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yep ...them brothers and sisters will run with some good gossip.....that part is true...lol dreamed my wife drove my old truck out of the parking lot @ KH and got lost....but i was watching the busses enter for the special convention....go figure --- had Special convention here in Florida this past weekend and it was on my brain ...and my wife can hardly drive stick shift anyway man i miss that old red truck brain works in some mysterious ways

Does anyone have the references? maybe in a pdf i like to underline key points..,and although the link is there …it’s not so easy in the JW app and I can open it on a second screen

usually you would address this by marking yourself unavailable....ie ... im away or on vacation in the app but if you are already scheduled...then you need to go to the CLAMM and let him know

Yes - similar to John - we had to kind of 'come to an agreement' as BOE had a new secretary wanted to counsel/possibly remove Pioneer for only getting 600 of the required 840 comments section he had (decreased to match the max 'carry-over') so if they had 50-preaching + 40LDC - he only noted 20 - which met the 'total needed for the month' however the pioneer was reporting quite a bit more those months after we saw 8-9 months of huge 'credits' we weren't that worried about "only 600 hours preaching" they maybe had 600 for the preaching but had another 600 in LDC/AH/Schools the CO had us back up and look at the whole picture - he mentioned that even though it says to add the credits up to a certain level(currently monthly requirement +5) .... there was nothing wrong with having the extra hours listed under comments - to help us make reasonable decisions when we review Pioneer info your issue seems to be more app usage and math (thus our SEC request to add it twice) imagine if you still had to annotate everyones hours.....man that used to take hours and hours every month

we had this discussion in our hall.... if it not in credits it doesn't show up in the summary - which does the calculation so the secretary asked us to put it in both... to save him the work so i put a number in credit and then a full accounting in the comments - for example credit 38 comment 30 hours Pioneer School 8 hours LDC

The governing body recently approved a Haitian Creole RTO (remote translation office) in South Florida Due to the civil unrest in country, our translators have been relocated. The branch personnel said this RTO will serve the Haitian Creole translation needs for eight countries This small housing/office building called the hummingbird project, saw a rapid turnaround and is near completion .:.the translators will be moving in this month-June. Most French congregations in Florida became Haitian Creole and the response has grown quite a lot these past few years So nice to see Jehovah provide a safe location for the translating work to continue. We continually pray that Jehovah blesses the efforts of all involved

Eggs have gotten expensive …. so I have switched to Bacon and Tomato sandwiches… yumm

Ostria Yes - a current witness who served can also benefits example - VA Hospital or USAA - they would still identify themselves as witness @ hospital they would never dress up as military to get a free meal or promote their support of the military in in the end- as long as they are neutral most situations are considered a conscious matter

693 we have 175 or so pubs and met with 2 smaller congregations that did not want the 9:00pm option so we rented a large room at the Civic center had a Greek brother …Bethelite from Walkill

We had a 4-5 few girls trying it, but their doctors had them change their diets as it was causing them health problems (they were kind of following a fad…although they were legit gluten intolerant and 1 celiac) we do have several vegetarians —and pescatarians - mostly for health reasons…but again the husbands went along willingly until the doctors advised against it in 2 cases here is an article from health magazine in mentions the benefits and differences , but also discusses some adverse affects and the needs to get the missing nutrients elsewhere https://www.health.com/nutrition/difference-between-vegan-and-vegetarian the point I got was that your diet needs to be balanced you can avoid certain types of foods,(for health or other reasons) but need to make sure your body is getting the correct vitamins and nutrients

We used one years ago, but discontinued it use after realizing that many blocked the microphone with their materials If they have a book or note papers or even an iPad that they sat in front of their view, it blocked the microphone which was sitting in the middle of the table It also had some issues when one spoke loudly, and the other one spoke softly we struggled with having a single table mic instead of two separate mics that could be adjusted independently based on their positioning and the speakers volume

It’s a big update it a small group of full time servants who build/ update / support 1 the admin needs to handle it on his side 2 end user needs to update 3 end user needs to add cong id and PIN 4 works immediately in user side 5 Was still missing groups under publishers… but most don’t see that anyway

Our KH appointed brothers - is about 65% beards/goatee 18 with and 8 without …. But 3 can’t grow it - either too sparse or because of youth (2) in other local congregations it is at least 50% in the world …. Mall etc it is over 50% construction and IT fields it’s over 75% (this is south Florida) finally saw a bearded women ….. not at the hall it definitely threw me …. I literally stumbled we did have 1 sister who is a jokester … use the facial feature of zoom to give herself a beard right after the announcement ??? have any of you had a recent KM school we received several reminders of proper dress and grooming for brothers and sisters attending suits or jackets and ties sisters - dresses and skirts no pants we were even told we would NOT be granted access if not properly attired we have had a local needs parts to discuss wholesome and modest dress and grooming main points mentioned beards should be groomed / trimmed hair should be modest not a fad style clothes should be modest clean ironed pants and clothes should NOT be tight speaker did a great job and used pictures from our publications to highlight dress for our area

AGREE ---I used to think that it was better circumstances also.... then we had an article about those in Japan - like 50% of the congregations were pioneering and the article said only those with special circumstances "might NOT be able to pioneer" helped me shift my thinking --then we had that video of the sister with no limbs regular pioneering -- really sent home that Jehovah can use anyone with the right attitude and desire I am very busy in my mind.....but I have it way easier than some others - i'm amazed at some of the friends so i will use my strength - whether its limited(often) or feeling full .......to praise Jah but please continue to encourage those in your hall who might have less responsibilities young - in school or finishing older - retire etc to test out pioneering - it is some work -- but most rewarding work you will ever do

heard this one time <<Pioneers are just publishers who have ...or made the circumstances to put more hours in the service>> helped me have better view of that privledge like Jerry mentioned the old days.... well for me the early days where later.... in the 70's Pioneers preached 100 hours a month they were appointed by the branch and had a little card that indicated they were pioneers and they reported directly to the branch --there was a reason behind that --- it helped many of the young men avoid compulsory service in the 60's-70's --they were ordained ministers granted we are all ministers ---- but it helped in some legal scenarios these days we see so many stepping up and pioneering - especially with the decreased requirements (we have gotten away from <COUNTING HOURS> and spend our time looking for sheeplike folks) there are so many ways young people can expend themselves in Jehovah's service these days regular and Aux pioneering - PT or FT LDC/ need greater / Temp or FT Bethel service / visiting unassigned areas / remote bethelites / SKE / many many ways to volunteer to fill the many needs in this time of the end encourage all those in your area to at-least try it out -- (i see too many ready to run into a relationship - marriage - house - kids) try one of opportunities of Special Service -- for a year --- you can always stop if you don't like it but you just might love it and let it become your FullTime Career