My cousin, a non-JW died last Saturday of kidney cancer. He was 45.
Although not a JW, his wife also a non JW asked an elder to do his service. This at the request of his JW mother, who by the way is very inactive. The elder did this after of course he got the ok from the "brothers".I guess they figured it would be "a good witness". The only affiliation my cousin had with the witnesses was in his youth. He was not presently studying or attending meetings. Heres the beef. I sat there and listened to the same ol stuff about how theres going to be a new system, no death, no pain, blah blah blah. I had to just shake my head. At one point I wanted to stand up and say: Yeah a new system for Jehovahs Witnesses only. All the rest of us are s.o.l. There was even a song sang by another out of town cousin of mine who is a witness. Singing about how Jehovah was on our side. Again saying to myself: Yeah on our side if were in good standing with the "brothers". What a joke. Since he died so young, he did'nt really have any specific instructions. I felt for his wife having to make those arrangements. I quess one thing I did learn is to let your loved ones know your wishes. Sorry just venting. Thanks for reading.
