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On March 25, 2025, the Boryspil City District Court of the Kyiv region acquits the Jehovah's Witness. This is the second justified decision made in this court in favor of Jehovah's Witnesses during the war in Ukraine since 2022. VERDICT IN THE NAME OF UKRAINE March 25, 2025 Boryspil: The accused: Suleimanov Ibrahim Oleksandrovych https://reyestr.court.gov.ua/Review/126213555 Quote: PERSON_6 to be found not guilty of the charge of committing a criminal offense under Art. 336 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine due to the lack of evidence that his actions constitute a criminal offense under Art. 336 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and to be acquitted. VERDICT IN THE NAME OF UKRAINE January 12, 2024 Boryspil: The accused: Tatarov Serhii Oleksandrovych https://reyestr.court.gov.ua/Review/116417007 Quote: PERSON_4 to be found not guilty of the charges brought against him under Art. 336 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and acquitted due to the absence of a criminal offense. 1014756_E_cnt_1.pdf

Not that it matters, and this is off-topic, but... To understand the difference between liberal and conservative, think about spreading butter or spending money. If a person puts tons of butter on their bread or toast or whatever, they are described as applying the butter liberally. On the other hand, if they are very careful and barely use any butter, they are being conservative with it. They are conserving their butter. Same with money. A person who spends money like it is no object is liberally spreading their money. Someone that scrimps and saves and never spends a dime is conservative with their money. A politically liberal person wants to spread government agencies and support all over as far and as wide as they can go and wants as many people as possible to qualify for those benefits no matter the cost. A politically conservative person wants to limit those resources as much as possible and believes they should be spread only on what is absolutely needed. People who need assistance should turn to organizations and agencies other than government in order to find aid. It's helpful to know what conservatives and liberals care about in a general sense as this helps us present Bible truths that appeal to them. A liberal will favor health care for all. Jehovah's Kingdom is the only government that can perfectly provide that universal heathcare for everyone. A conservative hates government waste. Jehovah's Kingdom is the only government that will eliminate government waste and overspending. Ironically, however, liberals give lip service to environmental causes (conservation) whereas conservatives favor exploiting resources. Another irony is liberals are pro-abortion but against the death penalty while conservatives want to ban abortion but favor the death penalty. Now back to the show

I've pretty much come to that conclusion as well. Just thinking about it for a few minutes makes me feel violated (a little bit.) My brain needs a good wash when that happens.

Minimum wage in USA is between $7 - $15 depending on State. Minimum wage in Australia is $24.10 AUD In both cases those who are on lowest wages struggle with basic living. Economic pressure is sign of mismanagement of Satan who simply does not care about people. The good news is that Satan is already "fired" and Jehovah soon will remove him permanently. And even better news... Satan can not "reapply" for the job. He has really bad job experience.

Haha nice! I have the privilege to help serve during the Memorial. Hope everyone has a great rest of the campaign and Memorial!

hahaha . . As someone said ~ Maths is hard It's 5 days before my birthday. Just received the Memorial assignments. I'm in parking, which means it will snow.

I volunteer a couple hours a week for the local food bank in our area. I am very limited to what I can do. I am known as a JW to the other volunteers. Today anger broke out with those who were working today. They were extremely upset about the cutbacks that have been happening. Many of the food banks in our area have very limited supplies. I tried to listen and learn more about how the cutbacks were affecting those in our area. One of the volunteers spoke of how food banks are being depleted. I did not try to provide a witness at this time due to the anger and frustration at what I was hearing. I learned a lot more by listening than speaking. The situation is very dire as many basic services are drastically being reduced or cutback. The USDA supplies a wide variety of nutritious, 100% American-grown foods to food banks through programs like TEFAP, including fruits, vegetables, eggs, meat, poultry, fish, nuts, milk, cheese, and whole-grain and enriched grain products. These programs have had major cutbacks that are now facing legal challenges. We have several in our area (our brothers and sisters) who utilize food banks. Here is a guideline for those can use food banks. I have volunteered for the food bank for several months and this is the first time the other volunteers being angry about government cutbacks and how those with limited income will be taken care of. I only volunteer about once a week, so this will give me time to respond to their anger and keep my political neutrality.

The Fastest Animal? A Race Against Resistance Glimpses of Wonder We all know the answer, don’t we?

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I have the latest versions just like you have and my home page looks like yours, but my Schedules page does have the entry: Saturday April 12, 2025 Memorial However when clicking the writing or the blue right arrow, than just a dark grey page displays and when clicking the back arrow on the bottom of my Samsung Android phone the following error message displays: Error Occurred: Null check operator used on a null value. Not a big deal as the home page display for the memorial works fine. Mind you though I updated an April 2 version from the play store.

NASA Webb Explores Effect of Strong Magnetic Fields on Star Formation April 02, 2025 10:00AM Release ID: 2025-115 Summary Two new research studies explore how a stellar nursery in the heart of the Milky Way is affected by the region’s strong magnetic fields. Despite decades of study, the process of star formation still holds many mysteries. Stars are the source of nearly all the universe’s chemical elements, including carbon and oxygen, so understanding why and how they form — or not — is a crucial initial step in understanding how the universe works and the origins of just about everything, including life on Earth. At the heart of our Milky Way galaxy is the star-forming region Sagittarius C, which despite a wealth of raw material does not make as many stars as astronomers would expect. Two new studies have used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to investigate star formation in this extreme environment that is relatively near the supermassive black hole at the core of the Milky Way, at 200 light-years distance. Full Article: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2025/news-2025-115.html Pic Description: Labeling, compass arrows, and scale bars provide context for these MeerKAT and James Webb Space Telescope images. The star-forming region Sagittarius C, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, is about 200 light-years from the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*. Huge vertical filamentary structures in the MeerKAT radio data echo those Webb captured on a smaller scale, in infrared, in a blue-green hydrogen cloud. Astronomers think the strong magnetic fields in the heart of the galaxy are shaping the filaments.

Wednesday, April 2 Pour out your hearts before him.—Ps. 62:8. Whom can we turn to when we need comfort and guidance? We know the answer to that question. We can approach Jehovah God in prayer. Jehovah invites us to do just that. He wants us to pray often—to “pray constantly.” (1 Thess. 5:17) We can freely approach him in prayer and seek his guidance in all aspects of our life. (Prov. 3:5, 6) Being the generous God he is, Jehovah places no limit on the number of times we can pray to him. Jesus understood that Jehovah values prayer. Long before coming to earth, he saw his Father answer the prayers of faithful men and women. For example, Jesus was at his Father’s side when He answered the sincere prayers of Hannah, David, and Elijah, to name a few. (1 Sam. 1:10, 11, 20; 1 Ki. 19:4-6; Ps. 32:5) No wonder Jesus taught his disciples to pray often and with confidence!—Matt. 7:7-11. w23.05 2 ¶1, 3

I was receiving the same error & grey page in the 'Schedules' view. That's when I deleted the meeting change in NWS, then recreated it. According to the 'What's New' note in the app store, it should say 'Memorial' under the correct date of April 12th. 'Schedules' view still displaying April 13th however, with no mention of the event name under it.

I asked AI some questions: [emoji3591] How many languages have written form? Out of the approximately 7,100 languages spoken today, only about 4,000 have a written form. The rest are purely oral, with no standardized writing system. Many indigenous and minority languages rely entirely on oral tradition, while others have only recently developed writing systems through linguistic documentation efforts. Some languages once had writing systems but lost them over time. [emoji3591] If I wanted to translate a book so 99% of human population can read it in their native language, how many languages should it be translated into? To ensure that a book is accessible to 99% of the world’s population in their native language, translations would need to cover approximately 30 to 40 languages. This estimate is based on the cumulative percentage of native speakers for the most widely spoken languages. Here is a list of languages that, when combined, would cover approximately 99% of the global population: 1. Mandarin Chinese  2. Spanish 3. English  4. Arabic 5. Hindi 6. Bengali 7. Portuguese  8. Russian 9. Japanese 10. Western Punjabi  11. Javanese  12. German 13. Korean 14. French 15. Telugu 16. Marathi 17. Turkish 18. Tamil 19. Vietnamese 20. Italian 21. Urdu 22. Gujarati 23. Polish 24. Ukrainian 25. Persian (Farsi) 26. Malayalam 27. Kannada 28. Oriya (Odia) 29. Maithili 30. Thai 31. Burmese  32. Tagalog (Filipino) 33. Yue Chinese (Cantonese) 34. Swahili 35. Romanian  36. Dutch 37. Hausa 38. Pashto 39. Amharic 40. Yoruba Translating your book into these languages would make it accessible to the vast majority of people worldwide in their native tongues. Wysłane z iPhone za pomocą Tapatalk

So, as I understand it, an admin user can only register in the app if they receive an invitation. Is that correct?

Anyone else like them? They are a good band just the music a brother and my husband did a pretend concert on our anniversary, favorite song: here comes the sun/the inner light mix favorite album: love

It was on the news here that food banks are being forced to cut the amount of food being distributed as they are struggling to meet demand with less supplies available.

It’s in a publication called “The Evocative Religion Of Jehovah’s Witnesses” but it isn’t written by the organisation. A brother compiled interviews from members serving over the world including those from WHQ which detailed some in-depth insights.

Heartburn sufferers...a possible solution!! So I noticed after being on my Keto diet for 3 weeks, not only did my heartburn disappear, but it seems to STAY gone. Like...even if I eat/drink things that would normally make me miserable, it's just not happening. Last night I had a Keto-friendly Stevia drink just before bed. Normally, a sugary treat before bed is a HUGE mistake. And as I lay down, on the right side (normally worse side), I felt a little pressure like I was about to regret it all.....and then it just went away. No burn. No continued reflux. It just left. So even that "just before bed mistake" wasn't a mistake. Wow!! Wish I discovered this YEARS ago. I'm talking I've been fighting heartburn since I was 16. Now 21 years later, I found the no-medicine answer!!!

1. The topic of discussion is Forgiveness. (2 Corinthians 5:15) 2. Reject the Selfish Spirit of Today’s World. (1 Thessalonians 5:18) 3. How to Be a True Friend. (Proverbs 17:17) https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-study-february-2025/

My retirement found only goes down and down under Trump …: only donuts left for consolation … O well … I am 4 April …

15 days before my birthday Anyone else?

And due to globalization snd migration the number of languages (~7000) is decreasing. Wysłane z iPhone za pomocą Tapatalk

Maybe Goliath did drugs - he certainly was stoned

Just think, if Goliath watched that stone all the way in, he may have died cross-eyed.

Yeah, I know what you mean. Just imagine, getting hit in the head with a rock all of a sudden... Nothing like that had ever entered his mind before.

I have always loved the topic of “this generation “ i find it exciting and motivating. Few times ,in fact time to time a quick whiteboarding appears in my brain , trying to figure out things with numbers that aren’t fixed I never really get the same result. Whenever we talk about it among us , someone always say that “ it will come in time, soon ,so keep focusing on that! “ this drawing from the kingdom rules book always put my mind back on track . it helps me to see clearly that no matter how old we are , we have a good chance of entering the new world without having to ever die. Since creation who could have ever said that with certainty? What an exciting time we live in ! And it is the memorial season as well! Keeping busy makes the time go faster! And I am not talking about the clock change tomorrow!😁

That’s about where I am. My husband keeps track of what is going on. I guess he’s considered, “liberal”. At this point, it is impossible to say most anything about the government. To me, there is no way to even talk about it, without violating neutrality.

Note: there is a 3rd group, but NOT of "this generation". It seems reasonable to conclude that Jehovah has continued selecting anointed ones after 1992'ish. But again - those who are not "contemporary" are not of "this generation" even if they are anointed. This is also true of all the anointed who passed away BEFORE 1914. They can't be part of "this generation" as they were not contemporaneous to anyone in that time period.

I had to turn the TV off at that point because I found it increasingly harder to remain neutral 😜

Pete's silly way of eating his food today.

I hated church services when i was younger, and communion sunday was the worst 😩. Though when i went to a holiness church due to being part of the staff i had to get there early and i was one of the last ones to leave (i was a sunday school helper and an usher from like 7-12 when i left), so i got there around 9 and we didnt leave til around 2 UNLESS it was super bowl weekend, then we left at 12 due to shorter service. Though, going to a baptist church and not having as much responsibilities, it was relatively a shorter experience (usually hour and a half - two hours). But its kinda weird that im now fine/content with a service length that i hated as a child

Out enjoying the fog, sea lions and sunrise along the Columbia River today.

One of my projects at home that I am doing, making some pads for a shipping container to sit on, so it is off the ground making it level as well, using some car rims and concrete. First cut off an extra piece off another rim to make the the pad height that I need. Aligning the rims edge to edge. Welded the rims together Clean the welds up as well as the rust of. Added a piece of heavy duty square tube to be the structural piece for the container to sit on, as well to be the funnel for the concrete to inserted to fill the bottom half of the rim. Clamp the rim to a piece of formply and used hot glue to seal the bottom edge to prevent the water from drianing out. The rim filled with concrete and cured. (This rim is one I had done before the one above).

The GUANGZHOU HIGHWAY ship goes by on the Columbia River. This is a vehicle carrier. Some of these ships can hold up to 7,000 vehicles. The logistics of loading is amazing. Look up some videos on Youtube.

A neighbor suggested that I put horse manure on my strawberries. I tried it. I'm going back to whipped cream.

The Venice Commission has published an opinion on the issue of alternative non-military service in Ukraine at the request of the Constitutional Court. Strasbourg, 18 March 2025. CDL-AD(2025)006 Or. Engl. https://www.coe.int/en/web/venice-commission/-/ukraine-amicus-curiae-brief-on-alternative-non-military-service https://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/default.aspx?pdffile=CDL-AD(2025)006-e EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR DEMOCRACY THROUGH LAW. VENICE COMMISSION.pdf

Here is hopefully a very encouraging and motivating thought to really consider during this memorial season. In the JWBroadcasting 2025 update #1 there was an example shown of an update to the “Study Pane” in the JW app. It explained how our personal notes will come first in this study pane. But I stopped the video in order to see if I could read the personal study note someone had written in the example that was being shown, and it turned out to be a little gem💎. This personal note turned out to be a quote from a WT article based on LK 2 which tells us that Baby Jesus had a “manger” for a bed. What was this manger? Was it a very soft and beautiful crib made for a prince? Here is a picture from the Study Notes in LK 2 of what this manager may have looked like? Wow, so what was the 1st bed that the Messiah, the precious Son of God slept in as a newborn baby, a “feeding place” for animals, made of rocks or stone! How many parents who are unbelievers in the world today would have been content in providing a crib of hard stone for their precious newborn? So with all this in mind, now here is the quote of the personal study note from that video: I thought this was an excellent point! While Jehovah had to protect His son, the Messiah, from certain dangers/attacks by Satan and the demons, Jehovah did not shield His Son from many challenges, including poverty. Jehovah, the best Father imaginable, did not provide great accommodations for his son who was to be royalty, a future King! Why? What can we learn from Baby Jesus’ bed of stone, a “manger”? At times a brother or sister may feel that Jehovah should be providing more for them. For example… A brother’s car is older and has problems, and when he sees others in the congregation who have better cars he wonders, “Why doesn’t Jehovah provide better for me as I am one of His loyal servants, I need a better car” Or a sister is tired of her job, and in recent months she has heard of several sisters getting good jobs, so she complains to herself asking, “I do my best to attend all the meetings, go in the ministry regularly, so why doesn’t Jehovah help me get a better job?” Jehovah tells us in the Bible that “…having food* and clothing*, we will be content with these things” (footnotes: sustenance, covering, shelter) But there are multiple degrees or definitions of what being “content” means, let’s look at 3 degrees and ask ourselves, “Which definition or degree is Jehovah wanting to see in us when He is asking us to be “content” for now with basic necessities?” “content” = accept as adequate despite wanting more or better ”content” = willing to accept a particular thing “content” = a state of happiness, peaceful It would seem that Jehovah is hoping we are #3, being in a state of peace and happiness with “the daily bread” we have received. To a non-believer, this kind of thinking might be considered unacceptable as the culture of today has a mindset of always reaching for more and not being satisfied. In fact, many famous athletes, entertainers, CEOs, claim in their books or in interviews that the mindset of never being satisfied, never being “content”, is what helped them to achieve their dreams and goals. But is not definition #3 of “content” the mindset of a truly appreciative person? Yes, our Father wants us to be at peace, happy with what He has provided. So a spiritual person is “content”, being very grateful and appreciative for what our Father in the Heavens has provided for us, and not just “accepting as adequate despite wanting more or better“. So I need to ask myself sometimes, “Am I content, at peace and happy with the “manger” or “daily bread” that Jehovah had provided for me? And 1 final thought based on that personal study note from the video: Have not many wealthy or powerful people throughout history, including Kings, provided the very best for their child? So then why didn’t the greatest King, Jehovah provide much more for His beloved son? Far greater in importance than a comfortable lifestyle is being surrounded with love and peace and with those who love Jehovah. That describes the human parents Jehovah chose for His son right? Jehovah knew that not many years after his son was only a newborn, that even as just a child, Jesus would begin to be involved in the greatest legal court case in history! So Jehovah giving His precious son better accommodations, providing a more comfortable lifestyle was not even close to what the FDS says is of more, “supreme importance”, spiritual matters! Baby Jesus was going to become the primary Witness in this grand court case, that was of “supreme importance”. And so here is the wisdom we can gain from how and why the greatest Father Jehovah provided for his beloved newborn son a life surrounded with 95% love, peace and spirituality but with only 5% basic material needs. (Several articles are combined that I put in quotes)

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A little girl was holding two apples in her hands, and her mother asked her little princess, gently and with a smile, "Honey, can you give your mom one of the two apples?" The girl looked at her mother for a few seconds, then suddenly bit into one apple and then quickly into the other. The woman felt a smile freeze on her face and tried not to show her disappointment. She was upset that her beloved daughter did not want to share with her. Suddenly the girl stretched out one of the bitten apples and said: "Mommy, take this one, it tastes better Consider: No matter how mature, experienced and aware you are, never rush to judgment on others. Give everyone a chance to explain themselves. What you see can be very deceptive. When we only see the big picture, we often get fooled by the true motives behind another person’s actions.

Paragraph 9 of this week's Watchtower article tells a beautiful experience of how Jehovah provided for a couple in an unexpected way. That kind of experiences are so encouraging! So I thought maybe we can tell a few experiences of how Jehovah covered our daily needs in unexpected ways. Only experiences we had personally or that we know first hand, please. This is mine: Twenty or twenty-five years ago our kingdom hall was very old and did not even meet the basic legal requirements. It could be closed down at any time by the authorities. Besides it posed a risk in case there was a fire or something like that. So it was clear we needed a new place. But prices of locals in the area were very high and we were a quite modest congregation where many friends were unemployed and hardly managing. The elders tried hard to find a new place for months, and finally they found the perfect spot. It was in a convenient place in the territory, easy to access, and the local itself was spacious enough, met all requirements and only needed reasonable remodeling. So they took an anonymous poll to see how much every family could contribute. Unfortunately, the poll said the congregation could only pay half that amount. Yet the offer seemed too good to let it go. So the CO attended our next meeting and explained the situation to the congregation. It was very unlikely that we found a similar place for that price. He suggested we prayed about it and the poll would be repeated one week later. Well, during that week literally every member of the congregation who was unemployed found a job. I was one of them. And my wife, then my girlfriend, was another. When the poll was repeated, the amount that came was exactly the price of the local. The new hall was bought and it's still being used today.

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Here's one I heard yesterday, from one of the Speakers, at the Zone Visit that was broadcast to all Austra-lasia Congregations. Two years ago, a sister in Australia came across a pigeon, with unusual colors. It was a specially bred pigeon that just landed near her. She noticed a message tube tied to it's leg. The message said: "This is a specially trained homing pigeon. Write your location, throw the pigeon in the air, and it will return home to me." (Or words to that effect.) The sister realized that someone was training/breeding homing pigeons, and was testing their range. I've since looked it up. Homing pigeons are really good about finding their way home. That's what they do, no matter how far away they fly. So our sister writes her location, and throws the bird up in the air. The pigeon promptly circles around and lands back at the Sister's feet. She tries again. Again, the bird refuses to leave. A third time, our sister tries to send the pigeon on his way. A third time, he comes straight back. Against all odds, our sister has a new pet. And she decides to start breeding them, when she finds out this particular pigeon is rare in our part of the world. Here in Australia, we are filming the 'Life of Jesus' series. A big part of production, is the provision of animals. Specifically, ones that would fit in with life in Israel, 2000 years ago. Not an easy thing to find in Modern Day Australia, as you might imagine. The production crew sent out a 'casting call' for the kind of pigeon that would offered in the temple as a sacrifice, including detailed descriptions/images of the breed of pigeon that would have been used. I can't imagine they expected to find many. But in those two years, our sister had managed to breed twenty such birds, from the homing pigeon who refused to 'go home'. Ten were donated to the production, who were surprised, and grateful. It's an obscure enough experience that I'm willing to believe it's a coincidence, but it's unlikely enough to be 'part of a plan'. I can tell you with some certainty, breeding rare pigeons is not a typically Australian pastime.

An experience from Sweden. Confirmed by a Circuit overseer, sent to me by my aunt, who was in Bethel at the time. It's some years old, so you may have heard it before. *** One Sunday Afternoon, an Elder and his 11 year old son were supposed to go out in the Ministry with tracts. Their territory was even in their own street. But the weather was very cold, and pouring rain, so the father was planning to stay in. But the boy put on his warmest clothes and said "Okay, dad! I'm ready! It's time to take our tracts and go!" The father said they couldn't go in such weather, but the boy was quite insistent. After all, didn't people need to know, even if it was raining? The father said he wasn't going out in such weather, but his kid insisted. And since it was their own street, he allowed his son to go out with the tracts. After two hours of going to every door in the street, and even giving them to people walking by, the boy was soaked, cold; and had only one tract left. There was one house, just around the corner from his street. The street was deserted, but the boy ran up and rang the bell. No answer. he rang again. No answer. he was about to give up, but something compelled him to stay and ring the bell again, knocking too. There was still no answer so he rang the bell again; and this time the door opened. A sad older lady opened the door slowly. "What can I do for you?" With a big smile at his success, the boy said: "I'm sorry if I disturbed you, but I just wanted to tell you that Jehovah God really loves you and I came to give you my last tract that will tell you about Jehovah and His great love!" He gave her his last tract and turned to go. The lady called after him. "Thank you!" The following Sunday morning, the father was on the platform introducing the talk, and the speaker. But before the Speaker could walk up to the stage, the old woman stood up at the back of the hall and started to speak: "Nobody here knows me. I've never been at a Kingdom Hall. You see, before last Sunday, I was not a Christian. My husband died some time ago, and I was left alone in the world; and even lonelier in my heart. I came to the conclusion that I didn't want to live anymore. I took a rope, and a chair and climbed the stars to the attic of my house. I hung the rope, climbed up on the chair, put the noose around my neck. I was standing there, scared and heartbroken, and about to jump; when my doorbell rang. I ignored it, but it kept ringing. I thought if I waited a few minutes then it would stop. But they kept ringing and knocking. I asked myself 'who could that be? Nobody ever rings my bell or comes for a visit... So I took the noose off my neck and came downstairs. When I opened the door, I couldn't believe my eyes, because here was this innocent, clear eyed little boy with a smile I can't describe. The first words he spoke touched my heart, which has been dead for a long time. 'I just wanted to tell you that Jehovah God really loves you.'. Then he gave me this tract that I have in my hand. When the boy went out into the rain and cold, I shut the door, and carefully read every word of the tract. Then I went up to the attic and got the rope and chair. I didn't need them anymore. Now, I am a happy old lady who wants to serve Jehovah. Since the address of your Kingdom hall was on the tract, I came here to personally say THANK YOU to God's little child, who came in the right moment to save my life." Not a dry eye in the Hall, as you can imagine. The cong burst into applause and the father stepped down from the podium to hug his 11 year old son.

That's a wonderful experience, Michael. Nothing compares to experiencing Jehovah's care firsthand. This is another experience a friend told me recently: He moved with his younger sister to an area where there was a need for publishers. Plans didn't go as they expected. Time passed, they were unable to find a job, and their savings were quickly going down. One night they found they only had a carrot and a teabag for dinner. He had never been in the situation of not having what to eat until then. They told Jehovah about their concerns, shared the carrot and the tea, and went to bed. The next morning he received a call from a sister who lived nearby. Some family issue had arisen and she had to leave immediately and spend some months abroad. She asked if they could keep an eye on her house, go every couple days, pick the mail, air the rooms a bit... "By the way, the fridge is full, what a pity if all that food is ruined. Please take everything." Shortly after that they found a job and they have never lacked dinner since.

I'll offer this, from my father: My father, years ago, was working on a (secular) construction site. There was heavy rain that day, so he was being paid full wages to sit quietly in a room and read a book until the rain stopped. For my dad, this was a dream workday. But while he waited, he was suddenly hit with worry for the other brothers and sisters, given the weather. He hadn't gotten a call, or heard anything that made him worry; it was just an idea that he couldn't shake. So he takes a half day, for reasons that he couldn't explain, goes home to my mom, and tells her he wants to check on brothers and sisters in the Cong. So they make up some coffee and sandwiches and decide to do so. My mother asks: "Who should we start with?" My father suggests an elderly brother who lived alone; so they went there first... and found his house was being flooded out by the rain. First place they went. My dad goes and calls around the Cong to others, and the younger brothers/sisters all come hurrying over to set up sandbags, rescue his possessions, and begin fixing things up. The elderly brother said: "I was praying and praying for the rain to stop. It didn't stop, but you all came."

So, you, your wife and your girlfriend all founds jobs? That couldn't possibly happen very often, eh?