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Hi everyone, It's been a while since I last posted an update about this project, so I wanted to give you a status update. As I mentioned before, I am currently developing Baruch entirely on my own. It was never my intention for this to remain a one-person project. Over the past months I've approached several brothers here in the Netherlands to see if they would be interested in helping. Not everyone needs to be a programmer. There are many other areas where help is needed, such as communication, community management, documentation, testing, and eventually user support. Unfortunately, finding volunteers has proven to be more difficult than I expected. Everyone is naturally busy with theocratic responsibilities, family life, work, and other commitments. I don't have investors, and I'm funding this project entirely with my own (limited) resources. Because of that, I'm not in a position to pay people for their work. It has never been my intention to turn Baruch into a commercial product. Instead, I'd like to explore whether the project can eventually be sustained through voluntary donations and community support. I also set up a Discord server and was hoping to find someone who enjoys building and managing an online community. A community doesn't grow by itself—it requires time, energy, and consistent communication. My idea was to regularly post updates and discussions to keep people involved. I even approached several brothers from the English congregation here in Utrecht, since good written English is important for reaching an international audience, but so far I haven't been able to find anyone who is enthusiastic about taking on that role. Some of you may also know a little about my personal circumstances. For several years now I've been unable to work because of my health. In 2018 I was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer. I have Mantle Cell Lymphoma, which unfortunately is not curable. At the moment I'm taking Ibrutinib to keep the disease under control, but it doesn't always work as well as we'd hope. The past few months have been particularly difficult. Right now I'm struggling with severe fatigue and poor concentration, which makes it very difficult to work consistently on Baruch. I've gone through periods like this before, and my doctors expect things to improve again. I've now been working on Baruch for about two years. For me, it's much more than just a software project—it gives me purpose and something positive to focus on. I started this topic on jwtalk back in February because I genuinely wanted input from brothers around the world. At the same time, that also makes it very visible whenever my health temporarily prevents me from making progress. My long-term vision is that Baruch will not remain a one-person project. I hope to build a team of brothers and sisters who can continue developing and supporting it together. That will take time to organize properly. Because of my illness, it's very possible that one day I'll have to take what we sometimes call "the underground" to the New World. If that happens, I certainly don't want a project that I've invested two years of my life in to disappear with me. My goal is to place the software within a company called Agape Apps and, at the appropriate time, make the project open source on GitHub so that many brothers can contribute to its future development. That, too, will take time to organize these things. For now, it's important to keep the bigger picture in mind. Because of my health, it's simply impossible for me to accurately estimate how much time I'll be able to dedicate to Baruch. As a result, I also can't honestly predict when a first beta or test version will be ready. I hope this gives everyone a clearer picture of where the project stands today. Agape, Jonathan

Not seen this as a past-time in the UK

We always appreciate it when the legal systems vindicate our ministry, but we will continue with or without their agreement, in order to accomplish the commission given us.

We have looked at Ancestry, and traced family back. There is a limit to what you can do, though without spending a lot of money, so we paused it. We found that some from other countries wanted to claim a relationship with us, and others looking for royal antecedents.

Awesome, can you post more 😀 🙏 pretty please

Thanks for the advice. I will try the computer, my phone does glare at my eyes I don't often sit down with my laptop I am always on the move as a carer for my son. But it would be nice to dedicate a quiet time to all you lovely brothers and sisters. This is a very encouraging site. I have met people on line with the same problems as me many times, but having the same goal in life is so different and makes you so much more happy. We are all loaded down one way or another and it's good to get to know everyone and all their loads they are carrying.... but a actually to feel like you immediately belong is so special, especially when you ( me) am having problems having consistent contact from my brother's and sisters in my local congregation. Will get on my computer later today:)

The world wants it, but they never achieve it. To many of their own false prophets predicting things will come out all right. Just in the day when Jeremiah lived. False priests and prophets, lied to the people, but that was okay with them. They got tired of listening to God's true spokes person of a incoming doom for their cities, their temple! The temple became in their own minds and hearts a "goodluck charm" - The temple of Jehovah, said it 3 times. All the while God asking them to come cleanse themselves , turn back from these evil deeds in thoughts, but these failed. Same today, in fulfillment of Mathew 24:14, we continue will those in opposition wull be remove forever. That time is so close in our mear ibcomung future. Yet people put trust in corrupt Politicians, their agendas.

He looks like hes pushing something that’s for sure…it sure isn’t peace Pitiful really

Julie, as for the comments you mention you received but cannot find, they are probably in the private messenger. It's possible to communicate privately with some member, where only you and that person can see the messages. To access the private messenger go to the upper right corner of the page and click on the three lines. Then click on the envelope. If you use your computer it looks more or less the same, but the envelope appears directly on the upper right corner, no need to click anywhere else.

Hi Carlos That's good advice especially about going on the computer instead of the phone I will try that I think it will be a better for my eyes too:)

Julie, I think you are reading the site from your phone. It looks a bit different than from a computer. When you go to jwtalk.net, there is a list of sections, like Announcement, Our Meetings or Bible Research. Inside those sections there are many discussions. You can read any of those and reply if you wish. Justinah has kindly posted examples of how to do that. One tip that may be useful is that discussions where you have participated before have a small star, like this:

That's interesting, I think I have tried that site, I used find my past. Sorry about your mum. I lost my dad 3 years ago. And I started my family search because he first showed an interest in his tree, but when I asked the name of his grandparents he said they were called "nan and grandad" I traced them through great aunts and great uncles instead. I haven't done it for some years but I would like to have another go at some point.

Thursday, June 18 Sadness in a godly way produces repentance leading to salvation.—2 Cor. 7:10. The apostle Paul noted that the “rebuke given by the majority [was] sufficient for such a man.” (2 Cor. 2:5-8) In other words, the discipline had served its purpose toward the man who previously had sexual relations with his stepmother. (1 Cor. 5:1) What purpose? To lead him to repentance. (Heb. 12:11) Paul therefore directed the congregation: “Kindly forgive and comfort” the erring brother, and “confirm your love for him.” Note that Paul wanted the congregation to do more than merely allow the man back among Jehovah’s people. Paul wanted them to assure the repentant man by their words, manner, and actions that they truly forgave him and loved him. They would thus make it clear that they welcomed his return to the congregation. w24.08 15 ¶4; 16-17 ¶6-8

Sunny and beautiful. Makes me want to go kayaking.

I created a family tree on Ancestry (dot) com after my mother died in 2022; she had all kinds of information about my relatives. It's now up to 4000 people. Most of whom I may never know, but apparently I have a few living cousins.

The whore behind the scene

Although it's not mentioned directly in the article, this is just another example of clergy-inspired persecution by the orthodox religions in eastern European countries that's been going on for decades, in an attempt to "frame trouble by law." --- Ps. 94:20

Did anybody else ever visit their site, Uncommon Descent? It's archived now but I was active there for a while back in 2010-11.

New link to video dropped recently .Here is the release information: Cambrian Explosion Remains the Gift that Keeps on Giving By David Coppedge 5 June 2026 https://scienceandculture.com/2026/06/cambrian-explosion-remains-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/ The Cambrian Explosion has been on my mind for a long time. I’ve been on the board of Illustra Media since its founding in 1997, and am proud of one of the company’s finest documentaries on intelligent design, Darwin’s Dilemma (2009). On the subject of that Cambrian classic, I have good news to share. It has been behind a paywall for 17 years — unless you speak a foreign language. Versions in German and Mandarin Chinese have been on Illustra’s YouTube channel since 2019, but English speakers could only buy the DVD or stream it. That all changed this year. The excellent full-length video, sharing much material with Stephen Meyer’s later New York Times bestselling book Darwin’s Doubt (2013), is now freely available on YouTube. And that’s not all: there are Bonus Features, too... But Wait; There’s More Another request I had been making of Lad and Jerry over years was to rescue some of the Bonus Features in their documentaries from the memory hole. Bonus Features were only available on the DVD versions. There were some real gems among them. Jerry went the extra step of uploading a key Bonus Feature from Darwin’s Dilemma: 22 questions about the Cambrian Explosion, biological information, and the positive case for intelligent design, answered by five ID leaders: Douglas Axe, Paul Nelson, Richard Sternberg, Jonathan Wells, and Stephen Meyer. It’s good to revisit the eloquence of our distinguished late colleague Dr. Jonathan Wells. These short clips, one to four minutes in length, can be very useful for sharing on social media in response to evolutionary claims. Friends of the ID movement will enjoy seeing how these ID spokesmen looked back in the day! And now, the Q&A features from Unlocking are up, too.

Thanks for all the info I will gradually take it all in. It's all Discovery;)

1- Also, hitting the "Quote" button on someone's comment quotes that person like so ^ and sends a notification to them that someone responded to them. 2- The "+" sign is used in a similar way. It also quotes someone, but first is saves the quote in the bottom right hand corner of the screen (see picture) and then when you click on it, it opens a comment section with the quote in it. This is useful for when you want to respond to someone but don't want to be taken to the bottom of the screen immediately because you don't want to lose your place while reading. It's also useful for quoting multiple comments without, again, having to do all that scrolling. 3- A third option for quoting is to highlight just the text you want to quote from someone and press the "Quote selection" button. This is useful for when you only want to draw attention to a specific portion of a comment or if the rest of the comment is very long and you don't want to take up that much space.

Whate kind of peace is this? https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-14-point-iran-deal-111757610.html

I haven't played cornhole but have watched some of The American Cornhole League (ACL)competitions when I found them on TV. Some things I noted, while the goal is to get your beanbag in the hole, sometimes it is better to have it stop short of the hole to block the other player. If they knock your beanbag in, it still counts for you. I also noticed that the players usually bounce and flip the beanbag in their hand to 'loosen it up' before they toss it. Hope this helps.

Hi Thanks for that, will read that advice a few times to let it sink in:) Kind regards Julie