she has been a witness most of her life.
her three kids were brought up as jw in a communist country and the whole family suffered reprisals from the regime for being in the org.
(father was well know elder).
Hortenzie Thank You for your post. I appreciate hearing of your friend apoligizing to her children. I also tried apologizing to my children for raising them JWs a few months ago.
Both of my children said I didn't need to apologize as I raised them the only way I knew as I was a born in and now we are all out and living as normal of a life as we are able as westill try to keep some contact with a few still JW family.
"albert" was 55 years old, and the fifth-born of seven children.
i am the second oldest and babysat him often while he was growing up --- and while i was still at home.. yesterday, albert was out taking his usual morning stroll around his small town, when he collapsed on the sidewalk.
the doctors said it was a heart attack.
Sorry for your loss. It makes us fell empty when we lose our brothers.
sheri sheppard spoke about this as a ex jw how it affects a person to be dfd,you feel like you loose your identity, its very difficult, i see my son struggling, i wish this practice can be done away with,so hurtful for everyone..
Rebecca, I've had you and your son on my mind. My son and your son should never been df'd and shunned for something they were born with. They have so much they could contribute to the congregations. My other thought are they afraid gay young men will convert the members of the congregation to all being gay. It would never happen.
in just a few months.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbnazyb3j1a.
Very nice reasonable video. Eric and John you are doing a great job.
there is field service territory, letter writing territory, and telephone territory.
but what do they title it when they are setting up their kiosks and tables in the public squares?.
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My sister refers to it as the trolly carts.
before i dive into the actual write-up of this experience, let me put some things straight.. i have thought long and hard if i should write more about my experiences during the 10+ years at different branches.
during these years i worked from financial department, service department, home office and different it assignments.
as you can imagine one sees and hears and reads a lot of stuff going through different stations in different countries.
Thank you your first story backs up rumours I've heard for the past 50 years. Many of my older sisters friends would go to Bethel in New York and I overheard the talk. It was one of the first things I googled last year when I started searching. I googled ex-bethelites I started reading story after story. It is time for the truth comes out.
i've noticed how on newbie threads everyone jumps in to say hello, even other newbies.. it got me wondering.. when you were in, were you the type to greet all the newcomers and visiting bros and siss, or would you stay in the background and wait a few meetings to manage to go over to say hello?.
i'm not particularly anti-social, but as a foreigner, meeting new people meant they felt they had the right to interrogate me on my life story in the first five minutes of the acquaintance just because they could see i wasn't one of them.
being assigned to preach with a newcomer was torturous and i would shut my eyes waiting for the interrogation to start.. so anyway, that's what made me fall into the latter group.
I was an observer even with those who I knew throughout my childhood.
jw: they are not.. kw: but if they were, would you want to know?.
jw: they are not.. kw: im not saying they are.
jw: no.. kw: really?
FYI I am a 65 year old born-in and yes 1975 as the end was being pushed. Fred Franz the president of WTBTS was behind this. Many JWs quit their jobs, sold homes and ruined their lives as well as their childrens.
when you look at the image above what do you see?
a sneaker or an outward display that i am now following after another religious group?.
well yesterday i had a 10 minute conversation with an elder who finally got the balls to call me.
Cowboy boots were looked down on in Southern California but we lived in central California. The LA brothers just coudn't understand brothers wearing cowboy boots. My husband was a beach kid who ended up living in a redneck area. Thats how he eneded up wearing cowboy boots
when you look at the image above what do you see?
a sneaker or an outward display that i am now following after another religious group?.
well yesterday i had a 10 minute conversation with an elder who finally got the balls to call me.
Shared the picture of your shoe with my husband. His response I really like that shoe. It reminded him of the brother who came to him and said dress cowboy boots weren't accptable. We soon came to the conclusion "Who Cares"
