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  2. These updates have been FAST & FURIOUS Can we appeal to the QC / QA department to please do a better job of testing as errors are occurring and erroneous messages keep popping up that we have never experienced before. We lost the statuses of territories worked a few weeks before April 25th and today had several times the experience by different publishers, where the householder replied someone was here weeks ago. NOT Very Good Optics!
  3. Realm of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, will bring an end to suffering, ushering in a wonderful new world of Peace and Joy.
  4. The Talmud (Sanhedrin 38a) explains: “[...] so that, if man becomes arrogant, he can be told: Even the mosquito preceded you in Creation.”☺️ Jewish humor
  5. Hey, my first post that didn't have to wait to be approved! Yayyyy! 😂
  6. Restoring the reports from backup worked. 👍🏻 Today's NWP update restored the attendance boxes. 👍🏻
  7. Area can refer to a vicinity, or to the people within your realm.
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  9. Discouraged persons are among those responding this morning in my area.
  10. Opinions can reflect counsel, inference can follow where the evidence clearly points, but speculation reaches beyond what we know or are assigned to know — which is why Jehovah’s Witnesses do not celebrate birthdays by inference, while speculation itself is strongly discouraged.
  11. Not available in the Apple store I'm hearing from our publishers. I have an android device, so I'm not able to confirm.
  12. This error occurs when I try to enter time for a publisher in my group. Happens whether the publisher is connected or not. I am not the GO but and the Sec. Set to all elders can enter time for group members. NWP app version is 4.0.7 Any ideas? Or am I waiting on a fix? TYIA
  13. Insert Summer wasn't there for the party, but Shelly, Leslie and Ang were and Kayla - who's been a daughter to Shelly almost all of her life - got added in too. Leslie had to leave a little early and I had to go off and give Summer her certificate before I left town. Leslie phoned me as I drove down the highway and I wouid never have expected that the seven years before I recontacted her would wreak the havoc on her that it did. But, in fact, all of 'my' girls would need me in some way before I saw them again and the adoptions would take on a new and greater meaning than we ever anticipated. But before all of that could take place a near total communication blackout imposed by my new wife had to be overcome.
  14. Thank you for that... It really took another eight years for the experience to become 'rewarding' in the way the heading suggests. But between us we worked out a nice plan for an adoption to fit into my itinerary as I got near the end of my 2016 trip to the US and Europe. Ang made all the arrangements and in our discussions we decided to include her older sister in it too. After all, she was also an orphan. Then Leslie's story about the loss of her dad meant she also qualified for adoption, while a younger sister, Summer, who was close to Ang at the time and who was unable to walk unaided had no father in her life. My family was really growing here! But it still was only a half-serious arrangement. We all had our separate lives and although we put on a ceremony and there were many guests who signed the certificates Ang had printed up as witnesses to the event, there may have been nothing more than occasional contact when that July 4 afternoon was over. It was a fun event...
  15. More visuals, almost 1.0C into El Niño and its just the beginning of May.
  16. I have often had that at the top of my list too or even what happened to them, but why would be better.
  17. Ministry, when carried out with genuine compassion and quiet perseverance, becomes far more than a routine activity — it turns into a living expression of faith that reaches hearts, answers unspoken questions, and gently draws sincere ones toward Jehovah over time.
  18. I've got a few years up now, certainly enough to have some great experiences... I've been married to a wonderful woman, endured the struggles that such relationships bring, learned the patience necessary to deal with them and then had the heartache of losing that life partner. Not what you would experience in the new system, but an indelible part of this one. Many things have come my way subsequently, but nothing can match what has happened to me as a result of making contact with one of the members here. During the course of a phone conversation she said to me, "It's 20 years today since my mom died." Well, I guess I had to react in some way to that, and as I knew her father had died when she was just a kid I replied, "So you're an orphan then?" "Yeah, I'm an orphan. Will you adopt me?" Neither of us were to know just how involving this would be, how much it would mean to us and to others. Well, I did say it was rewarding, the 'most rewarding' in fact. Would you like me to continue this story?
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    • Modern references to creative days:
       
      *** w15 6/1 p. 5 How Science Affects Your Life ***
      The Bible fixes no duration for the six creative “days.” Instead, it opens the door for modern scientists to study them and assign accurate time spans to them. We know that the creative “days” were much longer than 24-hour days.
       
      *** g21 No. 3 p. 12 What the Bible Tells Us ***
      So each of the six creative “days” during which God prepared the earth for life and created life on it could represent extremely long periods of time.
       
      *** g 1/14 p. 12 Creation ***
      WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS God created the universe, including the earth, in the indefinite past—“in the beginning,” as Genesis 1:1 says. Modern science agrees that the universe had a beginning. A recent scientific model suggests it to be almost 14 billion years old.
       
      *** lc pp. 26 Science and the Genesis Account ***
      A careful consideration of the Genesis account reveals that events starting during one “day” continued into one or more of the following “days.”
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    • Dages

      A sister in my group went to see a very close friend at the hospital, before the final moment. She was told "Thank you for teaching me the Truth, let's meet again".
      Very emotional... and beautiful !
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    • Dages

      Got myself a MacBook Neo for my work. Not bad, my first mac ever.
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    • Francis26

      Baptised on the 11th this month

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    • Miss Bea  »  Timl1980

      My dear, dear brother. You may be physically alone. But you are not alone. Of course you have Jehovah and his invisible family, all there. Then, us in our pitiful state, are here too. Loving you, and praying for you and you dear Cate. 
      Praying for you both dear ones. 
      The best is yet to come, and, yes, just around the corner. 
      In the meantime, Jehovah will see to the two of you. This I know.
      With much love, your sister, Bea
      · 0 replies
    • Dré

      A very fair rule: If you allow yourself something, then allow it to others as well. If you forbid something to others, then forbid it to yourself as well.
      · 1 reply
    • missniecey  »  WilliamChew

      When will you do a transcript on the unuted states branch meeting ww had today
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    • Ostria

      The Devil whispered in my ear "You're not strong enough to withstand the storm." I whispered back "At least I didn't lose my golden fiddle to some hillbilly in Georgia."  (Mic drop)
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    • computerwiz

      Are allergies on the rise (more so than just "being the season" for them)?  🤔
       
      My grandma of 81 years was complaining yesterday about having to deal with allergies, despite it never really being a thing for her before.

      Even in my own circumstances, I find myself using my albuterol inhaler and nearly having asthma attacks, despite growing out of that many years ago.  Now it's back...  😔
      · 4 replies
    • Kiana Williamson

      My spiritual routine is… sorely lacking order…
       
      My list of personal study projects only keeps growing, and it seems I cannot finish even one. I am absolutely terrible at study. My brain just doesn’t seem to “go off,” but at the same time, nothing ever gets accomplished 😵‍💫
       
      Like now—I found a JW-friendly app (Personal Bible Trainer). I chose to read the Bible from scratch, both the Old and New Testament, and it gives a challenge, goal, or thought to focus on with the chapters (or part of a chapter) you’re reading. I also decided to highlight my Bible while I’m at it so I know for sure I read the chapters. Then I remembered I had started writing down the characters mentioned, so I don’t forget who was in the chapter, when, where, and in what order. And then there’s the daily text and weekly meeting study… it’s just all horror!
       
      Just from this, you can probably see my mind is absolute chaos 🤯 My brain feels like a bag filled with water—but full of holes.
       
      I’ve cut back on work due to my health slowly deteriorating. Now I’m only working 2 days a week instead of 4. I stopped going out in field service and have been asking others not to invite me because I keep having to cancel last minute due to my mystery illness/condition.
       
      Now I really need ideas that might help plug these holes—so I can actually retain information and build a study routine that works for me. I can’t even remember how I was able to handle so many subjects back in my school days 😮‍💨
       
      I know most brothers and sisters have families, strong spiritual routines, and goals that help them stay focused on spreading the good news of the Kingdom. Being in the truth by myself, I’m doing everything solo. And over the years—with moving to an actual home, changing congregations, and now my health failing at this age… anything I once had in mind spiritually (like learning a new language, LDC, or working on projects like Ramapo) is gone, and my zeal has almost fizzled out.
       
      I had some shepherding calls after isolating myself for so long and not attending meetings for a few months. The elders reminded me that there are people who care about me, even when life gets in the way—and that isolation won’t help. And they’re right… it doesn’t.
       
      The only thing that kept me going—then and even now—are Jesus’ words and Peter’s response after many stopped following him:
       
      “So Jesus said to the Twelve: ‘You do not want to go also, do you?’ Simon Peter answered him: ‘Lord, whom shall we go away to? You have sayings of everlasting life. We have believed and have come to know that you are the Holy One of God.’” — John 6:67–69
       
      Right now, I’m just trying to focus on getting my mind back into studying properly and maybe having a good comment at the meetings again.
       
      Any advice you may have that could help—I would really appreciate it. Otherwise, please just keep me in your prayers. 🙏🏼 
      · 8 replies
    • Jim Jam

      This church is literally stealing our songs:
       
       
      These people have zero shame
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