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  Creative House-to-House Time Wasting Manuevers

  by Black Man in

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  anyone here master the art of pressing in the doorbell without really pressing it?

  how about knocking where it seems loud on the outside, but you know it can't be heard on the inside.

  or standing at a door for up to 5 minutes when you know nobody was there.

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  jillbedford

  I was a regular pioneer for 5 years, never missed my time. I wasn't quite as creative as some who have posted here.

  We met for service at 9a and got to the first door at 9:30a. This was always a previous not at home, so it was quick, not at home again. Then we would head out to territory in another county, no KH in the county, was previously unassigned. This was a one hour drive. Now 10:30a. When arriving, we would due a few houses, then break for coffee, at 11:00a, sometimes this would be back in home territory, another hour drive, but usually it was close in the territory. This was always extended beyond 15 minutes, but always counted time as we would leave a couple mags somewhere. Then back to territory for a few more houses. It is 11:30 or 11:45a. A few more houses, or one house, then back to KH, one hour drive back. Arrive at KH, 12:45p head to return visit. After return visit, ask car group if they have any more return visits. If there are no responses, keep driving until someone comes up with one, this lasts to about 2:00p. Now it is bible study time, head to old folks home, they always tolerate this kind of thing and welcome the visit. "Study" with 93 years old, who can not hear, or read, from 2:15p-3:00p. Head back to KH, drop off afternoon field service group, do one last return visit before returning home, ending time at 3:30p. This counts as 6 hours. I needed to get 90 a month. So this process was repeated 4 days a week. Sunday afternoon, Friday and Thursday were spent doing cleaning work. Of course this was the only work any of us were qualified for as no one had any education, except from the Watchtower and Awake!

  Upon return home, get out home school materials, all self taught as parents who were also raised JW do not have any higher education. Look into math books that you are failing the courses and have no one to help you with..... But of course, this does not matter as the system will end soon. In the meantime you will find a wonderful Bethelite brother who will marry you and the two of you can pioneer together. Even though this is a step down for him, to leave Bethel, he will make this sacrifice for you. He will accept his new position as a regular pioneer elder with his new assignment in a congregation where the need is great. The two of you will live off the charity of the local congregation in your little trailer parked behind the new kingdom hall, that you helped build last weekend. But this is all temporary as the system will end soon, and you will have a beautiful home in the new system. If you would like to see a picture of it, you can look in the "Live Forever" book.

  Looking back, I can not imagine this life, but this was all I knew.
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  Comments You Will Not Hear at the 4-3-05 WT Study (complete)

  by blondie in

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  whom do you see at this place of worship?

  christian identity or their identity as jehovah?s witnesses?.

  faith and confidence in?his organization?in jehovah and his promises which can only be explained by the wts.

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  jillbedford

  I never had a family Watchtower study like this one.......

  Thank you Blondie for your patience to get the current WT literature, this must take some effort in itself and the time to break down each and every thought. Truly inciteful and much appreciated. I read every bit of it!
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  Who will partake this year/tonight of the wine and bread?

  by PinTail in

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  i remember being told if you partake of the emblems and not be of the anointed the bad things will happen you or at the very least christ will be real made at you.

  i have always believed the witness's to be presumptuous on their part of this issue to make such a statement, who are they to say who should and who should not.

  does not the bible/christ, say to do this always in remembrance of me, concerning his followers are we not his followers?

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  The once a year, in mid-week thing is way off in the spirit the partaking of bread and wine was meant to be. The emblems really should be passed every week, as a reminder of why we are Christians and what Jesus did for us. This enables true Christians to be reminded of the true honesty and forgiveness we are should display toward ourselves and toward those we love.
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  I would be more likely to go to the memorial if............................

  by ButtLight in

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  .

  (fill in the blank).

  if they served butt budlight instead of wine!

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  JH, that last post is awesome!

  I would go if all could partake and be forgiven by the blood shed by Jesus Christ.
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  Running Marathon tomorrow!!

  by jillbedford in

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  tomorrow i am running the knoxville marathon.

  i am doing this one as part of my training for the big marathon where i am raising money for the leukemia & lymphoma society.. i have pretty bad race nerves at the moment.

  it is 26.2 miles.. 26.2 miles is really far.. please send wishes my way if you are so inclined.. p.s.

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  jillbedford

  Tomorrow I am running the Knoxville Marathon. I am doing this one as part of my training for The big marathon where I am raising money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

  I have pretty bad race nerves at the moment.

  It is 26.2 miles.

  26.2 miles is really far.

  Please send wishes my way if you are so inclined.

  P.S. If you would like to donate to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society check out www.active.com/donate/jillbedford

  Thank you all for being such great moral support all along.
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  Who are the chief crapmongers?

  by Gill in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  someone, or somebodys must be coming up with all the crap that's appearing twice a month in the botchtower.

  no wonder they want to remain annonymous!

  judging from yesterdays article for the watchtower study, and the corny questions, ie.

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  jillbedford

  Creative writing can make any stats look great.
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  As a single woman she became more independant

  by purplesofa in

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  exerpt from 2/1/05 wt is the truth bearing fruit in those you teach?.

  consider how another christian was able to help her bible student.

  the student was attending meetings and sharing in the ministry and had already expressed a desire to get baptised.

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  jillbedford

  Throw your burden on Jehovah, quit your job for more field service? Who pays the bills then?

  Guess I always had goals to avoid financial disaster, even if it meant missing meetings and field service time.

  I must be a very bad person...........
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  JillBedford 'First in Class' in Leukemia Marathon

  by Honesty in

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  jill finished first in her class at the leukemia and lymphoma 19 mile marathon yesterday.

  refusal of blood transfusions by parents is the major causes of death among juvenile jw leukemia patients.

  she deserves more than an award for helping raise awareness about leukemia and proven treatments among jw's and non-jw alike.. .

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  You all are so awesome!!

  I won Clydedale Female Champion in the Whitestone 30k. I came in third overall female and the first Clydesdale. The Clydedale division is for female runners over 150 lbs. The thinking is it takes us heavy runners longer due to our stocky build. And it does, this race took me 1/2 hours to finish. It was a punishing course, all hills on back country roads in Roane County.

  From mile 11 thru mile 13, I was in deep prayer. Asking for strength to meet my goals, finishing the race, making a difference in the world I live in, reaching my fundraising goal to help find cure and treatment for those suffering from leukemia. The pain I was in that day matters very little compared to the pain and heartbreak endured from the leukemia patients and their familes. especially the children who struggle with this disease.

  In the racing world, I am certainly not a hero. I am slow, heavy set and make the volunteers wait while I struggle along. But like the Clydesdale horse, I am strong and detirmine. I always get there. So far, I have never DNF'd (Did Not Finish, race term, happens a bunch in the long races like the 30k)

  I sincerely hope, all of you will strive to meet your own goals to make a difference in the world we live in! Never give up!

  And to quote my sport's hero Lance Armstrong. "Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever"
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  Body Parts

  by Thinking in

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  ok........i have to take a day off from all my deep thinking and have some fun.

  the question is .

  what body part from a famous person would make you almost perfect?????

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  jillbedford

  You can do anything you want. You can be anything you want.

  Make a plan to get there, then DO IT!

  In my opinion, I have the best body it is possible for me to have. I have become the person on the outside I am on the inside. Strong! Detirmined! A Go Getter!

  One gets in better shape when they do not spend hours riding in a car in field service and sitting at meetings. I spend that time running now. I run at least 35 miles a week.
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  Then and now - dating practices

  by larc in

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  i was in high school from 1954 to 1958. we did not have junior high at that time.

  we had grades, 1 though 8, and high school 9 though 12. .

  at any rate, we were encouraged to shop around and date several people, just like the rest of society.

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  I grew up in the 80's. We had the book, "Your Youth, Getting the Best Out of It". This was referenced whenever dating questions came up. In this publication, it was made clear that we do not date without marriage in mind. We were to start dating at a marriagable age only. A Watchtower came out with the suggested age of 22 or 23 years old. All dates were to have a chapperone to prevent any inappropriate conduct.

  Needless to say, this meant no dating.

  So all dating was done per double life, in secret, no chapperones. I was a regular pioneer at the time with a full time job so I did not get into much trouble anyway. But even if I was to meet the "perfect" brother, by my parents set of standards, I could not date him anyway. I was only a few steps short of arranged marriage.

  I moved out at 18. I got caught kissing a brother at 19 and was asked to step down as a pioneer. I appealed this to the CO. He said no need to step down, just move away so I could not see this brother again. I took his advise and moved.

  I met another brother, we kissed and went the direction of heavy petting. Given my good Christian conscience, I told the elders about it and they asked me to step down as a regular pioneer. I was 20. I had been seeing this brother for 12 weeks. We were encouraged to get married or break up. We chose to get married. We got married at the courthouse. We were married 11 years, then divorced. That is another long story.