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Yes.. you got Helen .. @Dustparticle.. Those pushing of KoTn and Kots are fulfilling the prophecy ... Im unemployed now for almost 2 months and my friend was fired 3 days ago... And lots of my friends are suffering, I want the new system for everyone..

Jehovah's organization sets the example for good manners and appreciation. When we donate online, we receive a letter of appreciation in return. This month, the letter has some exciting news to share. The LDC brothers have undertaken a test of installing solar power systems and power storage in remote areas. In Papua New Guinea, a circuit overseer said at one rural Kingdom Hall, the new power system allows meetings to run smoothly without the noise and expense of generators. As a result, the friends now enjoy stable lighting and Kingdom songs and video presentations without disruptions. Imagine the impact this will have in the community!!! If someone should ask us at their door which religion we are, we can answer "We're the one keeping the lights on for you". But, really, just think about those areas where electricity is scarce or none at all. The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses is powered up!!!! I just wonder if this power system and storage is off-the-shelf equipment, or have the brothers modified ?

Hello Brothers and Sisters, I'm not sure if everyone know this or not. Now when click on a video at JW.org and then click on the Download button you can get the transcript by selecting either Copy, TXT or PDF. No need to go to any other unofficial websites to get this information. THANK YOU to Jehovah and the Governing Body for making this text now available to us so easily at our Official Website at JW.org! Roger

A few weeks ago, a bible student in our congregation reached a milestone. After studying for some time, he was announced at our midweek meeting as an unbaptized publisher. It was one of those moments where all of our hearts were bursting with joy...because you know how much effort it took this precious man to get there. After the meeting, my wife and I went up to congratulate him. We told him how proud we were of him, how encouraging it was to see his progress. He thanked me, and then I asked him something I always ask new ones. “May I ask, was there anything in particular that helped you the most in your study so far?” He thought for a second, smiled, and said something that sounded almost too simple...and yet...after I thought about it on the way home...it was absolutely profound. “Once I realized Jehovah was really listening, I didn’t want to stop talking to him.” That was it. No long explanation. No dramatic story. Just that. And the more I thought about it, the more it stayed with me. Then...the other day...I was speaking to a brother on the phone who is still incarcerated...and as we were recalling our days in there together...he started chuckling and asked me if I remembered Willie. Immediately I started laughing as my mind conjured up a picture of the elderly gentleman he was speaking of...and yet, it wasn't until later that day that I started REALLY thinking of Willie...and suddenly a connection formed in my mind between Willie and our newest publisher. You see, Willie hadn’t taken care of himself for most of his life, and by the time he ended up in prison, the dentist had some hard news for him. Years of neglect meant tooth after tooth had to be pulled. Eventually, there was only one left...a single front tooth that jutted out at an awkward angle from his top gums. It looked crazy when he smiled...because it was large and square, looking like a white piece of Chiclet gum protruding from his gums. When the dentist said it should come out too, Willie shook his head defiantly. “No,” he said. “Not that one.” They offered him a full set of dentures. It would’ve looked better. Everyone knew it. But Willie refused. He agreed to partials that fit around that one tooth, even though it looked a little odd. And from that day on, Willie took care of that tooth like his life depended on it. He carefully flossed it, brushed carefully, avoided hard food, and smiled with his whole mouth open...proud to show it off. (And yes, he even saved up his money and would buy a whitening kit for it once in a while😅) Whenever someone joked about it, (and they did, often) Willie just grinned and said, “I never took care of much of anything in my life...so I figured I'd start trying now.” You see...for Willie, it wasn’t about how it looked. It was about not losing everything. And then it hit me...Drew and Willie were really doing the same thing. They weren’t fixing everything, and they weren’t acting like they had it all figured out. They were just guarding the one thing that still felt real and alive to them. The Bible puts it this way at Proverbs 4:23: “Above all the things that you guard, safeguard your heart.” The Hebrew word for “guard” there means to watch over something fragile...something that won’t survive without care. For Willie, it was one tooth. For Drew, it was prayer. For many of us, it might be something just as small...just as fragile...and yet, it's something we will simply NEVER let go of. And Jehovah sees that. He doesn’t ask for perfection. He just asks us not to let go of what’s alive. And sometimes, that’s enough to begin again.

Hello brother, looks like you might have had an add-on installed, which is why they appeared. They won’t show up unless you have one. 😅😅😅

It was bitterly cold that morning...the kind of cold that makes you hesitate before opening the door...the kind of cold that could be dangerous if you stayed outside for too long. I was out on my route...putting miles behind me, my mind half engaged with the third episode of The Jack Benny show that was echoing around the interior of my van. I was just about to pull into a gas station when my phone rang...a brother from up north again, thanking me for some cheese I had delivered to his house the previous week. His wife was in the background, reminding him to tell me thank you from several local brothers and sisters as I slid into a parking spot at Kwik Trip and chatted with them for a few minutes. I listened as they related a local experience from last week's field service; a potential study started by his wife and another sister. I needed to use the restroom, but the conversation had me engaged and so I just sat there, appreciating my warm van as I watched people dashing back and forth from their vehicles to the gas station. Wisconsin "cold" has a way of prioritizing people's behavior, thus I started grinning as I watched several people performing a funny little dance as they stood fueling their gas tanks...attempting to keep the Arctic chill at bay. I must have lost the thread of the conversation, however, because the next thing I knew the sister was asking me, "Well Tim?", in a very expectant tone. Apologizing for my ADHD brain, I asked her to repeat what she had said, and quickly found out that they were offering me lunch at their house once I got up around their neck of the woods sometime that afternoon. I hesitated briefly, doing some quick mental gymnastics regarding the timing of my route, then accepted and said I would be looking forward to the food and a good conversation, even if I couldn't stay very long. We said goodbye then, and, after using the bathroom...I continued on my route until I finished my stops near their town. By this time it was about 1:00 in the afternoon, and I was hungry. Parking my van in their driveway, I walked up to the front door and rang their doorbell, whereupon they quickly admitted me and shut the door, blocking out the wickedly freezing air that had rushed into their warm house. No one was in a hurry. Lunch was already on the table, they knew I didn't have much time so everything was already prepared. His wife is a wonderful cook; two plates later of pork roast and vegetables dished out over a mountain of homemade mashed potatoes...I was warm...I was full...and if I'm being honest, I was getting sleepy 🥱. Our conversation was natural and full of warmth...we flitted from one subject to the next like an ice skater gliding over an ice rink. Finally I knew it was time to leave and my eyes strayed around the room...looking for a clock, (as I had left my phone in my van). A large cuckoo clock sat on the mantle above their electric fireplace...and after gauging the time...I happened to notice several greeting cards neatly arranged surrounding the clock...like soldiers on a battlefield. I asked about them casually, remarking that my wife does the exact same thing with our greeting cards. It was in that single moment...that everything changed. Their faces softened. Their voices warmed. Motioning me to follow...they got up from the table, walked over to the cards and started pulling them down. Suddenly this dear older couple came to life before my eyes....their voices filled with sheer joy as they began to recall who had given each one to them...and why each meant so much. The bitter cold outside lay forgotten as memories suddenly started flaring into life around me. Assuming the cards were recent...I asked to see them...and they pressed them into my hands, one after the other. The dates flashing before my eyes stopped me in my tracks 1978...1984...1991...and 1997. Several were more recent...but some were decades old. They had kept them all these years...not tucked away in a box, not forgotten in a drawer...but on the mantle place...in a position of honor. And the words inside those cards? They still encouraged them today... because they told me that they still take them down sometimes and read them together, drawing encouragement and strength from words written years, even decades ago. I left shortly after, waving goodbye and smiling as I walked out the door back into the bitter cold...because they were still there, at the mantle place, talking to each other about their precious greeting cards. That moment...my last glimpse of them as they stood gently fondling those cards...that moment sent my mind and heart straight back to a verse I’ve read many times, but never quite like this: “Like apples of gold in silver carvings is a word spoken at the right time.” — Proverbs 25:11 In Hebrew, the word translated “word” is dāḇār. It doesn’t just mean something spoken. It means a matter, an event...something that does something and KEEPS doing it. And the phrase “spoken at the right time” literally means “on its wheels.” A word that arrives exactly when needed...and keeps traveling with you. The words in those cards cards weren't just written in 1978, 1987, 1991 and 1997...or even now, in 2026. Those words arrived again...day after day, month after month, year after year. Those words spoke again in quiet moments, sad moments...moments when maybe no other words could fill the empty space. The words on those cards warmed hearts long after the ink had dried. Proverbs 25:11 isn’t about eloquence. It’s about timing and permanence. A word given with love at the right moment doesn’t fade. It waits. It moves. It returns. Sometimes, it sits quietly on a mantle place...ready to speak again...whenever it's needed. So friends, I know the world is getting colder...I know things are getting more and more hectic...but please, please remember that a greeting card may seem small and sometimes unimportant...but it is not something that gets read once and then tossed away, as if it meant little. Not among Jehovah's people it doesn't. As crazy as it might sound, a simple greeting card with just a few words of encouragement has the power to stir hearts years, even decades after it was written. I know, I've seen and experienced it first hand, both as the giver and the receiver. A gift doesn't have to expensive to make it beautiful...and words don't have to be perfect to be "spoken at the right time".

The brother portraying Jesus is still there, as is his 'mother' and his 'brothers'. There are (were) 4 Jesus-es to portray different ages. But that is behind us now. One couple I know moved to Sydney for 7 years. I see him on the episodes now. So I have no doubt they wish to keep them there for the length of this project. (He is one of the 12.) And I can confirm all the 'same' main characters are still there in episode 10... And keeping the same looking characters draws us to them. I am connecting events and the various apostles personalities together with their actions with their words. I'm loving Peter more and more...

If you’re on iPhone/iPad (possibly also mac) then I highly recommend an app called JWX which works on top of your JW Library, adding not only transcripts but even parses the transcript to make the scriptures detected in it hyperlinked:

Very possibly, yes. On the other hand, given the nature of the government, with covert operations everywhere, I think the brothers would be extremely careful about messaging apps. This actually brings back memories of how brothers evaded the authorities during WWII. Letters tor telegraphs that would say "Mother sends her love", or "We had a wedding reception at a nice hotel. They had a pool". IYKYK 😉

This special report on the eighth anniversary of the persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia has been prepared by the Office of Public Information for distribution to and discussion with government officials. READ HERE This annex to the report highlights the threat to life and health the persecution has caused for Jehovah’s Witnesses with disabilities or serious illnesses. READ HERE.

Wow, I see now that I am a Regular Member here at this great website! Thanks so much to the great moderators here for the update to my status. Roger

"I should visit the Australian branch"

Not sure if it's been mentioned earlier, but Ep 9 is underway now, or so I was told when I visited Bethel a couple of weeks ago. My first visit there, and was very impressed with the film set - well actually the whole Bethel branch for that matter 😊

The UN, like every government, is rife with waste and fraud. I think what the administration is doing is to end it by cutting off the money. The more programs the UN adopts, the more opportunities for waste and fraud. So, the US has quit almost all programs that aren't directly connected to the core mission of maintaining P&S. Owing money is somewhat of a paradox (or irony, I can't tell). On the surface, it would seem the creditor (the bank) has the upper hand over the debtor. But, it can be the opposite. Because if you owe me money, I need to help you stay solvent, because if you fail I will never get my money. For example, (and I'm pretty sure this is irony), whereas you owe me money, I may loan you more money to keep you afloat until you can start paying me back. This seems to be the strategy of the US owing the UN so much money. The UN needs to accommodate reforms that the US wants if they (UN) are to get the money owed to them. The tail wags the dog. But, what all of this points to is a real shake-up of the status quo. The UN will make some real reforms, there will be a new Secretary-General by December (Guterres has been described as the worst SG ever), perhaps the UN will re-calibrate and focus on peace and security and not so much on diversity/equality/inclusion. And, at the perfect moment, Jehovah will put his one thought into their consciousness to carry out His purpose. I believe the GT will start while Trump is president.

As you can imagine, it's a bit of both. The ones that stay throughout, would be the 12, (and ones like these) that often are named. From what I see, there are also 'groups' of characters that are 'regulars'. So if the disciples go to 'Cana", this group will have some familiar faces from the last visit to 'Cana'. And some new faces as well. We have some new ones from our congregation going up for the first time in the next few weeks. The 'audition' tapes were sent in some years ago. So it is a slowish process. And we are only half way through the 7 years. So there are no doubt many more that will be selected in the coming years.

US won’t let UN “die” We knew it has to “survive” till Armageddon

I do apologize for the confusion. I completely forgot that I had installed the JW Web Add-on in Chrome. I guess my Parkinson's brain fog has messed me all up once again.

I think you need more magnesium in your diet.

Husband: Did you know that scientists say women use 30,000 words a day, while men use only 15,000? Wife: Obviously, because we have to repeat everything we say! Husband: What?

She means bring it on because hopefully it will take us closer to the GT

1984 Awake! MEPS—An Exciting Leap Forward in Publishing Jehovah’s Witnesses—Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom Producing Bible Literature for Use in the Ministry The software development team developed this system using principally IBM hardware. IBM later called this program the “Integrated Publishing System,” or IPS. The respected Seybold Report on Publishing Systems, Volume 12, No. 1, September 13, 1982, commented: In concluding its report, Seybold said: Artwork had to be produced for each character in a language, which included the upper and lower case, as well as diacritical marks and punctuation, all in a variety of size ranges, with separate drawings for each typeface (light, regular, italic, bold, extra bold, and combinations of each, like bold-italic). Each roman font needed 202 characters. Therefore, the 369 roman fonts have required a total of 74,538 characters. Preparation of Chinese fonts called for the drawing of 8,364 characters for each, with more characters to be added later. MEPS made working with various languages much easier than before. Note the following comment as it highlights working with Arabic languages:

The sisters had some additional photos of our village and tried to place the store front on Main Street and thought they had it placed. But our village has renumbered the buildings many times (3 times since I moved here in 1980). I examined the photo carefully and could not see an address or company or building name shown. I think we should just be glad to find some reference to the PhotoDrama and let it go at that...♥️

We have plan to visit Australasia Brancj in 2029 - i hope we'll manage to both save money and still see the sets

1) There aren't many characters that have active roles in both. 2) Aside from James in Acts 12, they all appear or are mentioned very early in Acts. They could easily get on a plane and spend a short time at Ramapo getting those scenes filmed. I hope they do, but I understand if they don't.

I look forward to seeing who they pick to portray Jesus after his resurrection, when he appears in different forms. I hope they manage to capture his essence or mannerisms. Also, since the Acts of Apostles series is going to be filmed at Ramapo, and there isn't a lot of cross-over with the Gospels, as far as characters, I hope they re-use the actor who plays Peter and keep that continuity.

Record Breaking westerly winds have been observed in the Western Pacific Ocean for the second time this year, this is very unusual behavior, and it is a cause of concern as the winds is driving warm water faster to South America. This behavior could trigger a surge in heat worldwide, 2026 could potentially be hottest if El Nino does emerge soon. if 2026 becomes hottest, 2027 will be even hotter.

That's a good way to apply Matt 5:14

A man brings his buddy home for dinner... unannonced a 7:30 PM after work. His wife begins screaming at him and his friend just sits and listens. Wife: "My hair and makeup are not done, the house is a mess, the dishes are not done, I'm still in my pajamas and I can't be bothered with cooking tonight! Why the h*** did you bring him home?" Husband: "Because he's thinking of getting married and I promised him a demo!"

I don't recall installing any "add-on" to my browser. I use Google Chrome as my browser. The text options appear for me. I have to say that not every video has the text included in the file. I went and tried the recent Feb Broadcast (AM-Part 2). It works there. Then I went and randomly selected the Memorial Morning Worship video from 2024 and it worked there. See the pics below.

Hi Tim, Do you think this idea could tie in with your good story? Your post reminded me of the possibility of why the apples in PROV 25:11 don’t just have silver carvings, but are made of gold. We know that gold is a precious metal, very valuable. So a good word spoken at the right time is like gold, very valuable! But also, if I give you as a gift, apples made of yarn or even made of wood with silver carvings, these may also look nice. And you may appreciate my effort in making this gift and you may even like the wood or yarn design of the apples But how long will my gift of wood or yarn apples last? 5 years? 20 years? Gold however, is 1 of the most stable elements in the periodic table! So if I give as a gift, apples made of gold, how long will your gift last? Well gold is resistant to corrosion and can last thousands of years! So a good word spoken at the right time is like gold apples in another way, besides being very valuable! For example, the nice couple you had lunch with, had precious cards saved from the 1970s onward. But if those cards were good words given at the right time, or read again at a right time when they were in need of comfort or encouragement, then like apples, not of wood or yarn, but of gold, 1 of the most stable and long lasting elements that exist, then there is a possibility that a comforting card, or an encouraging email, or a touching word verbally spoken at just the right time may last as long as gold, for thousands of years!!! 😮 And what if those valuable, precious words are remembered by someone when they enter into the New World? What will happen to those precious words they had barely remembered in the “Old World”, but now their mind and memory has progressed to perfection? The result may be that a perfect mind with a perfect memory that perfectly recalls those precious, valuable words that were a gift to them way back in 2026 or in 1978, could be remembered FAR longer than just thousands of years!!! 🧠

Just a thought: this doesn't look like a spontaneous photo; it's posed, so it was probably intended to be official. If the photo-drama was to take place in municipal halls, the flag was often required to be displayed because the event was public. No doubt the question of strict neutrality had not yet been addressed in a clear and decisive manner. The flowers may be part of the decor and the welcome given to the public.

Unknowingly, Sergei Lavrov has mentioned a truth. The masquerader behind all this. (Mathew 4:9). But then again, these are just his weapons of mass distraction.

Unfortunately he's not, but I most definitely agree, I look forward to seeing him again in the new system!

Claudius Johnson: I Am Devoted to Prayer https://www.jw.org/finder?srcid=share&wtlocale=E&lank=pub-jwb_202103_5_VIDEO&ts=00:03:43-00:03:49 Claudius Johnson: La prière, c’est toute ma vie. https://www.jw.org/finder?srcid=share&wtlocale=F&lank=pub-jwb_202103_5_VIDEO&ts=00:03:43-00:03:49

That phrase in Proverbs 4:23 has stayed with me — “for out of it are the sources of life.” I keep thinking about that word “sources.” It simply reminds me that what’s inside us feeds everything else. And that’s part of why guarding the heart matters so much. If what’s alive there is cared for, life keeps moving. Your illustration already captured that in a beautiful way. It just made me reflect a little more on how much can still flow from something that’s carefully guarded.

Does anyone know ... Are they using the same people throughout or are they changing brothers and sisters out?

The USS Gerald R. Ford will make 2 carriers (in addition to the USS Abraham Lincoln) in the Middle East according to: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/where-are-americas-aircraft-carriers-now-ps010126 https://news.usni.org/category/fleet-tracker The USS George Washington is in Japan, the USS Theodore Roosevelt is in the Pacific. The USS George H. W. Bush is undergoing sea trials off the coast of Virginia.

Friday, February 13 Will not God cause justice to be done for his chosen ones who cry out to him day and night, while he is patient toward them? I tell you, he will cause justice to be done to them speedily.—Luke 18:7, 8. Jehovah cares deeply about the way we are treated. “Jehovah loves justice.” (Ps. 37:28) Jesus assures us that Jehovah will “cause justice to be done . . . speedily” when the time is right. And soon he will undo all the harm we have suffered and eliminate all forms of injustice. (Ps. 72:1, 2) While we await the time when righteousness will prevail, Jehovah helps us to cope with injustice. (2 Pet. 3:13) He teaches us how to avoid doing something unwise when we are treated unfairly. Through his Son, Jehovah provides us with the perfect example of the way we can deal with injustice. And he gives us practical counsel that we can apply when we are treated unjustly. w24.11 2-3 ¶3-4

Latest on Middle East https://abcnews.com/International/uss-gerald-ford-aircraft-carrier-headed-caribbean-middle/story?id=130127299

One more language https://www.jw.org/en/

I'm not @Dhanyel but : https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clygd10pg5lo https://www.reuters.com/technology/russia-blocks-metas-whatsapp-messaging-service-ft-reports-2026-02-12/

Ah, love this topic! I never used to have any interest in Japan but then I went there and got hooked (like so many others nowadays). A family member is working there this year teaching English, so we surprised her by taking Japanese 101 in a local community college last semester. Going to visit her congregation meeting was a blast because of the very warm brothers and sisters (despite a language barrier). So far outside Tokyo I’ve been to Sendai, Kyoto, Osaka, Fukuoka, and Okinawa; still so much to see and so many places to visit.

In these tough times. We need holy spirit to cope up. I pray for the bro and sis in Russia.

Wrong. Jesus ruling on earth.

Wednesday, February 11 Each one will carry his own load.—Gal. 6:5. Does a mature Christian ever need help from anyone? Yes. Mature ones may need to ask for help at times. Someone who is immature may expect others to tell him what to do or to make a decision that he himself should make. A mature Christian, on the other hand, will draw on the wisdom and the experience of others while recognizing that Jehovah expects him to “carry his own load.” Just as adults differ in physical appearance, mature Christians differ in spiritual qualities, such as wisdom, courage, generosity, and empathy. Further, when two mature Christians face a similar situation, they might come to different conclusions that are both Scripturally acceptable. That is especially true in matters of conscience. Recognizing this, they avoid judging each other over such differences. Instead, they focus on remaining united.—Rom. 14:10; 1 Cor. 1:10. w24.04 4 ¶7-8

At the bottom of the photo, it reads: W.R.C. August 1914 What does “W.R.C.” stand for? W.R.C. means Women’s Relief Corps. What Was the Women’s Relief Corps? The Women’s Relief Corps (WRC) was founded in 1883 as the official women’s auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)—the major Union Civil War veterans’ organization. It became one of the largest patriotic women’s organizations in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman's_Relief_Corps It would be interesting to know the authenticity of this photo and who is actually posing in front of the camera.

The elementary schools I have been associated with all required vaccinations before you could start school. My youngest son had ALL (Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia) and could not take the vaccines until he finished chemotherapy. I had always heard that when you have Measles, Chicken Pox, or Mumps one time you were immune from then on, but I have heard of some occasions when people had one of those diseases a second time. If you had Chicken Pox, you are at risk of getting Shingles. I knew one woman who had Shingles and she said it was incredibly painful. Sorry to hear about your husband. I have 3 grandsons but do not get involved in raising them. I am sure that they had their normal vaccines. With my health problems I can't get too involved in anything. My wife and I mostly care for each other. The youngest son who had Leukemia may or may not have had the COVID vaccine. The problem was that with his compromised immune system, COVID would have been deadly, but the COVID vaccine could also have been deadly.

seems the writer appreciates us for standing firm https://thecatholicherald.com/article/mary-kenny-an-absurd-crackdown-on-jehovahs-witnesses

Magnesium (avocados + almonds) + glycine (bone broth/collagen/gelatin) rich foods and/or magnesium chloride flakes to soak in. Pure gifts from Jehovah for calm and chill. Love it.

I had measles, chicken pox, mumps twice and no childhood innoculations. Our elem school lined us up for booster shots which I took but don't know if they made a diff if there was nothing there to boost. Got all current vaccines this past fall and my household is getting over the flu (didn't catch it.) Might ask about other vaccines next fall. Read that arthritis can be a side effect of some of those childhood diseases and I did have juvenile Rheumatoid arthritis diagnosed at a very early age. Had corona flu once. My late husband had covid when he passed away, but not the cause. I don't have any grandchildren to be concerned about but do not want to be in the mix with so many illnesses having a resurgence.