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  1. John Lindsay Barltrop
    When I went down to post my letters at the local post office, I happened to see the postage stamp book on the counter and sitting on top of it were the A$2.95 International Economy Air Mail stamps. The Post Mistress asked, "What is going on? I have had numerous requests for these stamps this morning." She does know that I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses, because I do that Post Office when I do business territory. I explained to her what was going on in the Russian Federation concerning our brothers, and how they are supposed to have freedom of religion, etc., she did not know anything about it............well she does now!!!
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    Listen!!!...........I am nearly 77 years old..........this modern technology is rather confusing to me.........when we moved into a new college in the mid 90's i came up from the workshop to my office, and there were 2 admin young women installing a computer on my desk..........I said to them take it away, because I can guarantee it will have a nasty accident within a week.........when I came up for lunch - behold no computer..............I heard later, the girls went to ask the Principal what they should do.........they were told in no uncertain terms, don't do it because it will have an accident (the Principal knew that I would keep my word) To cut a long story "shorter".....hahaha......we had been using overheads in our teaching, (I do not know how we managed???). When the subject that I was teaching, (marine engineering), went over to private industry, I went with it.........i soon learnt how to produce power point programs.......WOW! what a difference..........I can handle "word" alright because i wrote and printed student resources in word........I can surf the net......I have a mobile phone that I us as a phone and I can text, even if I am slow........I also have a Apple iPad for witnessing and I can show interested householders a video..........even if I may take a bit longer than I should........."all due to situations beyond my control".........that's my story and I am sticking to it!!!!! Hey!..........Donald Duck.........or should I say President Donald Duck..........he twitters or tweets........or whatever it is, doesn't he????? Fancy that a president carrying on like a "teenager"!!!!
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    Noooooo!!!..........not really.........sorry 'bout that??? I will say that you have done a very good job all that together.........thank you, again a job well done.
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    I had guessed as much Queen Esther!
  5. John Lindsay Barltrop
    Bye.........must get a couple of letters written tonight......time 2140 Sunday 26th ...........just as well I am a night owl....
  6. John Lindsay Barltrop
    .........Donald Duck and his three nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie.........and of course Uncle Scrooge........methinks Donald Duck has all those, plus a few more!!!!
  7. John Lindsay Barltrop
    Thank you my dear Sister............the day we are having today could have been a little better..........my car thermometer registered 380C and it is very humid...........we used to have a very dry heat in South Australia, but the last few years, particularly this year, it has been very humid......tropical, is probably a better expression...........BUT, Donald Duck says that Climate Change is all a hoax perpetuated by the Chinese,.............well I have news for Donald Duck..........and none of it is good............Even with my groaning about the weather, its always a wonderful day, when we can attend meetings and/or go out into the fields!
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    Well said.
  9. John Lindsay Barltrop
    "........# To Russia with Love" It will not be James Bond who fixes the problem.............it will of course be Jehovah of Armies......if that is His will at this particular time..........our letters and prayers are with all of our Brothers in Russia.
  10. John Lindsay Barltrop
    "AGAIN, Jehovah has HIS plan. Lets wait and see ! To force is useless... We can pray for the NW, the Brothers and more, thats all, but alot" How true that is Queen Esther.............we leave it all to Jehovah........and we do know that Jehovah answers his peoples prayers, if it it is in his divine purpose. As an example take this weeks WT Study when the unnamed prophet of Jehovah delivered the scathing message to Jeroboam.........Jehovah caused the king's hand to wither..........after the prophet prayed to Jehovah to restore his hand........this Jehovah did, because it fitted in with his will, even though Jeroboam had lacked real faith in Jehovah and even instituted false worship in the 10 tribe kingdom
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    The colourful illustration of Jehovah's Chariot, outlined in Ezekiel's vision, brought back pleasant memories of when we studied the Ezekiel book..........BUT, please do not remind me of how long ago that was..........YES! The Nations Shall Know That I Am Jehovah! How?...........HOW, they will find out in the not too distant future, because, we know that ALL that Jehovah promises WILL come true........without fail.
  12. John Lindsay Barltrop
    "......... blind leading the blind." .........and of course........they "will both (or in this case ALL) fall int the pit" Matthew 15:14 There was an article that I happened to just glance at that said, (I think), according to Donald Duck, this is Keystone XL pipeline, is the most technologically advanced ever to be built.............BUT, what is it going to transport, Dilbit (diluted bitumen or tar),.........probably the worst polluting "oil" on this planet............let the Canadians keep it!!!!!
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    Queen Esther..........I must say I love your little black thunder clouds!!!!!!! We could always let "the powers that be" Know what will happen next if the continue their harassment of Jehovah's people in Russia...........BOOM!!!!????
  14. John Lindsay Barltrop
    Repetition is, when learning most things, is an advantage, (especially to us as JW's when studying God's Word). We in our imperfect state do tend to forget things and the Brothers kindly remind us of many of the important things, by repetition and we can be truly thankful for that. Its like when we use a number of specific scriptures in the preaching work.........once we use have used them a quite a few times we tend to remember them.........even years later, we can generally call them to mind, if the need arises........and, this is why it is important to try to use scriptures in, for example in the segment "Teach the Truth" in our Christian Life and Ministry meetings........it enlarges our repertoire of scriptures.
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    Funny you should say that Queen Esther, because it was my last reply.........as you rightly said NOT worth it........after all we have much better things to do with our lives.
  16. John Lindsay Barltrop
    "Intrepid traveller" You are what one calls an "Internet Troll"............defined as, (by Wikipedia): In Internet slang, a troll (/ˈtroʊl/, /ˈtrɒl/) is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory,[1]extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the intent of provoking readers into an emotional response[2] or of otherwise disrupting normal, on-topic discussion,[3] often for the troll's amusement............ My comment still stands "get a life"
  17. John Lindsay Barltrop
    "The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God." (1 Cor 3:19) A Scripture I like to use in relation to this is: Colossians 2:8 "Look out that no one takes you captive (Footnote: or "carries you off as his prey) by means of the philosophy and empty deception according to human tradition, according to the elementary things of the world and not according to Christ"
  18. John Lindsay Barltrop
    You are right Queen Esther..........here in "little old Adelaide (in a suburban area)" I was talking to one of the Brothers and his wife on the carts, outside a railway station and in the half an hour that I was there 29 pieces of literature were taken by passers-by......this was a little exceptional from the norm, but, it is very successful most days........but Thursday evenings has not been very productive...........possibly, because I have been on the carts then!!!!! In the territory, it has been very productive...........in the last two and a half months I have picked up 50 return visits, so I certainly have seen that the fields are white for harvesting (re Congregation Bible Study).
  19. John Lindsay Barltrop
    After the doom and gloom, I thought that I had better put a couple of photographs of what I consider to be beautiful places on our magnificent earth, that our Creator, Jehovah has given us.......and, we know...........and will be eternally grateful, when God's Kingdom directs its full power to the earth and solves all righteous mankind's problems...... A scene in the Austrian Alps Denali National Park, Alaska Torres del Paine, Chile PS. I love looking at scenic views like this...........BUT, a bit too cold for me in reality!!!
  20. John Lindsay Barltrop
    Here is a further update photograph I came across this evening 17/3/2017............NOT a pretty sight of the Great Barrier Reef!!! Documenting the dead coral after the bleaching event at Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef. (Photo: The Ocean Agency/XL Catlin Seaview Survey/Richard Vevers) Hard to believe that this was once a typical colourful part of that Great Barrier Reef.........now dead??? ..........here is another example of mans' greed and wanton destruction of a very large, but fragile eco system: The Amazon Jungle. The article also highlighted another example of man's inhumanity to man.......How true those words are recorded at Ecclesiastes 8:9 and Jeremiah 10:23 View of a tree in a deforested area in the middle of the Amazon jungle in the state of Pará, Brazil, on October 14th, 2014. (Photo: Raphael Alves/Getty Images) This story originally appeared at the website of global conservation news service Mongabay.com.
  21. John Lindsay Barltrop
    My thoughts are "intrepid traveller" (quite a misnomer I feel - there appears to be nothing intrepid at all about him - unless of course it is in the humorous sense - even then, he is not funny), ought to get a life, instead of casting aspersions against Jehovah and his people. Galatians 6:7 and 5:10(b) carry a warning for those who mock God and, of course, there is the warning example of Haman, who despised God's people in his day.........and there are many more scriptures that support what I have mentioned. What he needs to realise is that we know that we are not perfect and we would be the first to admit, and some have seen how trusting Jehovah's people are and take advantage of that fact, an are adept in carrying out many forms of deceit, and others may have been led astray or seduced by their own immoral desires, just like Eve..........and she was perfect.......and that of course is the reason the world is in such a mess.
  22. John Lindsay Barltrop
    Sister Arauna..............or it could be G'day cobber..........although the word cobber (or mate) is not used as much as it was years ago.
  23. John Lindsay Barltrop
    "But I do appreciate a good laugh (when I understand it)." Goodonyamate, or just, 'onyamate ...........which means loosely translated "that's really good my friend!" this was similar to the smiley face that was in the WT Study (only it was a red/brownish colour).......that said, a Christian should have a sense of humour.
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    Here is another photograph of the Great Barrier Reef I locate in a news item this evening (16/3/2017), and here is a snippet from the write up: "The survival of the Great Barrier Reef hinges on urgent moves to cut global warming because nothing else will protect coral from the coming cycle of mass bleaching events, new research has found."..........."The researchers said the findings of their paper, Global Warming and Recurrent Mass Bleaching of Corals, applied to coral reefs worldwide." Certainly an indictment of mankind under Satan's rule........at least we do have the hope that Jehovah will step in and right all these wrongs........we can but echo the words of the Apostle John at Revelation 22:20 ....."Amen! Come Lord Jesus" Yes The Kingdom under Jesus Christ's rule, will not be late. The Great Barrier Reef has been hit by mass bleaching for an unprecedented second year running. Photograph: Chris Jones/Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. (Photograph caption)
  25. John Lindsay Barltrop
    "But I am learning! ..." I think that we are all learning, I do think that we will ever stop learning.......which is probably a good thing.........and as the WT Study, a couple of weeks ago, said that one of things we should have is a sense of humour, (remember the smiley face?).........my problem is sometimes my sense of humour is a little too "warped"...........particularly for those whose second language may English..........add to that I am Australian, and some Australian humour can be difficult for others to comprehend sometimes.
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