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Because it is Thanksgiving...pumpkin pie! In a chair, with a notebook!

I love MoTab. So cool. How about TheTab?

@Anon the Great Dying to hear about the seagull and the cricket. Welcome!

I told you that we are all Canadian, and yet you refuse to listen! Ok. Not @mirkwood obviously.

Just back from the temple. Everyone is pumped!

Bette Davis?

@mikbone Natue of challenge? Keep Sabbath? Read Book of Mormon? Testify of Gospel? Odds anyone?

Well no. But let’s give it a try!

I am really looking forward to Mary Poppins!

What aspect most impresses you?

I think these might be possible. It would be nice to hear about name changes.Always tricky. Looking forward! I miss Bro Packer!

I always give people a talk by Bro Holland. He is a very wonderful speaker and his talks touch the soul. https://www.lds.org/church/leader/jeffrey-r-holland?lang=eng Songs Sung and Unsung is emotive.

I am really hoping for a two hour block. My bets: Pres Nelson will be smiling throughout his talks. He seems to enjoy speaking. I am awfully looking forward to seeing his reassuring face. Such a kind man. He makes me feel that we can overcome anything. Bro Holland will be profound. Who bets for pilot references from Bro Uchtdorf? Heartfelt childhood reminisces from Bro Soares. Anyone want to open a book?

Many people have tattoos or former piercings here. They tend to remove the studs. No more. No one says anything.

@elwplm746947 I am so sorry! I can feel your frustration. You want to do the right thing. Any large group of people has rules and regulations...a bureaucracy. In a bureaucracy run by volunteers and people from different professions and different backgrounds, it is amazing that anything gets done at all! Add to that the fact that most of the work of the church is carried out by untrained people who devote a limited hours a week after their ‘real jobs’ are done and it is kind of amazing that we haven’t set the world on fire! Unfortunately this ragtail army of tired and overstressed volunteers is all Heavenly Father has to work with. Sorry. I feel frustrated as well and so do many of us. If you come from an area of Zion, where the Church runs smoothly, you are very lucky indeed. As we are a world -wide church a few hiccups are inevitable. I would take a deep breath and just continue to do your best. If you are a willing worker, God will have work for you somewhere. I was introduced to the gospel by a 14 year old girl who walked through life being a witness of God to many people. You can serve God anywhere. If you choose at some point to move to an area of the country in which there are few church members, you will soon find yourself with many opportunities to serve. In fact, in my ward, we would be thrilled to have you! Forgive us. We are tired, overwhelmed and confused, but we are grateful to have you here to help! If you ever feel as though there are not sufficient opportunities to serve, just post on this forum and we will have some suggestions. If you would like to serve in a calling in the church in which people depend on you, just move somewhere in which there are not many church people. If you look at the Find a Meeting House tool on lds.org, I am sure that you can find a spot. So .... Canada is very nice..just saying! If you do a degree in Canada, we give you 3 years to find a job and then we let you stay! Very nice country. So maybe, you don’t get to finish the mission. Honestly there are lots of other ways to serve! If you are understandably concerned about explaining the mission story for the next few years, you could go to school in a less lds place and have a cool calling instead. Brandon Manitoba. Lovely place! Both a college and a University! I am sure that we will find a way to make use of your skills.

Would be great! However, I will be doing my usual pyjamas, notebook and popcorn procedure! Our chapel will be deserted!

Nonsense! All sensible people are advocating for a 2/3’s reduction!

Their finest hour: Movie set in UK during WWII. Staff of patriotic screen writers. Fantastic!

Best dish: frozen mangos I minute microwave!

@mirkwood Incorrigible! Completely incorrigible!

You know @mirkwood...one can go off people...! Why not take up a nice hobby? Knitting perhaps?

I don’t know if anyone wants to try this...psyllium is a fibre supplement made from seeds. I have been having a tablespoon with lots of water at every meal. It really fills you up! Cheap in Bulk Barn.

I know this thread is a fake but....The convert sisters have been wearing tights and flowy tops to Sacrament for awhile. I noticed a retired sister wearing this on Sunday. It’s official! Dresses are over. I have invested in the new dress code. Whee!

Ahhhh!