AudeSapere

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  Orange County NY friends, you there?

  by FMonroe in

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  2. experiences

  my name is frieda.

  i grew up next door to the jehovah's witnesses kingdom hall in monroe ny, which is now the village of kiryas joel.

  i am doing research for a family history and i'm trying to get a picture of the kh before it was destroyed.

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  AudeSapere

  My dad worked on the Assembly Hall in the early/mid 70's. We probably have a few photos in a box somewhere but would not know where to begin.

  Hopefully someone else has better access.

  Welcome.

  -Aude.
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  what to do when you have a crazy friend?

  by losingit in

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  2. friends

  it's hard for me to start this topic bc i feel like i'm being judgmental, a quality i don't like in others and one i try to stay away from as much as possible.

  i really do try to be an understanding, caring person.

  i essentially believe that all people are good and i am shocked to my core when i am betrayed.

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  AudeSapere

  quellycatface wrote: Just don't let Hannah near any pet rabbits.

  I was thinking same story line! This has trouble and disaster written all over it.

  losingit - You can call her on this behavior. Nothing wrong with citing boundary issues. Your friend clearly has trouble knowing where the boundaries are. You, however, know that your first priority is your children. And you have a very full plate with finishing school and preparing for pending job. She is just too much drama. (do you want the gun weilding spouse to come looking for her at your house????)

  About 8 years ago, I had a similiar friend. Different players, but strange love triangles, a young child, lack of structure and boundary challenged. Abusive men were working her over. At her house one evening, she told me some stories. I told her that she was scaring me. Her stories are terrifying and I could not visit anymore. I got up and left within 5 minutes. I suggested she call the police and get to a shelter with her child. OK to call me from the shelter and we could meet for coffee, but I did not feel safe in her house with all the torment she told me about.

  She chose not to call the police. Left her young child with her husband and she eventually left the boyfriend (I think he went to jail for other offenses) and then reunited with the husband. We spoke on the phone a few times but she was still way too much drama for me. It took too much from my life to spend time with her.

  Funny thing though... She saw me as mentor and sort of a role model. It surprised her to see a woman set boundaries and keep them. I did not hate her. In fact, there were things I liked about her. She was fun. Crazy, but fun. But when the crazy in her and the crazy in her life started to make me feel threatened, I let her know and then I acted on by distancing my self. Couple years later, she seemed to appreciate was I doing.

  -Aude.
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  How I Ended Up On JWN...

  by Divergent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is the story of how i ended up here on this site.... .

  i was stuck in a situation where reaching out took forever, an eternity.

  it was ridiculous - no matter what i did, there was always more to do.

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  AudeSapere

  Oops! I just re-read the OP. My mistake... I missed the word *IF* [you] married lovely pioneer. Sorry to misread that.

  -Aude.
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  How I Ended Up On JWN...

  by Divergent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is the story of how i ended up here on this site.... .

  i was stuck in a situation where reaching out took forever, an eternity.

  it was ridiculous - no matter what i did, there was always more to do.

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  AudeSapere

  I'm curious ... How specifically did you get to JWN? Were you researching something else and stumbled upon this site by accident? Did a friend refer you here?

  Is your wife still an active pioneer? Does she know the level of your discouragement with the process of 'reaching out'?

  I'm not trying to pry. Just curious. Only share what you are comfortable with.

  -Aude.
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  Cong issues

  by Batman89 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  its seemed like in my old hall(im still in just leared tthatt) evey other local needs part we had was about either gossip or needing more effort in the ministry.

  also about brothers needing to step up and "reach out".. were/are there alot of gossip,lack of ministry support or lack of brothers in your hall when you were a jw?.

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  sparrowdown wrote: " the body of elders has had a meeting and decided our cong did not have any specific local needs..."

  hehehe That's funny. Sounds like your cong had nothing *but* needs. The fact that those needs were deep and real (rather than petty) is irrelevant in JW Management world. Unfreakingbelievable.

  btw - I love your nick!

  -Aude.
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  How I Ended Up On JWN...

  by Divergent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is the story of how i ended up here on this site.... .

  i was stuck in a situation where reaching out took forever, an eternity.

  it was ridiculous - no matter what i did, there was always more to do.

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  AudeSapere

  Welcome! Thanks for sharing a bit of your story.

  Do you think that maybe one of the elders has/had a thing for your wife and was keeping you down in effort to cause trouble with your marriage and make himself look better.

  Sorry that came out cynical. But I've things like that happen in business. And the WTS is like a big business corp.

  Regardless. Welcome! We're glad you found us. You'll fit right in.

  -Aude Sapere (meaning: Dare to Know; Dare to Have Wisdom/Understanding; Dare to Think for Yourself)
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  Apostate crashes Memorial (update)

  by raymond frantz in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the recent video of tony prime where he crashed the memorial made me think how the memorial has changed in recent years ,the layout of the talk ,the lack of jesus and his sufferings.

  how do you think the memorial has changed in recent years ?.

  video of apostate crashing the memorial.

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  AudeSapere

  Stunts like these are rude and counter-productive.

  -Aude.
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  Letter to BOE: Adjustment in process for appointing elders and ministerial servants

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hello, you read it here first!.

  governing body of jehovah's witnesses.

  to all congregations.

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  AudeSapere

  Thank you for posting this.

  I really appreciate that it is in cut-and-paste format and not just a link.

  Thank you

  -Aude.
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  BOE - PDF - CONFIDENTIAL 2014-04-22 Adjustment in process for appointing elders and ministerial servants

  by WatchTower87 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  boe - confidential.

  instruction: press the 'skip ad' button top right, you should then see the download screen more easily.

  no virus ;-).

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  AudeSapere

  I appreciate the advance info but I have trouble with *many* posts from WatchTower87.

  Some of his threads I cannot open because a window pops up asking me to open or save a file. I haven't even seen the thread info before getting that pop-up.

  I headed someone elses advice that a recent link from WatchTower87 had a virus. So now I am triply dubious.

  Where possible, I prefer that there be a cut-and-paste of the document info to read right here on JWN without being forced to link somewhere else. Having both the cut-and-paste and the link for those who want to view the actual document would be better - as long as that dang pop-up forcing to open or save does not automatically activate.

  -Aude.
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  Recent changes

  by Thumblina in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was on this board a lot when i faded and left 6 years ago but not been on much since.

  is there any thread/s in particular to read showing the changes in the past 5 years?

  or any kind willing person who has time to summarise them as a reply below??

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  AudeSapere

  Quite a few changes. Fun to see all put together in one thread montage.

  Thanks!

  -Aude.