This was the first part in the "Living as Christians" section of the meeting tonight. Speaker had two pioneers on the stage to relate their outstanding experiences for 2017. We have 23 pioneers and over 160 publishers in the Hall. Our territory is densely populated with single family houses, apartments and condominiums.

These are the "best of the best" experiences for the whole year 2017. Here we go:

1. Middle age woman...pioneer...belongs to DRC...her best experience...driving disaster recover volunteers to and from the airport periodically.

So she puts in almost 1000 hours and this is the best she's got? She get "time" for this? This is one of the best outstanding experiences we have for all the publishers for a full year?

2. Older woman...wife of the speaker...sits with him several hours a week by the magazine cart at a library with light to moderate pedestrian traffic. Best experience: Frequently some nut comes to sit by them to debate and upset their potential discussions with passerby. This guy has a dog. The woman - the pioneer- befriended the dog. He eats some of the bagel she gives him while sitting there. Thus, the guy is not as loud and boisterous as he once was...Took 3 months for this to happen. Once he took a tract...once!

That's it...the second "outstanding experience" in our congregation. Lame beyond belief....no?

As it ended, the entire congregation clapped in approval and self importance.

This is one of the most ridiculous parts I have ever seen at the Hall. Ranks up there with the annual do's and don'ts re the annual regional Convention (don't steal the towels...don't make excessive reservations...don't take excess breakfast food to the convention...don't cook in your room, etc, etc, etc)

This is the best we got from the best we got...yikes!!

Anyone have any others? The two billion hours reported as field service is beyond a waste of time and effort.