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Hiya, I too have been involved in those discussions https://jwtalk.net/search/?&q=beards&author=Cool Cat&search_and_or=and However brother Lett mentioned that some of us may of held strong views for a long time even promoting our own opinion on the subject and saying how ridiculous it all was that elders had the view they had. Brother Lett:- If that was us we are encouraged to change our view. It is great that many people have patiently waited for this change without being critical of Elders and Elder bodies who found it hard to accept beards.

Dear Bob, brother Lett explained that feeling like it was a long time coming and that it was a stupid social taboo is not how we should view this change or the wait we have had until now for it. Rather it is a well done to all those who have patiently waited for this change and for all those who were loyal and spoke of one mind and didn't verbalise their own view on this matter during that time. 🤗

All okay here too after reloading app this morning.

It happened to me too. I lost it on my android phone and tablet. Managed to delete the app and reload it on the android phone and some of the data has come back but not all. Still missing my groups information and contact details. Still nothing on the iPad like yours is showing. There is an error on the pc scheduler part as well in the app section. Hopefully it is just them fiddling with it for the update. 🙏🏼

If you have asked for shepherding visits and not received one and only had 1 in 12 years then I would try to work with the circuit overseer when he next comes and explain this. He would be interested to know that there is a lack of shepherding going on. This knowledge could have a beneficial effect on the whole congregation. They simply may have lost their way and need some encouragement. 🤗

Yes it is first hand.

While fully vaccinated status is required for Elders School, Pioneer School and School for Christian Evangelizers, being fully boosted was only mentioned as something we should consider or think carefully about. Looking at what counts as fully vaccinated status in the US https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/proof-of-vaccination.html You are considered fully vaccinated: 2 weeks (14 days) after your dose of an accepted single-dose vaccine 2 weeks (14 days) after your second dose of an accepted 2-dose series 2 weeks (14 days) after you received the full series of an accepted COVID-19 vaccine (not placebo) in a clinical trial 2 weeks (14 days) after you received 2 doses of any “mix-and-match” combination of accepted COVID-19 vaccines administered at least 17 days apart* If you don’t meet these requirements, you are NOT considered fully vaccinated. A booster dose is not needed to meet this requirement. Also fully vaccinated in the UK:- https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/covid-19/vaccines/covid-19-mandatory-vaccine-guidance At present, booster jabs are not required in order for a healthcare worker to be considered fully vaccinated. https://metro.co.uk/2022/02/11/what-is-classed-as-fully-vaccinated-current-uk-france-spain-rules-16091297/ In the UK, ‘fully vaccinated’ means you’ve had a complete course (usually two jabs) of an approved Covid vaccine. So, you’ll need to have your first and second dose of either the UK’s best-known vaccines: Pfizer/BioNTech Oxford/AstraZeneca Moderna ……. So being boosted is not a requirement at this time but was asked to be considered. It was also mentioned that brothers and sisters should seriously consider before these schools wearing a mask and protecting themselves so as to not jeopardise the school.

50 hours for pioneers 30 hours for auxiliary pioneers 15 hours for auxiliaries special months This is an answer to many peoples prayers all in one go. Jehovah knows exactly how to care for his people in times of hardship. Praise be to Jehovah 🥰

My favourite Whisky is Laphroiag Quartercask. I also liked Caol ila 12. I am a big fan of very Smokey whisky’s. Just wish I had enough money to buy some of the very Smokey Octomores. 🥃

I think the question from the pew research which they got their information from was worded in such a way that it made it difficult for a Jehovah’s Witness to answer correctly. It was recorded by working out the % of adults who say abortion should be… Legal in all/most cases Illegal in all/most cases Don’t know I would of either not filled out that question at all or thought about Gods laws and put Illegal in all/most cases. However I don’t think with those computerised surveys you can miss out a question.

I am hoping when Matthew 24:21 and 21 says “then there will be great tribulation such as has not occurred since the world’s beginning until now, no, nor will occur again. In fact, unless those days were cut short, no flesh would be saved; but on account of the chosen ones those days will be cut short… It will hopefully mean that large scale and worldwide Nuclear war won’t happen. But it will get pretty terrible and be a tribulation greater than World War 1 and 2 so who knows what might happen. 🫣 Thats why we need to stick close to Jehovah and his organisation and be prepared for anything. The nations will faint out of fear at the potential things that may happen. - Luke 21:26 However, we must not, instead we can lift up our heads for our deliverance will be near. At least we can be a lot more prepared for bad things to happen but the world in general will be in complete shock.

It would only take one rocket. Russia has been boasting about their nuclear capabilities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-28_Sarmat One missile can carry 10-14 nuclear warheads https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_independently_targetable_reentry_vehicle The payload is about 400 times that of the previous 2 bombs that were dropped on people. This is why those in power don’t like the mention of the potential use of nuclear weapons. It won’t be just one at a time like Hiroshima or Nagasaki and they would be much bigger.

Are you looking for a desktop or a laptop. MacBook Air and iMacs are solid. Or you could go the normal pc route and try linux which would be fun learning how to use. iMac 2021 https://www.techradar.com/uk/reviews/imac-24-inch-2021 MacBook Air 2020 https://www.techradar.com/uk/reviews/apple-macbook-air-m12020 Although a new MacBook Air is coming out end of this year. Tweaked pc from awd-it no operating system

Really enjoyed this thanks for sharing.

The OSBBOT is what they use for assemblies. If you can get away with buying that one at nearly 2-3 times the price of the recommended one then congratulations.

That's kind of what I meant. If the situation keeps on developing as it is with Russia he will end up having no helper on the world stage. Jehovah may then of judged the rulership of the north King as deserving of being ended and may use us to announce it. I am already writing in my letters the things in Daniel 11 that have so far clearly been fulfilled. As things become clearer the North king will not like being identified as being about to come to its end.

It wouldn’t surprise me if the North king became just Russia and he ended up with no helper. - Dan 11:45 It also wouldn’t surprise me if we proclaimed this will happen in a special campaign and that is why he turns his attention to us. - Dan 11:44

We have received a letter today which gives us the parts we need. Logitech C920 20meter USB repeater and a projector bracket is mainly what you need. Should be about £120

Looks like the black horse and his rider is going to start galloping again. https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-no3-2017-may/who-are-the-four-horsemen/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60653856 War in Ukraine: Crisis is unleashing 'hell on earth' for food prices https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60623941 Ukraine war 'catastrophic for global food'

I am not saying anybody is not being neutral but it would be a good reminder of what that involves by looking at this lesson:- https://www.jw.org/en/library/books/enjoy-life-forever/section-3/lesson-45/ and also particularly this video https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/mediaitems/VODPgmEvtMorningWorship/pub-jwb_201702_6_VIDEO We can if we are not careful take sides in political issues in our hearts and minds and if we do that then the wild beast is being successful in marking us on the head. Media propaganda and political rhetoric can effect us emotionally and can make us take sides. To address the previous post above. While obviously not supporting any particular nations action. Vladamir Putin has over the years grown increasingly concerned and upset about the expansion of NATO. As it has crept closer and closer to the Russian border he has repeatedly expressed his upset at this as he views it as an alliance against Russia. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, NATO expanded to include former members of the Warsaw Pact, such as Poland and Hungary. The former Soviet Republics of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia joined NATO in 2004. Today NATO consists of 30 nations. Vladamir Putin has viewed this pushing towards the russian border as a direct threat to Russias security and views NATO as an enemy of Russia. This is all fulfilling prophecy just like Daniel 11 says. Just be careful not to take sides either for the North or South king or for any of the nations political alliances they are all in competition for your support.

Yes 👍 also it mentions of Babylon The Great in Revelation 18:18 that in her was “found the blood of prophets and of holy ones and of all those who have been slaughtered on the earth.” That doesn’t seem to fit either. I just found it interesting that’s all.

Russia seems to have a lot happening to it that mimics what is said about Babylon the Great. The governments that support the UN turning on it. The riches being sanctioned Being in direct opposition to true worship and exalting himself above the true God The merchants being forced to distance itself from it. Being in control of commodities the world desires(oil, steel etc) Sits on many waters(peoples) 35 languages and various regions It also would not surprise me if the Kings of the world beat them self in grief over her destruction, the merchants sat at a distance and mourned her destruction and Jehovah judges her as being worthy of destruction due to what she has done to his people. I am not saying Russia is Babylon the Great but some things seem to be looking to fit perfectly. Some things however don’t and fit more perfectly with our current understanding. Has been interesting to look at though.

Yep seemed to of been gone since 5.8 update for us.

An Amazing Experience Experience from Warwick Bethel A couple was kayaking on the Bethel premises at Warwick and when they were pulling up their Kayak out of the water the sister noticed something brightly colored laying in the trees, she went over to investigate and it was a bunch of helium balloons with two notes attached. One note had a picture of a young girl and said “In Loving Memory of” and gave her name. The other note said this is my cousin, she went missing in June of 2020 and in January of 2021 her body was found. She went on to say that she misses her cousin everyday and thinks about her and she said in her note, “If you find this please write to me.” The couple actually did something more than just write back to the woman. They did research on her cousin that went missing and found out about her life and her family. Then our Brother made a shadow box that had parts of the balloons as well as a picture of her cousin and the letter she wrote. Our sister then composed a three page letter that started with “My husband and I serve at the world headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses and we found your balloons and notes after we were kayaking.” Then our sister went on to express her sympathies and wrote some personal details that they had learned in their research about her cousin. Then her letter went on to tell her about our wonderful hope that she will see her cousin again when God resurrects her back to life again on a paradise earth. The wife also included her phone number and encouraged her to text or call her. The couple wrapped up the gift of the shadow box with the letter and mailed it out to the woman and put a tracking number on it. They saw that it had arrived and 1 hour and half later the our sister’s phone rang. It was the woman and she was crying on the other end of the phone. She proceeded to tell our sister that she was on her way to work that morning and her boys called her and told her she got a package. She told them to open it up and the boys said, “Mom it’s Jehovah’s Witnesses you need to come home and see this.” She turned around and came home and read the letter and saw the thoughtful gift of the shadow box. She then called her physical sister who told her , “You call that woman and listen to everything she has to say.” The sister had a good conversation with the woman and since they have been texting and talking on the phone and having many good scriptural discussions. Here is an interesting part of this whole experience. The women lives in Canton PA, which is a FOUR hour drive to Warwick Bethel. The woman sent out the balloons on the anniversary her cousin went missing in June of 2021. Our Brother and Sister found it four days later. The angels had to be blowing hard to make sure those balloons reached the right place and the right people during a pandemic when our focus is writing letters to ones. Jehovah and Jesus and the angels are truly blessing our unique ministry at this time in history!!!! Verified by Danny and Lauren Fensom in Warwick Note:- I hope this is a real experience. I don't have any way to verify this other than put this on here and see if anyone else has heard of this or even knows the people who verified it from Warwick.