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    Sunday21 got a reaction from askandanswer in What to wear for baptism? (female)   
    Very true that they will not start without you but...they WILL be waiting for you so...All women look a bit ‘drowned rat’ after baptism. Sorry! 
    Wear before: A dress because most/many will be in Sunday dress. I have two polyester long dresses. This is what I wore to church. They are indestructible. In part, I am Canadian and part of my culture is fitting in and following social rules. (I have met a lot of American woman who share my values. Especially women from downtown Detroit and the south. Just saying). If the sisters wear dresses, I wear dresses. Also, I am often asked to do stuff: teach a class at the last minute or just lend a hand in general. Ask me to help and I will!
    The great thing is that you are entering a world in which help is only a phone call away at any hour of the day and night. You will make friends with people who are so fantastic, you will not believe it. And they will be your friends forever.
    You have come home! You will spend the rest of your life with people who share your values of kindness and caring. 
    Okay back to clothes. I am also pale as a pint of milk so I hear you. I have a tube of make up that I slap on. Fast slap of lipstick, Seriously get ready as fast as possible. However, I do come from a culture in which the feelings of others are very important.
    After baptism and quite likely for the rest of your existence, you will glow with a calm reservoir of strength and beauty. No doubt you are currently beautiful. Well you just wait. It only gets better! You will have a light inside you that will carry you over the bumps and valleys of life. You will be very glad that you made this decision and you will feel God’s love on your darkest day.
    For clothing after  I like those polyester long dresses.  Easy to get on and you look taller, more elegant. It is nice to hang out with people who do not care about your wardrobe or bank account.
    Welcome sister! We are so happy to have you with us! 
     
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    Sunday21 got a reaction from JohnsonJones in English literature website   
    Look at the actual pages of the illegal Tyndale New Testament!
    https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/william-tyndales-new-testament
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    Sunday21 reacted to Midwest LDS in Grateful to faithful muslim women   
    In this day and age of atheism and unbelief, people of all faiths need to back each other up. I'm glad you were able to stick up for your beliefs with the help of your fellow student!
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    Sunday21 reacted to KScience in Grateful to faithful muslim women   
    I have just started on a Physiotherapy degree course as part of a career change plan. I have been very excited to be a student again, but have had some irritating minor conflict with the University with regard to the clothing (or rather lack of) requirements for the practical sessions. Not sure why it didn't occur to me before starting the course, but I have had some difficulty explaining that due to religious beliefs I will not be wearing shorts which barely cover my buttock creases and will not be taking off my t-shirt. 
    This was not a good enough reason and I was being pressured to participate until I noticed a final year student who is a muslim and wears a hijab and asked the program lead to allow me the same concessions that she had been allowed on religious grounds. Suddenly, I am no longer "a problem". I managed to speak with the girl yesterday and asked her about her experience and she told me  about the options they had given her and what had worked for her and I now have a plan that I feel comfortable with. It was nice to at last speak with someone who understood the discomfort of immodesty, rather than heavily implying that I have  body image issues  
    I am grateful for that woman of faith who lives her principles.
    I am less amused that I had to use "the muslim card" to get some tutors to take me seriously.
    I guess I am already marked out as the awkward and annoying first year student....... well best they knew early on  
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    Sunday21 reacted to anatess2 in My son is opening his mission call tomorrow.   
    Whoa.,. this is gonna be tough... I can’t argue with @JohnsonJones anymore! 
    Tacloban Mission.  That city that got wiped out by a typhoon a few years ago.  He leaves in January.
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    Sunday21 got a reaction from Still_Small_Voice in A question about temple marriage   
    How about...make a goal to go to church and just sit in the foyer for ten minutes? You know, baby steps? 
    if you make a lesser goal, this might be easier?
    So just go even if dressed super informal (if people don’t mind what you wear in your area. In my area, you could show up to church in jeans and we would wrap you in a warm embrace). 
    If a bit nervous, go to church sit for a bit in the foyer and then call a friend? It is hard to walk into a building in which you do not know anyone. We are thinking of you! Let us know how it goes! ❤️ 
     
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    Sunday21 got a reaction from dprh in A question about temple marriage   
    How about...make a goal to go to church and just sit in the foyer for ten minutes? You know, baby steps? 
    if you make a lesser goal, this might be easier?
    So just go even if dressed super informal (if people don’t mind what you wear in your area. In my area, you could show up to church in jeans and we would wrap you in a warm embrace). 
    If a bit nervous, go to church sit for a bit in the foyer and then call a friend? It is hard to walk into a building in which you do not know anyone. We are thinking of you! Let us know how it goes! ❤️ 
     
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    Sunday21 reacted to JohnsonJones in A question about temple marriage   
    The question is if he loves you.  If he loves you enough to marry you, than you need to tell him the truth.
    HOWEVER...in addition to that you need to start going to church.  If nothing else, go to church with him in his ward.  I am unsure what would make it a bad time to ever go back to church.  Normally, it is NEVER a bad time to start going back to church, so that phrase puzzles me.  If it is something specifically in your ward, find another ward that you do not have the conflict in.  If you fiancé is in a different ward, go to his ward with him.  There are many ways to start going back to church.
    This would be in preparation to go to the temple.  You may be afraid that you have done things that would prevent you from doing so, and this may be true.  The sooner you work on getting those cleared up with a member of the Bishopric, the sooner you would be able to go to the temple. 
    Many times people are afraid of going to the Bishop because they fear punishment.  Normally (though not always) what they imagine will happen is far more harsh than what actually happens.  It could be as soon as tomorrow that you could go to the temple, or it could be a year away.  IF you are in this category, you would not know until you find out for yourself.
    If you are worthy, or at least there is nothing that is holding you back, go to church for a month or two and you may be able to go to the Temple sooner than you may expect if that is your goal and you wish to be married in the temple and have someone who wants to take you to the temple.  A temple marriage is worth waiting for and worth working towards.
    If this is your goal, and your hoped for future spouse loves you enough to marry you, tell them the truth and the issues at hand.  If they truly love you they will work with you through this and also have the goal of a temple marriage.
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    Sunday21 reacted to NeuroTypical in A question about temple marriage   
    Relationships built on lies aren't relationships.  Be honest with him, or you're merely looking for your next ex-husband.  You need to act like you deserve better than that.  Because you do.
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    Sunday21 reacted to Vort in A question about temple marriage   
    I don't know if your relationship will survive this. But to have any hope at all, you must come clean immediately. The longer your deception goes on, the worse it will be for you and your relationship.
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    Sunday21 reacted to Manners Matter in A question about temple marriage   
    First, welcome to the forum.
    You need to come clean about everything. The sooner, the better. It's the right thing to do. 
    Oh, and find a way to get yourself and your son to church and make it a habit.
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    Sunday21 reacted to Friend in A question about temple marriage   
    I became a member when I was 11 and I was the only member in my family, I've always been in and out of going to church. When I went to college I attended church regularly but I still wasn't really keen and I started to date someone I met at church and I fell pregnant with my son, we got married and within 18 months we were divorced. I never went back to church, last October I met my fiance on a dating app for LDS, I wasn't really honest with him about my inactivity in the church because I was worried he wouldn't want to be with me. I misled him into thinking I had a temple recommend, I feel really bad about it and I want to marry him. Some of my friends say he will still want to marry me now and when I am ready to be married in the temple we can do that then, but they aren't members and I don't think they understand. If you were engaged and thought you were going to be married in the temple would you be willing to be married and later be married at the temple? Also, I don't go to church at the moment but I would like to go again and I want to marry my fiance in the temple but it's not been a good time for me to go to church. What do you think I should do? And, I kind of fabricated that my son was conceived before I was married, I just didn't want him to judge me. Do you think I have to tell him? 
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    Sunday21 reacted to Just_A_Guy in A question about temple marriage   
    You need to tell him the truth.
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    Sunday21 reacted to Vort in English literature website   
    Interesting. I've heard of deep-frying them, but I didn't realize that steaming was such an important step in European acceptance of the turkey. I'll have to give that a try.
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    Sunday21 reacted to Vort in English literature website   
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    Sunday21 reacted to Jane_Doe in New boss   
    Of the twirling is so common!
    One of the students I taught would make fart-like noises with his mouth when he was nervous.  
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    Sunday21 reacted to Just_A_Guy in Trudeau almost loses, has to form a minority government   
    We’ll call it the “minority-face government”.
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    Sunday21 reacted to Jane_Doe in New boss   
    One of my past jobs was helping people with their public speaking skills.  I've seen a LOT of strange ticks out there, way stranger than what you describe.  They're all just facial/sound habits picked up from somewhere and don't really mean anything.  
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    Sunday21 reacted to Vort in New boss   
    It's an unfortunate mannerism she adopted from Dad, or the biology teacher, or the drama coach, or her mother's best friend growing up. She thinks, or at some point thought, that it made her look sophisticated and lent her gravitas, or maybe that it's a clever and endearing way of signaling disapproval without actually calling anyone out. But at this point it's almost more of a behavioral tic that she doesn't really think about.
    Or then again, maybe not. But that's what I'm going with for now.
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    Sunday21 reacted to mirkwood in For Pam: Hobby Lobby   
    @pam
     

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    Sunday21 reacted to dprh in No Guns in Sacrament Meeting—We Mean It This Time!!!   
    I'm pretty sure he posted this after General Conference.  But from the date it says it was posted, it doesn't look like it.
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    Sunday21 reacted to mirkwood in No Guns in Sacrament Meeting—We Mean It This Time!!!   
    No tears, I was traveling that day.
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    Sunday21 reacted to mirkwood in No Guns in Sacrament Meeting—We Mean It This Time!!!   
    Well I kept my promise.  I did not take my gun to church today.
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    Sunday21 reacted to NeuroTypical in No Guns in Sacrament Meeting—We Mean It This Time!!!   
    Said Mirk, posting live from the dirt road leading to Area51, part of the team ready to gun down the Naruto runners.