i once attended a two day special assembly with my gums bleeding after having 4 widom teeth pulled the day before.
i managed the two days by rinsing out my mouth all day long and placing cotton in my mouth.. one brother had back surgery the week before but attended a two day assembly by laying on a matress in the back of the assembly hall.
why he needed to be there i'll never understand!.
Yep! that was my family. We never missed meetings ever. My father would drag us to the meeting coughing and hacking with fever. Meetings were never to be missed.
I remember one sick sister who dragged herself to the Sunday meeting only to faint and fall in the isle. What was really sad --the bro giving the talk just kept on talking-the show had to go on.
our friend, oompa, has passed away.
just recieved the news a couple of hours ago, and have almost no details.
it happened today or yesterday, he took his own life.
it was a cold winter evening i walked nervously towards the kingdom hall.
it was a day "special", the judicial committee had to decide whether i deserved to remain in his "holy organization".
many years of dedication to jehovah were not served at all ... in half an hour as it was obvious and predictable ... i was kicked out by the congregation did not need me most ... just like an old shoe.
commission is still calling for more victims to come forward.. .
the commission has in place a program to minimise the risk of ''vicarious trauma'' for its 74 staff that includes six commissioners led by justice peter mclellan.. vicarious trauma is a name for the psychological impact people may experience through first-hand exposure to survivor's accounts of trauma.
research suggests symptoms are similar to those of direct trauma exposure including social withdrawal, anger, physical illnesses and sleeplessness.
another wacky kool aid thread for your reading pleasure from the hardcore dubbs on jw talk dot net is here if you want to read it:.
they wax philosophical, they curse this horrible old world, they gently try to project how soon the big a will come, and then swoon when someone quotes a tidbit from a gb member that they overheard.
warning: those with weak stomachs do not read!.
No I am not really in Greenland. I should see about getting that out. But I don't believe I can do it myself. I should ask one of the moderators.
A number of years ago I gave out a little too much information here and was "discovered" by some local ex witnesses that could have gotten me in trouble hence the Greenland.
there is rumors that in this years dc nwt will be released and also new tracts.
any other rumors about new releases?.