2024 is winding down to an end.

 What a year this has been! It has not been easy but we got through this year and will be here at the end of it. We had many challenges. Our boys had some issues and Goerge had an important choice to make. The end result? We are still together serving Jehovah. Recently, both Yogita and I had parts at the special assembly. Actually, our congregation was tasked with covering the watchtower summary.

So as of this post we have all been on the stage at one of the special assemblies or regional conventions. This is so nice. I have been on this path of serving Jehovah for 4 years. I will not stop serving Jehovah.

If I am afraid, I will pray to Jehovah for help! I have done it while in the preaching work and WOW I was able to preach!

So, it has been a good year. Yogita and the boys are now regular pioneers for this service year. I will serve as an auxiliary pioneer here and there leading into yeah. 

There are some issues though. Yogita's friend has made some very dangerous friends. It seems they are bullying her and controlling her. This is dangerous to her health. She actually fainted in front of her students. I noticed later that the first person she reached out to was Yogita. Ah, I will pray for her as it would be improper for me to suggest anything. I actually can only recommend scriptures, she has to want to read and learn. She worships money we know this because she spoke about how important it is to make more money. I hope she has a change of heart. 

I will be upgrading our PCs very soon. All systems will be getting refurbishments, but Yogita's will get only my GPU. I will upgrade her RAM and use her old chips to bring the other systems up to 16 GB of RAM. Yogita's rig will have 32 GB of RAM. 

This will be done on a shoestring budget, as more funds will be allocated to bus and taxi fares for the mid-week meeting. 

Time for a tech update...

 In the past, I turned to a PC seller who gave me good deals, which I then paid off in installments. I am thinking about returning to that setup, but I need to clear up some issues I have had with one poor product he wanted to sell me. It is good because I can get completed built systems at a good second-hand rate. It can be a poor option due to the risk of getting a dead system. I actually think he knew that the laptop had major issues. 

I have another option that is better in so many ways. It is Carrot Market. This is an internet-based second-hand shop accessible through its own app. This is the best option as many people know the true value of what they have, OR they give the right prices for second-hand goods. 

For example, a "PC hardware expert" will price a system at a higher price because they know what said system can do. For example, the i7 7700k with 16gb ddr4 ram and a gtx 1060 3gb vram GPU will sell for 450000 won. But on carrot people just mainly see an older PC that is collecting dust that while it is good, it isn't great will sell it for 250000 won, and they will be willing to go lower to say 230k. 

Also, these sellers are right in the area you live in. No ordering old of PC room hardware from China like I did before.

Also, I do not have to deal with the "experts". The reality is that there are loads of cheap PCs and components on the market. 

For our family, I am thinking of killing 3 birds with one stone. One rig that can take care of my vram needs, Yogita's stability, and a more powerful GPU for George along with a better CPU. Jeyo will get a better GPU and a better more spacious case with new case fans 

This is phase one, phase two will be tablets. As cheap as I can get of course!

/tata

updates!

 Finally, the heat wave is over and we are nearing the one-year mark since the boys dedicated their lives to Jehovah. We have had some attacks against us but we were able to weather them with Jehovah's help. I can more signs of this system ending. 

One thing that sticks in my mind is women's dressing habits. In the USA you can see over time how modesty went right out of the window. It is the same here now. Women wear things that would have caused an uproar 20 years ago. You can see body shapes as if you are in the United States! It really is shocking! Also the age range of women who do this ranges from teens to women in their 60s. Years ago it would have been the 20s to early 30s. 

For men things have not gotten better, rather they are far worse. Pornography is EVERYWHERE despite it being illegal. People often share their own private collections among friends. The age range starts as soon as a young person gets a smartphone. This is not just limited to boys and men, girls and women of all ages are digesting this disgusting material as well. 

I am not innocent in this. I too was addicted to pornography for years. The result? The stain of that horrible sin hurt my wife and my children. So seeing these things I can truly see we are getting close.

Smartphones are everywhere today! Another sign things are going from bad to worse is sexting, cyberbullying, phishing, and other frauds that use smartphones. 

It is like this awesome device sitting in your pocket is a live grenade that can take your life and hurt others near you at any moment. 

So, for this update, I can see that this world is getting uglier and uglier. Teenagers on our date night looked like they were casing our car!

Also, underage drinking, and over drinking in general is getting worse.

Ugh, I pray for patience to wait on Jehovah!

/tata