Posts by sisteract

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KM article (barf alert)

by Euphemism in

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just had to share some lovely points from this week's service meeting.

the article "imitate jehovah's goodness" has the following paragraph:toward unbelievers: one way we can imitate jehovah's goodness is by showing sincere concern for those not related to us in the faith.

(gal 6:10) showing goodness in practical ways can have a positive effect on how they view jehovah's witnesses and the message we bear.. .

sisteract

Here's another positive experience I had while pioneering.

One day as I was out in service and enjoying the fine association of the friends while dining at Dunkin Donuts, I suddenly felt a twitch in my bowel. As I entered the bathroom to relieve myself I heard the distinct cries of a woman in the the stall next to mine. Apparently, she was in quite despair as she had run out of toilet paper. So I took this opportunity as the kingdom ministry mentioned to always be ready to witness, so I reached into my service bag after I too squeezed one out and left a floater and offered her a number of our eye catching tracts. Previously, she had not been receptive to the good news. However, this demonstration of christian love moved her to accept the tracts. So when she was done using them to finnish her duty, a fine bible study was started and she now realizes that Jehovah's Witnesses are not full of shit.

Sisteract

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Pat Garza passed away :(

by onacruse in

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just got a call from lisa,

lisa suggested that if anyone would like to express love to atty it would be appreciated to send a contribution toward atty's last expenses.

lisa will be at atty's apartment for another 3 weeks, more or less, to clean things up.

sisteract

I was very saddened to hear of Pat Garza'a passing. I too was in NYC at the march with Silent Lambs and witnessed her bravery in speaking out regarding her suffering and abuse. I walked away in awe of her and all those that are Silent no more...even in death she will continue to speak.

The poem was beautiful. My sympathy to her family and friends.

Sisteract

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Something cool happened...

by flower in

i had the surprise of my life yesterday when i got home from work and played the message on my machine.

it was one of my five brothers.

all of whom i havent spoken to but a handful of times over the years.

sisteract

Hi Flower, that's quite an experience so far!!!! You never know where it will go from here---in a sense you have "planted a see"---I love to use their crap lingo in reverse!!! It's VERY OVERWHELMING to come to the full realization and admit it out loud about what happened to us when "in" that very mind controlling cult organization---and all the sad and bad things we experienced while there. The incredible losses that are realized eg. a childhood, lost years and youth to the ORG. etc. lost and possible ruined relationships etc. can be so truamatic. I know I had to pace myself and keep things as simple as possible and find my allies. He has found one in YOU. It sounds like he has so much going on inside and with his own family relationships. But I'm sure just knowing you understand and validate him means more than you may know at this time. The 2 books that impacted me at the begining were Ray Franz "Crisis of Conscience" and Steve Hassan's book "Combatting cult mind control".

I'll be thinking of you and your brother and his girlfriend. Please keep us posted.

Sisteract (my email address is: [email protected])

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New England Apostafest

by beckyboop in

last year on memorial day a group of about 14 east coast ex-jw's met together in providence ri.

i had the pleasure of being able to have most of them back to our apartment for dessert, and thoroughly enjoyed meeting local people with a similar background.

i was able to meet zev, somebody, red horse woman, scumrat, sister act, doc bob & his wife, as well as others whom i can't remember their online names.. this year, i would like to get another group together on memorial day again, and hopefully we'll get even more of a response this year.

sisteract

Hi Becky,

We'd love to be able to attend the Apostafest in RI again this year!!!! Keep us posted and hope you are well.

Your friends, Sisteract and Scumrat

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Were You One Of Those That Was Always Looking For The Perfect Kingdom Hall?

by minimus in

i remember, especially in the 70's and 80's, how certain ones would go from hall to hall looking for the perfect congregation.

you know, the place that had the best elders, the area that you could "grow" in.

maybe it was the hall that had all the families or best association.

sisteract

Hey Minimus do you still attend meetings? and are you a "publisher"? I'm asking because of your last post about the bookstudy overseers not "getting on your back" for not attending the congregation where you live.

sisteract

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New England or Better Yet Western Mass.

by FlowerPower in

hey out there in cyber world, are there any exjw's from my neck of the woods?

would love to chat with you about our different experiences with the borg.

maybe we know some of the same people, same elders.

sisteract

Hi Everyone,
Thanks Flower Power for starting this post regarding xjw's in Mass. I've enjoyed reading all the replies. I really havn't visited this site for a while but it's good to be here. I was an active JW from 1983 to 1997. I was in congregations on Martha's Vineyard, Buffalo New York, Warwick RI, and Arlington Revere and Lynn Mass. too. I guess I really "got around" lol. Anyway, I pioneered alot of that time and knew quite a few people. My exhusband was also a pioneer and elder for some of the time. I currently work in Burlington, Ma. Welcome Flower to the area--actually I have some family in Waltham and I graduated from Waltham High but havn't lived in Waltham since 1982. It would be fun to coordinate a meetup of sorts for those in the area. There's a site called www.meetup.com that arranges for xjw's to meet up once a month in cities all around. They organize it for the first saturday of every month. Check it out if you like. It's so good to hear others talk about their time "in" and how they came out of that incredibly judgmental, narrow minded, suffocating, and controlling cult. It sure is a high price to pay to be true to yourself, but it sure is worth it as has already been stated here earlier.

Thanks to all and feel free to email me [email protected] please identify yourself in the subject bar

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Did Anyone Ever Like The Dramas?

by minimus in

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friends

at the district convention, the highlight was always said to be the dramas.

did you really look forward to them?

was there one that ever stood out?

sisteract

Hi Minimus,

I was just saying that I hadn't seen you for a while on the forum. I'm south of Boston, Ma, and I think you are on the north shore. Of interest to you may be a meet-up this sat. at TGIF on rt.9 in Framingham at shopper's world. It's at 5pm, but I will be attending around 6pm do to my work schedule. Scumrat and JJRIZ and myself and a couple of others may attend.

Sorry to get off the subject. But quite honestly I looked forward to the dramas--not for the excitement and fine acting ability of the lip-sinkers- but for just a PLAIN BREAK from all that jargon and 3 part symposiums about Ezekiel. BORING!!!!!!! I was an avid note taker, and the dramas would at least give me a time-out from scribbling all the BS there.

see ya sisteract

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CBC Canada preview of child molesters

by stichione in

i just saw a 1 minute preview of next wednesday's the fifth estate.

they showed the silentlambs march, an interview with a victim, as well as a copy of the elder's secret manual : "pay attention to yourselves and all the flock".

cool.

sisteract

Thanks for the info. about direct tv---I don't have it, but I'll be hunting down somebody who does!!!!! I too was at the Brooklyn Silent Lambs march, and it was really something to be there marching and chanting against what seemed a "Goliath" of the org. I think at the end when they wouldn't let us put our lambs at the front door, it was a most powerful sight to see them set inside a chainlink fence acrooss the street and directly facing the society's headquarters. My boyfriend and I also left this huge black and red sign leaning against the fence stating "stop witness tampering" and "FBI investigate the WT". They can't hide anylonger. As far as that "elders" book, I remember secretly reading it when my xhusband wasn't around---I was curious, and there's some very "intersting" stuff in there.

Sisteract

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JLOB's Weight Loss Pictures

by xenawarrior in

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some of you may recall him talking about losing 80 lbs in 8 months in this thread:.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=43882&site=3.

well here are the pics:.

sisteract

Wow---Great Job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'd like to lose about 25 lbs and find it so hard!!!!! I'm almost 40 and definitely can feel and see the difference in my body. I'd love to here how you did it and how you kept focused and motivated. Thanks for posting those pics. You are a very attractive couple.

Sisteract

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Anyone in Mo/MA that is free!

by SheilaM in

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i attended cabool, missouri 1983-1987. methuen-ma 1987-1992. gladstone, missouri 1992-1995

sisteract

Hi All,

I too am in MA, south of boston--Brockton to be specific. I would love to participate in a New England apostafest. My email is [email protected]. I spent a good deal of my time "in the truth" on the north shore---specifically Revere, Ma

sisteract