Recent content by barry

I remember the good ol'days of your forum (2003-2005)....it helped me a lot at that time

Thanks for the link. When I was young during the 80's and 90's we had a circuit overseer for our congregation in Belgium, who also survived the concentration camps. His life story is also in the WT: https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1998007 He was such a nice person and very motivating. He...

Most of the attendants in our hall in BC, Canada are no longer wearing ties and/or jackets, since the elders had decided that in light with the update it was no longer needed. I'm expecting that in Canada the same advice will be given.

Thanks for sharing. I feel exactly the same way. I'm staying so I can be there when all the things start to fall down, so I can help the friends at that point. Like you mention they probably won't listen to someone who is DF'd. I'm just a regular publisher, so I don't really have issues about...

Here in Canada I've seen the several ways of counting to 3. Coming from Belgium I was used to the way it was presented in the first post, starting with the thumb and than the next up to the middle finger for #3. In Canada I've seen lots of brothers starting with the pinky finger and than the...

There is a speed setting on the videos, so you can put it higher speed to get through it quicker :cool:

Last month I was in Belgium and the congregation I visited, they actually had sisters doing the AV department.

Option 1 for me. The food might be junk but the association is mostly genuine and helps me

I'm having the same issues. Being a PIMO for such a long time, it would be nice to be able to meet others in person. I've tried similar approaches by touching on some specific topics hoping someone would react in a kind of 'PIMO' way, but up to now without any results. In the roughly 20 years of...

I have a kind of mode where I just let it all go over me....😎

I've found Roberts website in the beginning when he started publishing and had the initial board. It's not always been easy, but at this time I'm still in good standing in the congregation after about 20 years of knowing about this. The love for the friends helps me to stay and be there when...

That depends on where you live. Here in Canada renting is extremely difficult and expensive. I live in a rural town and often I see new people asking where to rent and IF there is something available it's like a small basement apartment close to 2000$. In the cities it's just impossible. The...

I love hikes in the mountains. I mostly hike alone and I'm always a bit nervous to encounter bears or mountain lions. I'm looking forward to do these things without having to be scared and just enjoy the majesty of the creation and look forward to seeing wildlife.

We have the CO visit during the first article about "strengthen your appreciation" so it will be a quick one :)

It was said it was a convention in Puerto Rico. I checked on the jw.org conventions page and there are no conventions scheduled that early in the year in Puerto Rico. Also the program for the conventions is not available yet. I guess it must have been an older convention. I remember a couple of...