special assembly day

on sunday we had our special assembly day in denton. it was all about fulfilling our ministry. it was so encouraging and really motivating. there were two experiences that the bethel speaker shared that were so good.

one was about how the door to door ministry is our "trademark." these two witnesses were going door to door when they came across a house with the door open. they called out hello and a voice from inside said "are you them? are you them?" they didn't know what to say so they said "yes, i guess we are." the man came to the door and said "you're jehovah's witnesses, aren't you?" "oh yes, we are them!" the householder said he had read that someone had prayed for jw's to find them and they had come to their door the next day. so he said "i prayed yesterday for jw's to come today at 2 pm and i left the door open so you wouldn't miss me!" the speaker said, "it wouldn't be worth telling if i didn't say the witnesses looked at their watch and it was 2pm!"

the other one was about letter writing. this one older sister had written letters for 20 years without so much as one response, ever! she decided she just couldn't do this form of witnessing anymore and said she would never write another letter. the c.o. tried to encourage her to keeping writing. he even told her "jehovah has more work for you to do"--but she was adamant. no more letters from her! well, her favorite radio announcer had a death in the family, his mother, and was talking about it on the air one day. she thought "well, maybe i'll write just one last letter--to him." so she wrote a letter to him and his family comforting them with the resurrection hope. some days later she was listening to the radio and the announcer expressed his appreciation for everything that had been done for him during his recent loss. he said he got so many cards and letters, but this one letter helped more than any other. of course, it was this sister's letter! he thanked her and said how much it had meant to him. she decided to write just one more letter giving another witness and telling where she lived. one day, there was a knock on her door and the radio announcer and his family were there to visit her. she witnessed to them even more, a study was started and they all came into the truth! some time later, there was another knock on her door and there the family was again. they said since their mother (grandmother) had died, they wanted to adopt her into their family and wanted her to come and live with them!! the speaker said "would you say jehovah had more work for her to do?"

isn't that so sweet? encourages me to keep writing those letters!

wow! this is my longest post ever. (of course, i only have 6 posts!! ha ha) i didn't take alot of pictures--just haven't been in the mood. you can't tell from the pictures, but i wore my hot pink shoes and jewelry--it wasn't all just black! will post about my first day of running later!