i have seen many witnesses with 4,5,6,7 kids.
no problem with that.
they are mostly loving families but today i experianced the birth of my son.. the emotions of my wife... the pain... the fear... the hope combined with the joy of the birth and seeing my wife reaction when she held the baby was well balanced.. .
Congrats! Cofty is correct. What little sleep you get will be filled with dreams of getting more sleep.
Also, childbirth is a horrendous experience which I only experienced once before I realized that was enough. It wasn't magical or mystical. It just was plain old miserable.
Children rob you of sleep, time with your significant other and money. And they don't even bother to smile for the first month.
But, that first smile is so precious!
today my extended family lost someone much too young.
my 18 month old cousin bryler fell in a swimming pool yesterday and was missing for several minutes before he was discovered.
his mom and grandmother and several other family members performed cpr and tried to revive him while waiting on the ambulance (which took quite a while as they live in the backwoods of southern oklahoma).
So sorry to hear this. This is just beyond tragic. My son was a very active toddler and this was always one of my worst fears.
My condolences to your family was well.
never was a jw, but been here long enough to have made some friends and respect opinions.. retired in 2004, lived in cyprus 2005-2010. back here in wales since then.. just back from a holiday in france (most recent of many).
love the country, the lifestyle, can get by in the language.. just seen an advert for a country estate (british-owned) they want someone to live on site, do a bit of handyman stuff, etc., look after (mainly brit) holiday visitors in return for zero rent (only utitlties).
family would be abe to come and stay for free.
It's lovely. That might be quite a bit of caretaking with the orchard. Would they have the necessary equipment?
I was also thinking about renting out your existing place so not only would it be free, but you'd have some positive cash flow.
It does seem like a great adventure!
i've cut my hair washing from every 2 days to every 4 days and this week, i've left it 7 days.
it's been growing much better and is in great condition!
any tips for growing your hair lush and lovely?.
It's standard around here to wash your hair everyday, too. I wash it every other day, but on that second day I feel like I look awful compared to others.
i'm busy organising my trip to china, ticket purchased.
the cheapest ticket was on australian airline qantas, whose fallen on hard times.
my ex-qantas friends warned me not to fly qantas - they predict disaster.
Thank you for posting these pictures. I never realized that there were so many Christian churches in China, and old ones at that. The ones that looked obviously Russian were amazing.
I'm glad that you are finally getting to go on your long awaited trip to China. I certainly hope Qantas holds it together for you!
Please bring back lots of photos and share them with us, will you?
GT
today i had some of my worst experiences.
i saw a jw group walking on preaching.
one of them knows me well, we share a lot of week-end on rbc.. my first reaction was rage and nerves.
Good on you for keeping eye contact. Did they look away?
why does the wtbs do what it does?
if it's just to make money, they are easier ways.
online bingo websites for example.. what is the motivation to have millions of followers "voluntarily" giving of their time?
I love this illustration.
so we had our elders meeting to discuss the 3/29 lboe...it was was many of you expressed.
below are some of the quotes from the elders:.
"we just need to keep the focus on jehovah's work, remind the friends of this".
Yes, my parents are always talking about "one of the friends" when telling me about someone in their hall.
It's a phrase that's often used in elementary schools around here. It turns my stomach every time I hear another teacher say something like, "When one of our friends is speaking, we need to be respectful..."
busiest day at ellis island: 11,747 immigrants processed.. did any of your great grandparents pass through those portals?.
cc.
My husband's family came over from Poland at about that time. They settled in a Polish enclave in an East coast city. For many years, they admonished their children to marry other Polish folks. By the early 1990s, it was reduced to, "Marry a nice Catholic girl." So, my husband married a nice Jehovah's Witness. LOL. That didn't go over so well at first.
was just wondering how many gay exjw's were on this site, and how did you deal with being in this organization?
and also, how did you end up leaving?.
I loved the magic red lava lamp!
Good film clip. Exchange one of the guys for a girl and its a love story that anyone could relate to.
So, really, even with 2 guys everybody should be able to relate to it.
