Our man and his missus [really top class humans] have been reassigned to another country to assist at its Bethel. In his case this would hardly be a demotion.
I too wonder if in the not-too-distant future the CO will be very localised.
AFRIKANMAN
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Circuit Overseer cutbacks?
by Saltheart Foamfollower init was announced at our meeting tonight that our co (who is actually a pretty good sort) and his wife have been reassigned as regular pioneers.
they are both relatively young (50s) and have been used extensively by the society recently.
as far as i know there are no personal issues.
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South Africa Bethel Dance Party!
by Atlantis insouth africa bethel dance party.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm1jhbapb1u.petra
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ca2uVZuiY0&feature=player_detailpage
Johnny Clegg
Great "White" muso / Anthropologist and fluent speaker of the Zulu language.
Yes the South African Bethel is now large - a lot of the translation is not even done there but on "satellite" campuses in certain other cities.
Enjoy the music clip !!! Let me know what you think of it please
AFRIKANMAN - Cape Town
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South Africa Bethel Dance Party!
by Atlantis insouth africa bethel dance party.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm1jhbapb1u.petra
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However it does seem a new trend has emerged out of this years round of IC's. My guess is these folk are visiting the Bethel after attending the IC in Harare Zimbabwe.
Other shots are of them visiting the Lion Park just down the road from the Bethel.
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67 minutes - time to help
by LouBelle inin south africa we have mandela day on the 18th of july - it was his birday and people in sa celebrate it by spending at least 67 minutes helping someone or helping a cause.
this year, my friends and i are helping out a horse sactuary in desperate need of food for their animals.
we are ording in hay, shandy chubes and hay presto.
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Howzit Durbs !!!!!
We are having such "kak" weather down here in Mammas City !
I am going to do a late night neighbourhood patrol of about 2 hours - Kamikaze Shift Midnight till about 02h00 - always something going down at that time !
Wife and I are already involved in teaching groups of Informal settlement dwellers how to create Veggie Gardens from the minimal of space and resources - absolute fun and its so appreciated.
You see...............so we have this sister from a country north of us who works for us. She is as most of them folk are .....uber-faithful / zealous etc etc
so she is skilled at being a WT Bible and Tract Sales Representative - but she has not been taught basic life skills - - survival skills in her case- Such has how to make a small veggie garden to survive off.
Surely we ought to be FIRST taking care of equipping the 'hood' with such skills????????
But oh no-
And of course she is living away from her family in Malawi in order to earn some money to send back to them - to survive back there,
Now was she stricken with guilt with the WT a week or so ago regarding working in a foreign land and did the brothers not half lay into her ! Wow ! When she spoke to me on the Monday after the study she was so upset - she is only trying to earn something to send back home to keep them alive - hubby was wiped out in a car accident ,
This is absolute borderline existance stuff - She lives in a Shack ie some wood/ corrugated iron / Plastic No Sanitation
And would the local cong [which is very high end financially "dip in" to assist ? "if individuals feel inclined to do so they may but the cong funds are "dedicated funds" [DEDICATED FOR WHAT FUCKING PURPOSE]
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Ray Franz book's available in audio format! Crisis of Consciencs / Christian Freedom
by Indian Larry ineverybody may already know this but i just happened to discover that crisis of conscience and in search of christian freedom are now available as audio books.
they are not legal copies as commentary press did not make a audio version, however someone took the time to read every page of both books into a good mike.
the sound quality is good and they are organized well for a iphone or ipod.
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Just a note : I downloaded the Audio versions some weeks back and my copies - although extremely well read were only portions of each chapter - pity cos the reader was doing a fine job !
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A "follow up" meeting?!?!
by DATA-DOG inwell, now they want a follow up visit!
when you tell the elders that you have doubts and they say " its okay, we have had our doubts.
having doubts is not apostasy.
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I stated I was suffering from ADD....................................
ACUTE DOCTRINAL DISTRESS and needed an indefinite break from the regular !
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BOE Letter Regarding Youth Baptisms
by RubaDub inapparently the society is taking an aggressive stand on youth baptisms and the age recommendations.. from what i have heard from a good source in bethel, a letter is being sent to all boe's that those desiring to be baptized first be potty trained.. rub a dub.
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Baltar447 - Calmness is the life of the fleshly orgasm ! \
Otherwise try new brands of sanitary pads
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Books that changed your life-
by new hope and happiness ini am not much of a reader as i have two many distractions, but i fancy a challenging read, so please list any book that has changed your entire world view on everything.
i remember as a teenager buying at a yard sale, norman vincent peales " the power of positive thinking" and at the time that had a big impact on me.
but i am a little bit more in to " realistic positive thinking" now..
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"The Kingdom of God is Within You" - TOLSTOY
"Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" - Tom Wolfe
Sometimes a Great Notion - Ken Keysey
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Convicted paedophile allowed to grill his victims at Jehovah's Witness meeting
by Sapphy inhttp://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/convicted-paedophile-jonathan-rose-grilled-7151197.
oh my goodness, i'm so angry i can't even speak!
"women who complained that former jehovahs witness elder jonathan rose, 40, had molested them as children relived their nightmares in front of him after he was released from jail".
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Teary Oberon - when you have been through such trauma it is very very possible that one could end up being a little out of sorts psychologically - to varying degrees. Often girls become promiscuous etc etc And of course that would earn them a DF'ing -
He was convicted and sentenced because of what he did with these girls - I dont give a shit if they were JW / Taoist or Muslim at any time - he interfered with them when they were Minors - He is a dog! And now are you defending this dog?
And Candice Conti ...???????? and ALL the others ??????
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only JW's can analize scripture because they are spiritual
by never a jw inonly spiritual people can read scripture.
may 17, 2014. dear never a jw,.
but logic tells me we are just not on the same page, and will never agree until we are.. elder.
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Never a JW : A Freudian slip in the title of this post??.................But JDubs can indeed ANALIZE the scriptures.
He sounds like a very conceited person - SuperFine in his own estimation of himself - And he is right in this respect - You will never end up on the same page with him.........He is faaarrr too spiritual for you and I .....................Move on