Moving
by well, i've been pretty stationary here at the north plainfield congregation for a while now. tonight however was a sad, sad night at the meeting. the circuit's being rearranged to equalize the territory and publishers and so there's gonna be big changes starting july 1st. all were silent as we heard the names being called out and told what congregation to go to. it was a shocker to find out that i was gonna be in the east congregation. i thought i was gonna stay but didn't turn out that way since the territories have changed. like 85% of the congregation is moving, 15% is staying. after my PO was finished with his outline, he read Acts 20:36-37, about the time when Paul was moving to another congregation and they all prayed together and they weeped. i was teary-eyed after he read it. after the meeting, some friends were crying a little too. i kinda grew up in the north, from 10 years old onward. can't really say i've made or kept any best friends here, but i was sad knowing that the people who've seen me grow up and i've partially grew up with, i wouldn't see anymore. the memories we have i will cherish and i'm sure we'll still see each other again after we all moved. going to a place where i will hardly know anybody seems kinda scary and i am anxious, but it's kinda exciting, i might make new friends and get more privileges. i'll just have to wait and see wat happens.
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a few years ago my congregation split. and as much as i promised to stay in touch with the people i've known FOREVER--it's really hard sometimes. i see everyone around, but some of the friendships have dwindled a bit. still, it draws you a lot closer to the friends you've seen around and never really got involved with. sometimes things get shuffled and we have to go where we'd perhaps prefer not to go, but soon you'll see that the organization is so full of love and fair order that you'll love the current standing because you know it was a call made with Jehovah's blessing and you're just getting closer to new brothers and sisters. new congregation formations are a simultaneously sad and exciting time. smile, pete. and be sure to keep track of those on the other side.
for me, it's not so much that i don't prefer to move, i'm willing to go with the flow, i've always been passive like that, but it's just a big change, and with a big change, there's always anxiety. i do hope to make some good friends tho and find some humble sheep in the new territory.
you know what pete - i was in a hall where they shifted everyone around - due to some "situations" and stuff like that.
look at as a chance to "get out of a rut" (i'm not saying you're stuck) but use it as a springboard - a fresh start is ALWAYS a good thing. No one knows ANYTHING about you (except what you tell them). You could have been the guy who studied for every meeting, raised his hand 5x per meeting, whatever - but here's your chance to really shine, and make any changes that you haven't been motivated to accomplish before.
Don't let anyone talk bad about the changes in front of you - it doesn't help anything. Let me know how it goes, man. The organization is always moving forward, right?
yeah i do believe it's moving forward, and i like your point on how this could be a springboard, a new beginning for me, feels kinda weird.
i taught him everything he knows... but seriously, its a good thing. Jehovah could also be taking care of some situations that need to be taken care of, like what happened in our hall, that Dan was referring to. But of course it is still sad; a lot of people were crying and even though I didnt really understand why they were all crying, i thought about my hall that ive been in for over 12 years, and if taht happened to me, i would be upset too.
hmm wow... i must be stupid, i didnt know they announce that from the stage... kinda weird... but ive never had it done to me... so i dunno... is that how they normally do that sort of theing?
tahts how they did it in our hall... on the thursday night before the sunday meeting, they announced that we werent going to read the paragraphs at the Watchtower Study and there was going to be an announcement after it. I think they had an elder from somewhere else tell us what was going on, but they spent a half an hour on it.
wow thats crazy... just hard for me to imagine i guess... but whatever works, ya know?
my mom is going to north edison and that congregation is going to be in the plainfield hall now... you know whats funny? im assigned there too...i dont know why i dont even live in NJ anymore lol
i hope that works out for you
maybe they still have ur publisher card?
hey pete. Dont worry. Even if you are changing we can still get wasted on O'Doul's each weekend. Haha jk dude. Man im so sorry about this happening. But hey maybe it will open new doors that you dont expect to find there.
sometimes change can turn out to be a very good thing.
yeah i hope so
yep, metuchen/N and S edison/islein are all changing too. looks like I'll be in North Edison and it'll be at the new Plainfield Hall. BIG BIG changes.
Yeah A friend of mine is changing from Edison south to west(at least I think it's west) once the change takes place.
who ? because i'm in west.. and i'm staying in west..
Our congregation split a few years back, and because of that, I've made some of the closest friends I've ever had in the truth. I think this should be viewed as a blessing from Jehovah, because you never know what could result from the move. You're right...you could gain more privileges, which is always a good thing, and you could also have the opportunity to reach ones out in service who maybe didn't have the chance to be reached before. I truly hope everything works out for the best for you. I'm sure it will, though. :)
thank you, and i'm happy to hear you've made some close friends with that split.
Me too. I'm happy about it as well. I hope everything works out well for you. :)