I haven't posted anything for a while on JWD due to being busy with work and school, but this email was to much of a crack up not to post. This was sent to my wife today from her old JW friend. She forwarded it to me and I'm posting it with her permission. It's in regard to the recent Bethel downsizing and also regarding the recent change to publish the Awake monthly instead of bi-monthly. It was just too funny not to share. It amazes me how negative growth and downsizing can be attributed to Jehober and his organization moving forward. I guess whatever the glorious WT says they will believe. Try not to gag when reading.
SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE, ARE YOU STILL THINKING? WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT? I WANTED YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THE MANY CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.
YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE THAT WE ARE ONLY USING ONE AWAKE MAGAZINE A MONTH NOW. THIS IS A NEW THING STARTING WITH THE 2006 ISSUES. THIS IS SO THAT OUR MESSAGE CAN FOCUS PRIMARILY ON THE BIBLE AND SHOW PEOPLE THE SIGN OF THE LAST DAYS. THAT'S BEEN THE MESSAGE FOR A LONG TIME YOU MAY THINK.
WELL, THERE'S MORE. THEY HAVE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT THEY ARE REDUCING THE STAFF AT BETHEL. SOME WILL BE SENT OUT AS SPECIAL PIONEERS, SOME CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT OVERSEERS, SOME AS PIONEERS...EVEN THE ELDERLY WILL BE ASSIGNED TO DO PHONE TERRITORY. THE WHEELS OF JEHOVAH'S CHARIOT ARE MOVING FORWARD AND THE SCRIPTURES STATE THAT JEHOVAH WILL SPEED UP THINGS IN RIGHT TIME. WELL, THAT RIGHT TIME IS NOW. WE HAVE NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE COMPLETE DETAILS AS IT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED THIS WEEKEND. BUT, AS YOU KNOW, NEWS TRAVELS FAST.
IN 1918 WHEN OUR BROTHERS WERE PUT IN PRISON ON FALSE CHARGES, THE YEARS TEXT FOR THAT YEAR WAS "ARE YOU ABLE TO DRINK MY CUP?" JEHOVAH WAS TRYING TO MENTALLY PREPARE HIS PEOPLE FOR WHAT WAS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE. OUR BROTHERS DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS AHEAD, BUT THEY KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE HARD. PROBABLY HARDER THAN THEY EXPECTED. THIS YEAR OUR TEXT IS "WE MUST OBEY GOD AS RULER RATHER THAN MEN" YOU KNOW ENOUGH IN YOUR STUDIES THAT IN THE TIME OF THE END THAT JEHOVAH'S PEOPLE WILL BE TURNED ON. JUST AS JEHOVAH PREPARED HIS PEOPLE FOR WHAT WAS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE, HE IS PREPARING US NOW.
IF YOU HAVE ANY DESIRE LEFT IN YOU TO TURN TO JEHOVAH AND PUT ALL THE BAD IN YOUR PAST IN THE PAST....PLEASE THINK ABOUT ALL OF THIS....THE TIME IS NOW TO TURN TO JEHOVAH. LET HIM TAKE CARE OF YOU AND ALL OF YOUR PAIN. LET HIM REMOVE ALL OF YOUR PAINFUL THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS. THERE IS NO ONE ON EARTH THAT CAN HEAL YOU LIKE JEHOVAH CAN.
*****, I LOVE YOU AND I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU CAN DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO RETURN TO JEHOVAH. THERE IS NOTHING LEFT IN THIS WORLD. YOU HAVE SO MUCH TO GIVE AND YOU ARE SUCH A LOVING PERSON. PLEASE THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT YOUR FUTURE. I WANT TO HELP YOU, I REALLY DO. I HOPE I HEAR FROM YOU SOON. :)
