All Jehovah's Witnesses!! FEBRUARY 08 EDITION

HOLLAND · 01-31-2008, 12:28 PM

I figure that rather than happening upon each other we could get to know who's out there. However please review your KM's esp. 11/99, 7/00, 9/02.
This thread is also for anyone with questions about our beliefs, to either post them here or visit the official website of the worldwide organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses at www.watchtower.org

We are a united organization throughout the world and so you'll find the same answers from anyone of us in any country

Hope to catch up with some cysterSisters soon

PART 1 - All Jehovah's Witnesses!!

PART 2 - All Jehovah's Witnesses!! - Part 2

PART 3 - All Jehovah's Witnesses!! - Part 3

PART 4 -All Jehovah's Witnesses!! - PART 4

PART 5 - All Jehovah's Witnesses!! - PART 5

All Jehovah's Witnesses!! - JUNE

All Jehovah's Witnesses!! JULY EDITION

All Jehovah's Witnesses!! AUGUST EDITION

All Jehovah's Witnesses!! SEPTEMBER EDITION

All Jehovah's Witnesses!! OCTOBER EDITION

All Jehovah's Witnesses!! NOVEMBER EDITION

All Jehovah's Witnesses!! DECEMBER EDITION

http://www.soulcysters.net/all-jehov...dition-230987/

HOLLAND · 01-31-2008, 12:33 PM

How is everyone doing? I'm doing well. Have lots planned for this weekend. A baby shower in Northern VA this Sat. after I get off. Not sure how I'll make it on time since I have to work until 12:30 and the shower starts at 2. Then tomorrow night I am having dinner with a friend I have not spent time with since before I got married. She and I kind of lost contact. She's in a near by cong. So it will be nice to spend some time with her again. We were teenage buddies

Sadie06 · 01-31-2008, 05:08 PM

Hi there. I've been lurking around here for awhile. I've been baptised since '96 and have been in the truth all my life. I've been married to a wonderful brother for almost 9 years now. We just welcomed the birth of our baby girl in September '07. I have a question for the moms on here. Was it rough when you had a baby to take to the Tues/Thursday night meetings? My dd has acid reflux and she's pretty sensitive to noise and lights too. So it's been mentally and physically exhausting to go to the night meetings. The thing is her bedtime is usually around 8 now and so she gets really irritable if it's delayed yet at our hall there is no mother's room or dark place to take her. Any suggestions? It can get pretty discouraging.

HOLLAND · 01-31-2008, 08:37 PM

Sadie06 - Oh my goodness

I've seen you post a lot on this board...that's so cool

Welcome to this thread! Congrats on your beautiful little girl! I'm not a mom...yet. So don't have to much info on that but have you tried going to one of the back schools? I know we have a mothers room but we have so many babies that they can't all fit at times so they go into the back school rooms and turn off the lights at times.

Blondie87 · 01-31-2008, 08:48 PM

Marking my spot!

Sadie- That's crazy they don't have a mother's room!! At our hall we have the mother's room, the back school where people can sit to watch the meeting, and then the 2nd back school where the elders have their meetings and everything- I've seen alot of parents take their babies back there cuz you can turn off the light and nobody else is back there. But I can't believe they don't have a mother's room at your hall! That would be rough. I don't have kids but I help out alot and have babysat kids and taken them to meeting.. and I would not last w/out a mother's room.

Sadie06 · 01-31-2008, 10:08 PM

Yeah it's gotten to the point I've considered taking her out to the car where it's dark and quiet. But these days in this system you never know how safe it is... We can't turn the lights out in the school as if we did the lights would go out in the whole hall. Plus there are others in the school that sit in there when they come in late and the other school is used for bookstudies for other congregations as we have five congregations in ONE hall. So it's pretty packed.

Holland-I have seen ya on here too- I really hope you get a BFP soon, hun!

Don't give up hope!!

omcv · 02-01-2008, 12:48 AM

sadie - I totally understand as i have two little ones (3.5 yr old and 15 month old). We have a mothers room but those that don't have children use it for sleeping on the couch. Our B room is for over flow and so we can't go there. If the library is open I try to get in there to get a bit of quiet, where I can turn off the lights. But usually some one gets in there too. Both of my daughters have now been falling asleep fairly quickly. They end up falling asleep in the car ride over and then we drag then into the Hall. The nights that are the hardest is when DH has assignments or a part.

Sadie06 · 02-03-2008, 10:25 PM

Well we had our CO visit this week and our meeting is at 3:30pm on Sundays. This one was a two hour meeting as the CO said the public talk would not be shortened. Keira slept on the way to the hall and then woke up at 5 and I fed her there and then she got to be social w/ everyone after. Usually the noise and lights would bother her and she'd scream so hard we'd have to leave. I felt like this was a gift from Jah that I got to listen to BOTH talks, the WT and that Keira was not screaming!

Made my day!

Just had to share!

HOLLAND · 02-04-2008, 12:03 PM

Sadie - I'm so happy things went well at the hall yesterday for you! I'm sure it can get very frustrating. She's a very beautiful little girl

HOLLAND · 02-04-2008, 10:25 PM

Ok…so here’s the story.

I told you ladies that I had a baby shower to go to on Sat with mom. Well….it was for my cousin who’s not in the truth and she got pregnant out of wedlock. I know some people might not have gone to this shower but she has really started to realize she has made some bad choices in her life and now this new little family member is coming soon. She and the baby’s father got married in Dec. He’s a real JERK! She’s also stupid for even marrying him or staying with him at this point. He’s been physically and mentally abusive to her. He told her after he married her that the only reason he married her was to get back at her parents. He has had several run ins with her parents. She’s called them to come help her in the middle of the night because he’s gotten drunk and started to hit her. So of course they rush over and he has even threatened my uncle with a sword. Now why she would still marry him I have no idea. He hit her so bad after they got married. She had a major goose egg on her head for about 1 week. Her mom called the police. They said that they could not arrest him but they could at least get a case started on him because of the abuse. Kristin is just so frail and I wish I could help her in some way! Since the whole incident with her getting hit in the head she has really realized the mistakes she has made in her life. She has gotten very depressed and just not doing well at all. That was one of the reasons we went to the shower because she really needs the families emotional support right now. She knows she’s done something wrong and is stuck in her mind. They are getting ready to move in with his parents who will not let him drink…so that’s good…not that that will keep him from drinking. Another good thing about it is that his parents will be around to help her. I can really tell after this shower that they really care for her and plan to take care of her and the baby. I’m just really concerned about her and that baby. She went for a Dr’s appt with a new Dr last week because she has new insurance now that she’s married. He told her she measuring 5 months pregnant. She’s due on the 14th of Feb. She’s been under so much stress I can tell it’s probably affected that baby. I really hope things turn out ok! She’s supposed to go for an ultrasound this week to see how large the baby is.

I guess I just needed to tell you guys because I feel like this is only within our family right now and it’s just bothering me. I feel bad for her because now she is in this situation. I try to remind myself that she did this to herself and she should get away from that man. But she’s so young and is so afraid. I wish I could just take her away from that situation but I know she needs to make that move herself. I just hope it’s sooner rather than later.

I know I just need to stay out of this but I feel like since she's my family I should try to help her. I don't want her laying in a ditch someday!

I hope I have not offended any of you for attending this shower!!!! I just felt that she is in such a mental state right now that she really needs our support as a family. It's finally hit home with her about all the bad choices she has made in life! She hardly even talked during the shower because of being in such a depressed state. We all gave her a hugs and told her we are here for her. I really hope things turn out ok

deliciousdiva · 02-05-2008, 02:53 AM

Holland - Sorry to hear about your cousin. I understand about wanting to step into straighten out family matters. I think that the best thing you can do is try to encourage your cousin. Make her feel excited about her new baby, kind of shift her focus. Just let her know that now she is a mom all of her decisions ultimately affect her and this baby. She also needs to know that she is the only advocate that this baby has and if she won't protect it no one will. (Let her know your not saying this just so she could leave her husband, but she needs to keep this in the back of her mind.) She will not do anything until she is ready to.

Sadie - I know what you mean about things being discouraging. I have twins that will shortly be 4 months old and each meeting is a challenge. Even Sunday, my DH is an unbeliver and usually works on Sundays. He is very helpful and comes w/ me to most meetings, but it's still hard. Thursday night we were running a little late. Babies were feed and dressed, we all were in the car on our way to the meeting and Sebastian started to cry. WWe pulled over to console him and nothing worked. We had to come back home and get undressed, he cried off and on until midnight. I hope you have a good friend in your hall that can become invaluable. My friend w/ a 1 year old called to check on me and that made me feel alot better about our ordeal. Sometimes you wonder if your spritiual life will every be normal again. The only thing that I can really suggest is just plan on going and play it by ear. Just be flexible and remember it won't last forever. The thing that helped me the most with DD #1 is study, study, study. If I studied ahead of time, when she distracted me it was easier to come back to the meeting and pay attention. Just falling in line. Now, with these two study has become impossible. I'm getting smart though, I'm not working tomorrow, but they are going to the sitter. I'm going to do my Revelation book, pull out meeting clothes for the week and get all my books together. I also think that tomorrow I'm going to talk to my PO about out telephone hook up or lack of. I really could feel better about missing a meeting if I could listen to it over the phone. Also to help your daughters sensitivity to light you might want to get one of those black nursing covers from target, it may block out some light. HTH.

BTW, I think the Watchtower this Sunday was so excellent. It felt like just what I needed. There were so really, really good points about the following to the letter the instructions that we are given by Jehovah in the time of the end. I'm definately taking stock as suggested and trying to change things as needed.

I think I found out what is leading to Sebastian's nightly cring spells. I think it's the dairy in my diet. He's had a lot less gas and we have had 4 nights of no crying. Yeah!!

It's almost 2 am. I need to go to bed.
Erika

HOLLAND · 02-05-2008, 07:59 PM

Erika - How is it going with working again? I know you were having a hard time finding someone to sit for you. How is the sister doing?

I'm really going to try to stay positive for my cousin. I just really hope things get better!

deliciousdiva · 02-06-2008, 12:57 AM

Holland - Work is fine. They were happier to see me than I was to see them. I really only went back b/c I promised to be the preceptor for my assistant. She is enrolled in a program that is going to give her a certification and do better. If I wasn't in the truth, I would have done like the rest of the world and gave her a peace sign. But I'm letting my yes, mean yes.

I hope things work out w/ your cousin.

We had Bible study tonight and the kids were o.k. I studied w/ DD earlier and left the twins at the sitter today. DD does so good now that she is growing up. She just turned 9 last Wednesday. She sat in the front row by herself and answered so many paragraphs. I have to tell her to give other people a chance sometimes.

OK. I'm going to do my usual pumping and then off to bed.
Erika

HOLLAND · 02-06-2008, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by deliciousdiva

Holland - Work is fine. They were happier to see me than I was to see them. I really only went back b/c I promised to be the preceptor for my assistant. She is enrolled in a program that is going to give her a certification and do better. If I wasn't in the truth, I would have done like the rest of the world and gave her a peace sign. But I'm letting my yes, mean yes.

I hope things work out w/ your cousin.

We had Bible study tonight and the kids were o.k. I studied w/ DD earlier and left the twins at the sitter today. DD does so good now that she is growing up. She just turned 9 last Wednesday. She sat in the front row by herself and answered so many paragraphs. I have to tell her to give other people a chance sometimes.

OK. I'm going to do my usual pumping and then off to bed.
Erika

That's wondering about your DD! She just a sponge and soaking up everything she learns at the meeting

I love to see young ones take hold of the truth like that!

I'm sure you enjoy every break you can get from the babies! Try to get some rest when you can!

omcv · 02-06-2008, 06:46 PM

Well I have been going through storage and putting things on Craigslist. I have sold four things and made $95 .. woo hoo! Hopefully the other stuff sells.

Do you know of any sisters that might need a size 20 wedding dress? My mom brought home from the wedding and has had it in storage ever since. Since their move to Arizona she passed it back to me. I don't know what to do with it, I guess I could save it. But i am sure someone else could use it. Did you gals keep your wedding dresses?