Month: July 2017

Wow, I haven’t written  in awhile. You can probably guess we are getting very busy and homework is getting more intense. So when I’m done studying my brain is just done! This week we have been learning about the history of the apostasy. Which is a lot of reading about the history of religion and the “Church Fathers”. Boy they were stupid. (You would think I would sound smarter after all this education! Hehe!😜)

We did learn today that “goodness” is not just what we do, but who we are..we need to be good thru and thru…go beyond whats needed and don’t complain about it.

I do know it’s good to have family and friends I love! Good night.🦋💕

 

 

Hi there! It’s Wednesday so the sisters get an extra study period while the brothers get elder units. They are probably up there watching sports!😂 Not really, mostly learning how to do it the right way. Then on Tuesday and Wednesday right after lunch is our time to clean our rooms. So for 1 and 1/2 hrs those two days we clean our rooms! What! It’s barely dirty to my untrained eye. We have been educated on micro fiber, believe me. I think I have been doing it all wrong at home. Anyway…I have some time to relax. Bry is working on his report on patience for this afternoon.

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This morning we began our units on the Great Spiritual Temple. I loved it!! We are tying it into reconciliation tomorrow. Did you realize when the Great Spiritual Temple began?🤔 The definition is “arrangement for approach to God thru the ransom (sacrifice and priesthood of) of Jesus Christ”.  When this began surprised me and will forever change the way I look at things.

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So, most of us can explain what “The Kingdom ” is and why it is important, right? We just had a unit on that subject that blew my mind. I wasn’t so clear on the expression “Kingdom of the World ” used at Rev. 11:15-18. (There are actually 2 kingdoms mentioned in that verse) Especially with the thought provoking questions we are riddled with here! 😳 Once again we are taken to the secret green books ( we joke they are called that, because we have had them forever and don’t use them enough!!)called the Insight on the Scriptures volume 2 page 169 paragraphs 7-9.  I tell you, an hour and a half is not long enough for these classes! And at the end we are hungry for more!

Oh also wanted to remind you of the amazing pages in our revised new world translation that sums up the theme of the Bible. Appendix B1. Check it out.. it would be great for service!

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Hello family!🦋

Wow, it’s been crazy busy. Today is the first day that I haven’t done any studying in two weeks. We ate on the beach again this afternoon , came back to our room and fell asleep.

Yesterday we heard about a boy who wrote a sweet love letter to his sweetheart…tied it to a rock and threw in thru her window. So like us in service…our motive could be good, our message is good, but our delivery can be all wrong! 😆

 

 

Here is Bryan after his haircut. We were out walking around the building in search of an owl that everyone sees around here. (I’m determined to get a picture of him! )

So we had a class on my (and yours) all time favorite subject….Jehovah. If you ever want to feel wonderful read slowly and meditate on “Jehovah” in the Insight book. So much there. I love the part about his standardization in all creation. So impressive. I also love the part under the subheading “Why the god of peace fights”. This is good for those who think he has changed from a God of war, in the Hebrew scripture, to a God of love in the Greek part. The sentence “And he has no fear of making known any of the details of his righteous warfare; he makes no apologies, having nothing for which to be ashamed.” Boom…that’s right!

Tomorrow we have lessons on Jesus Christ.

I hope you know, I wish everyone of you could be here with us. Learning and shutting out the world. Its very emotional and I hope you don’t mind me sharing it with you…people I truly love.   Oh man, I’m getting sappy!!😭

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Hello family!

We learned about the different covenants of the Bible this morning. Such good reminders that Jehovah holds himself to his high standard of justice! We also had a wonderful lesson on humility. Once a Gilead student asked an instructor, if humility is so important, why is it not listed as one of the fruitage of the spirit? The instructor said humility is SO important that it is in the SOIL  the fruitage grows in. Deep.🤔 We also learned we need to be like SOFT clay in God’s hands to mold us and then when he’s finished molding, it will absolutely be the best for us.

miss you all! 🦋

So I know some of you’all are wondering if I did better than Bryan on the test..the answer is…👍🏻Yes! 🤣

Today we learned all about righteousness. Some interesting stuff under declared righteous in the insight book. We also discussed how Jehovah has a place for each and everyone in his organization. Because he draws us. A secular organization doesn’t hire people just to mill aimlessly around in their organization. So with Jehovah a god of order he has a place for us. Psalm 147:4 was brought out that if Jehovah knows how many stars and their place, and names them, then of course he knows us and our place with him. And sometimes with circumstances our place is moved,but he never abandons us. I love that point. Everyone is important.

I love you all!! 🦋

There is a room here set up like a museum of the history of JW’s.  All this next week we will be working our way thru the Proclaimers book and watching movies of the modern history. Looking forward to that.