Jason's Travels

It has been a month already?  Time flies when you are not working:).  We are currently alive and healthy for the most part. I learned something new today, don't pick your nose after cutting up a hot pepper!  Ouch!   Moscow is a very exciting place to be for a Jehovah's Witness, and especially this month.  In case you didn't know the preaching work of Jehovah's Witnesses is banned in Moscow and has been for some time.  And recently there have been some new developments which are all posted on the www.jw-media.org website. 

 Things are getting very serious here, just earlier today while at the meeting for service for the english group, the brother told us not to preach at all in Russian only in English.  He said this because most of the ones in the English group are foreigners and if they were taken to court for preaching, like some Witnesses here have already been, they would be sent out of the country.  Of course the Witnesses in the Russian Congregations continue to preach, but they are well prepared for any trouble that might bring.  At a recent meeting for service in Russian, they discussed what to do if they are ever stopped by the authorities.  Every publisher has a copy of their rights under the Russian Government on them at all times. They were also directed to record by video or audio any conversations they have with the authorities.  They were told to get names of the ones questioning them and even the names of who they report to.  Exciting times!  Below is a photo of the "Extremist publications list".  Next stop Ukraine!:D

In case your Russian isn't that good, some of the interesting/shocking publications on this list are:

#1 Bible Teach

#5 Young people ask Vol 1

#7 Draw close to Jehovah

#9 My Book of Bible Stories

#13 You can be God's friend Brochure

#14 Jehovah's Witnesses, who are they, what do they believe Brochure

#23 What does God require of us Brochure