Jack Ryan

At the La Vega Kingdom Hall, which is around 35 miles north west of Bogota, Columbia. With a population of just under 50 million, there are some 165,000 active JWs in the country - a ratio of around 1-in-300. They conduct around 220,000 studies each month, and with just under 24,000 regular pioneers, the country saw a 2% increase last year. Last year's Memorial attendance was over half-a-million, which means 1-in-100, or 1%, of the country attended. Street view of the outside of the Kingdom Hall: https://goo.gl/maps/4wXAFcxGfRB2 Remember, the video below is in Spanish,

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6b33RjKq_HFMVduTGJsbnhZM3c/view?usp=sharing See translation bellow. Dear brothers: We are glad to inform you about our next preaching campaign for the 2017 service year, in order to help spread the message of the good news "to the ends of the earth "(Rom. 10:18). This is the only preaching campaign for the 2017 service year. Duration: The campaign will last one year, from 1 September 2016 to 31 August 2017. The minimum time to participate is three weeks and up to three months. Territory: congregations in need and unallocated territories. Support a congregation: Choose this option if you wish to support a congregation that needs help to preach their territory. Unassigned territory: choose this option who wish to preach territories not assigned to a congregation. Because this are territories where usually there is no witnesses , it will be necessary for teams to be prepared to hold meetings and organize preaching. Must choose at least five options of the List of Territories, of which the branch will decide which one the group will support. Request the list from the secretary of the congregation. In the case of Mexico alone may request congregations or territories within the country, can not support other countries. Precursors of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama may request any country. Participants: Participants who serve as regular or auxiliary pioneers and have 18 years or more during the period they support. As an exception, parents can take their children small if the conduct of these is exemplary. Although they can participate single and married, the married must be accompanied by their spouse, and both should serve as pioneers. Groups. They must form groups of at least two people and ten at most, in the including a captain. We will not accept requests from groups made entirely of single pioneers where there is both genders (Clarifcation note by STA.. no single ladies mixed up with single dudes unless there is someone to watch them). If there are more than ten requests from the same group, they must form a separate group with their own captain. Because no individual applications will be accepted, they can form the group with brothers of their congregation or other congregations Subject: Preaching Campaign 2017 August 29, 2016 Page 2 Request: If there is an elder or ministerial servant in the group, he will be the captain. He will ask the Secretary the form "Request for preaching campaign", he will complete and deliver to your committee Service for analysis and approval. If there is no male, an experienced sister can be used. The application must be submitted to the Secretary at least three months before the date wishing to start their participation. Only one application with master data will be filled, other members of the group should not fill. Assignment. Later, the branch will inform the congregation of their assingment and the contact address for the congregation in the assinged territory. This way you can communicate with the elders of that congregation to provide him with details on how to reach the territory, customs in location, common problems and potential risks. Accommodation: transportation and other expenses. It is the responsibility of the group look for accommodation in their assignment. This will be particularly necessary for those who support unassigned territories, because they are far from a congregation. They should have sufficient resources to cover its transportation costs, rent and meals during their assignment. For more details, consult the FAQ document on the campaign to be placed on the bulletin board next with this letter. We trust that the Lord will bless this campaign and the dedicated efforts made by people take the good news to your location. The aim is that the name of Jehovah "is declared throughout all the earth "before the end comes (Rom. 9:17). Receive our Christian love and best wishes P.D.: to the body of elders This letter should be read en in the Christian Life and Ministry Meeting. It should be then put in the information board along with the list of territories and FAQ so that publishers can consult it (Except this postdata). All requests should be sent at least 3 months in advance. If the service committee aproves of a group, inform the captain that he should make a request for all required publications for the whole group thru the congregation. At the same time. the secretary should send the form "Request for preaching campaign" using the congregation's email from JW.ORG. If the pioneers want to know about preaching in other countries in Central America, please thank them for their good initiative but inform them that this year, due to certain migratory procedures, brothers from Mexico will only be able to support this country (Mexico). It would not be possible to assign them to another country. PD: to circuit overseers We ask you to please help boost enthusiasm and interest in this campaign when you visit congregations.

Just curious as to how you would explain this to another person clearly....

Wall v Judicial Committee of the Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, 2016 ABCA 255 (CanLII) http://www.canlii.org/en/ab/abca/doc/2016/2016abca255/2016abca255.html?autocompleteStr=highwood congr&autocompletePos=1 In the Court of Appeal of Alberta Citation: Wall v Judicial Committee of the Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, 2016 ABCA 255 Date: 20160908 Docket: 1501-0120-AC Registry: Calgary Between: Randy Wall Respondent (Applicant) - and - Judicial Committee of the Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (Vaughn Lee - Chairman and Elders James Scott Lang and Joe Gurney) and the Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Appellants (Respondents) _______________________________________________________ The Court: The Honourable Madam Justice Marina Paperny The Honourable Madam Justice Patricia Rowbotham The Honourable Mr. Justice Thomas W. Wakeling _______________________________________________________ Memorandum of Judgment of the Honourable Madam Justice Paperny and the Honourable Madam Justice Rowbotham Dissenting Memorandum of Judgment of the Honourable Mr. Justice Wakeling Appeal from the Order by The Honourable Mr. Justice Earl C. Wilson Dated the 16th day of April, 2015 Filed on the 24th day of April, 2015 (Docket: 1401 10225) _______________________________________________________ Memorandum of Judgment _______________________________________________________ The Majority: I. Introduction [1] The respondent was expelled from the Highwood Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses. He filed an originating application for judicial review of that decision. A chambers judge concluded that the Court of Queen’s Bench had jurisdiction to hear the application. The Congregation (and its Judicial Committee and named Elders) appeal. The appellants also apply to strike parts of the respondent’s authorities and the respondent applies for permissions to adduce new evidence.

Happy @ Bethel video

Ebina assembly hall, where the Japan’s branch office is located, need to be fixed all over inside, but they have no money

BTW, one of the photos currently on rotation at the front page of jw.org is: Marburg, Germany - Discussing the Bible’s message of hope near a refugee camp

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I was sixteen when he raped me. I got pregnant, and my parents told me I had to marry him. My dad was an elder—a leader in our community of Jehovah’s Witnesses—and everything in my life seemed very black and white. I knew what was expected of me, and I knew I had to date and marry someone of the same faith. I remember that conversation with my father. He told me I should not have put myself in that situation, and that I had to marry Kevin. Abortion was not an option. I was still a Witness at the time, and I believed that if I got an abortion I would go to hell, and there would be no way to redeem myself. So we went to the courthouse and got married. I stayed for two years, and I got pregnant again. I had my second child, and when she was six months old, I packed up my car in the middle of the night and I drove us all to a homeless women’s shelter. And that was the first time in over two years that I felt I could breathe. My parents didn’t speak to me. I was excommunicated from our community and forbidden from contacting any members of our church. I was completely alone—all the people I’d ever known and loved had banished me from their lives. I stayed in the shelter for six months, and then a friend took us in for about a year. My mom and dad reached out to me after that and said that they wanted to be a part of the kids’ lives. We moved in with them, but my dad didn’t speak to me—and hasn’t since. It’s been over fifteen years. My ex was a very violent man. While we were married, he repeatedly beat me. I’d call my mom and she would take the kids while I went to the hospital. She saw me like that—like a bruised stray animal, scared and in tatters—but she never asked me if I needed help. I put a restraining order against my ex when we were finalizing the divorce, and I guess it wasn’t really a surprise when my mom came forward in court and claimed that she’d seen Kevin molest our oldest child. Kevin ended up getting supervised visitation, but shortly after the divorce, he completely disappeared from our lives. He hasn’t seen his kids since and obviously that’s for the best. But I never made peace with what my mother said in court: if she did see my ex-husband molesting our son, then why hadn’t she said anything earlier? Was she lying now? In her twisted world, did she feel that she was finally doing something to help me and my children? On the other hand, she’d seen the way he beat me and she hadn’t said anything about that, either. Was she trying to redeem herself by confessing something that would break open the family that she and my father had insisted upon? I don’t know. My gut tells me that I don’t trust her. She believes in the Bible above all, yet she turns a blind eye when someone is hurting her daughter—her own blood. This seems so contradictory, so twisted. She told me to stay with Kevin and God would reward me for my pain and suffering when I returned in the new life. But why is it not okay for me to leave someone who hurt me? And why does the Bible trump the welfare of your own child? It feels like it’s been a lifetime since everything happened. Both of my children have graduated from high school now. I graduated too—I got my GED, then I went to college, and then I put myself through grad school. It seems like I should be a different person, like I should move on. But I can’t—I yearn for my parents to tell me that they were wrong—to acknowledge the effect that their decision had on my life. I yearn for them to see me as their child, and not some foreign object, some pariah. I could have been so much more. My life could have been so different. I could maybe wake up every morning not feeling that I am broken, that I am unwanted, that I am a victim, that I am less than, that my existence is futile, that I am a liar and a fake… I wonder what it would be like to feel comfortable—to feel that my soul has settled. I wonder what it’s like to trust people, too. I trust no one. It’s hard to get close to people and to experience joy, but I’ve known nothing different. I think that it’s naïve and gullible to believe that people are good. I don’t think they are—I think people’s morality and goodness is totally circumstantial and mercurial. At the end of the day, I think the only God people serve is the self. And, sadly, “I love you” means nothing to me—they’re just words that are tossed around casually. And what will my children think of me when I tell them about my past? What will they think of their grandparents? How will they view the world when something they’d taken for granted—that they were the product of a consensual relationship—turns into the ugly truth? I don’t know what that does to young children, and I don’t know how it disfigures their future. But I know that I don’t want to do to my kids what my parents did to me—I don’t want to be the reason for my children’s unhappiness. http://qz.com/762564/craigslist-confessional-i-was-sixteen-when-he-raped-me/

For the same reason all the little JW kids watch Lion King and enjoy Elton John sing "circle of life" despite the fact that he is a flaming homosexual. At some point I could ask you "Why would you be on the Internet itself when Watchtower for years proclaimed it as a dangerous place to be?" Shouldn't you heed the advice of the Governing Body of 1999?

How would you argue? I see them both in this forum under the "Christian" category.

August 12, 2016 TO ALL BODIES OF ELDERS IN THE UNITED STATES BRANCH TERRITORY Re: Obtaining Video Equipment for Displaying Spiritual Programs Spiritual_Programs_Video_Equipment_Kits-E

From the Mercury, Tasmania, Australia A 51-YEAR-OLD Jehovah’s Witness man introduced to hard drugs by fellow Alcoholics Anonymous attendees has pleaded guilty to administering crystal methamphetamine to a child. The Supreme Court heard that Glenn John Austen, formerly of New Town, befriended the complainant, who was then 16 years old, in Hobart’s Franklin Square last year. Crown Prosecutor Yolanda Prence said that on February 11 this year, the complainant was consuming alcohol and smoking cannabis at Austen’s residence when she told him she needed “a whack” of crystal methamphetamine, or ice. Austen left the unit, returning a short time later with a sachet containing a “point” of ice. When the girl — who the court heard was already a “seasoned” intravenous drug user — asked Austen for assistance, he inserted the needle of her syringe into her left arm and injected the contents. Struck with immediate guilt, Austen walked to the nearest police station to confess. Ms Prence said the Crown accepted that the girl had used drugs intravenously before, and that the incident would not have come to light if Austen had not gone to the police. Defence lawyer Robert Fisher told the court his client had been cast out of his Jehovah’s Witness congregation after revealing his battle with alcohol. Mr Fisher said that the defendant was ashamed and remorseful. Justice Brett bailed Austen for sentence on September 9. http://www.themercury.com.au/news/scales-of-justice/ice-user-supplied-teen-girl/news-story/95fdc936941e57be6584c71ad0f340af?nk=dfe79657c9e6c875e2ca1b97782acd07-1472850475

Future.....is a concept in and of itself.

Kelsey Lu: "I was very particular about what kind of dresses I would wear and want. They had to be what I call 'spin around' dresses, and if I spun around and they made that wave, then it was a go. It was definitely a go." Memories of family thrifting excursions — trips that helped solidify her personal style — are wistful accounts of unearthing overlooked treasures. http://www.vogue.com/13469713/afropunk-kelsey-lu-festival-style-churches-dev-hynes-molly-goddard/

PDF's of Ray Franz' two books he authored: (These links were shared on another forum) Crisis of Conscience In Search of Christian Freedom

Jehovah's Witness elder was convicted of child sex offences last year Richard Hill is back working with children for the religious group Female cousin told investigators he abused her in 1981 when she was six There are claims he is now door-knocking homes alongside children His father-in-law is reportedly the senior elder at the local church A Jehovah's Witness church patriarch convicted for paedophilia is working alongside children again in Melbourne. The allegations were made against Richard Hill by his cousin over sexual offences dating back to 1981 when she was aged six. Hill was found guilty last year but says police are aware of where he works and that he is permitted to do so, according to a report in The Age newspaper. He is reportedly undertaking door-knocks along with young members of the church. According to Mr Hill's cousin Melissa Buchanan, he is again working at the church which is run by his family. He was last year found guilty of sexually assaulting Ms Buchanan in 1981 when she was just aged six The publication claims that Hill's father-in-law is in charge of the movement's Kingdom Hall at Plenty, about 20 kilometres north-east of Melbourne. 'I pleaded not guilty to all charges but we decided not to keep going because of mental stress on my family and the costs,' Hill told The Age. 'I spent over $100,000 defending myself in the courts. You get to a point where you turn the other cheek and walk away. I am definitely not guilty.' The allegations of abuse from 35 years ago were brought against him by relative Melissa Buchanan - investigators were told they had been living in the same home at the time when he entered her room after showering wearing only a towel. Ms Buchanan, 41, was then forced to sit on his lap and told to be quiet as he sexually abused her. The victim - who is no longer part of the church and has been shunned for deciding to leave - says the incident was kept quiet by her family in an attempt to protect theirs and the church's reputation. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3759504/Jehovah-s-Witness-paedophile-discovered-working-children-church-run-father-law.html#ixzz4IYBW95vu

Add 2 years: Evil-Merodach "After reigning but two years King Evil-Merodach was murdered" Babylon the Great Has Fallen - God's Kingdom Rules p.184 Add 2 or 12 or 18 years - wp_E_20111001

The Bible recorded in the book Revelation 20:7-14 and it says "Satan and the sinners, hades and death will be thrown into the lake of fire where they would tormented for ever.

MOSCOW, August 22 (RAPSI) – The Sverdlovsk Regional Court in Russian Ural has declared booklets of the Jehovah’s Witnesses extremist, RIA Novosti reported on Monday. The court thus upheld a lower court’s ruling. According to court records, in January 2015, representatives of the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization distributed religious reading materials at one of the shopping malls in Serov town, the Sverdlovsk region. Booklets were sent to several examinations which found that materials contain statements aimed to stir up hatred and enmity against other religions. The Serov City Court has granted prosecutors’ motion and declared the booklet extremist. The Jehovah’s Witnesses members appealed the ruling arguing that seizure of the reading materials constituted a violation of their civil rights. Jehovah’s Witnesses have had many legal problems in Russia. On June 16, The Supreme Court of Russia on Thursday declared “The Jehovah’s Witnesses of Stary Oskol” in the Belgorod Region an extremist organization and ruled to liquidate it. On June 9, the court banned the Jehovah’s Witnesses of Belgorod as extremist organization. In March 2015, a court in Tyumen fined the organization 50,000 rubles ($782) and seized prohibited literature. In January 2014, a court in Kurgan ruled to ban the organization’s booklets as extremist. The books talk about how to have a happy life, what you can hope for, how to develop good relations with God and what you should know about God and its meaning. In late December 2013, the leader of the sect’s group in Tobolsk, Siberia was charged with extremism and the prevention of a blood transfusion that nearly led to the death of a female member of the group. In 2004, a court in Moscow dissolved and banned a Jehovah’s Witnesses group on charges of recruiting children, encouraging believers to break from their families, inciting suicide and preventing believers from accepting medical assistance. Jehovah's Witnesses is an international religious organization based in Brooklyn, New York. Since 2004 sever branches and chapters of the organization were banned and shut down in various regions of Russia. http://www.rapsinews.com/judicial_news/20160822/276705504.html

Young Nigerian strips naked on bus (ANSA) - Bari, August 22 - Police on Monday arrested a Nigerian man after he stripped himself naked aboard a coach between the Puglia city of Bari and the seaside town of Giovinazzo. Once naked, the 24-year-old made sexual advances to one of the other four passengers, albeit without approaching her. He also pushed the driver around and bit a passenger's hand. The driver stopped the coach and called the cops while the young man proceeded to break the bus windows with a rock he picked up from the ground. The Nigerian has been living in Italy for the past seven years and is waiting for his residency permit, which expired in June, to be renewed. Once arrested, he told Carabinieri police he is a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses - a Christian sect that believes Armageddon is imminent and secular society is dominated by the devil - and that he doesn't know why he acted as he did. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2016/08/22/young-nigerian-strips-naked-on-bus_1d1caeb9-e6d4-4a23-a61d-07d42755fdf5.html

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