at a convention recently, i met with don wallace, a former co and do.
he told me he came off the road 6 years ago and is living in scottsboro al.
him and his wife are in their late 70's.
1) He is not a Special Pioneer. He told me that him and his wife is on the "Pioneer Infirm List". You have to be in the fulltime service for 25 years to qualify for this. There is no hour requirement, just "do what you can.
2) His retirement pay, he told me was for his 40 years of being in the "Traveling Work."
3) I only mentioned his name to, to show he is a real person, this is a real experience and to me, that matters!
at a convention recently, i met with don wallace, a former co and do.
he told me he came off the road 6 years ago and is living in scottsboro al.
him and his wife are in their late 70's.
At a convention recently, I met with Don Wallace, a former CO and DO. He told me he came off the road 6 years ago and is living in Scottsboro AL. Him and his wife are in their late 70's. He told me that he was "One of the Smart Ones". I asked, how so? He said he had planned for his retirement by not taking lavish vacations and saving all his money from close to 40 years in the traveling work, just in case "The End" was not coming. He just sat back watched all the other "Traveling Brothers taking various vacation trips to Europe, Africa, etc. wasting their money".
When he came off the road, he paid for a house in cash! Now, he still has some money in the bank, gets $600 a month from "The Society" and even gets SSI for being employed in the early days. Life is Good!
do you remember anything from your baptism talk or the brother who gave it?.
Yep! Given by Ray Knowles (CO), then went on to extort millions from Elderly JW's and is now in Prison.
is watchtower baiting apostates with this new awake?.
"is protest the answer?".
http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g201307/is-protest-the-answer/.
1984 Watchtower magazine's version a "this Generation" showing the names of all those that have died
the meetings are getting more boring to me.
some of the elders during their parts just talk and talk and talk about uninteresting things.
boring, boring.
" When the time comes and elders and servants are needed, people get appointed whether they are qualified or not When the time comes and elders and servants are needed, people get appointed whether they are qualified or not".
I humbly disagree SJ. These Elders like the power. It is like fuel for them. There are some Brothers that would do all the jobs if the BOE would let them. Case in point: This one Secretary, when we were getting ready for the CO visit wanted to assigned out the Sheperding Calls, I said no, it is the Service Overseer assignment. Then it was time to assigned The CO meals, he wanted to do that, I said no, it is the COBE's job.
We battled like this everytime. This Brother eventually had a heart attack and a minor stroke, but recovered. Now with me out of the way, "He is Leading the Charge!"
the meetings are getting more boring to me.
some of the elders during their parts just talk and talk and talk about uninteresting things.
boring, boring.
Hey Londo111 Why can’t a woman do the accounts? Carry mikes? Work the sound?
In many of the Spanish they already do this because of the lack of legal Brothers.
the meetings are getting more boring to me.
some of the elders during their parts just talk and talk and talk about uninteresting things.
boring, boring.
A nearby Congregation has a 32year MS but that his father and father in law are both on the B.O.E. A friend from that congregation was visiting us last week and made mention of this MS is a big joke among the young people. His Service consists of going to Laundry Mats and fast food places. The couple even said that he has no RV's and watches "R" rated movies(I was shocked that he would even admit that). The couple would like to change Halls, but "every Hall has their slackers".
the meetings are getting more boring to me.
some of the elders during their parts just talk and talk and talk about uninteresting things.
boring, boring.
The meetings are getting more boring to me. Some of the Elders during their parts just Talk and Talk and Talk about uninteresting things. Boring, Boring. They go overtime it seems to bask in their moment of glory.
Last night there was this part about young men reaching out. I looked out at the audience, there were only 2 brothers this could apply too. 1 was a loser who at 25 still lives with his parents, the other a 32 years old, single and emotionally troubled. Out of 100 pubs that's it. We have 6 Elders from 50-73 age range and the 6 MS range from 42-83 years old. These next 10 years could be interesting in that there are no people advancing in "Da Truth".
i'm just wondering has any body ever been busted on an apostate site because someone was able to identify them because of something they wrote.
why i ask this question is because how would this be explained at a jc.
because the person who reported it to the jc was reading something that they shouldn't of.
joe134cd make up a fake account, and assign some high & mighty elders name to it
That is what I did!
the committee assigned to build the new complex was called into a meeting with the governing body.
they were told " you finish this project by january 1 2017. we want the keys to the complex and will be headquartered there by that date, do you understand?".
when the brothers protested and said that it would take 6 years for the project to be complete and if they moved that fast there would be many mistakes, the gb responded, "we don't care, that is your deadline".
Recently, In our area the Local Town Counsel had passed a Law forbidding anyone going from door to door including religious groups without a license. We (the Elders), called the Branch to ask for direction. They told us "for the time being, comply since you have plenty of other territory to cover. Wait a month, have 2 experienced Elders, make an effort to talk to some counsel members and explain our work, and the cases we have won defending our beliefs. Wait for a reply. If they reply negatively(they didn't), let them know the we would be prepared to fight them in court".
The law was adjusted to allow religious groups to go door to door without a license.
