eternalpromise516

very interesting and thoughtful discussion going on. i do my darn best to make sure i'm looking not just presentable to go to Church, but to look my best and to be modest, reverent, and to show respect. this involves wearing a pair of really nice dressy pants most weeks, my good pair of black heeled shoes, and a nice top, maybe earrings and some make-up if i'm in the mood for make up and earrings. this past sunday, i wore the new dress i got to wear to my brother's best friend's wedding that i got on sale for 20 bucks, marked down from 70, and wore a similar colored shirt underneath it to make it appropriate and modest for Church, and wore the shoes i had with it that happened to be turquoise flip-flops with glitter on the straps. i even got a compliment from a member of the bishopric and the missionary who baptized me on how modest, pretty, and summery i looked. i get complimented on my attire even when i wear pants. here's how i view attire for sunday meetings in my mind. you need to make yourself be presentable and show respect. you should do your best and look your best using the means you have available, whether it be wearing a pair of dressy slacks, nice shoes, and a nice top(nice pants, good shoes and shirt for men)...or a dress/skirt (suit,etc for men). yes, there should be effort, but i'd be ashamed to see someone or a family turned away from a meetinghouse/chapel just because they all weren't in dresses and suits or something similar. i'd want to embrace them for making the effort (and who knows, the sacrifice) to even get there and want to be at Church. (now the Temple i could see that.) however, i will never judge someone just based on their choice of clothing to Church, nor judge period. that is the Lord's position to do so. all i can do is make them feel welcome and loved within the Church. it's a little difficult for me to get what i mean to say out on a more physical medium from in my head. i know what i want to say, it just doesn't always make the connection! so excuse me for any gaps or stuff that doesn't make sense. i'll probably add to it or go back later and edit.

Alana, CONGRATULATIONS girl!!! i'm so happy for you :) what temple are you going to, and who are you having as your escort? you'll have to let us know your thoughts and how it went once you're back. whoo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AWESOME!! congratulations and good luck!! :)

some airlines are a little cheaper. the reason why i prefer CMH over CLE is because CMH is almost always 100 bucks or so cheaper to fly out of. i try to get into CAK (akron-canton) when i can, but not too often. and we DO NOT have grass strips JBS!!! lol

thanks for posting the link for me, Ronster :) when do you think you'll find out where you're called to?

HEY NOW lol

yay, congrats marshac!

you could fly right into Columbus..airport code CMH. very nice :) my brother lives within 15-20 minutes, even less than that from the hotel where he's the GM at :)

LOL ruthie

i know there's an online system of sorts that you can do paperwork on, but i don't even remember all the specifics. a male acquaintence mentioned this to me, so next time i speak with him i'll repost here :) but i do remember that even that has to be initiated by your bishop. good luck stallion!! :)

dec, i am a seller on Amazon. if you're interested in going this route and would have any questions, feel free to ask here or send me a PM :) good luck selling your books!

it's unlikely that this will be solved by calling this boy's parents. lilered, i would follow the advice that's been given here by some of the other posters regarding calling the police and reformatting the computer and reinstalling the OS, then making sure she has good anti-viral/anti-spyware software installed after that's done and a firewall is in effect. Also check/reset the router as well as someone suggested earlier. i hope you get this creep!

Some of you may remember me mentioning at one time or another that my brother and I have the same mother, but yet different fathers. As I've started doing more family history and entering it into the PAF software, that predicament about what to do with our fathers has come up again. My brother's father and our mom were married, but later divorced since he had mental health issues and needed to be put into a home. Now, my father and our mom were never married. I've already PM'd Josie, who's on a church-service mission with family history, but have yet to hear back, and I've contacted our ward's FHC leader as well, but haven't heard from her yet either as she's been sick. Nothing has turned up online either. So now, you all need to bestow upon me your great wisdom

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ok. thanks to both bytebear and dravin. you essentially confirmed what i already had tossing around in the back of my mind, but i just wanted to make sure

this has been an interesting and somewhat valuable thread to peruse, especially being a new member myself. i've already been able to calculate what the cost of two meals i'll be fasting from, based on my family's last grocerty bill, so i'm enthused that i have been able to do that much. however, i've gotten mixed information regarding my tithing as a student. i have no source of income right now, and probably won't for some time, unless a small on-campus job would become available to me. since i have no job, how should i handle my tithing? would i be classified as being exempt, which i highly doubt so? i plan to tithe out any spare change, etc. i pick up around the house, in my car, etc. so i can at least have SOMETHING. this is probably the only thing that i don't fully understand and have sorted out yet. thanks guys! -EP

I'm pretty much the same online as I am offline. But sometimes I do act a little contrary to my normal disposition because everyone expects the exact opposite, and it just feels good to act a little bad

Michael is officially dead. ABC, CNN, NBC, AP, and Reuters now all reflect this

There is a very fine line in Anime as to which is appropriate and what isn't appropriate. A good portion of the material I have encountered isn't always...the best thing to be reading, but I do see some other items that are good and I have enjoyed. I think if there are those members that are interested in Anime, all they need to do is exercise common sense and good judgement :)

While I don't agree with what he did, I did admire him for his musical artistry and will miss him. His family is in my prayers.

is that the Prophet of the Restoration movie, Pale? i saw it when it was in different segments on Youtube, and it was amazing!

sorry these are so big, i can't adjust them to be smaller. enjoy! ^^ pouring down rain on the way to my baptism ^^ clean of my sins! ^^fresh out of the font!!! ^^ my tooties didn't want to leave the font and water at least there's baptisms for the dead to make me feel better!! haha

Hey Everyone!!! Guess who finally got her tootsies wet today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ME It was beyond ABSOLUTELY amazing. I got dressed, packed up everything I could think of, and drove to the church. A girl I'm kinda friends with from the YSA branch for my stake helped me get ready. I got to wear a dress too, and not one of those DEAD sexy jumpsuits!! :D I was so nervous right up until the bishopric member dismissed everyone to go into the font room, and had the Elder and I leave first so we could get ready. I went back and forth about whether to wear my ear plugs that I have to have, which I finally did. Then I saw the Elder start to go down into the water, and this incredible wave of peace just washed over me, I almost couldn't believe it was time. So I folded the dress around my legs (as missingsomething counseled me to do ), and stepped in. The water relaxed me even more it was so warm, and perfect. before they pulled back the curtain door, Elder Henrie and I quickly went over the hands and knees drill, and he just kinda patted/rubbed my shoulder and said he was so proud of me and not to be nervous, which meant the world to me. Next thing I know I heard the clicking of the curtain door being pulled back, so I closed my eyes, he raised his hand, and started calling out my name. By then I had entered a peaceful zone but yet heard every word of his voice. When he brought his hand to my shoulder and started to lean me back, I bent my knees and didn't close my eyes until my head hit the water, as I wanted to take everything that I could in all at once. I almost didn't want to come out of the font As I stepped out of the font, I felt so heavy from the water dripping off, but at the same time I felt light as air. I kept peeking back around the door's corner to look at the font again before I changed. Then again as soon as I was dressed, I looked back in, and all the water was gone and the light was turned off I wanted to touch it one more time....I also didn't want to let go of my wet dress, or put it back in their rack. I wanted to take it home with me and keep it for the rest of my life! Maybe one day I'll learn how to sew, make a nice one that's the same size, and exchange it My two speakers were amazing, the two I had do the opening/closing prayers were ok, and overall it was a perfect day. The only thing that went wrong is my two special videos I wanted to show while I was changing didn't end up working, neither did the audio copy, but after everything started it didn't even matter any more. I just wanted to get in the water... Thank you all so much for giving me the much needed support and love so I could finally get to this day. I'll be posting pictures soon :) -EP

aw it's ok! :) those who didn't make it i know were there in spirit, which is what truly counts! :) now, to get back to listening to The Final Countdown

THANK YOU!!! to everyone who came out this evening! it was a lot of fun, and it meant a lot to me knowing i have so many people supporting me during this crazy time! i'll be sure to post a ton of pictures of everything saturday, from the time i get up to the time i get back home, and then sunday before and after church i love you all :) -EP