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I only have the base game. We want to get an expansion soon. We did buy custom resource holders for it.

My wife and I play Everdell. You play one of four anamorphic animal species. The goal is to create the best city. You have 4 seasons to build the best city. So the game doesn't go for too long. It allows 1 - 4 players. (you can even play solo if you like, but I always play with my wife)

I wonder if you wrote to the branch if they would give an update.

Last night a sister called my wife, this sister's mother is currently in the hospital. She had asked an elder in our hall if he could drop off some medical equipment to her mother. She needed it before 8am today. This elder however lives about 20 minutes away from the sister and the hospital is located another 15 minutes after from them in the downtown area. The sister felt bad because it would take about 1 1/2 away from him just to do this favor. I work in the downtown area and live just a few blocks away from them. Because of this, the sister asked my wife if I could do it instead. She was very embarrassed asking us for this favor. My wife asked me and I said yes I could do it. It would put me out a little, I would need to leave work 20 minutes earlier than usual, and my wife would need to walk the dog (my responsibility) but honestly I did it because it was the Christian thing to do. I wasn't bothered by it, but I really only did it because I felt I had to do it as a good follower of Christ. The morning came and I woke up early and drove to the hospital. I dropped off the medical equipment and got back in the car. As I turned the car on, I was filled with an enormous amount of joy. I just felt great. I start thinking about how if we follow Jehovah how he rewards us. I started thinking about the scripture "there is more joy in giving than in receiving". I felt happy and proud to be a part of Jehovah's organization. It even strengthened my faith a little. I just wanted to share this, as I have felt soo good all morning.

I am waiting for some to grow it first. We have 2 elders and 2 MS growing it as we speak. I will be chairman in January, so I want to wait till then before I grow mines. I don't want to be chair with a baby beard, so I will shave in the meantime. Hopefully, by then the excitement will die down

So I found something. Leviticus 19:27 “‘You must not shave* the hair on the side of your head* or disfigure the edges of your beard. The note for "the hair on the side of your head*" says *Or “cut your ­sidelocks.” Does this mean no for goatees?

Last assembly there was guy dressed in a suit with a beard sitting in front of us. We saw that he was sitting with a brother who had a talk. So my wife started up a conversation with him thinking he was a study. Turns out he was a brother. I guess there will be more encounters like that in the future.

In my last hall there was a brother who started having deep depression and anxiety due to covid. He grew a beard because he said he needed to hide his face due to the anxiety. When we came back to hall he finally shaved.

I like how he said, we are gonna see bethilites, pioneers, special pioneers. It was kinda like "This is happening"

My brother in law threw out his razors this morning lol

BTW, he was in the update. Go to the 7:47 mark

Which Governing Body member will be the first to grow a beard?

I downloaded it. How do I find it in JWL? edit: Found it, however, the english version says Spanish

How do we download them? I want both the english and spanish

German Shepards are some of the most intelligent dogs.

They better stop monkeying around and settle their argument, or the gorilla will go ape on both of them

I would really like it if they produced their own software for this, but I understand that it is a huge undertaking. Additionally I think they only focus on software that pushes the preaching work. ie. JWL and MEPS. However, there is a clear need for scheduling software's to exist.

I feel that AI is definitely going to disrupt the world. This will change the world the same way the wheel, printing press, factories, television, and internet did. The problem is that with previous technologies, they created opportunities and because of it, new industries were created. ie. more jobs. AI is a disruptive technology. It will wipe out certain work sectors and the opportunities it creates will be limited and smaller in scale. However, I don't see AI as a bad thing. See in this system of things, it is horrendous, because we need to work here due to our dependence on money. So any technology that takes away someone's ability to make money is bad. However in the new system of things, I think AI will be great. It will allow us to focus on pure worship. We won't be stuck in a job doing a mindless task when we can instead automate that task or function. We can spend our time doing things we enjoy.

Brother Hendriks does a great job.

So it seems that the catholic church took over $150k from the paycheck protection program.

I had a similar experience. I was in the theater and when they said Jehovah, the lady next to me goes "WHAT!?!"

At my KH 2 brothers use laptops. One of them uses a giant laptop with like a 15 inch screen. There is an elder also who uses a laptop. Surface pro. He even uses it for his talks.

https://www.livescience.com/alter-tells-story-of-biblical-war.html

That is 2 raids per day. That is insane, but it helps me realize we are Jehovah's people. Stories like this make me sad but they also strengthen my faith.