Only at Bethel Acronyms
AWS
Adjusted Work Schedule
Served for breakfast every Sunday morning, these were available in cooked or batter form.
What are Pancakes?
Bonus - What Varieties?
Estás en el horno - (You’re in the oven)
What is You’re in big trouble?
'Ain’t that just like yesterday’s biscuits'
How to say thats disappointing?
Pop
What is Soda?
ALM
Adjusted Limited Movement
This recurring midweek duty required bethelites to wash/rinse/sanitize the tables and chairs in the dining room after supper and then reset them for breakfast the next morning
What is a Dish Duty?
Bonus - If you missed a midweek duty, what was the punishment?
Me importa tres pepinos (I care three cucumbers)
What is I couldn’t care less?
'Got more nerve than a bad tooth'
What is incredibly bold?
Welp... (often said after slapping both knees)
BIFS
Bethelite in Foreign Service
These sad events were once only held Monday nights at 6pm before the Bethel Family Watchtower Study.
What is a Vintage Bethel Funeral?
Estoy hecho percha (I’m a clothes hanger)
What is to be exhausted?
'Couldn't pour water out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel'
What is not very smart?
Tree Lawn
What is the strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street?
Watchtower Farms
This is the minimum age must be to ride the elevator just a few flights of stairs
What is 35?
Mandar fruta (to send fruit)
What is To make things up or talk nonsense?
What is completely useless?
Jake
What is the term for something lame?
MEPS
Multi-language Electronic Publishing System
Bonus - What did it originally stand for?
This was the formal alert that the work day had commenced
What is the 8am work bell?
Tomar el pelo (to pull someone’s hair)
What is to tease or prank someone
'Well butter my biscuit!'
What is very susprised?
The Rapid
What is the Commuter Train?