July 11, 2005

  • "It's time to say enough is enough, you would be so better off. You love him, but tough, because it's not coming back from him. You can't win . . ."

    36 Days left.

    I have added a countdown clock to my site. Check it out.

    Random Research on my Mission:
    This is a picture of a ward building in Arcadia (technically Burbank):

    Compare it to this picture of a ward building in Uruguay: (borrowed from sonarbison)

    Doesn't that make you, as an American, feel disgustingly rich?

    Even the ward building in Arcadia is very much above the standard. In the earlier days of the Church ward buildings and stake centers were built with the local funds gathered by ward members. This is how stake centers in nice areas like Arcadia and Willmette (IL) turned out so beautiful and unique. Other areas, however, were not able to build nice churches. To rectify this, the Church stopped letting local wards build their own buildings and began standardizing the churches and building them with tithing funds. This is why most LDS churches look the same no matter where you go.

    You may be familiar with a church like one of these:

    The fact that Arcadia has such a beautiful building means that it is a nice area and an old area. It has to have a long history to have buildings that go back to the older church policies.

    ". . . Stop expecting change, he's just a lost cause that you're waiting on. Take a look around, you could have anyone, So leave undeserving him" (The Starting Line).

Comments (5)

  • Your post about love between spouses made me cry. It hit me so hard! What a glorious way to live and love.

  • Hey!  I'm glad you're getting all hyped about your mission.  Hope you're doing well and enjoying your family.
    -Megs

  • my grandparents live in burbank!

  • so... since I'm like, most definitely going to college in California, am I allowed to stop in & say hello? Or is that a no-no?

  • Where in California? If I saw you in California, that would be ok as long as it was in the area that I was asigned to labor. So if I'm in East Los Angeles and you are too, then I could see you. If I was in Walnut, and you were too, then I could see you. I will not be allowed to leave the area that I am assigned to labor in, nor am I supposed to see/teach/work with people outside that area. Typically on a mission when you meet someone who lives outside your area you refer them to the missionaries who are in their area. Make sense? It's not so much taboo as it is hard to do- it would take a lot of coincidences to make it work.

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