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I am not sure if they recommend using NW Scheduler on two different devices. NW Publisher works on the phone.

Br John thinks it will be the following Friday (the first one in 2026).

I think Update 8 will come the Friday after Christmas.

With no questions being asked and the encouragement to start 'publishing' right away could lead to embarrassing door-front situations. Nobody told my father he couldn't smoke at the door during a witnessing session (some witnesses still smoked then). The householder was startled when a witness lit up a cigarette during a sermon. My father quit smoking that morning when he found out, back at the car with a brief discussion. Another brother was taking turns with a new publisher (a sister who had studied for a couple of months). The householder said, "I can't understand why you people don't believe the Trinity!" Before the brother could answer, the new publisher said, "Yeah, I've been wondering about that myself."...🙄

The one "standard" that I recall from the early 1950s was the required ability to call on homes "by yourself". Even our 1950s films show two sisters going door-to-door and the narrator explains that the new one is being trained but soon she will be taking the doors by herself. It was a tough situation for a little kid like me. Since 1953, I had been going with my father to had out invitations and handbills and reading a scripture for him at the door. But I was not counted as a 'publisher' until a young special-pioneer brother took me (a little kid from the 4th grade) out with him, had me practice giving my presentation and then sent me to the door by myself. He stood out on the sidewalk by the road, pointed me down the walkway to the front door of the house and gave me a gentle push to get me going. That was 1957. After that presentation they started counting me as a publisher. April next year will finish 69 years as a publisher...♥️

Certainly a matching scripture for Br. Lett's Gilead Graduation talk. "You are the salt of the earth."

Remember that publishers are not "regular" until they have reported for 6 months continuously. So for half of a year they will not be on the "regular publisher" column. But they will show in the "peak publisher" column. I treasure the peak publishers because it shows that new ones are joining. AND for older ones who might miss a month or two because of health and weather, they become "irregular" and so also show in the "peak publisher" column. Our joy at their reports counting makes me value the peak publisher column. Our CO reminded me one time that we never want the "irregular publisher" count to go to zero. We want the new ones and the old ones to keep on trying...♥️

Still not uploaded yet.

Version 6.6.11 is available

The time varies depending on the server. Mine just updated to 2506.

Some of the guesses about the numbers of those who might join us after the destruction of BTG come true (100s of millions, billions)?

Our previous pictures and illustrations indicated an armed force involved in destroying BTG.

In the USA branch the S-147 announcements form for October 2025 said (point #3): It may take a year. Our congregation shows one tract pending since October and another pending since the middle of November. No other tracts are showing as requested. The announcements stated that we are not to "request" them, just wait for the congregation's "assignment".

Things get to us in different levels. Last Saturday, my granddaughter was visiting for the weekend (she is 15). We decided to go out in the field ministry on Saturday and she made arrangements with my other granddaughter (who is in my congregation) for us to join their family. When I drove over to the Kingdom Hall, I noticed that the windshield wiper was not clearing my windshield on the driver's side. I thought it had a seed or leaf particle stuck und the blade. When we made car groups, one older Spanish-speaking brother was left out of a car group. So my Son-In-Law said, "We have a van so he can come with us". We had to stop at their house and when we pulled into their driveway, he tried to put the window down and the mechanism broke. We also discovered that the wiper blade was damaged. So we decided to take our extra publisher back to the KH. He said he had 3 or 4 calls he wanted to make (they are Spanish). So we dropped him off, Picked up my daughters car (which holds 4) and took me back home. We tried to tape the window up but it wouldn't hold. So the 4 of them left me at home to do letter writing and they all went out together in the rain. Then I called and tried to get an appointment to have the window fixed and the earliest they can do it is next Monday (24th). Tomorrow My wife and I take the lead in cart witnessing but there is a 90% chance of rain and the high temperature is going to be 45 degrees (F) in the afternoon. It will be just above freezing in the morning during our shift. So despite our best efforts, time and unforeseen events overtake us all...🙂

Not over 144,000 I hope...😎