I pio'd for four years, three of them "where the need was greater." Really struggled with trying to live on minimum wage of 20 hours work a week and burned out after a couple of years. Kept going a couple more after that. Aux'd a few times. What a pointless waste of time.
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by mattbetrayed ini did the full time min from school even though i could have gone to drama school.what a wast of my time and life!!!!!!!!!!!!
!iam happy to say that i came to my senses and went back to school and became a nurse,very happy i did my wife is still a jw but she stopped the pioing and she to became a nurse.. i will make sure my kids dont get temped to be encouraged to do that wast of time.as the wife still goes,and my mom and dad and sisters still go.. anyway would love to know what others who were pioneers felt of it and what doing now,please tell..
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I Still Like JWD. Do You???
by minimus ini really enjoy the posters here.
it's a bit calmer but it still works for me!
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Yup. I'll be here until, well, forever or until its closed. I've been to other sites but don't like them like JWD.
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JWD found my best friend... after 25 years.
by POs Son inabout two years ago, i read a post on jwd asking if there was anyone from the xyz congregation.
recognizing this as the congregation in which i was raised, i made contact with the poster.
it turned out to be my next door neighbor when i was a child, she was my babysitter, and best friend..
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I've met old friends here, too. This site has been a real gift. Thank you Simon.
Emma
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When they start their spiel, I politely say "no, thank you" and begin closing the door. They sputter, try their hand at overcoming objections, but there's not much to overcome with a simple "no." It gives them no choice, nothing to say, they weren't persecuted or treated rudely. But they're gone!
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BETHELITES - Whatever Became of?
by Black Man ini often times wonder what happened to certain bethelites that i ran around with during my 1990s tenure there.
while there are still a few left there, the greater majority of them aren't there for various reasons (marriage, disillusionment, left the borg, etc).
a couple of cats i wonder about - there was one brother who i believe was from kansas, who got his fingers cut off in a printing press.
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I had the name wrong; I think it was Gearing.
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BETHELITES - Whatever Became of?
by Black Man ini often times wonder what happened to certain bethelites that i ran around with during my 1990s tenure there.
while there are still a few left there, the greater majority of them aren't there for various reasons (marriage, disillusionment, left the borg, etc).
a couple of cats i wonder about - there was one brother who i believe was from kansas, who got his fingers cut off in a printing press.
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Bob Gearhart
I can't remember the first name, but I believe there was someone, ex Bethelite, in the Ann Arbor Mi area.
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Japanese Beatles - I've had enough of them!
by Quirky1 infrom what i've heard there's more of them because of the warm weather.. http://gazettextra.com/news/2008/jul/21/scoring-victory-over-japanese-beetles/.
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Oh, I hate them too!
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Gettin educated
by JehovahIsPissed inhi, im new to posting, i'm working on fading out slowly and planning on beggining a college career, but raised a jw, and was homeschooled.
or any scholastic awards, and also money is not exactly growing on trees.
anyone here been in a similar position?
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I think most two-year colleges are familiar with home schooling and won't require SATs to get in. They cost a whole lot less money, too, and usually have scholarships available. Transfering as a junior, it'll be easier to get in to a four-year university since there are usually lots of freshman applying and not so many juniors. My daughter did this successfully as did one of her friends.
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Thanks for the welcome
by BonaFide inthanks so much everyone for being so supportive.. i am having an increasingly difficult time giving my parts on the meetings, going in service, and shepherding.
the wt study is so.....controlling?
that i have a hard time studying that too.
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they are very judgmental as well. The absolutely unfathomable thing is...they don't realize it. They talk about how much love there is in the organization and happiness, then they ignore all the depression going on. The same with judging others
I went through this thought process, too. I remember listening to my mother and sisters dis one person after the next and realized all the judging and depression the borg was steeped in. this was one of my "awakenings" or ah -ha moment. It can be difficult and scary, but once you know the truth, it's hard to go back. There is life, real satisfying life, on the outside. You'll be OK but it may be a bumpy ride!
Welcome to the board!
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Leaving France this Saturday...off to Accra, Ghana in West Africa
by Utopian Reformist indear family!.
hope all of you are well and doing great.
it's so relieving and comforting to see the names of my friends still posting here!
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