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Thank my sweet sis.

Family Worship every single night. Conceil literature around the house. Visit, call or text the brothers every week. Check my contacts [family, coworkers, neighbors, delivery guys, ...] and offer a bible course to every one.

And maybe an ant who just doesn't care is an antimatter ( or maybe I have just watched ANTZ too may times)

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102001526 😘

Here is a dashboard of the current El Niño that is coming, you can view its current status. It’s projected for El Niño to reach +3.9C. https://dashboard.theclimatebrink.com/#enso

Honestly speaking, after a bit of reflection, I think there might be a touch of that. I had to think about that one for a while...now I have to ponder my personal feelings about it, and what to do about it.

I remember that article. It helped me get through some negative feelings after I miscarried many years ago. I can't find it anymore.

Maybe the Kingdom Hall will be full once the great tribulation starts

Hi Tim, I also really appreciate your honesty in sharing your feelings. Most of us are struggling some way emotionally at this point. This is a rhetorical question…you don’t have to answer. Is it possible you are also a little angry at Jehovah regarding the situation with your wife? If so, you are not alone in your feelings. Many deal with those feelings from time to time. I often remember the experience of the brother whose daughter was murdered when someone cut her open to steal her baby. He expressed in the article how he had to deal with his feelings of being angry at Jehovah. If you are angry, it’s ok. It’s normal and very human. Since you are in a situation where there is little you can do regarding your wife, I’m sure it’s so disheartening. We all pray with you and for you that you both are relieved soon of the stress of what is going on. Much love.

I can't wait to meet both of you in Paradise. Ask you about how was life before Armageddon, and be able to identify you because of your life story you've been sharing here on JWtalk. We love you Timothy.

Wow! I like the details,that writer's edge. Was going in in a car group Sunday and said sorry, I have to hand out no doze but the brother who is a writer was amused by the journalistic approach.

We have told people for years about the end of Babylon the Great. Might move some decisions or motivate persons who have been called on. Cant hardly wait. We had a sister (now passed) who wold ask during an invitation campaign. "What if every person showed up at the Hall?"

that's what they should have been thinking yesterday already But many nonJW and exJW may come back because of it... I hope they'll be able to endure during the whole thing

“I need to hide all my chocolate.”

Different reactions for sure. "Oh oh not yet Jesus, Ihave many things to change" "Hmm, not yet, I still have to pioneer" "I have to simply my life first" "Im living a double life, I need to change."

I hope the brothers announce that the Day of Jehovah has begun instead of the Great Tribulation has begun. It puts the focus on what Jehovah is doing instead of how it will affect us.

@ChrisW beat me to it! Very proud of you my brother. Happy to hear you went AND stuck around. ^^^^^^^^

I'll start a day by day journal on this very day of announcement

It is strange they want so much money for it. Seems its rivaling military spending now?

Getting more and more obvious every day.

I can’t help but wonder what it will be like to suddenly receive a warning or announcement saying, “The Great Tribulation has begun!” Have you ever imagined what our personal reaction would be? It would mark a step toward the transformation and destruction of everything we know as the system.

I'm so proud of you. I'm proud to call you my brother. I understand why you were distracted but your presence at the meeting allowed you to receive encouragement from Jehovah and your spiritual family. One step at a time. 💚

Also, a quick update on the meeting. I ended up coming in a few minutes after the meeting started. A lot of people smiled and waved and we're really happy to see me, one person even came up during the meeting and gave me a hug from behind as I sat on my chair. I really enjoyed being there in person, but I will be completely honest with you guys, my focus was inwards rather than outwards. I sat there and nearly right away, Satan jumped on my back by means of a message from my wife expressing her disgust and outrage at the legal system and hospital system in the UK...a system that was essentially leaving her to die on her own without much practical help. I know she wasn't thinking about the time difference, I know she wasn't really aware that I was sitting at the hall when she typed that message. But it immediately arrested my attention and all the feelings and emotions came rushing back. I spent the first 10 or 15 minutes of that poor brother's talk in tears, just fighting to wrestle my attention back and try to pay attention. The Watchtower study was a shambles, I faded in and out of awareness as brothers and sisters made really good comments around me. I couldn't really concentrate, I kept having to pull my attention back to the study...it was really hard not to give up and walk out and sit in my car. But I stuck it out, I stayed. One older brother approached me right after the last prayer and shook my hand and said he missed my comments and my presence and it was good to see me back, and...laying everything out on the table...it opened a wound. I know he didn't mean it that way, but it made me immediately aware of what I was NO LONGER doing...and it hurt. But I stayed, and I associated a little. A brother invited me out to eat, throwing in for good measure that he would pay for the meal, but I turned him down. I'm deeply grateful that he even thought of me, but that wasn't really the point of me going to the meeting today. I know Jehovah uses the friends, and believe me, I DID get encouragement from being there and seeing everyone...despite how I sound now. I'm just choosing to be blunt, I'm choosing to say the things that I often leave unsaid. I went because I needed to speak to my best friend today...I needed to be in his house...to be close to where he was. I felt peace sitting there, I felt like a couple of pieces of the puzzle that make up "me" suddenly clicked back into place...it felt warm and comfortable. Again, I'm not claiming that I'm healed, that everything is good now. I'm fully aware that I may regress at some point, but for right now I feel like my battery was recharged somewhat, and I'm happy with that for right now. Thank you to everyone who read, commented or left an emoji. I'm trying very hard to be transparent with all of this, it's not easy when it feels like I'm 30 ft below the surface of an ocean and I'm struggling to kick my way back up to the surface just to take a single breath of fresh air before I get sucked back under. I know Jehovah is there, he's already proven that many times over. It's on me to stay close to him, it's just a little bit harder when I feel like Satan and his demons have climbed onto my back and are refusing to let go.

Honestly, my cousin gave the funeral talk and he said so many things about my grandpa that I never knew...it made me feel ashamed. My grandpa was in the truth is entire life, my step dad's family has five generations in the truth, so it runs deep in the family. But to be completely honest, I never really got to know him like that. I was around him from when my Mom married my step dad at the age of 6. We moved to the family farm that had been in their family for generations only to sell the farm a couple of years later because the farm simply didn't pay for itself anymore. That sort of caused a rift in the family, so it was a bit strained growing up. As a teenager, I was too full of rebellion to really get to know him, and then I was incarcerated for 15 years after that, so I really missed out on all those memories that my cousin spoke about at the funeral. It wasn't until after I got out of prison that I really got to know him a little bit, and I liked what I saw. He loved to reminisce, he remembered things about being in the truth and the early days before they were even elders, back when they met in a tiny schoolhouse as their Kingdom Hall. We had many good conversations when I would stop by their house and visit for a while, I think one of the primary reasons that family rift healed was because I was one of the only grandchildren stopping by on a semi regular basis just to visit. But it wasn't too long before he started losing his eyesight and withdrawing into himself, although even then we had some good talks about the good old days. He had forgotten more about farming than most people would ever learn in a lifetime...and he knew more about the area where he grew up and the people in it then probably 99% of the other people living in that area. Listening to him was like watching a movie in your head, that's the best way I can describe it. He was very good with names and remembered details that most people would consider irrelevant, but those tiny little details actually gave the spice and the flavor to his stories. That's what I remember about him most, thanks for asking. I know we all look forward to seeing those we love brought back, I don't think it'll be long now

Before I went to meeting this morning I read your post out loud to my husband. We both cried. Not only because of your pain but because you said so many things we all feel at times. And so even at your lowest point my brother you helped lift so many. You pushed yourself and also pulled along those who were needing a little extra. Thank you for sharing it. We pray for you and your wife. Soon we will see Jehovah's deliverance from all our troubles.