented at about a 4th grade level (my apologies in advance to 4th graders who are more advanced than adult jw's).
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Notes from English speaking DC in Poland
by FadeToBlack in
1. jw
2. friends
i managed to weasel out of friday, so no comments on the days program.

i'm sure it was marvellous.

i made it thru saturday's program in a fairly sociable mood, saying hello to a few folks we hadn't seen in years.
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Viv Moritz returning to Australia
by FadeToBlack in
1. jw
2. friends
just heard it today from his own mouth at english speaking dc in poland.

in concluding talk, he mentioned that he had been here for 2 years (doing what, i don't know) and that he would soon be in the ukraine for 6 months before returning home.

we were so blessed (not) with his presence..
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Awkward moment at the WT study today
by FadeToBlack in
1. watchtower
2. bible
when we got to paragraphs 10,11 with the reference to the box at the top of the page - is your teaching up-to-date?

the conductor asked for an explanation of what the current 'bible truth' was.

for the first one, 'this generation (matt 24:34) absolutely nobody raised their hand!
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Evidently, the moon must be made of cheese
by FadeToBlack in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if this sentence slipped into one of the paragraphs in an upcoming study article about jehovah's wonderful creative works, would anyone notice?

would anyone have the courage to say anything about it?

maybe the gb is just toying with the r&f and having a good laugh.. last gb meeting: hey we got away with 'ovelapping generations' and the float of our new understanging of who we are doesn't seem to be causing a big stir so far.
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Viv Moritz? Australian experience?
by FadeToBlack in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
can anybody here from australia fill me in on this guy?

i did the search thing and the only thing i could find seemed to imply that he had been shipped off here to poland to avoid problems there.

i talked to him at a ca in warsaw and he seemed kind of 'off'... it also seemed to me that he had lots of 'handlers'.
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Jw.Org - Create An Account. Anyone?
by FadeToBlack in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
anyone give this a try?

i was looking at the site for the new light (about gb=fds) when i noticed the 'login' option.

also didn't see any 'search' option available.
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Now I need to buy her an iPad for service?
by FadeToBlack in
1. jw
2. friends
the wife just got back from the service meeting tonight and she is pumped!

apparently, i need to buy her an ipad for field service.

they had the demos outlined in the km and she is really excited about it.
Ok kids, how many references to jw.org can you find in the new mag?
by FadeToBlack in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
wife just got back from meeting with new abbreviated mags.

first thing i noted was how many references to the official web site are in the awake.

could be competitive for the kids who count how many times the speaker says jhvh or jesus or gb.