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Hello, everyone!
I’m so excited to welcome you to our new RITAN site! A special thank you to Sabrenie and Richard for all the hard work to build this beautiful site! You guys rock!
After nearly 2 years on Facebook, we decided it was time to return to our old stomping grounds and do an online forum. We have all missed the closeness that this kind of site brings. We had thousands of members on Facebook (our Facebook page will remain), but we miss the intimacy that RITAN once had. Many of you have been my friends for a decade, all thanks to RITAN. RITAN has also played a part in 2 marriages, bringing together 2 different couples who fell and love and were married last year! Praise God!
We have many of the same forums that we did at old RITAN. It’s pretty self explanatory, but if you want to post a dream, do it in the dream section. If you have a favorite praise video post in the Worship Video section, etc. We have added one new forum and it is called “Outside of the Box.” This is for posts that may seem a bit out of the norm. It may include, for example, fallen angel (aliens) sightings, articles about Nephilim, or other such topics. We will play it by ear and make it up as we go. But a word of caution, we do not want this part of the forum to become a conspiracy theory forum.
We chose the color red for the RITAN forum, and I think it turned out lovely. Every time you come to RITAN website, may the red remind us of the precious blood of Jesus, who died for us. Without His shed blood, we would not be here. Without His death and resurrection, we would all still be in our sins. Let our focus on this forum be all about Jesus. He is the only reason for RITAN!
So, take a look around, read the rules, and Register. Feel free to use your old RITAN name and Avatar or pick a new one. We welcome all of our friends, new and old! And please have patience with us as we figure out all of the small issues that may arise with a new website. We will work them out as they come. Thank you and may God bless each and every one of you!
Watching&Waiting
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I very much like the topic picture ~ It’s always been a favorite ~~
It is exciting to see this beautiful format ~~
God bless everyone here ~~
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Hello Watching & Waiting. Watchman35 just driving by to say hello. Happy to be able to exchange thoughts and ideas with like-minded brothers and sisters, and not get unkindly thrown off the site for mentioning the possibility of a high watch time…:) My thanks to you and everyone else who had a hand in breathing new life back into this site. Maranatha!!! BTW. Any thoughts on what causes the emojis to show up just as text rather than the actual characters? Here I am 30 minutes back on the site with a technology question…some things don’t change. LOL
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This was me when I checked the facebook RITAN website for the first time in forever (haven’t had an account at all on FB for a while now) and saw that a new non-FB website is up!!! Sooo thankful!!! Praise the Lord! He knew I needed to know this today – so happy to have someplace to go for more encouragement to keep hopeful in the waiting and stay focused on Him when I get a little stuck in the muck of worry & fear. God Bless each and every one of you! Thanks for coming together here!13+
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Hello family!
Thanks to Watching&Waiting, Sabrenie and Richard for your hard work and determination in bringing RITAN back to this format, it’s very much appreciated.
Loz :]
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Now it’s time to plan a Ritan parteeeeey lol. Wow…being back at Ritan and seeing some of the regular faces again just makes me wanna do my rapture dance
A huge thank you to all that helped put this forum back up…now many of us that need breaks from Facebook can just jump on a sofa here at Ritan and commune with other fellow watchers!
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My heart could literally burst right now!! SO happy this forum is back! RITAN blessed me in so many ways and I know this new forum will do the same! For those that may remember me, I’m chrisnicolecj. Looking forward to growth, encouragement and fellowship! Love to you all! :)
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There’s just something so very special about a Homecoming and coming back to see familiar , remembered, beloved names/faces who also remember the same memories we share from the past, yet ready to add on more of His Beloveds and share new memories in the making. Even the emojies were missed! Many had developed special memories–both good and bad that we had shared and asked for prayer as we dealt with life’s issues on our way. that bonded us in His Name and Love forever. For we had shared in personal ways that helped us grow in Him. The common theme of Jesus is interwoven around us in a special bond– not to be forgotten but forever celebrated for each has a God spark that unites us in some special way. It’s such a special bond and here we celebrate looking for Jesus soon coming together and His special love bonds as we watch together. It truly is a God thing that we once again have the opportunity to interact and share , to celebrate this special bond as we prepare to meet in reality one day soon.
Leenie was to oversee the Ritan table for us in Heaven. A purpose she took seriously–as long , of course, Jesus agreed. What a wonderful experience to celebrate and remember for all of eternity.
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Hey y’all!
Oh my goodness! I am so, so very excited to have found y’all again! Last night, I was typing in a different rapture website and slipped in my typing… this website popped up in the search bar and I held my breath. I figured the search had picked up on the old website that I missed so much. Lo and behold, it was this new website and I almost started crying. Oh how I have missed y’all. My heart broke when RITAN moved over to facebook. My husband and I are not on social media of any kind and even though I loved the RITAN forum, we chose not to open a facebook account. So thank you, thank you, thank you for bringing this forum back! Years ago, when Lisa Leenie was still blessing us all and praying for each of us, this was a daily source of encouragement and comfort in my life. I cannot even remember how long it has been… 4 or 5 years I think? The time that has past has only seen our world grow more dark and it is such a huge encouragement to have a body of believers to talk to as the days grow darker before Christ comes for us. I am very happy to be back with y’all. I found RITAN in 2011 when I “woke up” and realized all the convergence that was going on in the world. As we continue to watch for Christ to return and are busy about our work for Him, I am so very thankful to be home here with y’all again, my RITAN family (still excited about our heavenly RITAN gathering room). My family has gone through tremendous struggles these last few weeks. Right as one trial finishes, another comes crashing over us and we have felt like we were barely keeping our heads above water, so to speak. It has been amazing to see how Jesus has sent friends into our lives to encourage us, pray for us, and send us scripture. He truly carries us through the hardest trials of life and now He has brought me back here. I feel very blessed. I am excited to catch up with everyone!
Love in Christ,
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Welcome back Heather.
I was a lurker from 2014 – May 2017. I tried to enroll but something happened in the process of getting approval … I got an email saying I need to re-enroll and I think they wanted my telephone number? So I didn’t bother to re-enroll and stayed a lurker. I enjoyed reading the threads but I regretted not joining back then because I noticed this is a very special group of believers that are truly looking for Jesus to return. I was sooo happy too when I saw the announcement on the RITA facebook side of reinstating this website! This time I quickly joined. Glad you’re back for the fellowship as we wait for that trumpet to sound.
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I was just so excited when my daughter emailed me stating she had found your link again. I have so missed you. When you opted to move to FB that was sad to me as I removed myself from social media for personal reasons. I have so missed this great family. I am ecstatic to see so many familiar folks, Watchman 35; RitaMay, Loz, Tender Reed, Yohanan, Cherished, My White Stone, oh my and others… I miss Lisa Leenie but know she is certainly preparing our tea time table. I have so missed the encouragement that I have always found on RITAN. As the days are getting so much the more crazy, it was God’s timing to have you appear in my life again. The toil of life has me wondering if I’m just crazy as I know my Lord is coming back and so very soon, I feel this, yet so many around me scoff and tell me “no, there is still much work to be done”, “we have time to harvest”, another 10 years, on and on. I am so full of joy to be reunited with believers who truly see the hand writing on the wall and know the King is coming and we the Bride will soon take our flight upward.
My cup runs over with gratitude that you are back! Please don’t leave again, unless it is the upward flight of course
I can’t wait to catch up, I have prayer request, thoughts to share, and joy to be here again! 
love the new emoji too. May the Lord bless you and keep you, may the Lord shine his face upon you!
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Hi everybody!
I can’t begin to tell you all that I’m so very ecstatic to see that Ritan is back! Felt bad went it went only to Facebook, though I understood why. It’s just that everyone has something that bugs them, and Facespy was my one thing. LOL! Anyway, I remember most of you.
Sure have missed the fellowship 
I don’t know if you all remember or not, but my Dh had suddenly gotten ill with a brain tumor. I think my last post at the old board was requesting prayers for him. And thank you for all of your prayers.
I never did get a chance to reply, as things just started moving and going downhill so fast with his condition that I never had the time, and he passed away shortly after my last post. Only 1 month after his diagnosis. My Dh owned a business. He was a relatively young guy, so he didn’t have a continuity plan for his biz in place, and it was up to me to keep things going for awhile, until I could decide what to do. His biz was fairly high tech, which I am absolutely not, and had never run a business before! Fortunately he had lots of good employees that were able to guide much of my decision making, but suffice it to say, I had my hands full, and during that time RitaN moved to facebook. Well, just thought I’d give you a brief update on what’s been going on with me, and let you all know that I’m doing okay.I have sure missed everyone. Been looking through the posts, and see lot’s of familiar and beloved brothers and sisters in Christ.
One name that I haven’t seen yet is “Dan”. He was a mod on the old board, Is he still with us, and just busy taking care of the Facebook part of Ritan?Well, looking forward to fellowshipping and praying, and watching for the return of our blessed Savior with you all. I have to tell you that He was with me every step of the way during my Dh’s illness, and afterwards, and still through today. God is so good. Hallelujah, what a Savior!
Love you all!
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I’m Dan Whitestone on the FB site, Chris, a mod there and here now, more like a lurker/mod, but never was one on the old site. So maybe it was another Dan way back then. Nice to have you back!
My wife of 47 years, Linda, died nearly five years ago. I thought I would die of grief. Then, right about the time we went to FaceBook here, I finally met Kolleen at a brunch. She was NoOtherRock on old RITA. We’ve been married almost 2 1/2 years now. Surprised by joy…
I expected the Rapture for sure in 2012. And many times since. I wonder if excitement and anticipation of thrilling events is going to cease in Glory.
This ride hasn’t been a lot of fun sometimes, but I’m still really excited.God bless you, dear.
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Hi Dan,
I remember your moniker, “my white stone”, on the old board, but don’t think that I knew your real name was Dan. I think I had your name and David’s name mixed up in my mind. Been a long time.
I’m very sorry to hear about the passing of your wife Linda, and extend my condolences. I understand your grief. But my, the Lord is so good, He brought you Kolleen!
I do remember Kolleen as well. My hearty congratulations and best wishes to both of you!I’ve been expecting the Rapture since the 70’s, and am still excited thinking about it. Every day is a new experience when looking at the News headlines. I think that we’ll always be excited about new and thrilling things, even, and maybe especially in Glory. That’s the way the Lord made us, and I don’t think that is ever going to go away. I can’t begin to imagine all of the new and exciting things that we’ll witness and participate in on the other side of the Rapture. Gets my imagination sparking just thinking about it.
Good to see you again, and God bless you as well.
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