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    Tortuga got a reaction from Friends just call me Ross for a status update, Love the new picture!   
    Love the new picture!
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    Tortuga got a reaction from nanceebgd46 for a status update, Love the new picture!   
    Love the new picture!
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    Tortuga got a reaction from Good-O for a status update, Love the new picture!   
    Love the new picture!
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    Tortuga reacted to Omoyeme for a status update, This afternoon we had our first picnic together as a newly merged congregation. Happy   
    This afternoon we had our first picnic together as a newly merged congregation. Happy faces, wide smiles and lots of handshakes and hugs abounded!  We were worried that we may have had to cancel this anticipated event because of rain and thunderstorms that continued 24 hours  beforehand.  However, the rains suddenly stopped and many of us were thinking that maybe Jehovah "hushed the storm" long enough so we could thank and praise Him in prayer, enjoy the delicious food, desserts, good company, a poem recital by one of our dear sisters, a sister group (including me ) singing, "With Jehovah We Are One" and last but not least -- a 10-minute skit of our children portraying the Biblical event of Moses parting the Red Sea, while Pharaoh is in pursuit of the Israelites. (Our "Moses" this day is 7 years old!)  Afterward, everyone joined in to sing the "The Victory Song".
     
    It was an amazing day...thank you Jehovah!  #neverfails#
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    Tortuga reacted to well for a status update, Adding to frustration, somebody hit my car and run...   
    Adding to frustration, somebody hit my car and run... 
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    Tortuga reacted to RichardPNZ for a status update, Busy night in at the meeting last night. Was on the sound desk for the second time st   
    Busy night in at the meeting last night. Was on the sound desk for the second time still learning it. I had the opening prayer first time ever did not know I  was on till I got to the meeting since I hav not been on the list before. Then had the bible reading.
    Made me really appreciate the elders who do so much at the meeting every week.
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    Tortuga reacted to New World Explorer for a status update, Conducting Watchtower Study this Sunday, excited and humbled!   
    Conducting Watchtower Study this Sunday, excited and humbled!
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    Tortuga reacted to New World Explorer for a status update, We were just told that Melbourne was the most popular destination for all Internation   
    We were just told that Melbourne was the most popular destination for all International conventions this year.. we still "struggle" to accommodate all special full time servants etc... coming to Melbourne
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    Tortuga got a reaction from humble bumble bee for a status update, Welcome back!   
    Welcome back!
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    Tortuga got a reaction from New World Explorer for a status update, Welcome back!   
    Welcome back!
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    Tortuga got a reaction from Brenda for a status update, Welcome back!   
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    Tortuga got a reaction from GrumpysWife for a status update, Welcome back!   
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    Tortuga got a reaction from well for a status update, Welcome back!   
    Welcome back!
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    Tortuga got a reaction from paulc for a status update, Welcome back!   
    Welcome back!
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    Tortuga reacted to Friends just call me Ross for a status update, Had a busy day today. My hubby and I both have a bad case of bronchitis. I started co   
    Had a busy day today.  My hubby and I both have a bad case of bronchitis.  I started coming down with mine the nigh of the Memorial and it is still hanging on, er, 'hacking' on.
    Well, on top of not being able to breathe, my hubby woke up Sunday morning at around 2am not being able to see, either.
     
    This is the third time this has happened, but the other times it would go away in a day.
     
    Too sick to take a 190 mile road trip to the VA hospital, my hubby endured the coughing and loss of site.  Over 72 hours later and it still hadn't gotten any better.  
     
    So, at 6:45 this morning, I drove him to the VA.  The eye doctor looked at his eyes and the ER docs looked at his lungs.
     
    He doesn't have pneumonia.
    He does have a fluid pressure in his right eye of over 40. (supposed to be down in the lower to mid teens)
     
    VA doc sent him to a non-VA eye doc who said his right eye problem is very complex.
     
    Today he did emergency laser surgery to lower the pressure.  A hole was drilled in the front of the eye to allow the fluid to drain.
     
    My hubby still can't see, but the pressure is now down to around 25.
     
    More surgery will be required in the near future.  
     
    Twice he has gotten chunks of metal in his left eye and wouldn't go in to the eye doc until it got really painful.  
     
    By then, the metal had rusted and they had to drill the rust out of his eye.  So he says it's like looking through a coke bottle.
     
    Busted blood vessels and blocked drainage canals. Ack!!!
     
    I really really really hate that 190 mile drive to the VA.  
     
    This is our fourth trip in less than a month.  
     
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    Tortuga got a reaction from Myew for a status update, Former member? When did that happen?   
    Former member?
    When did that happen?
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    Tortuga reacted to RichardPNZ for a status update, Been a difficult month. On a Friday morning found out a much loved pioneer sister fro   
    Been a difficult month. On a Friday morning found out a much loved pioneer sister from my old congregation had only been given a few days to live the to cancer. Later that day came the Christchurch terror attack.
    The sister died over the weekend the truth gave her so much but she gave the truth a lot. She also learned sign language to teach others and to interpret at meetings.
     
    These events meant that the post I was going to write about our field service road trip has been delayed.
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    Tortuga reacted to Loopy for a status update, Well, imagine my shock early this morning when I opened up my bank account (going to   
    Well, imagine my shock early this morning when I opened up my bank account (going to work on my budget) to find that my debit card had been wrongfully used. Someone bought something for almost $100. 
     
    I had to wait for 2 hours before the bank 🏦  opened. 
     
    I went there and they hot carded the debit card after checking the system. Than they also found something like over $400 😳 that had been somehow stopped. I guess it was New York and Pennsylvania. 
     
    They are going to fight for me (Er whatever they called it) and than refund the money. 
     
    Satan’s world at its wickedness.
     
     
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    Tortuga reacted to well for a status update, Haven't seen Luezette for quite few months, is she okay?   
    Haven't seen Luezette for quite few months, is she okay? 
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    Tortuga reacted to Dages for a status update, 668 at the Memorial, phew, that was a close one   
    668 at the Memorial, phew, that was a close one     
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    Tortuga reacted to Brother_Bliss for a status update, I think I solved the slow site performance issue...   
    I think I solved the slow site performance issue...
     
     
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    Tortuga reacted to New World Explorer for a status update, Melbourne International Convention update: we are now looking forward to welcoming 6,   
    Melbourne International Convention update: we are now looking forward to welcoming 6,300 delegates including approximately 700 of which who are serving as special full-time service.Number slightly increased.
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    Tortuga reacted to Friends just call me Ross for a status update, The other night, my hubby and I were discussing events we would actually travel to se   
    The other night, my hubby and I were discussing events we would actually travel to see and purchase tickets to.  He said he would be willing to go out of his way to watch "Riverdance On Ice" 
    LOLOL
     
    Then, this morning, I found one of my solar-powered critters on the floor.  I was perplexed as to how it had managed to fall off of the window ledge.  My hubby says, "He was probably taking a selfie."
    LOLOL
     
    If only he wasn't such a staunch atheist.  He'd make a fun brother. 
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    Tortuga reacted to Loopy for a status update, Yesterday, a sister came up to me after service and handed me a jacket and said she k   
    Yesterday, a sister came up to me after service and handed me a jacket and said she knew I wore this type of jacket but she wasn’t sure if it would be too big. Than she gave me a bag which she said had skirt(s). 
     
    I tried on the jacket and it fit perfectly. We chatted than I got in my truck. Than I bailed out so fast because it just hit me what she had said. I replied….did you say you thought it would be too big?!!
     
    She said yes.
     
    Than you’ve noticed?? (Was curious why she said that. Never mentioned anything to me before.) Other than Ross saying anything no one else has. 
     
    It’s been a crazy end of the week so I haven’t tried the skirt(s) on yet..haven’t even checked out the bag actually, which I’m ashamed.
    Haven’t checked the scale since first of March but if I’m losing inches I’m very, very happy.
     
    But to have someone mention that they noticed I’m losing weight just gave me the encouragement I needed. 
     
    Played a Dr. Berg video this morning and he showed a video on how to losen/tighten that still flabby “pooch” (stomach) as he calls it (with a type of exercise). And not with sit-ups either. Totally different. But right now my back is too sore to tighten my butt muscles and lean backwards. LOL
     
     Than he said to lower carbs to 10g. So I adjusted my Carb Manager app.
     
    Today, I figured out what I’ve eaten and what I will eat later for dinner  and I hit the 10 carbs perfectly. Huh! See if I can do that every day. Hmmm!
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    Tortuga reacted to dove for a status update, I had to put my husband in Hospice care 😪   
    I had to put my husband in Hospice care 😪

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