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10 years today I got baptised 🥰

I feel devistated, yet upright, only thanks to Jehovah. My dear friend an i were on our way to a memorial for a brother two congregations down the road. A wonderful young spiritual brother. Cancer. I was at the hall to meet Paula. To go to the memorial, a couple of hours down the highway. I got a text while i was waiting. (I was early, for a change) A very dear pioneer sister, in her 50ʼs, at an hospital north of San Francisco, it was decided to pull the life support system. Iʼm still upset at the circumsrances that put her there. Two weeks ago she was on our Monday meet for service Zoom meeting. With a bottle of cough sryup she was given at the clinic she visited. By Wednesday, they took her out town in an ambulance. Before they could get her stabilized enough to even operate, she crashed 3 times. They got her through two surgeries, was on the ventelator. She was off it, long enough to talk to her mother and sister on the east coast. Ended back on the ventelator. So, we were getting ready to go to a funeral, before we left the parking lot at the hall, we get this text. And it was too much. We visited, cried, visited. A brother in our hall died a few weeks ago. His memorial is coming up. Heʼd been sick for some time. 77 years old. So, another widow for our little congregation. And, Bobby and Jerry… This is almost too much. But Jehovah has been doing his best to be here for us. And, he is. Here for us. Have you any idea how grateful and thankful i am? Our little congregation could use your prayer.

Update on my wife's health: we spent most of Friday evening in the emergency room. In the end, it was diverticulitis. And she was much dehydrated. She was down a quart so they topped her off. That alone and had her feeling much better. She's now on a course of antibiotics and antifungals.

Have a good night, bro... we will meet in Paradise

Had an amazing 10 days in Belfast! Hundreds of Bible studies started just in the 1st week 727edd9839ed48678d2a2ca933180a56.mov

To all: Over the past (4) years or so, I’ve enjoyed many interesting conversations on this forum. But after a lot of meditation, research, and prayer, I’ve come to the personal decision to permanently terminate my membership here, effective immediately. The reason(s) why are entirely personal; but it has nothing to do with anyone here, this website has had a good thing going on here for a long time now, and the mods have been cool; no knock on that at all. However, it’s time for me to move forward, on to the next chapter in life. With that said, maybe I’ll meet some of you in person someday, and we’ll have some fun together. One of my favorite hobbies, is meeting other friends from different congregations, and other parts of the world, and learning their cultures. To an extent, this website has allowed me to talk to friends whom I would otherwise have been unable to meet. In any case, I wish you all the best, and may Jehovah bless you all! Your brother, Elijah

My mother is getting close to the end of her Earthly journey... I'll miss her but I know she will be so much better with Jehovah and Jesus

I was just talking to a brother whose son is in video services in the US. They are reducing staff and even discussing downsizing Ramapo - because they are able to use AI for so much of the artwork and videos. He was telling me that what used to take weeks is now taking days and with only a few people instead of a large staff. More and more are getting sent back into the field. They are even able reduce the number of people needed for acting out scenes. That is a lot of donated funds saved and more workers for the field. It won't surprise me if we see an update soon describing all the ways the GB has approved for AI usage. I know they will always have humans to review, edit and approve the final product; but most of our pictures and videos will be at least partially if not fully AI generated.

A sister in my group went to see a very close friend at the hospital, before the final moment. She was told "Thank you for teaching me the Truth, let's meet again". Very emotional... and beautiful !

If you've received a shepherding call & things got better, please let the shepherds who shepherded you know. It makes our day!!! I got to hear about the immediate improvement after our last shepherding call with a sister who has an unbelieving husband. Prayers answered!!

I applied to be an Auxiliary Pioneer. I had a wonderful meeting with two of the Elders in my congregation. One of them , I'd never met before. I think that they have a better idea of who I am and what I deal with every day with my mental illnesses. Not sure if I'll be approved, but it's okay if I'm not. I've been attending field service on Zoom on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays. But will be adding Tuesdays as well. 🧏‍♀️ Have a good night everyone!! STAY WARM!! STAY SAFE!!

My deep love for my heavenly father and his confirmed love for me seems to be the only thing keeping me going lately. Picturing being reunited with my earthly father again; seeing the happiness versions of ourselves bring comfort to my scarred, broken heart. I love you, even when I haven’t met many of you. Keep enduring friends, paradise is just around the corner... Hebrews 10:23-25

This week, I'm the chairman and I'm announcing my daughter being aux pio for the first time so proud

First prayer at a convention... much stress, but very happy

Hi y'all!! 😄 I'm so happy a site like this exist! How are y'all doing what a lovely day! ❤️

This church is literally stealing our songs: These people have zero shame

Good morning/evening friends, I am feeling terribly ill and wonder how my brothers and sisters keep hanging in there. A little insight on my mystery illness/condition: I have always had intestinal issues, but recently, last August, things have shifted drastically. Instead of the usual bouts of intestinal pain, uterine pain has come about as well. It wasn’t anything too unusual since both parts are in close proximity and affect each other a lot of the time. But this time, the pain is constant, makes me sick, and makes me feel weak. It affected me so much that I lost my appetite and lost 25 lbs. Recently, I am able to eat a bit more. The pain isn’t as constant, but the sickness is. I never understood what motion sickness was like until this condition struck me. Just turning in bed or walking is so sickening. I have to cut back on my days at work because the illness affects me all day. Some days it’s bearable, and having to drive to work puts my adrenaline in gear, and when I start working, I get another dose. However, now at work, I sweat so much, and I always feel like I’m going to throw up at any moment. Weakness is starting to replace the adrenaline. I have an MRI set up for the end of next month and am currently still waiting for a call from the gastroenterologist and gynecologist to schedule appointments. I might have to call again Monday to ask why I am not getting the calls. I have been praying, reading the Bible, and using jw.org, but my mind is so chaotic, and I end up biting off more than I can chew when I try to focus on something. I start with one task, then it ends up branching into 50 other sub-tasks. I am being very inefficient and would like to know what scriptures or articles you find helpful during these kinds of days. Also, what else helps give you peace, soothes, and helps you remain patient through the frustration of waiting for approvals and appointments?

Sad news 😭 that sister LindaL from Sardegna Italy passed away. She was on this forum. She will be remembered for her quiet generosity. She loved the world wide family of brothers and sisters dearly.

Only in Jehovahs organization can you leave your dead ipad, in a place where you know you will not forger it, come back. It’s not there anymore. A brother says, i know it was there. Lets check. Itʼs in the “elders room”, being charged. That’s how we roll, brothers and sisters!

Having sinus surgery tomorrow! It's the new RhinAer procedure. They just numb things for the procedure...and hope it's not too painful even with the numbing agent. Shouldn't take more than 10 minutes. Pray for me that it is as smooth & painless as it can be.

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Got myself a MacBook Neo for my work. Not bad, my first mac ever.

Baptised on the 11th this month

I can spend hours on Google street view looking at Kingdom Halls that I find pretty all around the world

Broher called today. He and his wife will take me to oncologist Weds. Other brothers came by and took my mail in and cleared snow. First week of winter and dosn't look good. I put dog's food aside for the rest of the day and she got into amd finished todays food. I had it set up for several days. Hope you had an exciting day.

My wife is much better. Still low energy.

My youngest son is n from TX. Sisters from my cong are hosting a Repast to honor the memory of my firstborn, who passed away Sept 18, this year.

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We will have Int'l Convention in Kaohsiung, Taiwan this weekend. Many delegates have arrived, and started to enjoy activities, such as encouraging meetings, preaching w/ local cong., and visiting a museum/aquarium, etc. Tomorrow we will go down to Kaohsiung, and support volunteering such as bus captains, attendants. over 2,000 delegates will join, total will be over 16,000, we're so exiting to see the worldwide brotherhood directly!

From the 1. july 2026 my wife and I will move to the English North Congregation in Copenhagen. I have tried in two years to learn Russian but I must say it's more diffucult than I expected. And my wife and I speak english togeather so we decided to move so we both gets full affords from the meetings.

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It's time for me to take a break from JWTalk for just a bit. We have our Regional Convention starting tomorrow! For those of us confined to watching the convention on a screen (rather than in person), at least they give us a choice of watching the recorded version from the US, or the live streamed version of our own convention (with the local brothers doing the parts). Because of the convention, I likely won't have time to peek in here at all. So, enjoy the weekend everyone!

My dear, dear brother. You may be physically alone. But you are not alone. Of course you have Jehovah and his invisible family, all there. Then, us in our pitiful state, are here too. Loving you, and praying for you and you dear Cate. Praying for you both dear ones. The best is yet to come, and, yes, just around the corner. In the meantime, Jehovah will see to the two of you. This I know. With much love, your sister, Bea

One summer from the local forest fires, I ended up with pneumonia. I went to the clinic, they gave me a Z-Pak. Even then, when I went outside, mind you in the summertime, I’d end up with bronchitis. And I couldn’t get rid of it. I figured I’d die. I was in my late 70s and I couldn’t get rid of what I considered to be something pretty serious.. I had a horrible experience at a Bible study with someone in the house burned a piece of toast. I could only bring it wanted to do the dash for the door. We are out town, at the local health food store. I went to the health food area and told the lady what I was going through and did she have any suggestions. She told me to try oil of oregano. In two days I got my lungs back. If I think I’m gonna go to the clinic and they’re gonna give me an antibiotic for whatever, I drag out the oil of oregano. It’s a broad spectrum, antibiotic, and you need to do research so you know how to use it. But I tell you I think it’s wonderful. Love, Bea

A lesson from Jonah

Hey you guys, I know I disappeared for a bit. I figured I would let you guys know as to why. I made a post a while ago (iykyk), i mentioned due to all the conflict I would write a letter about it, but before then I talked to an elder in my congregation (Same one mentioned in the post). He said he was aware of this site and said that apostates would run around and confuse people (Which that post was causing a lot of conflicting/confusing views). He told me to stay away from this site. Now don't get me wrong, i love a lot of yall, and i know there are a lot of older and more seasoned brothers and sisters up on here that i know are legit (looks at the admins of the site and gives a thumbs up) but IDK about everyone else. So I decided for myself to just leave until I can become a bit more spiritually mature and not be easily mislead. I'll pop in whenever something cool happens to me (One thing that was cool is that my SIL (non witness) got a letter from a witness, i actually got in touch with the said witness and we had a nice conversation until she got a scam pig butchering text a day after we started talking, now the sister isn't responding to me (Which is fine, i 100% dont blame her)). Anyways, until the next time i pop back up. Stay safe <3

The 22 doctrines of Jehovah's Witnesses I broke down what defines our religion in 22 doctrines: • Jehovah is Almighty God. • The Holy Spirit is His power. • Jesus Christ is His holy Son. • The purpose of life is to enter a loving relationship with God by worshipping none other than Him. • The Bible is His inerrant revelation. • God’s purpose is to sanctify his name by fulfilling His promises of everlasting peace in the world. • Salvation is based on exercising faith in God through the Messiah’s ransom sacrifice. • Christ has been resurrected from the dead and ascended to Heaven to sit at the right hand side of God and be crowned as King for all who submit to him. • The earth will become a perfect Paradise for righteous mankind. • 144,000 chosen ones will reign in Heaven alongside Christ. • The resurrection of the flesh is a sure hope to come. God will bring destruction upon evil. • We must feel and show love to all people. • We must value life. • We must preach the Gospel of God’s Kingdom as best as we can. • We must remain politically neutral. • We must respect the authorities. • We must act in unity with our spiritual brothers and sisters. • We must abstain from blood. • We must abstain from sexual immorality. • We must abstain from idolatry. • We must abstain from associating with the wicked. If I missed anything please tell me

I'm doing the special talk in 2026... and thinking about it encourages me to ask/be selected in 2027 to do the Memorial talk itself... I've never done both but it feels awesome

Electricity gone overnight, but now restored. Dog has been fed and watered, YS, too. Group overseer and wife came by. Review of daily text and prayer to share.Grateful.

If I’ve missed a message and you’re still waiting for the link to the Birmingham Preaching Campaign videos, you can watch them here: Birmingham Videos

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I’m so done with being human…

Temptations FAST-FORWARD If you are ever tempted to scheme and commit a sin, just try to do this: fast forward your life and visualize the consequences of it. You committed the sin... now, how did it change your world? Are you happy or do you regret it? Are you close to your family and friends? Do you have true friends alongside you? Do you have a bad marriage? Are you sick with a disease you could have avoided? Are you disfellowshipped? Did Armageddon catch you out of the congregation? If you play fast forward to your life and you see where you could end if you compromise your faith, it will certainly help you to flee from sin.

"Simplify, simplify, simplify!" I need TIME to simplify, so I can have my time back!!

Where is Brother Richard (Tortuga)?

My wife got her COVID and flu shots on Friday. It’s been a long weekend for her. When we had COVID back when it first hit the U.S., it didn’t stop her like this vaccine did. She’s been very weak — but she’s slowly gaining her strength again.

Good morning everyone 🌄 🌄 I'm dropping parts 2 and 3 of my latest short story today in the creative writing section, if anyone is interested in reading them. Since it's a ten part series, I'm going to drop a couple every day ☺️ (P.S. If anyone would like me to send them the rest of the story all at once, please message me privately and I will do so)