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10 years today I got baptised 🥰

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

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!!

My wife recently had major surgery and the hospital has a home care nurse check on her once a week. We have had three different nurses and my wife has given each of them a contact card. 😁

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

Our Kingdom Hall is hosting 3 weeks of Elders schools starting tomorrow. We organised some of the kids to make a welcome banner. The bros who were prepping today loved it. our sister Cong had these carts made We also have these to put up And every elder and instructor (hopefully) will also get a keyring at the last day of their school. Can you tell we’re all excited? Gonna be long days (we’ve got to arrive by 6:15am) but I’m sure at the end it’ll all be worth it!

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.

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.

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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.

There’s only 1 and a half days left of Elders School. The last 3 weeks have absolutely flown by. We started with all of these… and at the end of my hospitality shift today only these were left….

After the death of the last apostle, and the disappearance of the apostolic authority, many different Christian denominations emerged and this continues to this day. Dozens, then hundreds, and thousands conflicting points of view of the nature of God, salvation and morals were co-existing. They, of course, cannot all please God. They cannot all be following the teachings of Christ. At the same time, the Lord predicted there would be a day when he would be inspecting his temple, meaning he would examine all those who professed to be anointed by the Spirit. This day came in 1919, the year after the first World War. That great massacre truly was the catalyst that triggered Christ to come and see what the Churches were teaching and how their members reacted during the war. Among all the denominations that were active on earth, only one caught the attention of Christ. It was not the wealthiest, it was not the most numerous, but it was the most sincere and the most watchful. Why? The Catholic Church, the Orthodox Churches, the Protestant Churches, the Oriental Churches…all have been active for centuries. They had plenty of ressources, plenty of time and plenty of opportunities to teach the fundamental truths about God and his Kingdom. But despite that, none of them was doing that in spite of their longetivity. But here was a tiny group of students of the Bible who, with their limited means and facing numerous opposition, overcame what seemed to be insurmontable obstacles and were spreading the true Gospel. Only this small fellowship of studious Christians had the courage to carefully examine the Scriptures so as to return to the original doctrines of Jesus Christ, stripping away traditions that had piled up over the centuries that dishonored Jehovah God. The Associated Bible Students, as the congregation was called, were the only ones who taught that: • Jehovah is the name of the only true God. • The Kingdom of God is a heavenly realm that will soon rule over the earth. • The dead are unconscious and awaiting a resurrection. • Military service and political involvment must be avoided. • Christians have to spread the Good News to their neighbors. They have been associated for a few years and they had already understood these vital facts, while other churches who had been here longer intead taught that God is a mysterious trinity, that the souls of the damned are either in purgatory or a fiery hell, that Christians can engage with the political systems and conflicts of this world, and that the Kingdom of God is the Church. So it is no surprise that the Lord Jesus was pleased with them, for they had the desire for truth and worship God according to his will, not according to the traditions of man. Hence, Jesus selected them specifically to feed his sheep as the prophecied ‘Faithful and Discreet Slave’, all while refining their understand and organization over the years. And that is how, today, Jehovah’s Witnesses continue to be guided by the head of the Congregation until they are gathered up into Heaven for some, and survive the Great Tribulation unto Paradise earth for others.

Just a wave would be great 👍

WHIPLASH! Yesterday my ENT said my sinuses were healing fast and looked good. Today I rushed to the ER because apparently the scabs fell off and I started bleeding profusely. So much so I was genuinely scared and called 911. Took an hour or so to get it to stop. Probably lost half a pint of blood. But now I'm home and will stay up for an hour to make sure it settles down good enough to endure any snoring that might happen when I go to sleep...

Had a conversation with a coworker the other day, it started off talking about flat earth. I told them that flat earthers are weird but im aware that SOME of them get their reasoning from scriptures in the bible (i dont remember which ones) my friend said she respects the thinking and God but ‘the bible was written by man’ i told her if i told someone to write her a check, is that check null and void because someone else wrote the check and not myself? She said that was an understandable argument. She also had a friend that was a JW at one point (i told her that i was one after she mentioned she was a flat earther), shes not close to the friend anymore because she was too judgmental and harsh. I also have a coworker that is an ex witness (not aggressive about it or an apostate) i’m wondering if Jehovah put me at this company for a reason. I know i have to do my best to be a good witness.

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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

To all brothers and sisters 💜 I truly appreciate the opportunity to read your posts and think deeply about subjects I may not have considered before. It’s often been difficult for me to express my thoughts clearly in person—those conversations sometimes end in silence, awkwardness, or embarrassment. But having the chance to share my thoughts here and respond to others has been a new and amazing experience for me. Thank you all for that.

I’ve finally posted my 2026 Memorial Workbook on my Kofi store! https://ko-fi.com/s/f2e1900f1d

Tertullian's theology was more similar to ours than I previously thought He belived that the Son was a dinstinct and lesser divinity than the Father, who is Jehovah. He believed in the thousand-year reign of Christ on earth after the Great Tribulation. He rejected military service for Christians. He believed that the wine and bread used during the Memorial were symbols. And he denied Mary's perpetual virginity. All of these doctrines were later dismissed with by the Catholic Church. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertullian

Got into my first car accident yesterday. 22 years of clean driving. Just a fender bender. Could have been WAAAY worse if I wasn't paying attention... Girl pulled out in front of me. Perfect T-bone. I slammed on my brakes and maybe hit her around 5-10 MPH. She's very fortunate as she coulda been very hurt. Looked like a highschool cheerleader. Poor girl was trying so hard not to cry. Lesson learned! My damage was minimal....but to add insult to injury, I JUST PAID OFF my car last week!!! Jeez the irony...

Hello everyone. I want to introduce myself. My name is Dawn and I am from northern Ohio. I'm very excited to meet new people and make new friends.

Hello, brothers and sisters. How are you? It has been long time since my last visit to this site some months ago. I have a good news for you my friend there: I'm so grateful that i have decided to be part of Jehovah's Witnesses organization officially, and have been baptized at my local congregation on December 27th, 2025. Thank you very much for your grace, Jehovah! You have changed my life to be better through your son Jesus Christ. 🥺 I received many gifts and greeting cards from bro & sis in my congregation. What a touching and encouraging moment! I truly feel so blessed and loved. 🥰 That's all the update from me. May we all continue to endure to the end, proved our loyalty to God'a Kingdom, until we will enter paradise together. 🤗

Found this note I wrote myself. Jehovah promises freedom to those who love him. He promises to catch our tears in his skin bottle. He has a high regard and love for us and is willing to reach out willingly to those who reach out to him. True freedom is bounded by God’s law, which allows full expression of the individual in a proper, upbuilding, and beneficial way, and which recognizes the rights of others, contributing to happiness for all. Therefore stand fast, and do not let yourselves be confined again in a yoke of slavery.

Lost enough weight to fit into my wedding ring again!!! 👀😭(tears of joy) Hope all are having a good week!

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.