here is a post i found.
boy the wife has balls of steel !
you decide.. {they stopped by yesterday to invite my wife to the memorial.. my wife is fully awake thanks to one of my daughters!
@ Jwgonebad..
I was not actually comparing her(skilled gal) with me but the elders (scurrying away saying people are waiting for us) , with me. I used to say the same and clear off. therefore the "sadly" in my comment to JP. You misunderstood. I started off this post saying "The wife has balls of steel".
Zing
i have been in crisis regarding the international problem of the way child abuse has been handled in the wt organization.
i have been dealing with serious health issues that made it necessary for me to go on permanent disability since 2015. since then my health has gotten worse making it nearly impossible to attend meetings.
in this period i have received no spiritual or other help of any kind.
to everyone who needs it and those who dont !
Zing
i have been in crisis regarding the international problem of the way child abuse has been handled in the wt organization.
i have been dealing with serious health issues that made it necessary for me to go on permanent disability since 2015. since then my health has gotten worse making it nearly impossible to attend meetings.
in this period i have received no spiritual or other help of any kind.
@ Tameria...Not once did anyone call or stop by to see how we were doing, not even to bring us spiritual food. The only thing they said to me was that I had better make it to the upcoming district convention.
My experience exactly, except more was added by an elder saying get your act together and get to the meetings regularly (although had been regular for years but coz of sickness and deaths in the family, and accidents was irregular). Boy could I have exploded, my blood boiled and this made me more draw away from people who say they love me and did not care to help me , support me, comfort me when I was so in need !
So much for saying we are all one body, spiritual family, international brotherhood blah...blah..blah...I have seen it all and am disgusted with it all.
Zing
here is a post i found.
boy the wife has balls of steel !
you decide.. {they stopped by yesterday to invite my wife to the memorial.. my wife is fully awake thanks to one of my daughters!
@John P..
Sadly I used to use the same excuse when I was PIMI. If someone was keeping me at the door just arguing for the hell of it, no interest but to waste my time, then this is exactly what I did do.
Zing
well friends how about another update straight from the mole in the treasurers office?
fact: tens of thousands of bethelites have taken a vow of poverty and live/work in branches all over the world.
fact: they all get a stipend based on local need, "cost of living", tenure, ect.
I have in so many visits to diferent bethels, (having friends as bethelites), have always given money to the friends as gifts, no one mentioned anything about not giving. At times when the particular bethelite has not been at his desk or otherwise indisposed, I have left money in an envelope to be passed on to the friend. No one ever mentioned not to do this.
Zing
here is a post i found.
boy the wife has balls of steel !
you decide.. {they stopped by yesterday to invite my wife to the memorial.. my wife is fully awake thanks to one of my daughters!
@ Toesup
You are very welcome.
Zing
here is a post i found.
boy the wife has balls of steel !
you decide.. {they stopped by yesterday to invite my wife to the memorial.. my wife is fully awake thanks to one of my daughters!
@ Scenic Viewer " I liked the point about how Jehovah could easily have foreseen Satan's rebellion and just eliminated him to spare billions from suffering later."
At that time God's all Knowing Third Eye was shut so he could not foresee Satan's rebellion.
Zing
here is a post i found.
boy the wife has balls of steel !
you decide.. {they stopped by yesterday to invite my wife to the memorial.. my wife is fully awake thanks to one of my daughters!
@ Redvip2000
I just think that the presence of the unbelieving husband may also have been a deterrant (depending on how much he supports his wife in everything). I have known some elders to clear off when they know a husband has a clear head and will speak for his wife to fend them off. If elders can see that the relationship of a couple (one in , one out) is still pretty strong then they clear off.But most times this is not the case, the spouse who is in is not happy with the other who is out. So elders have field day. Just what I have noticed.
Zing
sad but true.
my ex-girlfriend was raised mormon.
so i went to a couple of her church services.
@ Watchtower Wizard
Wow you paint a pretty grim picture which is new to me, coz when I was PIMI I have had a pretty different scene than the one you mentioned. We had elders (personal friends and also a piece of sh##; realized way too late{another story for another time} ) arranging tennis sessions, cycling , hiking, days out, parties, welcome parties, send off parties etc.So our little group had our bit of fun and activities at weekends. Perhaps more so coz we were all active people ; but I must admit it made us so tired for Sunday morning meetings. But could anyone miss it, hell no ! Or else you know remarks from elders . We used to find excuses to have fun and activities, New Co is visiting partyyyy ! Co's last visit with us ,partyyy ! Someone new joined our cong, Partyyy, If no excuse then just for the hell of it we would arrange one. We had a few young ones in our cong, so I and my friends used to invite families with young ones and take them to Fun Days, Parks,and Other events that were held locally so they could also have fun. But if not for that yeah life as a JW can be boring.
Zing
sad but true.
my ex-girlfriend was raised mormon.
so i went to a couple of her church services.
