My Little Corner of the Universe

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This news story was sent to me by a couple of bros. Without a doubt, many of you have already seen it. "Why do I post it, then?" you ask. I HAD to include in my (read the following in a deep and echoing voice) ADVENTURES IN THE MINISTRY!!!

Local Jehovah's Witness Saves a Life


[thanks eli and jerry]

The answer could be found in the Proclaimers (jv) book, in the beginning of the 20th chapter:

In 1935, in Honolulu, Hawaii, James Harrub asked J.F. Rutherford, the President of the Watchtower Society at that time, what they should call this building of worship to Jehovah. Rutherford answered, "Shouldn't we should call it a Kingdom Hall, being that that is what we are doing: preaching the good news of the Kingdom?

And just as some extra info, it has been one complete year today since graduation.

It's been a good year.

This is the first building to be called a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. The questions for you lovely people are:

1. Where was this building located?

2. What year was it named as a Kingdom Hall?

and

3. Who was involved in its naming?

satiety (suh-TY-uh-tee), noun:
The state of being full or gratified to or beyond the point of satisfaction.

The answers are obviously found in the christian publications, but Questions 1 & 3 are clearly explained in the Organized (od) book, under the 3rd chapter (Confide in the "Faithful and Discreet Slave").

Again, the scripture reads: "Who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time? Happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so. Truly I say to YOU, He will appoint him over all his belongings."

This one very enthusiastic sister answered these in the following way:

Woohoo! Bible trivia is back :)

1.The "faithful and discreet slave" is all anointed Christians as a group on earth at any given time whose task is to provide timely spiritual food.

2.The "domestics" are also the anointed ones, but considered as individuals. (The anointed are viewed as the “slave” when they are dispensing spiritual food and as the "domestics" when they partake of the spiritual food.)

3."His belongings" are all Jesus' spiritual interests on the earth.

And just adding to, or complementing the last comment, Jesus' spiritual interests include (1) the instalations of the world headquarters, (2) it's branches, (3) Kingdom Halls, and (4) Assembly Halls. And it also includes (5) our commission to preach the "good news of the kingdom and teach those who will listen (Matthew 24.14; od-E p. 16, par. 2).

Thanks Patty.

What a painful weekend.

It started Saturday morning. I woke up with what could be described as "pain". It was a pinched nurve on my back and I could barely move.

Ouch is correct. It was very unpleasant.

By Sunday, it was a bit better, but I still couldn't turn my neck fully. This is what my brothers and I like to call: the "Batman effect".



If you've watched any Batman movie, when he turns to look at something, he doesn't turn only his neck. Since he has his BatSuit, he has to turn his neck along with his shoulders and twist his torso. It's a funny looking motion. Sadly, and quite pathetically, I looked like that this weekend. My brother Ruben would even call to me just to turn around. And after I have unnecessarily demonstrated once again the "Batman effect", he would mock and belittle me.

But that's brotherly love.

But again, by Sunday, I felt better. I got to go to a town called Pflugerville to visit some friends, so that was cool. I met this one little dude, that just became an unbaptized publisher. Henry is 10 years old. When we went out to eat, he sat with us and he asked all these questions about baptism, pioneering, having privileges and du-ties in the congregation, and on and on. It was cool!

He told us that before he would fall asleep in the meetings and wouldn't like going to them. But now, he doesn't "fall asleep that much".



It was a good weekend.

"My experiences with dogs were of the like but this happened a couple of years ago. Not that I haven't gone out on service since then, but I just haven't encountered another vicious dog like that.

An elderly brother and myself were the only ones that went on field service during the summer vacations. The elderly brother never wanted to have a partner because he felt we walked to fast for him and he hurried and would tire out. So he sent me through one side of the street and he went through the other. I, being a shy and insecure individual at age 17, was so afraid of going by myself to the doors.

I get to a house that has about 9, no 20, different dogs and they all surrounded me and growled at me."

Yes, "grrrr".

I at this time have my handy book bag in front of me and Jehovah is all of sudden being inundated with prayers from a terrified 17 year old. All of sudden one of the vicious "rabid" canines decided to inflict even more fear in me by grabbing my pant.

"Ahhh!"

I freaked out, panicked,and started to shake him off. He let go and I hurriedly went back and met with the brother and didnt say anything just stood quietly beside him, breathing fast, about to hyperventilate, pretending I had finished all the side of the street in less than 10 minutes.

He didnt ask and I didnt say anything.

On a side note, this elderly brother had a legion of angels protecting him at all times. A moving train crashed his car for parking on the tracks 3 times and he fell off a flight of stairs from a second story building. This brother was 80 years old and never broke a bone in his body. He was out on field service 6 days out of the week every week without fail.

Sad to say he passed away already but all the young people in my congregation at that time grew up to be zealous pioneers all because of brothers like him."

Including you, Ruben.

Thank.

[If anyone has more experiences they would like to share, please email me by clicking on the following link: [email roy]]

Matthew 24:45-47 reads: "Who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time? Happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so. Truly I say to YOU, He will appoint him over all his belongings."

Three questions: