White Dove, that must have been one of the very first assemblies around here with the "new" baptism vows.
June 14, 1986 Woodburn, OR. First assembly for our circuit after the change in vows. I remember thinking it sounded different, but was so wound up I didn't really think about why, and chalked it up to the excitement.
on sunday in florida, a flash of lightning came out of the clear blue sky and injured a door-to-door book seller.. paul harvey, on his radio news program, said it was a jehovah's witness.
however, the denomination is not mentioned in this account from channel 4 in miami.. http://cbs4.com/local/local_story_189151333.html.
religious book seller struck by lightning(cbs4)hialeah a man making a trip from puerto rico to south florida to raise money for his religious education remains hospitalized monday after he was struck down by a bolt of lightning which flew from clear blue sky on sunday.
"I'd be happy to leave it with you for a small donation to help with the costs of the World Wide Education Work." If you heard that (and had never been a JW,) wouldn't you think #1: Selling, #2: Fundraising, #3: Raising money for school?
Sounds plausible to me that it was a JW. There is a branch in Puerto Rico, isn't there?- and certainly many congregations. A non-JW might not understand the distinction between KH, Branch, and Headquarters.
i was raised as a witness and have been miserable for my entire existence.
i have hated every moment of it.
after about 10 years of struggling, i decided 2 years ago that i was done w/ the charade and wasn't going to return to the meetings.
ugh. Sorry. Maybe this will help, maybe not:
About 4 years ago we stopped going to the meetings, my little brother told me that if I didn't get "things" together he wouldn't be associating with me anymore. He meant it too, there were months when he didn't speak to me. Things have changed though, and even though he is still a loyal JW, this week he was sitting in my driveway on the truck tailgate, playing with my dogs and having a little chat.
Maybe he thought I was going to turn into a terrible person. I don't know. We're still not best friends, but things are nice.
Hang in there, and welcome to JWD.
this is one of the sadest days in my life, my beloved husband marco passed away this morning at 5:15 am.. it has been a dreadful day.
but my dear friend was with most of the day while we went togerther to make funeral arrangements.. that was really hard on me.
i have done nothing but cry and cry all day, i finally fell asleep a few hours ago while my friend diane was here and she let me sleep.
I'm so sorry, Terry. Take care of yourself and get some rest. :(
here's an update on me... i'm 18. i'm an atheist.
i'm not making much money.
i did something i promised myself i wouldn't do: i work for witnesses.
Nicely done, Lt.
was your memory good, bad or ugly?
Following the wrong pair of legs out to the KH parking lot, then not knowing how to get back inside. I was about 3.
we have a bunch of books that are wasting a lot of valuable bookshelf space: songbooks (the gold ones), nwts, the jw history book, insight on the scriptures, and most of the little dumb books.
we also have a few brochures, tracts, and some kingdom ministry brochures called "the new millennuim - what does the future hold".
we have the entire bible on cassette tape, the wt library 2000 on cd, and lots of other stuff.. someone was asking on another thread about the old school brochure.
Mono, I have a spare your youth and a spare paradise lost. PM me if you want them.
some of you may have heard through the grapevine already, but it's official... .
i'm engaged.
i got those lovely flowers below sent to me at work, and i officially got my rock after a swank dinner and carriage ride around a park.
Congrats Jo! (I think the images might still be on your HD.)
it has been quite a while since i've provided an update but recently things have been odd.
there have been alot little things i've picked up on that leads me to believe my wife is really struggling with the concept of remaining a witness.
i provide gentle coaxing here and there.
Very interesting. If you want another book to pique her interest after "Seductive Poison," you might find "Under the Banner of Heaven" by Krakauer a good read. I read it shortly after leaving the WT and found so many correlations it was a little freaky- yet it's about Mormons and one of their break-away cults, thus still "safe."
All around excellent news. My husband and I left together. We faded before we knew what we were doing, though he found out the truth about WT a bit before I did, and leaked information to me until I was read to run with it.
BTW, my parents still talk to me, they were over here yesterday in fact.
dear greg: just a note to thank you for the card and for remembering us on our anniversary.
we had a very nice 45th anniversary.
the only thing that would have made it better is if you and ***(my sister) could have celebrated with us .
this thread deserves a "best of..." thanks for sharing your messages.
