Sweet Fellowship: Duggars and Friends (aka the Bates Family and Other Featured Families Thread)

[the-grey-lady]

On 6/20/2023 at 5:29 PM, Westiepeach said:

So God told her to sell Plexus. God told her to record a song. Why isn’t God telling her to FEED HER KIDS??? *sheesh*

It was the chance of a lifetime to spend $15?

I can't believe she claimed to want to bring glory to god rather than to herself, as if she doesn't show of every inch of her makeup-troweled face and Good Christian "look at how persecuted I am!" persona as an attempt to attract attention.

Edited July 23, 2023 by the-grey-lady

[AstridM]

4 hours ago, BradandJanet said:

Jill certainly has a collection of baseball caps, although this one looks like something a train conductor would wear. She should have worn her pink cowgirl hat. It would draw additional attention to her countenance.

Is that Pastor Steve Cowgill of the famous shoulder massages? I thought he was in Ohio at Believers Baptist. A lot of these small church pastors look like older versions of Hunk, so it's hard to tell. 

I wonder how much money Jill and David are collecting on this trip. Maybe each save soul brings in a cash bounty. 

Very many looking baseball caps! How are those appropriate feminine attire?

2 hours ago, zenme said:

I think looking at 2 small packs of TP in a shopping cart for a family of 50 would make me feel resentful on some days, honestly. 

I’m single and I buy TP in bulk. Why don’t they? It makes me anxious thinking how quickly they’ll go through those 2 small packages. 

Edited July 22, 2023 by AstridM

[BradandJanet]

6 minutes ago, AstridM said:

Very many looking baseball caps! How are those appropriate feminine attire?

I’m single and I buy TP in bulk. Why don’t they? It makes me anxious thinking how quickly they’ll go through those 2 small packages. 

Considering the limited waste capacities of the stink RV and the barndo's septic system, the Rods probably have a policy that DBD is always the first to dump down, BME goes next (because of Plexus), and the kids are on an every-third-day plan. Not eating regularly helps. Dave and Jill get one pack of tissue, and everyone else shares the other pack. 

[oliviabenson]

They need an outhouse 🤣

[merylinkid]

4 hours ago, beckie said:

Regardless of what she says, if a rich relative (or anyone really) died and left them ALL their millions,  I'm convinced Jill would stop with her Christian bs and go on a permanent vacation.  

Oh yeah, she would never jaysause again.   I mean she is already on permanent vacation, she just wouldn't have to pretend its a "ministry" anymore.   David would be so relieved he doesn't have to pretend to work anymore, or thave o preach another sermon.

[xwordfanatik]

3 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Yeah I remember that, but don't remember his name. Too lazy to look up Palomar to see if it's the same guy. They all look alike. 😃

They do!  

[AstridM]

1 hour ago, oliviabenson said:

They need an outhouse 🤣

They really, really do!

[Salacious Kitty]

Jill confirmed their attendance at Palomar this past week. The event ran from the 16th - 19th. 

[sixlets]

Picture it, The Barndo.  2023.

Jill:  "Children of the Corn, gather round, it's time to enjoy your once-weekly meal of '2 potato & 1 oily sausage' stew.  Now remember the number one rule!  Your headship and mine (smile), Hunky Daddy Dave will be the first to dip up and dump down.  This is a great lesson for the young ladies to hear now, so the only surprise on your wedding night will be the sexual fornicating".

Everyone:  "Yes, mama.  Thank you, mama".  

Note:  This dinner will be served at 930pm on Tuesday night.

[the-grey-lady]

On 6/28/2023 at 3:35 AM, ginger90 said:

Another installment of the print shop work is up. If Janessa kills one more fly, she gets a piece of candy…….

 

screenshots from the videos:

"Please check out our website if you want to order some"? 

Gee, can I? I'd love to annoy my family and friends by harassing them with this crap. Maybe my neighbors too. And the people ahead of me in line at Starbucks. Working the counter at Subway. Sharing an elevator.

How tempting. Pass.

[ALittleShelfish]

5 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Went ahead and looked it up. It's a different guy, Joe Moore. 

Poor Gabriel was so SMALL when the massage happened. And Jill was so HAPPY about it. Gross. 

She would have happily volunteered one of her kids to go up on a stage for a discipline "demonstration" like we saw in Shiny Happy People.  And she would have never shut up about it.  And not in the way normal people wouldn't shut up about it.  She'd call it a "blessing" etc.  This woman can get bent. SEVERELY bent. 

[the-grey-lady]

On 6/30/2023 at 3:24 PM, Tdoc72 said:

Good question. We here can’t stand her but none of us have ever asked that. 

I just assumed she didn't.

I assume she doesn't do much of anything outside of posing, troweling on makeup, and grifting.

[the-grey-lady]

On 7/9/2023 at 5:28 AM, ginger90 said:

The power of Christian music to a baby. 😮 Gideon had been crying for awhile during his assessment and diaper change with the nurse.  Look how he STOPPED once we started to sing to him!  His whole demeanor changed!  💙❤️

He was probably stunned into terrified silence.

On 7/10/2023 at 10:30 AM, BradandJanet said:

If Jill and Kaylee didn't know about the knot, why would any of us know? 

I hope the nurse referenced in Jill's post was the one wearing the headscarf. it  would rattle Jill's brain if someone from a different religion said this to her. 

It would've made more sense for God to take away the knot in the first place.

Or, you know...not to have let it form in the first place.

[the-grey-lady]

On 7/21/2023 at 12:31 PM, beckie said:

She has said that Sofia is just like her, that Sadie is her mini me, and Janessa is just like her. I think she thinks ALL of her kids are just like her. And she doesn't think that's a bad thing. (Except for Olivia who gets left out even when she's there).

There's an Olivia?

No, I'm not kidding. And this is not,  believe it or not, Jill's secret Primetimer account.

[Panopticon]

Is Olivia the one who used to be called “Angry Olivia?” Maybe Jill got in the habit of editing out the kid who had a perpetual scowl on her face as a toddler. 

[ginger90]

At the hospital….

 

screenshots from a video:

[BradandJanet]

19 hours ago, beckie said:

Regardless of what she says, if a rich relative (or anyone really) died and left them ALL their millions,  I'm convinced Jill would stop with her Christian bs and go on a permanent vacation.  

The first thing she'd do would be to buy a mansion in Florida. She must miss the nice beach house in Texas that belonged to one of Nathan's sisters, the house the Rods stayed in for a week, probably for free, the house Jill planned to have every year for a grand family reunion, the house with the pool they swam in wearing  their denim "swimwear," the house with the grill they used several times but didn't clean--the house they never got invited back to.

Jill's beach house would be bigger, better, and beachier than the one in Texas. Jill's walk-in closet would be the size of a swimming pool. David would have a media and snack room with a choice of loungers and a giant map with surround sound. All the kids and their families would live there, and Jill would control everything. She might even have a very famous neighbor or two to invite to one of her canned cheese and potato chip parties. 

The print shop and the missions clearinghouse would be distant memories. 

[oliviabenson]

The most interesting thing Jill has posted is a robot making coffee. It’s pretty cool lol.

 

[BradandJanet]

14 hours ago, the-grey-lady said:

"Please check out our website if you want to order some"? 

Gee, can I? I'd love to annoy my family and friends by harassing them with this crap. Maybe my neighbors too. And the people ahead of me in line at Starbucks. Working the counter at Subway. Sharing an elevator.

How tempting. Pass.

Maybe Jill will sell you some dead flies if you don't want the tracts. She'd probably sell you a spare waif if you'll pay more than she can get in future son-in-law grift. 

[oliviabenson]

Jill’s dream house will be plexus pink!

[the-grey-lady]

41 minutes ago, BradandJanet said:

Maybe Jill will sell you some dead flies if you don't want the tracts. She'd probably sell you a spare waif if you'll pay more than she can get in future son-in-law grift. 

At least that spare waif would eat in my house. Regular, filling meals. And I wouldn't put her to work in a print shop sweat shop when she should be learning and having fun.

Edited July 23, 2023 by the-grey-lady

[zenme]

Her dream house will be tackily styled. A gourmet kitchen with Pioneer Woman collection tchotchkes from Walmart, toilets with toilet seat covers, etc.

[zenme]

3 hours ago, ginger90 said:

At the hospital….

 

screenshots from a video:

A hospital is not Chuck E Cheese, Jill. Not that you would know what a Chuck E Cheese is.

[Meow Mix]

7 hours ago, Panopticon said:

Is Olivia the one who used to be called “Angry Olivia?” Maybe Jill got in the habit of editing out the kid who had a perpetual scowl on her face as a toddler. 

I always wanted angry Olivia, shade throwing Davia Waller and depressed Jenny Duggar to form a punk band.

Just now, zenme said:

A hospital is not Chuck E Cheese, Jill. Not that you would know what a Chuck E Cheese is.

She's always doing that.  I still remember her having the older kids posing in the infusion chairs when her mother was in the hospital like it was so humorous to need infusions.  She's just a jerk all around.

[Salacious Kitty]

46 minutes ago, zenme said:

A hospital is not Chuck E Cheese, Jill. Not that you would know what a Chuck E Cheese is.

She knows Chuck E Cheese. They used to go when the kids were younger. 

[BradandJanet]

1 hour ago, oliviabenson said:

Jill’s dream house will be plexus pink!

Barbie might have something to say about that. She has the best pink house ever, no plexus involved. 

[zenme]

7 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

She knows Chuck E Cheese. They used to go when the kids were younger. 

Gee. Somehow knowing this makes me sad. 

[Salacious Kitty]

9 minutes ago, zenme said:

Gee. Somehow knowing this makes me sad. 

They used to trash the place, so be extra sad for the poor employees cleaning up after them. 

[oliviabenson]

Jillnessa is performing for Mahmo like a trained seal. And in this heat she has tights and an extra shirt on. 

[oliviabenson]

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Edited July 23, 2023 by oliviabenson

[zenme]

50 minutes ago, oliviabenson said:

Jillnessa is performing for Mahmo like a trained seal. And in this heat she has tights and an extra shirt on. 

Trained seals probably eat more.

[CalicoKitty]

All I can say is that I am so, so happy that I am retired and I don't have to tolerate people like Jill and her family in the NICU any more.  Families that act like her's are so exhausting, and made my job as a nurse trying to care for their sick child so much more difficult.  It always amazed me how some families took such advantage of the staff while most other families  did follow all the rules and were wonderful to work with.  I wonder how many complaints from other families are being received by administration.  Most importantly, I feel sorry for that poor baby.  Sadly, this is his life for ever.

Edited July 24, 2023 by CalicoKitty
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[AstridM]

2 hours ago, Meow Mix said:

I always wanted angry Olivia, shade throwing Davia Waller and depressed Jenny Duggar to form a punk band.

I love this idea so much!

[wilsie]

5 hours ago, zenme said:

Trained seals probably eat more.

They certainly eat better.

[zenme]

4 hours ago, CalicoKitty said:

All I can say is that I am so, so happy that I am retired and I don't have to tolerate people like Jill and her family in the NICU any more.  Families that act like hers are so exhausting, and made my job as a nurse trying to care for their sick child so much more difficult.  It always amazed me how some families took such advantage of the staff while most other families  did follow all the rules and were wonderful to work with.  I wonder how many complaints from other families are being received by administration.  Most importantly, I feel sorry for that poor baby.  Sadly, this is his life for ever.

Just so entitled! Ugh!

[Teriacky]

Gee Jill, I sure hope you enjoyed your “Carmal La Tay”…

[oliviabenson]

49 minutes ago, Teriacky said:

Gee Jill, I sure hope you enjoyed your “Carmal La Tay”…

In her upstairs attic 🤪🤣

[ginger90]

Jill’s latest:

 

When we travel, we like to take in some sights. 😁 It is a LOT of work to do "mini moves" several times a year. 🤪😬 Pack up / Unpack. Pack up /Unpack.  Laundry. Double - 🫡🫡 

For a family our size and tons of matching dress outfits, it is no small feat.  But, we want to serve Jesus with JOY and enjoy the journey, so we look for inexpensive tourist sites and learn more about our wonderful Nation as we travel.  🥰  We enjoyed learning more about the history of horse racing in Lexington, Kentucky and America and around the world at this neat spot in the heart of Lexington.  

It was a special moment and reprieve from the pressures of life.  Especially since the very next day on our way home, our RV started to overheat again.  😢  After spending thousands of dollars to get it fixed, and discovering the mechanics did a shoddy job of it, our hearts were heavy.  💔  David would drive a bit and then pull over with a burning hot 🔥 engine and the belt had slid off over and over with a leak in the water pump.  💧 OH joy!  😫

So, after we left the laundromat, David unhooked the car and I drove a car load of girls home and got the van.  I drove back to the RV with the van.  We unloaded the entire RV and put everything in our van and we went home, while leaving our RV along the side of the highway.  😭

David went back the next day (with small burns on his arms from trying to work on a burning hot engine) with the boys to try to "milk" it back home.  Praise God he was able to -VERY SLOWLY - make it back home.  Now it sits on our driveway, out of commission,  again!  😢

We have gone to prayer regarding this situation.   Our RV is not a pleasure vehicle.  😉It is our "home" when we are on the road.  We strive to take good care of it, but we have worn it down to the very "bones" as we have traveled from church to church around the USA.  We have considered cutting out the travel (praising and preaching) part of our ministry, but we know that would devastate a lot of churches and we know it would be a lack of faith on our part.  😒  

So, we are asking you all to pray with us that God would show Himself mighty on our behalf on how He will provide for this need we have.  Thank you for joining us in prayer.  Pray that our faith will be increased.  Thank you SO much!  😊 ❤️

Serving Jesus With Joy, The Rodrigues Family

[Salacious Kitty]

Typical Jill. The first thing she does is blame the mechanics. 

[Tdoc72]

TL/DR:  Give us me a new RV. 

[libgirl2]

21 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

Jill’s latest:

 

When we travel, we like to take in some sights. 😁 It is a LOT of work to do "mini moves" several times a year. 🤪😬 Pack up / Unpack. Pack up /Unpack.  Laundry. Double - 🫡🫡 

For a family our size and tons of matching dress outfits, it is no small feat.  But, we want to serve Jesus with JOY and enjoy the journey, so we look for inexpensive tourist sites and learn more about our wonderful Nation as we travel.  🥰  We enjoyed learning more about the history of horse racing in Lexington, Kentucky and America and around the world at this neat spot in the heart of Lexington.  

It was a special moment and reprieve from the pressures of life.  Especially since the very next day on our way home, our RV started to overheat again.  😢  After spending thousands of dollars to get it fixed, and discovering the mechanics did a shoddy job of it, our hearts were heavy.  💔  David would drive a bit and then pull over with a burning hot 🔥 engine and the belt had slid off over and over with a leak in the water pump.  💧 OH joy!  😫

So, after we left the laundromat, David unhooked the car and I drove a car load of girls home and got the van.  I drove back to the RV with the van.  We unloaded the entire RV and put everything in our van and we went home, while leaving our RV along the side of the highway.  😭

David went back the next day (with small burns on his arms from trying to work on a burning hot engine) with the boys to try to "milk" it back home.  Praise God he was able to -VERY SLOWLY - make it back home.  Now it sits on our driveway, out of commission,  again!  😢

We have gone to prayer regarding this situation.   Our RV is not a pleasure vehicle.  😉It is our "home" when we are on the road.  We strive to take good care of it, but we have worn it down to the very "bones" as we have traveled from church to church around the USA.  We have considered cutting out the travel (praising and preaching) part of our ministry, but we know that would devastate a lot of churches and we know it would be a lack of faith on our part.  😒  

So, we are asking you all to pray with us that God would show Himself mighty on our behalf on how He will provide for this need we have.  Thank you for joining us in prayer.  Pray that our faith will be increased.  Thank you SO much!  😊 ❤️

Serving Jesus With Joy, The Rodrigues Family

Get jobs 

[Absolom]

4 minutes ago, libgirl2 said:

Get jobs 

They missed a sermon I've heard a few times that can be summarized as a person needs to put a hand to (work) before putting a hand out (for grifting).

[absolutelyido]

25 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

Jill’s latest:

 

When we travel, we like to take in some sights. 😁 It is a LOT of work to do "mini moves" several times a year. 🤪😬 Pack up / Unpack. Pack up /Unpack.  Laundry. Double - 🫡🫡 

For a family our size and tons of matching dress outfits, it is no small feat.  But, we want to serve Jesus with JOY and enjoy the journey, so we look for inexpensive tourist sites and learn more about our wonderful Nation as we travel.  🥰  We enjoyed learning more about the history of horse racing in Lexington, Kentucky and America and around the world at this neat spot in the heart of Lexington.  

It was a special moment and reprieve from the pressures of life.  Especially since the very next day on our way home, our RV started to overheat again.  😢  After spending thousands of dollars to get it fixed, and discovering the mechanics did a shoddy job of it, our hearts were heavy.  💔  David would drive a bit and then pull over with a burning hot 🔥 engine and the belt had slid off over and over with a leak in the water pump.  💧 OH joy!  😫

So, after we left the laundromat, David unhooked the car and I drove a car load of girls home and got the van.  I drove back to the RV with the van.  We unloaded the entire RV and put everything in our van and we went home, while leaving our RV along the side of the highway.  😭

David went back the next day (with small burns on his arms from trying to work on a burning hot engine) with the boys to try to "milk" it back home.  Praise God he was able to -VERY SLOWLY - make it back home.  Now it sits on our driveway, out of commission,  again!  😢

We have gone to prayer regarding this situation.   Our RV is not a pleasure vehicle.  😉It is our "home" when we are on the road.  We strive to take good care of it, but we have worn it down to the very "bones" as we have traveled from church to church around the USA.  We have considered cutting out the travel (praising and preaching) part of our ministry, but we know that would devastate a lot of churches and we know it would be a lack of faith on our part.  😒  

So, we are asking you all to pray with us that God would show Himself mighty on our behalf on how He will provide for this need we have.  Thank you for joining us in prayer.  Pray that our faith will be increased.  Thank you SO much!  😊 ❤️

Serving Jesus With Joy, The Rodrigues Family

I don't understand how this could happen. Surely, God was looking over their RV as they went about their important ministry. 

[oliviabenson]

Milk it and pleasure vehicle and small burns on his arms=x rated/bdsm movie on a naughty site 🤪🤣

Edited July 24, 2023 by oliviabenson

[ginger90]

9 minutes ago, absolutelyido said:

I don't understand how this could happen. Surely, God was looking over their RV as they went about their important ministry. 

God was, that’s why it broke down. God said, STOP! ✋ 

[oliviabenson]

19 minutes ago, libgirl2 said:

Get jobs 

SEVERELY never going to happen

-Rodrigues parents 

XOXO

[Minivanessa]

56 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Typical Jill. The first thing she does is blame the mechanics. 

Yep. Blame the mechanics, Jill. For not magically fixing your 20+ year old RV with heaven knows how many hard miles on it. Which has been housing, and hauling around, a large family for the last several years. 

[wilsie]

1 hour ago, ginger90 said:

Jill’s latest:

 

When we travel, we like to take in some sights. 😁 It is a LOT of work to do "mini moves" several times a year. 🤪😬 Pack up / Unpack. Pack up /Unpack.  Laundry. Double - 🫡🫡 

For a family our size and tons of matching dress outfits, it is no small feat.  But, we want to serve Jesus with JOY and enjoy the journey, so we look for inexpensive tourist sites and learn more about our wonderful Nation as we travel.  🥰  We enjoyed learning more about the history of horse racing in Lexington, Kentucky and America and around the world at this neat spot in the heart of Lexington.  

It was a special moment and reprieve from the pressures of life.  Especially since the very next day on our way home, our RV started to overheat again.  😢  After spending thousands of dollars to get it fixed, and discovering the mechanics did a shoddy job of it, our hearts were heavy.  💔  David would drive a bit and then pull over with a burning hot 🔥 engine and the belt had slid off over and over with a leak in the water pump.  💧 OH joy!  😫

So, after we left the laundromat, David unhooked the car and I drove a car load of girls home and got the van.  I drove back to the RV with the van.  We unloaded the entire RV and put everything in our van and we went home, while leaving our RV along the side of the highway.  😭

David went back the next day (with small burns on his arms from trying to work on a burning hot engine) with the boys to try to "milk" it back home.  Praise God he was able to -VERY SLOWLY - make it back home.  Now it sits on our driveway, out of commission,  again!  😢

We have gone to prayer regarding this situation.   Our RV is not a pleasure vehicle.  😉It is our "home" when we are on the road.  We strive to take good care of it, but we have worn it down to the very "bones" as we have traveled from church to church around the USA.  We have considered cutting out the travel (praising and preaching) part of our ministry, but we know that would devastate a lot of churches and we know it would be a lack of faith on our part.  😒  

So, we are asking you all to pray with us that God would show Himself mighty on our behalf on how He will provide for this need we have.  Thank you for joining us in prayer.  Pray that our faith will be increased.  Thank you SO much!  😊 ❤️

Serving Jesus With Joy, The Rodrigues Family

Jill's prayers are always to get something SHE wants.  She doesn't accept that God can say no to her.

[Kbo]

Yes Jill, I’m sure the churches would be SEVERELY devastated if they missed your caterwauling, Dave delivering the same boring sermon every year, and you begging for love offerings. Devastated, just devastated 🙄

[AstridM]

1 hour ago, ginger90 said:

We have considered cutting out the travel (praising and preaching) part of our ministry, but we know that would devastate a lot of churches

Huh?