{"id":5923,"date":"2021-11-27T13:56:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T10:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/?p=5923"},"modified":"2021-11-27T13:56:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T10:56:55","slug":"norfolk-couple-help-with-jehovahs-witnesses-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/norfolk-couple-help-with-jehovahs-witnesses-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Norfolk couple help with Jehovah’s Witnesses campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

Norfolk was one of the thousands of communities around the globe where volunteers spread out to help send a \u2018message of hope\u2019 in November as Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses embarked upon a special campaign focusing attention on the Bible\u2019s hope for a better world.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The goal of the campaign was to distribute a special edition of The Watchtower magazine containing the cover series, \u201cA Better World is Near.\u201d More than 36 million printed copies of the magazine were distributed in some 230 languages to 240 countries around the globe.<\/p>\n

Volunteers from Attleboro, Foxboro, Mansfield, Norton, Plainville, Wrentham also took part.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are longing to hear a positive message, and this is the best news possible,\u201d said Robert Hendriks, U.S. Spokesman for Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses. \u201cA better world is not just a dream, it\u2019s inevitable. In fact, it is the central theme of the entire Bible.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Steve and Lynne Buckley of Norfolk, that prayer has given hope to their family. At the age of 37, Lynne was expecting her third child. \u201cI was ecstatic, full of joy,\u201d she said. \u201cI wanted another baby.\u201d<\/p>\n

But 15 weeks into her pregnancy, they received the tragic diagnosis their baby would be born with a fatal condition. \u201cAt that moment our feelings of joy turned into feelings of disappointment and apprehension,\u201d Steve said.<\/p>\n

Their baby daughter, Kayla, died shortly after her birth in 1991.<\/p>\n

The Buckleys found solace in prayer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just turned it over to God, and I felt peace and calm,\u201d said Lynne.<\/p>\n

They continue to keep close to their heart their favorite scripture about a time when death is no more.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s invaluable,\u201d Steve said. \u201cIt\u2019s a unique hope that you cannot find anywhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n

To see the online version of the magazine, visit: www.jw.org<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Norfolk was one of the thousands of communities around the globe where volunteers spread out to help send a \u2018message of hope\u2019 in November as Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses embarked upon a special campaign focusing attention on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5923"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5926,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5923\/revisions\/5926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}