"All of you gird yourselves with lowliness of mind toward one another, because God opposes the haughty ones, but he gives undeserved kindness to the humble ones."
1 Peter 5:5.

Having a regular share in the Christian ministry can help us to be humble. Lowliness of mind can make us effective when we approach strangers we find from house to house and in other places. This is especially true when householders initially respond to the Kingdom message with apathy or rudeness. Our beliefs are often challenged, and humility can help the Christian to keep answering questions “with a mild temper and deep respect.” (1 Pet. 3:15) Humble servants of God have moved to new territories and have helped people with different cultures and standards of living. Such ministers may humbly have to cope with the difficult task of learning a new language in order to be of better service to those with whom they want to share the good news. How commendable!—Matt. 28:19, 20. w 10/15/05 15, 16a

Today's talk by Brother Marsh was awesome. He mentioned how parents must always keep Jehovah first and how they should set that priority on their children, also. I'll keep in mind the examples of the Father who left his job to pioneer with his children, the letter written by a classmate who apologized for teasing one of Jehovah's Witnesses, and of course, the ice cube example.

The apology letter was written by a non-believer to her classmate,Mary, a Jehovah's Witness. She mentions how her high school life was horrible. She was popular amongst most girls and had many boyfriends. Also, she was a cheerleader and became married to a football player. She had abortions by the age of 18 and became pregnant again. She was not sure who the baby's father was and married the most popular football player, because his father was her mother's close friend. The marriage was not out of love, and the person she married was only willing to marry, because his father would reward him with a car. The car got wrecked and so did their marriage. The child died from eating bleach and her father became an alcoholic, because her mother ran away with her ex-husband's father. She could not think of anyone who to send this letter to except to Mary. She apologized for criticizing Mary, saying that she was a lesbian, because she did not accept any boyfriends. She hated Mary, because Mary had something she didn't have: peace of mind and self-respect. This letter really made many of the brothers and sisters fall into tears and I believe Brother Marsh almost did, too.

Anyhow, I thought this talk was just absolutely amazing. A main point to remember was you should always look for your children's interest. If a child says he/she does not want to go to school, you can mention how you had to struggle through when you were at their age. But ALSO, ask what their reason is for not wanting to go. Why? Maybe there's a bully in school or there's a problem with a teacher, perhaps? This talk was just absolutely amazing. If only I could have recorded it!!

Also, last week, the brother said... meetings are essential, because if you miss just ONE meeting, Satan will know and he will try to use that against you.

Today was just amazing. This weekend, about 10 brothers and sisters from San Jose/Garden Grove, California are coming to encourage the Las Vegas group. I CAN'T WAIT!!! :D